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fall. River, Mass., Thursday, June 16, 1966
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Priestly Training, M.yths
Eljminated'bySuper,ior'
. '. GROUND BREAKING FOR NEW CAPE CONVENT: The new convent for tla Sisters ,of.Mer~Y· staffin~ }he }Ioly '-rrinitY,Church, West Harw~ch, is e~pected to be MARIN (NO)-.,.Altho'Ugh much of. the' mygtei-y sur complete l.n ~ept.~cc()rdmg.to, an annoul1cement, py thepastor~ ~~v. Fi.pbar;l' ~. M<1Aloon~ r9unC{ing semi~ary ·lif.~ .:priol' t~ Vatical! Collnc~l II lias SS.CC.;m.~~e las~:~unday following' ground-breaking ceremonies.," Left to right: Rev. been 'removed, many' myths have grQwn up in.. ·its place, a minor seminary ,presid.~~t·· c~~rged 'here i~' 'C~lifornia.. JohnShallley,' SS.CC. Rev. Ainbros~ Forgit;SS.CC.,· parish' assistant; Sister Margrett~ R.S.M.; Father McAloon; an<f Sister M. ,Margaret Ann, RS.M.·, ", ': ,,' .' . Speaking before the Serra . Club' of Marin, Father' AI- dating is preparation. for mar riage,. and celibacy is the way bert Giaquinto of St. Jo.:- of life for the clergy. seph's College hit out at thie Minor seminaries are suffer folloWing "myths": . ing a sp.vere dropout problem. The minor seminary suffers In answer to this, Father Cia-' from a built-in stagnation. There quinto said that 16.6 per cent of are no grounds for this charge students who enter seminaries in the light of present day re- in the first year of high school n'ewal, he said. become priests, while only 11 Minor seminarians lack voca- per cent of students choosing tional maturity. There is a de- other professions at that age ac gl'ee of vocational maturity in tuaiIy attain to the chosen pro many boys at the age of 14, fession. Father Ciaquinto said, and the minor seminary provides a cli mate in which it can be devel oped in full vocational maturity. Young seminarians are often psychologically deprived" be The new Discalced Carmelite cause of leaving their homes. Convent in North Dartmouth This is not true. Father Cia will hold an open house for all quinto said, because parental in the laity of the Diocese on Sat fluence ha::; already waned be . urday imd Sunday, June 18 and fore the teenage years.' . '" . Seminarians are socially im:·: 19, from 9 to 5. The clergy and sisters are in balanced. No more sO.. he claimed than other young boys vited for the 'follC!wing weekend, June 25 and 26. their age. , '. ' .. The former Sol-E-Mar hospi It is bad for minor semii1aria~s to be separated from girls. This . tal, which has been 'converted· is not true, he asserted, if it is into the first Carim!l iIi the Dio . , Turn to Page :Nineteen ' understood that the purpose Gf
Carmel Convent Invites Laity
Diocese Mourns Deaths •
Exercises at 53 Elementary Schools A total of 1793 boys and girls will graduate from the elementary schools of the Diocese next week. The largest class will be graduated from St. Mary's School, No. Attle bor?, with 48. boys and 40 girls, totaling 88 receiving their diplomas. The smallest grad uatmg class wIll be that of St. Mary's Home, New Bedford, where two girls and one boy will be granted their diplo' mas. Throughout the DiG- nu!Ube r (If boys and girls in each and 961; eighth, 867 and 9~4. ., grade. Pre-primary, 1063 boys There are also enrolled 111 the cese the gIrls wIll outnumber and 986 girls; first grade; 1073 school system ~2 boys and' 55 the boys in graduating and 1067; second, 1132 and 1077; girls in ungraded classes. classes oy 55, a reverse from last year when the number of boys graduating surpassed the numbel' of girls by one; There will be 924 girls and 869 boys.
thi rd, 1076 and 1128; fourth, 1105: and 1090; fifth, 1023 and 1117; sixth, 930 and 1048; seventh, 917
Appreciation .
