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FALL RIVER DIOCESAN NEWSPAPER FOR SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS CAPE COD & THE ISLANDS

Fourth bishop of Fall River is laid to路 rest "I was struck by this comment from a bishop weighed down with The tumult and the shouting 路the cares of a diocese," said Father die, Driscoll. . . The captains and the He said he also remembered kings depart; Bishop Connolly in the chapel of Still 'Stands thine ancient his house, "on his knees communsacrifice, ing with God in absolute faith and A humble and a trust" and his custom of reciting contrite heart. the rosary with those in his car on Today Bishop James L. Con- his return trips from confirmations nolly is at rest in the bishops' crypt or other liturgical ceremonies. of his beloved St. Mary's CatheIllustrating the bishop's practidral where he was ordained in cal nature, said Father Driscoll, 1923, welcomed as the fourth bish- was his oft-repeated advice to young op of Fall River in 1945 and people: "Don't be caught up in ordained 130 priests for the diocese. fads; realize the people you can In the words of Rudyard Kipling, really trust; remember what your the tumult and the shouting will parents and teachers told you; and die. Memories of the down-to- cling fast to the unchanging truths earth prelate will not. of the faith. " At Tuesday night's wake servAt meetings, Father Driscoll said, ice, a telling recollection was shar- the bishop again demonstrated his ed by Very Rev. John P. Driscoll, commonsense approach to life. pastor of St. Lawrence parish, "He'd say 'Let's be practical; let's New Bedford,. and at one time get going.' What he truly meant episcopal secretary to the bishop. was 'Let's do what God expects of "I have a particular picture of us.' " Bishop Connolly in my mind and At the center ofthe bishop's life, heart," he said. "One night I concluded Father Driscoll, "was brought him a document to be love of God and love of neighbor. signed and found him deep in So he fulfilled the great commandthought, holding a volume by one ments of the law. So he will live ofthe early Fathers ofthe Church. eternally in that Love which is He looked up and said, 'I worry God." about my salvation too, you know.'

A moving moment during the " 'Why, bishop?' I asked. wake came when Father Raymond " 'The Fathers say that we work J. Lynch, OFM, rector of Our out our salvation in fear and trem- Lady's Chapel, New Bedford, placbling,' he responded. 'I haven't ed the Franciscan 'habit in Bishop had much fear and trembling in Connolly's casket. . my life and very little suffering.

In 1958 the bishop was affiliated God has been good to me.' to the first order of the Friars

By Pat McGowan

Minor, Father Lynch explained, thus he enjoyed all its spiritual benefits. Each priest in the Holy Name Franciscan province will offer Mass for him and he will share in the prayers and sacrifices of members worldwide.

Prelates attending the wake service, led by Bishop Cronin, were Archbishop George H. Pearce, SM, retired archbishop of Suva, Fiji; and Providence bishops Louis E. Gelineau and Kenneth A. Angell.

Memorial Mass Rites for Bishop Connolly began Monday when Bishop Cronin received his body at the Catholic Memorial Home where it lay in state until it was transferred at II :30 a.m. Tuesday to St. Mary's Cathedral. On its way the cortege passed the bishop's former residence on Highland Avenue and Sacred Hearl Church, where he served as pastor for six of what he afterwards referred to frequently as among his happiest years.

At noon Tuesday, Boston Cardinal Law was principal celebrant of a memorial Mass at the cathedral, joined by Bishop Cronin and Boston auxiliary bishops John J. Mulcahey and Lawrence J. Riley.

ALL PICTURES in this section of the Anchor are by Sister Gertrude Gaudette, 0 P, and Joseph Motta.

The cardinal offered the Tuesday Mass because his schedule made it impossible for him to attend Wednesday's Mass of Christian Burial.

the Mass Cardinal Law offered sympathy to the "family of faith Bishop Connolly served so beautifully and well," both in his own name and in that of the archdiocese of Boston.

He expressed gratitude to "those who served him in his last year, the Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirm who are such a precious gift to the diocese. "

St. Mary's Cathedral was packed for the liturgy. In tribute to the bishop, the entire student body of Bishop Connolly High School, numbering over 700 students, was in attendance, traveling to the ceremony in 15 buses. Father James C. On his way to the cathedral the cardinal had paused at St. Patrick's O'Brien, SJ, Connolly principal, was among designated conceleCemetery in Fall River, where Cardinal Humberto S. Medeiros, brants and the servers were Conhis predecessor in the Boston archnolly students Richard Rodrigues, diocese, is buried. In that connecBrian Schoonorville, Tobias Siltion he told the cathedral congrevia, Joseph Dumais and Jeffrey gation: "It's good that tomorrow, Waclawick. the day on which this faithful shepPatrick Malloy, also a Connolly herd will be buried, coincides with student, who lives near the bishop's house and who as a youngster was the death date of Cardinal Medeia regular backdoor petitioner for ros. The cardinal served cookies and milk, was the lector.

