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Catholic Press', Has Record Circulation Of 28 u867,774
The ANCHO
An Anchor of the Soul, SurD and "i1'1n-ST. PAUL
Fall River"Mass., Thull'sday,AUl~lllIsi' 10, 1961 I' ' '
Vol. 5, No. 33 ©
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: FATHER LYONS
1961 The Anchor
Sodalists to Represent Diocese at 'Fordham "
Fr. Je P. Lyons Served Over Hc;fCentury
. The Most Reverend Bishop celebrated a Pontifical ReDelegates from Catholic higl1 schools in the Fall River quiem Mass,yesterday mornDiocese will be among thousands of youngsters attending ing a't St. Joseph's Church, th:eannual Summer School for Catholic Action at Fordham Fall 'River, for Rev: Joseph ·P. Lyons, ,for 34 years pastor of the University, New York City, Monday, Aug. 14 through Fall River' Parish' Saturday, Aug. ;1.9. The wonderful, unforgettable days., Father Lyons ,died Sunday schOOl is sponsored by the : The student receives courses of J afternoon in a Brockton hospital na~tional office of the Soinstruction to increase his' faith, at the age of 85 after' an ,illness dality of Our Lady.... "M.ore to insp.ire 'and motivate, him to of,several months He had been' illoday than' ever before," say the fuller Catholic; and apostoli,c . active until he was stricken at planning of-ficials of the school, . life so badly needed in the world ,that time. A native of North Easton and "tbere is pressing need for a today. militant, Catholic laity" a laity , "Coupled with this there are, son of Daniel and Ma'ry Murphy willi-ng to stand up fora prin- wholesome periods ,of recreation, Lions, Father 'Lyons attended ciple and one which is trained parties and dances, talent shows, . Bryant '& Stratton Business and other forms of evening enSchool, Boston College, and St. I8n~ capable .of leading others. tertainment skillfully conducted 'Joseph's Seminary, Dunwoodie, '.~The Summer School of Catho1i,c Action is designed to provide and supervised by members of New York. He was ordained to the priesthood in St. Mary's just this tt·aining. Its origin dates ,the SSCA fa<:ulty." All school sessions will be held ,Cathedral,Fall River, on June back to 1931 when the late Father Daniel Lord, impressed at Fordham. Dances, talent 22, .1906, by the late Most Rev.-with'this need for' training lay shows and sightseeing excursions. ' William Stang, F!rst Bishop of are' included on the en,tertain-' Turn to Pag( Twelve ie~ders, launched' a' leadership : ment schedule. _ tra,ining school. ' "Since that time the SSCA has Courses will cover subjects fP'Own to wha,t we know it as such as convert making, the so-' , ' today. 'rhe SSCA . combines the da!ity way of life,vocations, the. ~ 0 QI elements of an education, a re- Mass, race relations, m a r r i a g e . , treat, and a vacation into six' and mental prayer. : '
NEW YORK (NC) ..:.- Circulation, of Catholic newspapers and magazines in the U.S. and Canada during 1960 rose to a record total of 28,867,774, the Catholic Press Association has disclosed. The 1961-62 Catholic Press Directory,published by the hope American Catholics will association, shows that for continue this wonderful support the second year in succession' of their improving Catholic the total circulation of Cath- press." The new directory shows a olic publications increased by more than a million and a half total of 546 newspapers and magover the previous year. Circula- azines in North America as of tion last year rose, by i,677,143 Jan. 1, 1961. Of these, 506 are from th~ 1959 level of 27,190,631. U.S. publications. In the' U.S'., the directory lists Father Albert J. Nevins, M.M., 130 Catholic newspapers, 122 CPA president, said in releasing the statistics: "This continued magazines which accept advertising, and·254 magazines not acdramatic increase in circulation cepting advertis,ing. of our Catholic publications U.S. Catholic magazine circuclearly illustrates the great growth and increased ac~eptance lation increased by 1,215,007 in 1960, the figures show. For the of the American Catholic press. "Obviously, this new circulation 376 U.S. magazines listed, this record shows that Catholic pub- was an average per publication lications are, gaining subscribers , increase of '3,231. U.S. Catholic 'and readers steadily - lind this newspapers-130 publications, is a direct reflection of the sus- gained a total of 413,313 in cirtained efforts by our, Catholic cu\ation, or an average gain of publishers to make their publi- 3,120 per publication. cations rhore useful, more meanIn addition to circulation figingful and more attractive in to- ureS j the directory contains the name; address and personnel of day's America. "We expect these circulation publications listed, plus adverincreases to continue and we, tising rates and mechanical data. '
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FRESNO (NC) - George Randol, former copy editor for a San Francisco newspaper and now full-time inquiry . class director in two parishes, sees in his role as a priests' helper the opportunity of a lifetime. Randol is one of six .. piQ'neeI', g'raduates of the Unienough invite others ,to inquire ' versity of'San Francisco In- about the Church. "One of the biggest elements ,stitl).te of'Lay Theology. He in the future success of the }»"o,w~s one of' a group selected as the, first laymen' to work gram will be the enthusiasm of ' full-time 'in the convert aposto- our .first groups of converts," the late. At the institute; the group priests' helper declared. "Our , goal is complete participation by -,0" fo~ F~thers,- ' , 'Vas exposed to "16 years' Jesuit , 1 Thed ,L~Salette . .' , seminary' ,work condensed into. all parishioners in the life of the Church which is'the completion ocate -Ill the Diocese at East 'on~," he says. of the Mystical Body of Christ." W' , • Br.ewster and Attleboro, '''When we. :started the course, He obserV~ that the response 'ha,ve' announced that they' we ,were' well~informed CatM- of the parishioners had indicated .,' . . :' " . -, " . ", .' .' have acqu,ired a hOme in South- 'lics," Rand'olsaid. "But 'we reaNEW ORLEANS' (NC-) ,..... The future of .the world wIll· . bridge, Mass., and will transfer lized:' that w~ needed something they desire to. participate in the . apostolate. He does not expect a Fe8t -with Latin Amerka fOr 'the next decade,.