Bishop" Names New Administrator
Fr.. Gomes to Direct· Fall River Parish
The ANCHOR An Anchor of the 80ul, filure and Pi'Nl'1t-BT. PAUL
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lFaU River, Mass., Thursday, June 22, 1961
Vol. 5, No. 26
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REV. ANTHONY M. GOMES
Rev. Anthony M. Gomes is the new administrator at Our Lady of the Angels Church in Fall River. Appointments of the Santo Christo Church (Fall River) curate as the successor to the late Rev. James M. Mendes was announced today by the Most Reverend attended the Seminary <l\f AnJames L. Connolly, Bishop gora in the Azores for one yeai' of Fall River. Fr. Mendes where he studied theology. Foldied May 25 last. The desig- lowing this, Father Gomes renation of Father Gomes is effec- turned to St. Bernard's in Rochester for three more years gg tive on Wednesday, June 28. The new Fall River adminis- study in theology. The new administrator WOO trator is a native of Taunton. He is the son of Antonio J .. and ordained to the priesthood on Maria (Baptista) Gomes. Ha June 4, 1942 in St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River, by tho was 'born on pec. 16, ~914. Father Gomes attended the late Most Rev. James E. Cas-public schools of his native sidy, third Bishop of the DiOc> T'aunton and then matriculated Dese of Fall River. His first assignment was as t'l at Notre Dame UniveI'sity in curate at St. Jolm the Bapti~ South Bend, Ind. He then pursued his philoso- Church in New Bedford where phy course at St. Bernard's Sem- he served for 11 years. Fathe!' Turn to Page Seventeellll inary in Rochester.• Then, he
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Archbishop Vagnozzi Warns Intellectuals
MILWAUKEE (NC) , - The Apostolic Delegate to tlt. Because six Attleboro couples take seriously the Gospel U.S. sounded a warning here to Catholic intellectuals who a4monition to shelter the' homeless, two Cuban refugees. wurt secularism in the hope of being accepted in intellectuai are starting a new life in this Diocese. They are Armando circles. Archbishop Egidio Vagnozzi said in the baccalau.Piquero and Manuel Soto and they arrived ,in Attleboro reate sermon at·· Marquette ..duce interpretations, of Cathoiie tHrough the efforts of mem:. ' University., : from which he ' teaching which often appear to ", . ' .. with Rev. John E. 'Boyd of the r~eived an honorar-y :degree; be· contradictory to what· has bers of the Christian' Family Catholic Welfare 'Bureau in Fall that he. is "concerned. with' ooen believed not only in the M.ovement, a lay, apostolic " River. He directed them to ,thetineasiness and preocciJpa- last century· but in, the precedP. organization designed to' Catholic CharitieR in l\1iami, _tions of some Cath'olic intellec- ing centur·ies as well,'; help Catholie husbands, and Florida, where most' Cubaa tuals." . . Archbishop \'agnozzi said'th. wives to put into practice i!Il refugees are concentrated. They "seem'to feel," he· stated, fiJ;st area of danger relates to the their daily lives the teachings of ' Through Sister Mary Christo"that the Catholic intellectual '''dispute amongst Catholic scholChrist. pher, O.P., director of the Centro effort of today does not seem to . ars concerning the idea of hisEach year CFM national head- Hispano Catolieo in Miami, armeasure up satisfactorily with ,tory as applied to both the OW ql1al'lers issues a handbook of rangements were made,' not for' the level of the secular effort, ' and New Testarne.nts." Buggested meetings and activities 'll family, but for two single men that an excessive attachment to Noting tha~ this dispute takes for members. This year interna- to accept the Attleboro hospitaltraditional positions appears to its foundation from Pius XII'II tiona I life is being 'studied. ity. prevent the Church from freely request that exegetes investigatlii "We thought for a long time Many Cubans are afraid of facing problems with adequate the "literary meaning" of Sacred /about what we could do in this what they've heard of our Northanswers and assuring directions." Scripture, the Archbishop addedc area," explained Mr. and Mrs. ern cold weather," said Mr. Fin"Whether some of the most reEdward Finerty, one of the At- erty, "and also many are hoping "They seem to feel," he continued, "that every effort has to cent efforts to give us this liter~ tleboro CFM couples, "and we to return to Cuba eventually and be made in order to build a ary meaning are in consonanco decided we would like to SpOil- prefer to stay in nearby Florbridge between modern secular with the teaching of the Churc~ sor a Cuban family." ida." The group began inquiries thought and Catholic thought, it is not for me to say." The group is still hoping to even to the point of digressing "But I would only