Bishop Connolly faithfully as a His father, Dr. John P. Malloy, priest ofthis diocese and has, as so many times before, prepared the was the bishop's physician and was among honorary pallbearers way for the bishop."

The cardinal noted that it was a at Wednesday's Mass of Christian "special joy" to see the Bishop Burial.

Also an important part of the . Connolly High School students in proceedings was Connolly sopho- the congregation. "You young men more Scott Csanadi who video- and women speak of his life and taped both Tuesday and Wednes- efforts and the efforts of the day's liturgies under direction of church," he declared. faculty member Brother Michael "Every death brings with it sadBarnaby, FIe. ness," he concluded, "but when The Mass homily路 was delivered you have lived as long as the

by Very Rev. Barry W. Wall, bishop and when your life has Cathedral rector. It appears in been measured in faithful service full, beginning on page II of this to the Lord, there is a joy born of issue. our sure hope in the resurrection In brief remarks at the end of of the Lord."

PRAYER

Lord give love to 'Jam Your mercy and H h es, Your servant e oped in Ch . . preached Ch . fJS(' and with Ch . nst. May he share fISt the' f life W JOy a eternal . e ask h' Ch . t 1S through nSt Our Lord A . men.

LEARY PRESS

PRIESTS PROCESS into St. Mary's Cathedral for Mass of Christian Burial; at right Bishop Cronin receives offertory gifts. At far right is Msgr.

Francis Gilligan, Bishop Connolly's friend from seminary days.

Fourth bishop of Fall River is laid to rest Cardinal Law also extended sympathy to Mrs. Jennie Connolly, widow of Bishop Connolly's brother John, and to the prelate's nieces and a grandnephew.

Music for the memorial Mass was by organist Madeleine Grace and flutist Wendy Hawes. Congregational participation was led by cantor Elaine Nadeau.

A poignant note came following the Mass when the entire student body ofSt. Stanislaus School, Fall River, led by Father Robert S. Kaszynski, pastor, filed by the children-loving bishop's casket, as his body lay in state.

Funeral Mass Thirteen New England bishops were among concelebrants ofBishop Connolly's funeral Mass on Wednesday.

They were Archbishop Pearce and retired Worcester Bishop Bernard J. Flanagan; Bridgeport Bishop Walter W. Curtis; Portland Bishop Edward C. O'Leary; Providence Bishop Gelineau; Worcester Bishop Timothy J. Harrington; Burlington Bishop John A. Marshall.

Manchester Bishop Odore J. Gendron; Hartford Auxiliary Bishop John F. Hackett; Portland Aux-

iliary Bishop Amedee W. Proulx; Providence Auxiliary Bishop Angell; Boston Auxiliary Bishops Daniel A. Hart and Alfred C. Hughes.

Chaplain-concelebrants to Bishop Cronin were Msgr. Francis Gilligan of St. Paul, Minn., a seminary friend of Bishop Connolly; and Msgr. Thomas J. Harrington, currently on sabbatical leave from the diocese, who returned for the funeral from studies at Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. Although the cathedral could not have accommodated all stu-

dents ofthe diocesan schools, they were dismissed from classes on Wednesday, designated a "day to remembet Bishop Connolly."

The procession entering the sunfilled cathedral for the II a.m.

Mass included plumed Knights of Columbus who had also formed an honor guard for the bishop as he lay in state at the Catholic Memorial Home and at the cathedral.

Honorary pallbearers were Judge William Carey, Henry Desmond, Atty. Maurice Downey, Joseph Feitelberg, Aloysius Kearns, Aime Lafrance, Dr. John Malloy, Thom-

as Rogers, John Springer and Atty.

Frederic Torphy.

170 diocesan and religious order priests were present as well as permanent deacons, members of all communities of sisters in the diocese, five ecumenical delegations and representatives of all diocesan agencies, offices and institutions.

Also in attendance were delegates from the Diocesan Councils of Catholic Women and Catholic Nurses and the Society of St. Vincent de Paul.

Worshipers were seated Qy the formally-clad cathedral ushers' corps.

