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PHYSICIST ON THE CAPE
By Eva Made Dane .
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.Each Summer a dis'tiinguished nuclear physicist from the northwest visits for A few days with his friends Dr. and Mfl's. Walter J. Kennedy of Hyannis. When Brothel!' Godfrey Vassallo, C.H.e., head of the physics depariment at the University of Portlan~ Oregon, comes to Oape God he will s-hare &Orne of his adventurous scientific investiga tions with the l'ocal Rotary Club. His talk may relate to. nuclear physics in medioine or reveal the wonders of
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time space' and motion. What ever the topic -Brother Vassal lo has the gift to make it clear and stimulating to the layman. A graduate of Notre Dame University in South Bend Indi ana he has been teacher of· science and mathematics for 52 years. He still has to experience a generation gap. This is unlikely thougl), such is the reverence and respect he instills in his
students.
Brother Vassallo does not go
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~ope· P~"(i,l Reemphasizes Special .
,·Character':.o! Modern Priesthood
(NC) ~ P·aul VI has l\ddressed ii personal message' Of en 00111~lgement to· priestS, the
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eonnack, superior general of Maryknoll. The symbolic delivery of, the message came at the end of a concelebrated Mass on the steps "dearest of all our sons,'': Writ of St. Peter's basilica marking ing "with great admiration and' the end of Pope Paul's five 'years great affection," he noted the in office, the end of the 19th unrest and uncertainty among centenary of the martyrdom of \l)dests and urged them to deep Sts. Peter and Paul, and the en their faith and sharpen their closing of the Year of Faith. sense of vocation. The Pope The Pope emphasized and re "eli vered this message into the emphasized the special character bands of a dozen priests repre .of the priesthood, and threw !fi oonting the world-wide fratern to relief four dimensions of the lity of the priesthood. Amonll priestly vocatiOli: its sacredness, ~em was Father John J. Mc- its apostolic charaCter, its ascet-
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Elem~ntary .S-chool
Announce P'arenUJ of children attend 109 all paris'h elemeli,taiy t1Chools in the Fall River Dio ease 'Win pay' a tuition charge beginning next SeJ;riember. A re iuced rate will be afforded pilr ents with more than One child in the grade Sohools. •
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father Jusseaume ' New' Religious Representative The Ohancery Office today a.nnounced. the appointment <l)f Rev. -Lucien Jusseaume, assistant at Saca'ed lIeart Church, New Bedford, as Epis eopal Representative, for Re lligious of the Diocese. Father Jusseaume was bom Turn to Page Sixteen
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Entering deeply into this last dimension; Pope Paul observed:
liThe priest is not a solitaJ.')';
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Consideration for Need " ' y and Parents in parishes with no school will split a· $100 tuition ~sment,withthe parents Pay-. ing $50 and the parish of origin . paying the other $50. And,' spe cial arrangements will ,be made' in the. ~ of needy f~milies. '1Ule new policy, announced 'today by the Most Rev. James L. Connolly. Bishop of Fall River,. emphasizes that "tradit ional considerations will be given where several ohildren' from the
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Tu"i"tion ,P,lan· Pa~nts
same fainily '. lW'e iIn~olved 'or Where there is 'inability to pay the full amount for even one . child·...· Accepting' th~ recommendAltioJ\ of .the Diocesan Boord 'of Ed lIcation' ' - . comprised of priests and lay leaders : scattered throughout the diocese-the Or dinary asserted "the schools are our .essential support. We can:" not afford' to close them," The Bishop indicated his dis-.
Bishop Connolly's directive
tha,t one hundred dollars per child in our elementary schools be paid to the parish providing cerning the new school tui the education, proportionately tion pla.n, which becomes c~ntributed, half by parents, half effeotive nex,t September, fol by the parish of origin. lows: . This regulation aims at a so As you know, an examination lution of a financial burden on of problems-mostly f,inancial pastors and parishioners who affecting the conduct of Catholic provide service from which many schools across the nation is much other parishes benefit. I am sure in the fore these days. Our Board that since we aim at justice, tra of Education, after discussing the ditional considerations will be problem with pastors having to given where several children support elementary or, even sec from the same family are in ondary schools, drew up a series volved, or where there is inabil of regulations, copy of which is ity to pay the full amount for here enclosed. even one child. ' We will set up in the ~ear Obviously, the Diocesan Board of Education is aiming at an future and try to subsidize by equitable solution of the financial our Easter Collection a fund to problem of parishes with schools provide education free of charge for' 1'\.eedy students on high to support. Certainly such par school 'as well as elementary ishes have a just claim for real istic support, not alone from: school level. In :ol'der to build up this en parents, but also from the parish of origin of children who benefit dowment-fund realistically, it from the :f.acillties of the parish will'be necesSaTy to place an an nualtax on all parishes 'of the with the school. We make it a rule, therefore, Diocese who do nfllil; have school8,
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approval of JIlhe practice followeU in Some financially hard-pressed areas in' "dls!:Ouraging families from' sending Children to Catholie scIiOols." ," The tVition pl-an-,-long delayed ' in' the Southeastern Massachu setts See-bas been made neces- , sary due to sky-rocketing costs which have become over-burden some hI' many parishes in the 1,194-square-mile .diocese. . The st-artdard' tuition for par-
Easing Burdensome Parochial··Costs to aU diocesan pastors con
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ish elementary schools will be $50 per child. But, if no tuition has been charged heretofore, the new program may be establish.. ed in three steps if deemedl necessary:. $15 for. Septembell' 1968, $30 'for 1969, and $50 foll' 1970. At the discretion of the pastor. tuition may be reduced in caseB , where there are several childrell in a family and where it would work a hardship if each were to pay $50. A scale such as $30 for the second child, $15 for the third child and nothing foil' Turn to Page Sixteen
and ·whose involvement in Con fraternity of Christian Doctrine work is slight or negligible. : Again i"n the interests of jus tice and eq~ity, such tax will be based on ability to pay, always having in .mind the needs of parishes 'burdened with heavy The first phase of the debt. election for the new Senate The moral of all this is summed up in our traditional' Catholic of Priests of the Diocese that ideal: "every Catholic child will convene in October has taken place, with twelve Sen should receive a Catholic educa tion." So "it must ·never be a ators elected according to twelve question of a pastor or parish groupings' by ordination so that solving financial problems oc Turn to Page Three casioned by', this letter through discouraging families from send ing their children to Catholic schools. We have all been com The Pasrotal Council of the manded . to teach what Christ Diocese will meet on Friday taught. The schools are our es afternoon, July 12, at 2 P.M. sential support. We cannot afford in the Library of Bishop Cas to close them. ' sidy High School in Taunton. - . Believe me with every good A special meeting of the wish . Senate of Priests will take Sincerely in our Lord; place' on the same day aDd Warnes L. Connolly place a& 1:30,. just prior W,
. "Bishop of Fall River ' ihe Pastoral COUDcll ·meeting•
Priests Choose 12 Members For Senate
Pastoral Council