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Diocesan Ordinary' Promulgates New Sacred Music Regulations

The ANCHOR

Music regulations concerning Funerals,'Requiem Masses a~d Weddings havebeell ordered put into effect immediately throliglioutthe Diocese by the Most Reverend Bishop. The regulations have been drawn up by th~' ~credMusic Commission of which the Bishop is Chairman. This Commission w.as formed by the ,Bishop upon the issuance of the October

1958 Instruction from the Holy The 'Bishop then setup th~ September with ..choir directors See directing fuller participation Commissions suggested by the and organists and choir members in the Mass by the faithful and Holy See-the Commission on from every parish' in the Diocese calling for strict attention to Sacred Liturgy'an'd' the: Com- invited to review' these' music musical correctness in carrying mision on Sacred Music., The regulations, to arrive at pracout the liturgical functiohs of the Bishop himself is Chairman of tical methods of putting them Church. . both Commissions and has taken into forc'e in all Churches in the an' active, role in them. Members Diocese and' to demonstrate how The Fall River Diocese was of 'the Sacred Music Commission,' this could be done. one of the first to put the in' addition to the Bishop. are' Ever since that first seminar, program suggested in the Instruction into effect. The Instruc- Rev. pilUIG. Connolly, ~ev. organists and choir directors in tion was issued in Rome by the Arthur G. Dupuis, Rev. "Alfred Churches throughout the Diocese Sacred Congregation of Rites on J. ~ Gendreau, .Rev. ,james .F. have shown wonderful cooperation in trying to bring their An Anchor of the Soul, Sur, and F'irm-Sr. PAUL Oct; 2, 1958. The l\'lost Reverend Lyons, R~V:: Joseph L.' ,Powers and Rev. ':Maurice Souza.· ' . music repertory into harmony .B~shop in the Oct. 9, 1958 issue of The, Anchor instructed all Under the Bishop's direction,' with the wishes of the Church pastors 'to put into effect at once members of the Sacred Music . and the prescriptions of the a ,·pro:;;ram ClesigIi.ed to 'secure Commission 'have 'studied the Instruction of Pope Pius XII ...• PRICE lOe I 4 ,'''' ,0. © 1960 The Anchor $4:00'per Yea,' ,the'more active participation of ,vadous iijr'e~tives of the Holy', and the other instructions on ,the faithful i~ offering the Sacri'-. : Se~ on music ;in .ChurCh func- • music ' t~l'. nave come from Second Class Mail Privileges A'utho~;'l~dat,'F';il :"Ri~er; Mass; • 'J .. fice;9f th,e l\'las~. . , tions;"A ~seminai:. was' held in': : Turn' to Page Thirteen

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His Excellency, the Most REiverend James L. Connolly" Bishop' of Fall River, will preside at graduation exercises for 110 students from the Greater New Bedford and Greater Fall River areas who have completed a training course in 'Confraternity of Christian Doctrine techniques. The ceremonies are set for 2 Saturday afternoon, Jan. 30 at St. Mary's Cathedral. They will open with the prayer of St. Pius X for the Confraternity. Rev. Joseph L. Powers, Diocesan Director of the Confraternity, will present the graduates, represent-' ing over 20 parishes, to the Bishop. Of the group, 57 are from Greater Fall River and 53 from Greater New Bedford. They will be presented to His Excel1en~y by parishes. ,Turn to Page Seventeen

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LbS' ANGELES' (NC) Raising the question of religious affiliation in connection with political candidacy

MSGR. VIEIRA MSGR. TEIXEIRA He Prepared Iror First Communioh ••••• '••••••• This Golden Jubilarian In Priesthood

is "un.;American," James Francis Cardinal McIntyre has declared. The American concept of religious freedom has always in,sisted on the equal right of all l:ltizens to seek and hold public offj"e, the Archbishop of Los Angeles said. This prinf:iple, he continued. has been followed in the choice of men for 'elective and appointive posts in the legislative, administrative and judiciary fields. "Historically, philosophically and constitutionally, the eligibil,ity:of a candidate for public of·£ice has not been determined by religious affiliation. In a signed editorial in The Tidings, newspaper of the Atcll:l.diocese of Los Angeles, the prl8late says in part: Turn to Page Eighteen

Legion Issues Taunt~n Monsignor to: .Observe .Spiritual Day SOYea'rs in" Priesthood Reading List "When I think back now, I know I could have been a better priest. You read the lives For CYOe s Members of the Legion of of the saints and see what they have done; then you know you could have done better," . r

Mary of St. James Church, New Bedford, were tired of hearing about the necessity

for informed people readipg good Catholic books, and then the silence that would follow when someone asked for suggested ti ties. And so Legion members wellt to work and drew up a list of suggested books and had the four-page brochure,made up for distribution t h r 0 1,1 g h out the Greater New Bedford Area and 'to other Legion of Mary groups m ihe Diocese. The brochure is issued each Season, and the Winter Edition bas' just been issued":"'1500 copies Turn. to Page Four