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May the Lord Grant Him

Eternal Rest BISHOP CONNOLLY PARTICIPATING IN THE DEDICATION OF ST. ANN'S, JULY 1961

THE PARISH COMMUNITY

ST. ANN. RAYNHAM

BISHOP JAMES l. CONNOllY

May His Soul Enjoy Eternal Happiness Among The Saints In The Kingdom Of Heaven

REV. JOSEPH OLIVEIRA

REV. ARNOLD R. MEDEIROS

AND THE PARISH COMMUNITY OF

OUR LADY OF LOURDES /

TAUNTON

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River:....Fri., Sept. 19,1986

Fourth bishop Continued from Page 19 Seminarian Edward Healy and Sister Rose de Lima Clarke, RSM, administrator of St. Vincent's Home, Fall River, were readers.

Permanent deacon Lawrence A. St. Onge read the Gospel and was deacon for the Mass.

Paul Society and Sister Morin, now stationed at the Cathedral rectory, was at Bishop Connolly's home on Highland Avenue during the 1950s. Mrs. Almond is the oldest living past president of the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women.

Giftbearers were Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Gromada, Sister Viola Morin, SJA, and Mrs. Emmet Almond.

Mr. Gromada has long been associated with the St. Vincent de

Music for the Mass was by Glenn Giuttari, organist, and the New England Chamber Players.

Singing was by the Diocesan Choir and cantor Joanne Mercier directed congregational participation.

PERMANENT Deacon Manuel H. Camara is chaplain to Cardinal Law as the prelate receives Bishop Connolly's body at the entrance to St. Mary's Cathedral prior to Tuesday's memorial Mass.

Bishop Cronin's homily appears full, beginning on page 28 ofthis Issue.

Red roses from Bishop Cronin were the sole flowers at Bishop Connolly's casket as he lay in state. They were placed before the altar for the funeral liturgy.

Entombment Ceremony Following the Mass a simple and moving ceremony took place in the bishops' crypt beneath St. Mary's Cathedral, where again a single basket of flowers had been placed, these from Cardinal Law. There, in the presence ofthe pallbearers, the designated concelebrants of his funeral Mass and his brother bishops, Bishop James Louis Connolly was laid to rest beside his predecessors, Bishops William Stang, Daniel F. Feehan and James E. Cassidy.

"Give our brother James peaceful rest in this grave," prayed Bishop Cronin before all present joined in the haunting "Salve Regina," traditionally sung at the grave of a priest.

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BISHOP CONNOLLY'S memorial inscription in the bishops' crypt of St. Mary's Cathedral. In Latin, it gives his name, his title as fourth bishop of Fall River and the dates of his birth, episcopal consecration and death.

• • • • Not since the funeral of Bishop Cassidy 35 years ago had the cathe-

dral bade farewell to a bishop. But Wednesday's funeral held a note more of triumph than of sorrow.

After 91 blessed years, a faithful pastor had joined his Good Shepherd.

"I WILL RAISE ME UP A FAITHFUL PRIEST" I KG. 1:35

BISHOP CONNOLLY BLESSES NEW QUEEN OF ALL SAINTS CHAPEL IN 1968

THE PARISH FAMILY OF CHRIST THE KING. COTUIT \

ST. JUDE CHAPEL COTUIT

QUEEN OF ALL SAINTS CHAPEL MASHPEE

"Every day a good, happy day"

MAY HE REST IN PEACE IN LOVING MEMORY OF BISHOP JAMES 1. CONNOLLY, WHO FOUNDED THE

DIOCESAN COUNCIL OF CATHOLIC WOMEN, THE MEMBERS WILL PRESENT A MEMORIAL GIFT TO BISHOP CONNOLLY ADDRESSING A MEETING OF DCCW

ST. MARY'S CATHEDRAL

'A Priest Forever'

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OFFICE OF FAMILY MINISTRY AND

THE FAMILY LIFE CENTER

In Memoriam 1951 - 1986

The Parish Community OUR LADY OF THE CAPE Brewster Bishop Connolly Blesses Exterior of New O.L. Cape Church in July, 1963

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was angry because all it wanted was education in peace. The situation is better now, there is much less of this kind of disturbance, because more professors and responsible students are making themselves heard.

As an aside, Bishop Connolly's years as an educator and educational administrator at St. Paul, especially during what he referred to as "the restless years" during World War II afforded him experience in the handling of students.

Referring to the seminarians, he conceded, "I was nicknamed 'Blitz,' I suppose because, ifthey deserved to be fired, I fired them, usually without consulting the faculty, beI~ause it wasn't really a faculty matter anyway."

