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River, Mass.,' Thursday, June 16, 1960
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l41ms~ GRADUATES: First 'graduates of St..Joan:of. Are . ,School, . . . Orleans' .., .first parochial school on Cape Cod, wHl'receive diploma!!! from Bishop Connolly today; Left '.to right, top row: Albert Bohlin,' Michael King, Br\1ce .Carron, Thomas .Hammatt. Middle tow:: Theodore Ellis, Kevin Maher, Rev. James E."Lynch, pastor; Elizabeth Chipman. Mary McDerinott. Bottom row: Gail Walker, Frances Swift" Karen Derger, Patricia ' The 'program for the amiual New England CYO' con- Collins. vention to be held, Saturday and Sunday at Kennedy Center, New Bedford, will be dedicated to Rev. Leo T. Sullivan, former Diocesan youth chairman, just named administrator of"the new St. Ann's parish, Raynham. Fr. Leo Sullivan began preparations for the convention. 'l'hey have been taken over by Rev. Walter A, A total of 1,596 boys and girls will grad uate from the grammar schools of the Diocese Sullivan, who has succeeded him this month, an increase of 370 over last year. First graduations will be held by three as Diocesan youth chairman and schools: St. Joan of Arc, Orleans; and St. Anthony's and St. Joseph's, ~both Taunton. St who 'made the announcement of the dedication. Joan of Arc is staffed by the Sisters of Divine Providence and the Taunton schools by Pather Sullivan further anthe Religious of the Holy nounced that both Bishop Coneighth grade, will hold no vious time in the Fall River Union of the Sacred Hearts. an nolly and Auxiliary Bishop exercises. Diocese, it was noted. Largest class will be that &errard would be present at Throughout the Diocese girls E;leven high schools are in graduated by St. Mary's outnumbe.r boys in graduating operation in the· area, with ooltvention sessions. Bishop Ger-
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Diocesan Parochial Schools To Graduate Total of 1596
rard will preside at a dialogue Mass Sunday morning, and Bishop Connolly will preside at Benediction and speak at' the banquet which will close the meeting at 1 Sunday afternoon. Rt. Rev, John P. Carroll 'of Boston, New England CYO moderator, will give a resume of the Convention proceedings at the Sunday banquet before the Bishop's address. Carlin Lynch, director of athletics at Bishop Stang High School, North Dartmouth, will Turn to Page Two
School, North Attleboro, with 79 eighth graders. St. Mary's held last year's record as well. The smallest graduating class will be that of St, Mary's Home, New Bedford. Five boys and one girl will receive eighth grade diplomas. Many schools, not in operation long enough to have
Bishop Conl1loUy
To Lead Rome MONSIGNOR CARROLL
'Misplaced Conservatism Bain of U. S. Catholics RIVER FOREST (NC) - A non-Catholic philosopher has urged Catholics to "be in the forefront of every·progres- , sive movement in human affairs." Speaking 'at a symposium'· on "The Present Position of Catholics in America," Dr. , __, _._.__ ~_ ........ _.. __ Mortimer J. Adler deplored the "misplaced' conserva.., tism" of U. S. Catholics. The two-day symposium at Ros-
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Pilgrim(lge Led by Bishop Connolly, a Diocesan Pilgrimage to 'points of religious interest . in Europe will embark from United States Oct. 4. The, pilgrimage, first of its kind organiz~d in the Dioces'e, will" include a' general papal audience and visits to Lourdes, Florence, Lucerne, Paris and Rome. . . Countries to be visited are Italy, France, Switzerland, Ireland and England. Two of the newest and most modern transatlantic liners have been chosen for the transatlantic portion of the First Official Fall . Turn to Page Nineteen
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classes. There will be 683 boys and 913 girls among the total' leaving the eighth grade. Facilities for the students to continue their Catholic education are better than at any pre-
Bishop 'Feehan regional high school scheduled for completion in the near future in Attleboro. L is expected that it will receive its 'first freshman class in the Fall of 1961.
Diocesan School Children Awaiting Annual Picnic
. The second annual Diocesan school picnic for 'elemen-
tal~y school students will be held at Lincoln Park, North
Dartmouth, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of next week. The picnic is under the sponsorship of the Diocesan school off"ice and will be under the and use of the park's golf course, iminediate supervision of bowling alleys, and roller skatRev. ~Edward J. Gorman, ing rink. . superintendent of schools. Highlight of each day's picnic Schools have been divided into three groups' of approximately 6000 students ~ach, and groups have been' arranged so that each' is drawn from the whole Diocese, thus relievmg transportation in anyone area. At Lincoln Park each school will have a headquarters area, at which a' member of its faculty wili be on duty throughout the day. Children will be supplied ,,,:th strip tickets entitling holder ~o rides on park amusements
will be the awarding of three boy-'s and three girl's bicycles to holders of lucky tickets. Awards will be made in the park pavilioA . Turn to Page Two,
Boston·' College ·Graduates Fall River Man . With Honors Despi,te Blindness. Handicap , "I'm very proud of him." Those are the heartfelt words of Mrs. Imelda Labounty, 54 Barnes Street,. Fall River,. a 'member of Immaculate Conception. parish. She speaks of her son, Robert, who graduated with honors this week from Boston College. RQbert Labounty is, blind. He maintained his above-a verage scholastic record for four years mainly ~hro~~h .the , en~?~rl;lg~me~t electipg social work as avoca":" .Morton Junior HighSc~ool, Fall of hIS mother, the help of tion: As a youngster 'heatten~ed River;· but'. increasing loss of classmates who:' read ,:texts 'sight l!ld. him to continue' his, 'for fiim'and th~ ~ssistanceof . high ~chool work at .Perkins
NEW PH.D.: Sister Madeleine Clemence, Director of St. Anne Hospital School of NurHing, Fall River, received her Doctorate in Philosophy from Buston College on Mon-
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faculty members who gave 'him . , . . oral rather than wl'ltten examm.. ations.· "I read to him' a great deal" says Mrs. Labounty. "Sometim~s I'd tape record material for him so he could listen to it at his leisure." Robert only needed one reading of most texts, she said. Some of his books were transcribed into braille by volunteers from the National Braille Press, and those he could study more exhaustively. A major in sociology, Robert plans to enter Simmons School of Social Work in the Fall for two years of graduate work leading to a master's degree. "I want to help people as peopIe have helped me," said Robert, giving that as his reason for
Institute.W~tertow?. . Gardenmg and hlkmg are hiS . . 1 h bb' b' t th t k pl'lQclpa 0 les,: u . ey a.e sec(md place to hiS mam ambltion, that of helping others. He entered Boston College in 1956, completing college work in the. usual four year period. He is grateful to many teachers and fellow students for scholastic assistance, . and found much en-joyment, too, in extra-curricular activities. ' These included singing with the glee club and participation in intramural wrestling matches. "With his sensitive sense of tOUCh," says John Larner of the college staff, "he amazes his friends with the abilirt.Y W describe trees and' flowers by feeling the leaves."
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NEW PRIEST: Rev. Evar· isto Tavares of Canadalria, St. Michael, Azores, was ordained Pentecost Sunday in Angra, Terceira, Azores, for service in the Diocese of Fall River.