- Father. 'W. " : the Provincialliea'dquarters frOlll more to make our lives consist- great harvest of souls immediatPatrick Donnelly, S.J., presideht of Lqyola Uljiversity' of E~st I;irewster to thIS new p~op- ent. This; job is an opportunity ely. The first step is to stir up , " S' "d h F ,th D' 11 d th' t el ty, as a more centrallocatJon. not every. 'Catholic gets." the' enthus'iasm of good Cathothe ol~th, sal 'ere. ~,er, onne y ma . e e commen Very Rev. 'Philip LeBlanc, " His current position in Our lics., M .S ,,' ProvinCIal, has also an· as h e repor t e d on a 15-nat I on L'atl'n Amerl'cans d,I'ff-I'n thel'r Randol conducts one inquiry = h Lady of Victory 'and St. Therh Latin Anlerican tour whic' attitudes toward' the U.S., he nounced that t e Mission Bureau ese's parishes, he noted;, is 'the class each week in each parish. he made, to set up a new staled, but "the vast. majority . will be transfer.red' from Attle- practical realization thil.t to be a He, also spends time visiting and bol'O SouthbrIdge. teach er exc h ange program have a fine regard and a close Theto new home an 18-room Ca th 0 I"IC,IS to b e an, apos tl e. Til 'e writing to prospective converts · association and feeling of familof th e, C01' d eII H u II Fo un d at Ion modern' bllilding ' with garages program I'S ' b'ased , ' . on the I'dea and organizing,his campaign. Future plans include estabscholarship committee. iarity with the United' Sta,tes." : Turn to Page Eighteen that Catholics do not often But, he a,ddect, "some feel dislishment of a convert guild in "'The cold war has shifted from which new Catholics will conEUl'ope and Asia to Latin Am- appointed thiItthe United States tinue their training fQr at least erica, because Latin Amerioa has helped countries' in other a year after Baptism. offers tremendous potential for parts of the world and not iii . "The, greatest weapon in our leadership and economic dev~l- Latin America." arsenal is the personal call on opment," he said. The La,tin Americans are not prospects, both by members of Noting that Latin America's looking for handouts, but, for TuI'D to Page Eighteen lfuture development depends on know-how, technical assistance ,the universities, Father Donnelly and loans - programs that will Said he was encouraged by the help them 'help thems'elves, he growth of private universities in said. An unjust social 'structure , Latin America. He' said their is "dry wood for Communism," he warned. ' ' .' influence would help counter ~a that of some established schools Father Donnelly said Cuban where communists and leftists· Premier Fidel 'Castro has a large DAVENPORT (NC) - In ~o~d key posts. '. Turn to' Page 'Eighteen an attempt to find out what hopes the laity have for the coming Vatican Council, the CathQIic Messenger, newspaper of the Davenport Diocese, opened its.letters-to-the-editor colWASHINGTON (NC) - An international meeting of 'umns to comment on the council. family life specialists, both Catholic and non-Catholic, The response has touched on a agreed that mothers who work outside the home are "paying wide variety of Church affairs, heavily" for what they get from-it. This was r~port'ed the 'editors report. One letter urged "a rethinking of the whole here by Msgr. Irving A. DeThe MO~SignOr said del~gates system of Catholic education." lUane, direc~or of the Family agreed that the working mother Another asked for the inclusion Li~e Bureau, National Cathsituation' leads to' such disadof laymen 011 diocesan councils olic Welfare Conference, who vantages as a "notable imbalance and a simplification of breviary ettended the recent congress of in the child's' emotional life"; and missal. the Intemational Union of Fam- misunderstanding between hus. However, the most common :Uy Organizations in Madrid. band and wife and between topics are the role of the laity Msgr. DeBlanc, who was re- mother and children; increased ANNUAL REUNION: The four children of Mrs. Clara and lay participation in the liteJected to the executive board household e~penses; physical Oliveira who are in religious life hold their annual reunion Urgy. of the IUFO during the meeting wear and tear on the' mother; "Much has been said In recent last month, said delegates to the birth control; and an unhealthily with their mother at the Convent of the Franciscan Mission- years about the role the layman ~ngress from some 40 nations extreme spirit of independence aries of Mary on Second Street, Fall River. Left to right, is to play in the work of the Hi-Universally agree" that. women among women. Rev. Edward Oliveira, Our Lady of Lourdes parish, Taunton; erarchy and in Catholic Action," with pre-school children should In view of these circumstances, Mrs. Oliveira; Sister Maria Anjo; F.M.-M.; Sister Claire wrote Stanley Grabowski of Dot work outside the home "ex- Msgr. DeBlanc said, the IUFQ Cliffside Park, N.J. Francis, S.U.S.C.; Sister Claire Edward, S.U.S.C. There are ~pt. in exremely dire circumdelegates felt .that "for the few "Maybe the f:ouncil could spell nine children in the family ~ltogether. ~lU'D to 'Page Eighteen iotu~." . Turn to Pare Eighteen
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