He paused, reflectively, and added, "I don't know whether I should be that impulsive now not because of weakness - but I should be a little more circumspect." The bishop squared his shoulders. "Still, God made men free and if you are free, you are responsible. " Q. In 1953 and 1954, you said,' "'Those who support in power men lacking in principle, ability and a s,ense of responsibility make themselves accountable for the evils they encourage •.. the present-day attitudes of many have much in common with the customs of a decaying and declining civilization."

A. Certain aspects of the situation have gotten worse since then.

Some of our plays and more adventurous movies present an awful image of us. Seventeen years ago, a bishop from India visited me and said the worst things we were _exporting to his country were movies that portrayed the successful American as having a big car, a big house, selfish standards, and a family iq which each member went his separate ways - and that was supposed to be representative of a great nation.

Some things in literature and the theater remind one of the lesser days of Greece and Rome, insofar a:, they deal with the hopeless, the deviate and the least among us.

Q. In general, however, how do you feel about materialism and the f81mily as a social unit?

A. By and large, I see each day . many things indicative of idealistic attitudes. Not many are throwing up their hands. There's a lot of junk about, but still, some real good stuff, some encouraging and enthusiastic revivals of old, old things.

The family is very strong in this area. I see churches jammed for confirmation because people love kids. I see little kids happy in the fact ofconfirmation over and again, and it is a joy that remains with them. I was in Libya and I met an A merican top sergeant and he said exuberantly, "You confirmed me at Otis Air Force base IO years ago."

In Turkey, I ran across a fellow named Murphy who was working on some slot machines. I asked him where he was from and he said Fall River. "I'm your bishop," I said. "You don't look like him," said Murphy and it was then that I realized why - in Turkey, the religious are not allowed to wear ckrical garb, and I was in mufti.

council] was wasted but the achievement of this greater participation is very appealing, even down to the kids' guitars! One senses the kids belong to the church, lend to it an exciting volatility.

This is not sham; you should see the young people helping the mentally retarded."

Differences in Dis!tent But the bishop differentiated sharply between the impatience of youth, religious zeal in the form of dissent" and the "extreme dissidents," whom he referred to as "one-week wonders." Of the change itself, Bishop Connolly noted that, "You can't make everybody in the same mold. That is one of the mistakes religious have made in the past. The dress was the same; everybody was supposed to think the same. It is not so."

Q. Columnist Carl Rowan has noted that by the year 2000, the supply of oxygen on earth may not be enough to sustain the 7 billion humans who will inhabit this planet.

What is your opinion of that?

A. I do not think the figure will be realized; it is more likely that it may be nearer three to four billion, I believe. The Bible says increase and multiply and fill the earth. We haven't filled it yet; major population increases are limited chiefly to India, China, Africa and South America. Nor have we even begun to touch the resources of the ocean.

Q. In 1948, you said that "Political campaigns are won on promises that are broken six months after election. Expediency governs the honesty of men in high places."

What of today?

A. It hasn't changed, although it is no worse. Government has too much to do with our lives, yet in honesty, in a world torn between Communism and democracy, the thinking person abroad has an inclination to admire the benevolence of our government. I remember talking with a man in Crete in 1967, who spoke in terms of admiration of our government and described it as "democracy at its best. " All we have to do is be sincere. If we had spent less effort in forcing billions on such as Tito, trying to win friendship with money, and more at home in implementing the honest, democratic traditions, especially as pertaining to the Indian and the Negro, our image abroad would have been that much better.

We could have produced more solid co-operative action throughout the world.

The Peace Corps is wonderful.

These people live in the slums with the people whom they help. Missionaries have been traditionally much the same. This is really exporting democracy. Unfortunately most ofthe'money we spend abroad is spent on war, not on peace.

Q. In 1952, you said, "The reason for the present state of the world affairs is the tendency for educated men to forget their responsibility of influence and to sit passively while others¡speak."

A. The situations at Berkeley and Harvard a couple of years ago bear this out. Discontented, irresponsible, non-representative groups were trying to call the shots Q. Are you generally optimistic and getting away with it. The pro- about American things and people fessors were silent and so was the at the moment? student majority, even though it A. I am a professional optimist.

I like things tough, but I subscribe to the belief of the Belgian historian Godfrey Kurth that just a lit.' tie nudge at the right time can make things go in the opposite direction. The Moors were turned back by the great-grandfather of Charlemagne, who proved to be the right man, with the right force, at the right time. The Turks almost took Vienna, but were turned back by a Polish general. Drake routed the Spanish Armada. William, duke of Normandy defeated Harold, King of England, at Hastings.

