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Thousands to Attend " Stang Dedication Most Rev. James L. Connolly, D.D., Bishop of Fall River, will preside over the laying of the cornerstone and will bless the new Bishop Stang Regional High School in North D~\Vtmouth on Wednesday afternoon at 2 0' c1ock~ All, the faithful of the area and the Diocese have been .invited to participate in the significant event. After the posting of the colors by students at the school the ceremonies will move to the gymnasium where Richard Car din a I
Cushing, Archbishop of Boston, will preside. 5, 1959 The indoor ceremonies call for the procession to enter the gymPRICE .1Oe nasium as the student body $4.00 per Year , sings the Ecce Sacerdos Magnus. Turn to Page Twelve
Diocesan Priests Thrill at Meeting Supreme Pontiff
Attleboro High Drive Tops Half· Million
An intensive house-to-house' campaign, designed to crown with success the drive for $1,225,000 for the construction of the Bishop Feehan High School in Attleboro, .' will be launched Monday night by. 1,500 volunteer workers in ~he '12 participating par- 'COn~OllY, D D., Bishop of. Fall ishes in the Greater Attle- River announced toi:Iaythat the boro area. As preparations memorial gifts for the Bishop for the climatic push to Feehan High building fund guarantee the stupendous success of the 'drive are being completed Most Rev. James L. ,
A humble, fatherly manthat's how tWl> priests of the Diocese, just returned from Rome; sum up their impressions of Pope John XXIII. Rev. Joseph R. Pannoni, pastor of Holy Rosary Church, Fall River and Rev. Thomas F. Walsh, pastor of St. Louis, also Fall River, were the travelers. Father Pannoni, a 1926 graduate of the North American College, went to Rome fo' attend the Colle'ge centenary celebration. . Turn to Page Fifteen
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Broadcast Polish Rosary Program \. REJOICES AT RESULTS: B'ishop Connolly' is gratified as Joseph E. Fernandes, chAirman 'of the Memorial Gifts for the Bishop Feehan High School, points out the total of this phase of the campaign.
Broadcasts of the Polish Rosary Hour have been resumed as a Sunday feature of 73 radio stations in ,the United States and Canada, with Rev: Cornelian Dende, O.F.M. Conv., as director. Inclu'ded in the Polish Rosary
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WASHINGTON (NC)-Techniques more th~m a thou8and years old were used to build it, yet the National Shrine of the Immaculate ,Conception here is one of .the most, modern churches in the world. The Cathedral of St. M~rk in Venice, dating from 1063; A full page of' pictures of Santa Sophia in Constantithe National Shrine, of the nople, dating from 532, and Immaculate Conception in the National Shrine, which Washington is on Page 20. will be dedicated Nov. 20, all tura I em b 0 d y I'den t'Ica I t s ruc principles. But built into the Natiol'lal Shrine are electronic
devI'ce-s which are the most modern in their fields. •
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Drive for Warm Clothing Op.ens Nov. 22 in Didcese,
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Very Rev. Leonard .J. Daley, Cape Cod; Rev. Henry R. Canuel,' Attleboro; Rev. Paul, F. McCarrick, Fall River; Rev. Justin J. Quinn, New :J;3edford;
l;:rst year with a total of 64,800 pOUllds, qreater Fall River contributed 55,758 pounds, Taunton collected 26,748 pounds; followed Turn tQ Page Eighteen.
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Auxiliary Bishop • Boston . Monsignor Thomas J. Riley, Ph.D., pastor of St. Peter's
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Church, Cambridge, and former Rector of St. John's Seminary, Boston, has been named as the new Auxiliary Bishop of Boston. The announcement was made by' Archbishop Egidio Vagnozzi, the Apos- the College of the Holy Spirit at tolic Delegate. Born in 1900, Louvain, Belgium, and received the newly elected Bishop a Ph D. degree. .... Bishop Riley was Rector of graduated from Boston College in 1922 and following his theological studies at S1. John's Seminary was ordained in 1927 by the late William Cardinal O'Connell. In 1931, Bishop Riley entered
St. John's Seminary from 1951 to 1958. Bishop - Riley will be consecrated in the Cathedral of the Holy Cross, Boston, by Cardinal Cushing on Dec. 21.