remark," b4t sponsor a family, however, hearfrom positions traditionally ac- continued, "that as the protagtened by their success in finding cepted in .the intellectual circleD ,onists of toe new position should work and living accommodations of today. not summarily be accused of for Mr. Piquero and. Mr. Soto. "In an attempt to obtain thin heresy, neither should they insist "We ourselves have had inHarold F. Hanewich, 'Osacknowledgement and accept- in presenting as definitive truth quiries from other CFM groups FORCED OUT: When they ance they are inclined. to introterville, will be a teacher of who would like to take on a Turn to .Page Fourteen mathematics, head baseball similar, project," ,said Mr. Fin- refused to teach under comeoach and assistant football erty, "and Sister Christopher. munist s,upervision in' parocoach at Bishop Stang High Turn to Page Seventeen' chial schools now national~chool, North Dartmouth, effec, ized under Fidel Castro, tive in September, according to Blessing , , MIAMI (NO) Cuba's cOmmunist regime moved , tHese nuns were ordered out announcement made by the DioOoo' Bishop Connolly wilt bless closer to outrigh:t founding of a national church as superiors of Cuba. Arriving at Baltiesan Catholic School Depart&be . new st. Ann's' Church. inent.. of many religiou8 orders .were ordered to leave the"island. more, they prefer exile to lltaynham, at 4 Sanday after. Mr. Hanewich, a ,teacher at There had'been prior evidence o{the regime's intent in this - . Marxist 'communism. DOGDo Ju17 16. Barnstable High School for the '. regard. But now according past few years, previously taught to sourCes the foundLaSalle Academy, Providence. . iug. ,of a national chu·rch • and ,Barnstable Junior, High' $chool. , , He attended St. Raphael'Tt Academy, Pawtucket and Boston . " .'. ,By Patricja M c G o w a n . , ': churches 'on the island are now €ollege, participati~g in varsity . T,,,!O 'b.rothers:·froRi· st. A.,ime,'s par,ish', F'all River, haw· found 'the same vocation:- o~~upied by m'illtia, indica~i!lg they may soon be the scene of football, and baseball. At Boston' College he was a member, of the as De Montfor't Father,S. They are Very Rev. Flavius Gamache,S.M.M. and Rev. Lionel national :church services. . " Other of' PremierCastroi • College . ,World Series Baseballl. Gamache, S.M.M. They' were members of. a ,unique eighth grade,·that ,graduated from' Team. St. Anne's School'in 1929. Four boys in the cla8S entered :the'De:Montfort FatherS and militia guard the outside of other churches where Mass is cel&' He is married to the former Ann Keating Higgins, of Provihave persevered. In adbrated. dence and is the father of three dition to the Gamache broAll priests in the Camaguey boys. He is a member of Our thers, the others were Rev. diocese of Bishop Carlos Rit! Angles have been expelled. It Lady of the Assumption parish, Roger Charest, S.M.M. and was estimated that more than 50 Osterville. Rev. Reginald Gilman, S,M.M. priests. were ·affected by the 'Father Charest is editor of order that gave them 48 hours to Queen of All Hearts magazine, leave Cuba. in addition to handling a fulllecThe superiors of some orders ture schedule throughout the were given five days in which United States. Father Gilman i5 to take' refuge in the U. S. or a pastor in Noblesville, Ind. other countries. More than 450 Father Flavius' most recent nuns from various orders hav~ , visit to the Diocese came last arrived in the Miami diocese week when he escorted Bishop since early May when the Castro ~.. Augustin; S.M.M., first nonreg i m e nationalized schools. African Negro Bishop and first Others have returned to motherHaitian to be in charge of a Diohouses in Spain, Mexico and cese in that country, on a visit Canada, while many have been to Prevost High School, Fall reassigned to missions in Latim River. F ALL RIVER VISITORS: A distinguished alumnus of America. The Bishop, exiled from hiD ' , Of the estimated 2,000 nUM Diocese of Port-au-Prince for' the Brothers of Christian Instruction, Bishop Augustin, who originally staffed school~ anti-communist activity, iG an, S.M.M., exiled Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of homes for the aged and orphanalumnus of the Brothers of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, visits Prevost High School, Fall River. ages, about 100 remain en the Christian Instruction who staff Left to right: the Bishop; Very Rev. Flavius Gamache, island. • Prevost, and never misses an op. It- has been estimated that of ~rtunity to visit schools of the S.M.M., a Fall River native accompanying the Bishop and the 45 Jesuit priests stationed OD 'll'ura eo Page Eigh&eela JBro~her ,Ignatilis Of P r e v o s t . ' . TurD M Page 'rwelv. . HAROLD F... BANEWICB
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