Q. Does the responsibility of your position weigh heavily?

A. It's a big load if you worry.

I've had a couple of breakdowns from lack of sleep. But basically, you just do what you can.

They're free [church members ofthe diocese]; they're responsible for themselves. There's no more iron hand; the church learned that the hard way. Now, the symbols of what we strive for may be found in St. Francis of Assisi, who lived with the poor whom he served, and in the smiling and friendly Pope John.

I have had the hand of Pius XI on my shoulder. It was during an audience in Rome in 1925. Two of us present were priests. The Holy Father had been shaking hands; he

stood before us, put his hand on my shoulder and asked, "Americani?" and I replied, "Si." He asked where I was from and I told him, St. Paul, and he then inquired where my friend was from.

I resorted to the Latin and replied, "Brooklynensis," which puzzled him, but at the moment, my friend said for himself, "Brooklyn."

"Ah, Brooklyn," said the holy Father, with obvious warmth.

Afterward, a lady in lace mantilla and black gown who had been present at the audience came to me and said, "I am Mrs. Fisher from Detroit and I am so proud to be an American, because you are an American and the Holy Father put his hand upon your shoulder."

Said Bishop Connolly in conclusion, "You know, it didn't occur to me who 'Mrs. Fisher of Detroit' might be until, as we were leaving, I observed her driving off in a Cadillac about forty feet long."

ÂŤtiet the children come to me....

The Kingdom of God belongs to such as these."

Matt. 19: 14

MAY HE REST IN PEACE

HOLY NAME PARISH

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Has there been one moment in the last quarter-century so out standing as to be instantly recalled,? the bishop was asked.

He did not hesitate a second.

"Every day has been a good, happy day," the bishop said firmly, and in that statement lies revealed the nature of the man.

BISHOP CONNOLLY WITH HIS FRIENDS AT NAZARETH HALL

FALL RIVER

GRANT, 0 LORD, TO BISHOP CONNOLLY AFTER HIS EARTHLY SUFFERING, A PLACE OF REFRESHMENT, REST AND PEACE AND THE GLORY OF THY LIGHT.

THE CLERGY AND PEOPLE OF ST. PAUL PARISH. TAUNTON I' 1 VERY REV. John P. Driscoll delivers the homily at Tuesday night's wake service.

MOST REV. JAMES L. CONNOLLY PASTOR

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AT TUESDAY'S memorial Mass for Bishop Connolly, Cardinal Bernard Law (holding crozier), the principal celeorant, spoke briefly at the conclusion of the liturgy.

THE PEOPLE OF THE SACRED HEART PARISH REMEMBER AND PRAY FOR THEIR FORMER PASTOR AND SHEPHERD

Eternal Rest Grant Unto Him, o Lord

AT FUNERAL RITES

FOURTH BISHOP OF FALL RIVER 1951 - 1970

THE PARISH FAMILY OF ESPIRITO SANTO • FALL RIVER

IN MEMORIAM WE HAVE BEEN ENRICHED

BY HIS FAITH AND PRIESTLY CONCERN

MAY HE REST IN PEACE

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"Christ with me, before me, after me, within me."

(Breastplate of St. Patrick)

Bishop Connolly A Faithful Shepherd

The Parish Family of St. Patrick. Wareham

REQUIESCAT IN PACE ST. MICHAEL'S PARISH FALL RIVER

May 1962, Bishop Connolly and the late Cardinal Medeiros, then pastor of St. Michael's greet Dr. Theotonio Pereira, ambassador of Portugal, at a parish visit.

BISHOP CONNOllY ETERNAL REST GRANT UNTO HIM-AND LET PERPETUAL LIGHT SHINE UPON HIM The Parish Family --

BISHOP CRONIN, principal celebrant of Wednesday's funeral Mass, with Msgr. Francis Gilligan at his right and Msgr. Thomas J. Harrington at his left, top; center, bishops' procession into the funeral Mass; bottom, Bishop Cronin approaches the cathedral.

Of OUR LADY O'F THE ANGELS Fall River

May Christ Who H as Called Thee, Receive Thee.

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ST. JOSEPH PARISH Woods Hole

AT TUESDAY'S wake service, Father Raymond J. Lynch, OFM, places Franciscan habit in Bishop Connnolly's casket.

OUR CONDOLENCES

May His Noble Soul Rest in Peace

OUR LADY OF HEALTH PARISH COMMUNITY FALL RIVER

Bishop's ad limina visit RepriQted from The Anebor for April 30, 1961.