There . are' 61 elementary schools in the Diocese of Fall The Bishops, priests and laity River. During the past year, the' are deeply appreciative for the total enroilment amounted to numerous services rendered by 18,'881 - 9,328 'bOy'san d . 9,558 ,so many ,groups and individuals' girls." on the:occasion of .ihe ConsecraA breakdown of th~ grades for' . tion of' Bis~op Me'deiros.. the year now en~ing, shows the ~B;lm~MgiiW@Ef.1.i§Wj£tf.,,~.wi€*w.H~f.~
of. Two Distinguish'ed .
Rev. Arthur G. Dupuis, :pastor of St. Louis' of France Church, Swansea, eulogist for the late Rev. Joseph N. Larue, pastor for 19 years at the Sacred Heart Church, North At tleboro, portrayed the ven~r.able priest as one who "preached unceasingly by example." At ~ Solemn Pontifical Mass of fered .by the' Most Rev, James L; Connolly, ,Tuesday
Fill. JOSEI"U S. LARUE
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Pastors
Very Rev. Patrick H. Hurley, pastor of St. Josephs Parish, Taunton, applied the essence of the priestly, voca . tion to the life of Rev. Thomas H. Taylor, as' he eulogized the late pastor of Immaculate Conception Parish, Taunton, ata Solemn Pontifical Re-· . quiem Mass offered by the Most, Rev. James L. Con nolly,' D.D. at, 10 this morn
.morning at 10 in the Sacred ingin the church. Heart Church, Nodh Attleboro, Emphasizing the fact that the .the eulogist stated: priest does not choose service in the vineyard of the Lord, "Father Larue dedicated him self 55 years ago on his ordina- . Father Hurley, Dean of the tion day" .to a life of ul'iselfish Taunton area, stressed the point service. in helping to save. souls. described b'y St. John the Evan
He .heard the call in· his youth, gelist in the first chapter of the
he answered; he' prepared' him:" fourth gospel when the beloved
self by years of study and had disciple discussed Christ choos
been working for the spread of ing his 8Posties. For the prlest the Kingdom of God evef sinlie "hood, the 'eulogist said," "God -humbl~', silep.tly, leading a choos~s the man; man does not . life of prayer, Of self-sacrifice do the ·choosing." and service to others.". "The man chosen by God to be a priest has a duty to .work in "He was a man of prayer, a order that the fruits of his labor mediator, 'one who stands be will last," Father Hurley said. tween God and man and recon ciles them".. Father Dupuis con Father Taylor was born Oct. 1, tinued, "Faithfully for 55. years 1888, in Fall River, the son of in the priesthood, 19 of which the late Frederick J., and the late were spent in this parish, Father Mary A. Hinch Taylor. He at Larue stood at·the altar a medi- tended St. Laurent College, :rurn to Page Nineteellll Turn to Page Ninetee.l1l.
FR. THOMAS H. TAYLOR
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Diocesan examinations start today and, will continue untn Wednesday of next week. Gram.. Turn to Page Eighteen
Pope .Postpones Effective Date Of 'D~~rees VATICAN CITY .(NC) Pope .Pa~f .VI has delayed indefinitely the date on which various higislation of' the Second Vatican Council goel! i1)to ef~ect. In a motu proprio dated June 10 and published, the fo~lowing' d~y he prolonged the "vacatiG legis" or the sU1>pension of the legislation's .effect beyond the originally established date of June 29. . The Pope, said that decrees putting into effect the remaining . conciliar documents will be pub lished soun, but gradually, rath er than on a single date. He recalled that with the Apostolic Letter "Finis Concilio" . of Jan, 3 he had ~et up postcon ciliar . commissions to draft norms for 'practfcal 'application of the conciliar Qocuments on bis~ops, on the .Religious, on missions, on Christian educntion, an!i on the.lay llpostolate. These norms 'have been drafted and submitted to him. PUblish Gradually He said that the central post conciliar commission told him that in its opinion-shared by the commissions 'drafting ,the norms -it would be opportune to pub lish the actuating decrees gl'ad ually. He said a more important con sideration in the opiRion of the Turn to Page Nineteen
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