VERY REV. R. J. SLAVIN, O.P.
Father succeeds the late Very Cornelian Rev. Justin M. Figas, O.F:M. Conv., director' of the program since its inception in 1931.
New Community of Nuns Opens at LaSalette Shrine
Diocese Salutes , Pope A . on First nnlversary
Three LaSalette Sisters have' artived at the Shrine of - Out Lady of. LaSalette in Attleboro to originate the first foundation of LaSalette Sisters in the United States. They are. the Superior, Sister Agnes ·of Jesus, S.M.S., from Switzerland, Sister Mary of er of God at LaSalette in 1846. LaSalette, S.M.S., from Can- Members of the order staU ada and Sister'Chrysostome, schools and hospitals, engage in S.M.S., from Poland. social work and serve as auxil-
The following cablegram has been sent to Pope John XxnI by Bishop Con~olly on the . occasion ,of the, Holy Father's Coronation Anniversary: "All Clergy, Religious, laity Fall River Diocese affirm loving loyalty and prayerful wishes.' Ad Multos Annos. Sincerely, Bishop Connolly November 4, 1959
Rev. Francis A. McCarthy, pastor of St. Joseph's Church, No. Dighton, and Diocesan Director of the Bishop's Thanksgiving Clothing Collection, today revealed that the The Anchor Presents 1958 collection total surpassed, the previous high by more Home on t~e Range, than 35,000 pounds. At the Rev. Edwin J. Loew, ~o. Attle- Cooking Feature lIame time, Father McCar- boro; and Rev. Patrick J. O'Neil, . ,The Anchor today introduces thy: announced the various Somerset and Swansea. a new feature for women, a area leaders for this year, New Bedford led the piocese, weekly foods column written by
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campai~~ have. now passed the half-mIllion mark. . . The. 500-man memorIal g~ftl commIttee has been workmg diligently under the direction of Joseph E. Fernandes and Robert V. McGowan Very Rev. Robert J. Slavin, O.P., president of Providence College, will address the workers Monday night at 8 o'clock in St. Mary's Church, North Attleboro. Bishop Connolly will preside over the Solemn Opening Ceremony. Attending the ceremony in addition to the Most Reverend Bishop will be Most Rev. James J. Gerrard, D.D., V.G., Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese, the priests of the Greater Attleboro A.rea, Area Chairmen and their Associates, the Key Men of the 12 participating parishes and the Memorial Gifts and General Phase Committees from eacb parish. Representatives of the Edward Douglall White Assembly, Fourtb Degree Knights of Columbus, will act as honor guards. Should the upper church prove too' small for the' large group that is expected, the overflow will occupy the lower church Turn to Page Eighteen
Mrs. Joan Meadows of Birmingham, Ala. We are certain that this feature, introducing suggestions on foods with a bit of Catholic thought and homespun philosophy, will prove as interesting to the women of this Diocese .as it has in other Sees in the United States. Mrs. Meadows, a native of the State of Washington, attended S1. Elizabeth's TraiI1ing School and Central Washington College. In 1944, she married Daniel T. Meadows of Alabama, a field artillery battery commander in World War II. He is now a dentist at the Birmingham VA Hospital. The Meadows' two childrenGamma·14 and Danny ll-attend Birmingham Catholic Schools. ·The first article in this new 'series will be found in this' issue on Page 14.
Announcement of the arrival . of the Nuns has been made by ,Rev. Rene Sauve, M.S. Shrine director, who stated that their congregation was founded in France 30 years ago to spread the message given by the Moth-
iaries tEl LaSalette Fathers in their apostolate throughout the world. The Sisters will assist' in clerical 'and domestic duties at the shrine' 'and care for the chapeL
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HOME FROM ROME: Bishop Connolly arrived Tuesday with Monsignor Medeiros from his .Ad Limina to the Holy Father.