Co-Sponsor Film Premiere to Aid Nazareth Hall The Catholic Woman's Club and the Clover Club, both of Fall River, will cosponsor the gala premiere of the, color film, "Embezzled Heaven," at 8 o'clock Wednesday. Feb'. 3, at the Strand Theatre for the benefit of Nazareth Hall. Mrs. Michael J. McMahon, president of the Catholic Women's Club, and Mr. Wilfred Driscoll, president of the Clover Clul>, are co-chairmen of the sponsoring committee. Each of the sponsoring organiTurn to Pa&'e Eighteen

said Rt. Rev. M~gr. :(\fanuel J .. Teixeira with an eloquentshrug as he reviewed his 50' years Rev. Walter A. Sullivan. in the priesthood. The.pastor of St. Anthony's Church in Taunton, Monsig'nor Teixeira will Fall River Area CYO Direcobserve the golden anniver- family. "My mother had 15 Antonio P. Vieira of. Our Lady tor; h~s announced a Day of sary of his ordination to the children, and I had four broth- of Mount Carmel Church in New Recollection for all CYOers priesthood with a jubilee ers and three sisters who lived," Bedford. "Then Monsignor Vieira' to take place Sunday afternoon Mass at which Bishop Con- . Mopsignor related. was only 27 years old lind' ~l- from I, until 4 at the Catholic:

nolly will assist at 11 Sunday morning, Feb. 7, at St. Anthony·s. . Later in the month on Sun, 'day" Feb. 21, frie'nds and' membel's' of the parish will honor the jubilarian,at a banquet. . Monsignor's aecomplishments beli.e the opinion he expressed above. A simple, yet impressive man, with a remarkable m'emory for dates ~nd events, his life has been one of' fielwice., ' Born in' Our Lady' of' Grace Parish in Taiul, da. Terra" St. Michael; .Azores, Portugal, the futureprie~t came 'from !l large

"We were a poor family; My, . father worked as· a shoemaker . at night and cultivated' the. , , ., , 'groiInd to' grow food during the· ': day, Before I entere~ the. seminary, I too. had to ~ork:hard.in .. the· fields. Vfe did. not always .. have everyth.m? to ,eat. or many, ~lot~es"and'If'lt wert~ not for a rich man i? th~t area·V{ho hell?ed many sem~nar~ans by. supportmg them,. I would ne,:,er-,have ~been' able to become a priest." When he was five years old;he received' his First Holy Coinmunion from the now Monsignor

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rea~y ha!i been .n~med ~"Pllstor, i~~~.unity Center on Franklin and of my, nahv~ par~sh,: ,Ol,U'. Rev. John P. Driscoll, ~ssistant La~y. of ~rllc,e,. ~onslgnor' Telxelr ontmued at SS. Peter and Paul Church, . a c ; . ,Fall' River, arid ,Assistant Man,<?n Jast Sept. 16. Monslgn~r aging ,Editor of· The· Anchor, Vlelr,a 'obse~ed"t?e ?lst anm- will give, a confer.ence. on versary of· h~s ordmatlon to the , ."Yquth ,Looks at. Itself-What priesthood.) . '. We Are." After the conference ,The pat,hs of t~e two. prIests thefe will. be the ..recitation of we~'~C!, ~ross. ag~m ~hen Msgr. . the Rosary and then a so~ial with Tel~elra cam~ to thIS countr". refresnmentsserved. and wa~ apP?mte~ to the M~)\~nt : Alter the social there will be Carmel parIsh. '. ..Msg.r.· Vie,Ira • question and. answer period oft~ ~om~s.to VISI t h IS. prevIous Turn to Page Twelve parlshI<;mer and .curate. :. Turn" to,. ~age TwentT

Directs Parish Quota System. for, Visitor'

BROOKLYN (NC)'"---'- Five new Qi.ocesan high schools to accommodate 10,000 stu,; dents will form the first phase of a $45 , million expansion program in, the Brooklyn

PROVIDENCE. (NC) - The Providence Visitor, Rhode·Island's Catholic newspaper, has abandoned its school crusade for subscriptions, in favor of a plan that will place

diocese. Bishop Bryan J. McEntegart of Brooklyn, has disclosed plans which will increase the number of diocesan secondary schools to 50, increas. ing the high school student body to 40,000. Two high schools are expected to open in September 1961. One will enroll 1,300 girls. The other will enroll 1,500 girls and 1,500 boys in separate wings, with a central connecting unit. Future plans will include three more high schools. The over-all program· also will affect diocesan Turn to Pan· Sixteen .

the annual campaign in the hands of each pastor. The new method has been announced by Bishop Russell J. McVinney of Providence. It represents _the first change in subscription solicitation in about 20 years. Praising the work done by the school children in keeping and gaining readers for the paper, Bishop McVinney siated the parish-basis setup is now in use in 'the vast majority of U. S. dioceses. . Turn ~ Pa;,e Sixteen

·Rome Diocesan Synod to Open .Next Monday

ROME (NC) - The Rome diocesan synod opening here next Monday will be the first such gathering in five centuries. This first Rome synod since 1461 has 1ttracted worldwide attention not only because of its historical importance, but also because Pope John has expressed the wish that it may serve as a model for diocesan synods throughout the world. The Rome synod will be nothing more than a diocesan synod Turn to Page Twelve


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