On Sept. 14, 1959, the Most Reverend Bishop accompanied by his Chancellor, the Rt. Rev. Humberto S. Medeiros, left for Rome and his "ad limina" visit to Pope John. The Bishop had a private audience with the Pontiff on Sept.

30, and then Monsignor Medeiros was introduced to the Holy Father.

Bo-th the Bishop and the Chancellor spoke in French with the Pope. This was Bishop Connolly's first meeting with Pope John.

He met with the Holy Father again the next year when. in the Fall of 1960, he headed the First Official Fall River Diocesan Pilgrimage to Europe. About 75 pilgrims made the trip with the Bishop aboard the Italian liner Leonardo da Vinci, which landed in Naples on Oct. 12. His Holiness received Bishop Connolly in private audience on Oct. 15, and then received

the entire pilgrimage in audience, speaking to them -in his newlylearned English.

After Rome the pilgrims visited Florence, Milan, and Lucerne. In Francethey worshiped at the Shrine of the Miraculous Medal. They visited Lourdes, Ireland and London. The group returned to the United States Nov, 8.

What made the greatest impression on tbe pilgrims was the spirit of unity that pervaded the entire trip. The pilgrimage was made in a family spirit, with all brought closer together as they visited, with their spiritual father, and many for the first time. the religious and cultural shrines of the "old world."

It is still commonplace in any diocesan gathering to hear the delighted phrase - "There's an路 other pilgrim" - and to see a miniature-sized reunion taking place among several who had the opportunity of making the trip with the Bishop.

Truly a Great Man Of God

May He Rest In Peace The Parish Community of St. Elizabeth. Edgartown

"Thy Kingdom Come" 1894 -1986 DIOCESAN CHOIR members enter cathedral.

ST. PATRICK PARISH FALMOUTH路

Bishop Connolly PRIESTS PASS BY Bishop Connolly's casket to receive boly communion.

REQUIESCAT IN PACE ST. MARY PARISH. MANSFIELD

THE HONORARY pallbearers for Bisbop Connolly.

Bishop Daniel A. Cronin's homily at the Mass of Christian Burial for Bishop James Louis Connolly My brother bishops, my brother

WE WILL MISS HIS FATHERLY WAYS, HIS EASY MANNER, HIS OPEN HEART, HIS FAMILIAR STYLE.

MAY HE REST IN PEACE

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relatives of Bishop Connolly. civic dignitaries. distinguished ecumenical representatives, here present _ all of us friends of OUf dear Bishop James Louis Connolly.

I thank all of you for your pres-encetoday, I make noteofthe particular effort made by so many of my brother bishops, to be present as a mark of respect for their friend and mine, Bishop Connolly.

Yesterday also, at the Man fol~ lowing the welcoming of Bishop Connolly's body to this Cathedral church, His Eminence Cardinal law. together with a number of bish9ps concelebrated the liturgy.

This solidarity with the bishop, the clergy and the religious and laity of the Diocese of Fall River prompts me to express sincere words of thanks to the visiting bishops and to everyone who has shared in oursorrow at the pusing of Bishop Connolly.

Permit me to say a special word of thanks to Msgr. Francis GiIIi~ ganwhohasmadeaspecialeffort to return from St. Paul, Minne~ sota, to be present for the funeral of his friend and confrere of so many years. He ill the last of the three priests from this diocese that Bishop Feehan permitted to go to St. Paul many yean ago to share in the work of that archdiocese.

I convey to the relativea ofBishop Connolly, in my own name and in the name: of all of us here present and on behalf of the wbole diocese a sincere expression of our sympatby. There is.no doubt that they have reason to be proud of their beloved Bishop Connolly.

The sadness that they feel on this occasion must however be lightened by the happy recall of so many occasions when the: bishop was the center of their activities, their gatherings and their happy reunions. Nonetheless. we stand with them today in support and in prayerful remembrance of their lovcd one.

There is one bishop who is not here today. He would very much wish to participatc. He is Bishop JamesGerfllrd.theloyalandfaithful retired auxiliary bishop of this diocese who served Bishop Con~ nolly closely for so many years.

He resides now at the Catholic Memorial Home where he is in retirement. His health does not permit him to be "ith us but I know he will be pleased that I make his presence real by these words. He is sad at the oeath of Bishop Connolly but likewise, he rejoices as he thinks back over the years of their happy association when he quietly, humbly and unostentatiously carried out the work ofthe church under the lead· ership of Bishop Connolly.

