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Pope 'Elevates Two D'iocesan Chaplains to .MQnsignori
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Fathers Fenton, and ;Hamel . Are Now in, Armed Forces ,
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First"Priests of Fall'. River· See' to Receive' ,'Rank, for Exem;pla~y'W ork JJ7 ith 'Milita.ry· ' "
Fall River, Mass., ThursdQy, October 20, 1960
, Two pr.iests-chaplains of the Fall River Diocese, Rt. Rev. Bernard'J.'Fenton and Rt. Rev. Henri A. Hamel.
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have been elevated by Pope Johu to the dignity of Domestic Prelates with the title of Right Reverend Monsigllor, Both prelates hold the rank of Colonel, Msgr. Fenton in the U. S. Army as Chief { . Personnel in the Office. of the Chief of Chaplains with hcadquar'ei's in the Pe~tagon, Washington, and Msgr. Hamel in the U. S. Air Force as Inspector General Chaplain of the Air Force Command and Staff Chaplain MATS at Scott Air Force Base, 1". The appointments came at the request of Francis Cardinal Spellman as Military T'icar for the Armed Forces of the" , d States with the full "''!Proval c)f the Wost Reve ld Bisho' .....oth cha"'air'" . :lve ' 'ved 'vith the armed forces ,ince 1942. Msgr. Fenton, a native of Taunton, is the son of the late Bernard J.,,~nd Alice T. (HartiTurn to Page Eighteen
Diocese 'Eleventh In U.S.' Mission' Aid The Fall River Diocese ranks eleventh in the nation in per-capita contributions to the Holy Father for the missions, according to Mission, the' magazine published by the National Propagation of the Faith Society and' edited by Bishop Fulton J. Sheen. The Burlington, .1'88';' Worcester, .165; report of the year'1959 is Hartford, .16; Pro',idence, .13; given, in the September- Norwich, .115 and Manch{ ~er, October issue. The average .099. contribution of eae: Catholic in the United States is $.27. The per capita contribution from the Catholics of the Fall River Diocese is $.544. ':"",e Diocese of Fall River "hus leads ~,. the dioceses of New England in its per ~_pita mission o((erings. '::oll'lparison with other New England dioceses shows these ,per ita offerings: 'nrtland, $.352; Springfield, .325; Bridgeport, .218; P - -''''''. .197;
Dioce:es of the country that surpass' Fall River in per capita mission offerings are: St. Louis, $1.54; 'Vinona, Minn., 1.272; Springfield-Cape Girardeau, Mo., 1.12; Indianapolis..97; Wilmington, .929; LaCrosse, .866: Toledo, .772; St. Cloud, Minn., .666; Har,. risburg, .6"~; alid Brookl~n, .558. Contributions for· the annual Propagatio:l Of the F~ ...., collection will be taken up Sunday in all chul'ches of the Diocese.
50 Gi rl Scouts Are to Receive Marian Awards
Shrine of Sacre'dHeart , First i,n Massachusetts .
On SU!lday, Oct. 30, at 3 in th~ afternoon, Rev. Clement KiIIg-oar, . SS.CC., pastor of St. Anthony's Parish, Mattapoisett, and Chaplain of Damien Council No. 4190, Knights of Columbus, will preside at Dedication and Solemn Enthronement ceremo'nies of knowledgement of the many the Wayside Shrine of the blessings of God upon Council Sacred Heart outside Coun- members. It was announced then cil headquarters in Matta- that the blessing and Enthrone-
MSGR. HENRI A. HAMEL
poisett on Route 6. 'ment of the "little shrine" would Speaker at the' affair at the take place in May, or June. Shrine-first and only Wayside But word was ,soon received Shl'ine in the Commonwealth of by members that attention to the, Massachusetts dedicated to the plan !lad ,been given by· Very Sacl'ed Heart-will be Right Rev. William' Condon, SS.CC." Reverend Christopher X. Griffin, Provincia'l of the Sacred Hearts State Chaplain of th~ Knights Fathers, .in', his . newsletter of Columbus. throughout the Province. And In March of this year, Council the National D.irector of the members voted to place a small ~nthronement, Rev. Francis Larstatue of the Sacred Heart out- kin, SS.CC., contacted the then side their headquarters in ae-·' Turn to Page Eighteen
The 1960 Thanksgiving ,Clothing Collection for wortd needy, directed by the United States Bishops, ·will be conducted in the Fall River Diocese and throughout the courttry between Nov. 20 and 27. This announcement was made today by Rev. Ftancis A. 12th annual Thanksgiving ClothMcCarthy, Diocesan super- ing Collection sponsored by the visor who is also pastor of U.S. Bishops. CRS-NCWC is the St. Joseph's Church in North overseas relief agency of the
U.S. Bishops and the largest private relief organization in the world. It is estimated the clothing collections of previous years have produced 120 million pounds of usable clothing, shoes, blankets and bedding supplies worth approximately' $145 million. . During the past year, in addition to conducting its regular 'worldwide assista,nce programs" 'l'ura ¢o Page Eigbteen
on the feast of Christ the' King. The presentation will be made by Bishop James J. Gerrard at the same time as Ad Altare Dei Awards are given to 68 Boy Scouts of the Diocese. The awards recognize special studies and service to the Church by, the girls, 'members of Girl Scout troops and Daughters of Isabella from New Bedford,' Mansfield, North Attleboro, Fall River,and Taunton. New Bedford girls are: Troop 1, Margaret McCann; Troop .18, St. James' Church, Elizabeth Almeida, Patricia Anne Augusta, Cynthia A .. Kulas, Patricia N. Baptiste, Cecilia Tavores. Turn 'to Page Eighteen
Supreme Ponti'ff Greets Qrdinary And Pilgrims
Thanksgiving Clothing Drive Aids World's Poverty, Stricken Areas
Dighton. In a letter to the U.S. hierarchy announcing the collection, Archbishop Karl J. Alter of Cincinnati has cited the "great need" of "millions of people" throughout the world. He said those aided are "people who would otherwise be left without sufficient clothing to cover bodies already suffering from undernourishment and pri.vation." ~ Tbis yeat'~a dri~ will be the
Fifty girls of the Diocese will receive Marian Awards at ceremonies in St. LawrenCe Church, New Bedford,
MSGR. BERNARD J. FENTON
, The Most Reverend BishoP was received in a prlvaie audi. , ence with the Holy Father last , Saturday' morning. With the Bishop in the audience were lRt. ~ev. John J. Kelly, Very Rev. Leonard i. Daley, Rev. Edward B. Booth, Rev. Eugene Dion, Re n • Arthu'r W. Ta,,-ey. Rev. Raymond ...". McCarthy, Rev. John Ill. Hackett and members .of the Bishop's own family. , Following the private audience with the Pope, the Bishop presented the pilgrims to the Holy Father in a semiprivate audience that took ''',ce in the Hall of Benedictions. The Holy Father spoke both in Frencb and'in his newly-learned EngD.I8b. '