I.expreu my thanks to BishOP Gerrard for the wonderful way he supported the goals and activities of BishOp Connolly and for the mannerinwhichhehasbeenatrue encouragement to the bishop dur. ing his years of retirement particu.· larly in these latter years when they were both together at the Catholic Memorial Home.

I thank the Carmelite Sisters and all the religious anolay staff at the Catholic Memorial Home for the marvelous care which Bishop

NAZARETH HALL FRIENDS ENJOY A VISIT WITH BISHOP CONNOLLY

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priests, deacons, religious laymen

Daniel Carey, who cared for his spiritual needs.

I thank the many known and unknown members of the staff at the Homefor the way they tried to serve the bishop and make his life pleasant, comfortable and -happy.

Likewise, I thank all at St. Anne's Hospital, here in Fall River, for the care that WM given to Bishop Connolly when his health began to deteriorate so much that he had to be hospitalized.

But above all. 1 want to thank, in a particular way. his physician.

Dr. John Malloy for his constant care and devoted interest ano for the almost filial love which he manife~ted always in his attendance to the Bishop.

To Msgr. Thomas Harrington. his close collaborator, alld Msgr.

JohnOliveirawhoquietlyattended to the personal needs of the bishoP over many years, I express likewise a word of heartfelt thanks.

Last Friday afternoon. September 12, I paid a visit to Bishop Connolly in the Catholic Memor~ ial Home as I have done so many times over the years. This time, of course. Irea1ized that the bisnop's health was failing but it was pleasant to see him recognize me as I entered the room and although he had difficulty articulating his words 1 knew he recognized me and I knew he was pleaseo to see me.

Msgr. Oliveira was with me.

The bishop was attended by devot· ed nurses and it was a particularly pleasant moment. At the end of the visit. I told the bishop that I was going to give him a blessing.

He smiled and as I said the words of the blessing, he made every effort to make the sign ofthe cross.

The time was about 4 o'clock Friday afternoon. At about 6:30 that evening, less than three hours later.

1 received a telephone call that Bishop Connolly had died.

Thclongpilgrimageoflife, which began here in Fall River and which was to last almost 92 years. came suddenly to an end. The strong body which had for so long been able to overcome any illness now could resist no longer.

When I returned immediately then upon hearing of his death to the Catholic Memorial Home to say a prayer over the hody of Bishop Connolly, the words of St. Paul in his Letterto the Colossians seemed so appropriate: "Even now I find my joy in the suffering I endure for you. In my own flellh I fill up what is lacking in the suffer· ings of Christ for the lake of His body, the church. I became a minillter of this church through the commission God gave me to preach among you his word in its fullness. "(Col. 1:24-2S) Such was the life of Bishop Connolly. The great bishop who accomplished so much forthe Lord and the Church had gone to meet his Savior. The Lord giveth and the Lord takes away, blessed be the Name of the Lord.

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our free will to overcome sin and Cassidy. the third Bishop of Fan to grow further and stronger in the River. spiritual life.

The cycle was complete, the We are members of the Church. Father Connolly Who left for the the body of Christ. We nourish arcb<l.iocese of St. Paul. who had our spiritual lives with the sacra- gained a graduate degree in eccle-ments which Christ has left his siastical history at the University Church. We wend our pilgrim way of Loilvain, who had spent so along the journey of life, not alone, many years in training the priests but in a community of faith, help· ofthe archdiocese of~t. Paul, now ing one another, as indeed we was returning home to his native should, encouraging one another, diocese, first to assist Bishop Cas· as likewise we should. sidy who was advanced in years We are mindful. however. that and then in 19S1 to succeed himas each of us bears the responsibility the fourth bishop of the diocese. to respond to the graces given us It would take a very long time

by God and to the expectation that indeed to list the accomplishments he has for us. A period of time is of Bishop Connolly as the Ordi· , given to us here on this earth, 70 nary here in Fall River: Indeed. years or 80 for those who are the biographical sketches of the strong, the Psalmist says. bishop. although they are lengthy, ,But, however long or short, our do not fully reflect the extraordilife on earth is given us to use so nary labors and zealous undertakthat we may accomplish our ulti~ ings of the bishop as Ordinary of mate goal, which is union with Fall River. Those years coincided God for all eternity. Our Redeem- with a large material development er died on the cross for us in order in this diocese, as indeed in so to free Ull from our sins and to give many other dioceses in the country us the hope of future resurrection. in that period of history.

So the believing Christian under-The bishop was a leader and as stands the true purpose oflife. The such he was able to engender an Christian can accept happiness and enthusiasm among the clergy, relisorrow. success or failure. good gious and laity to assist him in the health or illness, acceptance or accomplishment of his pastoral rejection, with equanimity of mind goals. and heart. The Christian knows Whether it Wll8 by urging, wheth· that life on earth is given us to use er it was by insistence, the bishop in conformity with the will of God knew what his vision was for the and upon its completion, to see Church in thit. diocese and he set God face to face. out to realize it. Happily, we are Bishop Connolly understood the beneficiaries of that labor. these truths instinctively. He was a Think of the parishes be founded. man of faith, a true Christian, a the churches he built. the schools real believer in Jesus Chrillt and he opened, the religious he enhis Church. Everything in the life couraged to assist in the work of of Bishop Connolly was measured preaching the Gospel. accordingly. , He supported the work of the To the life of James Louis ConSt. Vincent de Paul Society, he nolly God gave further graces and founded the Diocesan Council of gifts: a vocation to the priesthood Catholic Women, he encouraged and a vocation to the episcopacy. the apostolate of fostering voca~ When Bishop Connolly presented tiODS to the priesthood by organiz~ himself for ordination to the ingthe Serra Clubs in this diocese. priesthood by Bishop Daniel FeeHe founded the Nazareth apostohan, in this cathedral in 1923. he late for exceptional children. He brought many natural gifts with encouraged the work of evangelihim: a wonderful appearance, great zation in every way that he could. intelligence, an attractive personIndeed, as we reflect on the ality and a fine wit and sense of extraordinary life and ministry of humor.

Bishop Connolly, it seems as though he had before his mind always the He was an outstanding candidate for the pricsthood._Upon or- words of Christ in the Gospel pasdination, the Church invited him sace from St. J olm that we heard a few minutes ago:"Just Father, the to labor diliJCDtly for souls. world has not known you but I That was flut here in the Diocese of Fall River, whose priest he - have known you and these men have known that you sent me. To was. and then almost immediately. them I have revealed your name within a year to be exact, he was and I 'will continue to reveal it so incardinated, that is attached canonically to the an;:hdiocese of that your love for me may live in them."

St. Paul, Minnesota, where he About halfway throush the tenlabored zealously in various imporure of Bishop Connolly as the tant capacities for over 20 years.

Ordinary of the diocese, the areat His influence in that great arch~ gift to God's Church. the Second diocese remains to the present day Vatican Council. occurred. The through the many priests who came bishop was one of tbe Council under his tutelage in their days of Father! and he understood inseminary formation. stinctively the importance of the It is important to nott, however, Second Vatican Council and of that the great qualities and gifts the decisions that were arrived at given him by Almighty God had by the Council Fathers for the such wonderful effectiveness in his ministry as a priest and later as a ,preaching of God's word in this modem world. bishop precisely because he was And so he began to implement always motivated by a profound decrees of the Council imme~ the and deep. convinced love of the diately and thus introduced tbe Church. spirit ofthe Second VaticanCouncil So it was no surprise in 1945, to this diocese. when the Holy Father, recognizHe sensed immediately what ing the superb qualities of James Louis Connolty, called him to be good would come for the Church coadjutor bishop with right of universal and forthis diocese from

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Well Done, Good and Faithful Servant.

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Bishop Cronin's homily Continued from Page Twenty Nine tbe renewal erJ'Ii-siol'lca by the Second Vatican Council. Indeed, the words from the first reading in today's Mass must have been before his mind as he began to implement the Second Vatican Council in this diocese: "The favors of the Lord are not exhausted, His merci~ are not spent; they are re'newed each morning, so great is his faithfulness. My portion is tho::: lord. says my soul; therefore will I hope in him. "(LamentationsChapt. 3-17, 26)

,RAYMOND F. Powers, representing Sacred Heart parish, Fall River, was the reader at Tuesday evening's wake service. As coadjutor, Bishop Connolly was Sacred Heart pastor.

HE SERVED THE FAMILY OF THE FAITHFUL WITH DEVOTION AND LOVE

GOD REST HIS SOUL

ST. JEAN BAPTISTE PARISH Fall River

And so he rontinued then to labor zealously and tirelessly to shepherd the flock of the Diocese of Fall River in accordance with the fervour engendered by the Second Vatican Coum;il.

Thefl in December of 1970, he laid down the heavy responsibilities of the shepherd of this diocese and began a fruitful period of retirement. Indeed during these past 16 years he continued to pursue his intellectual interests. For many years in the beginning he continued to assist in administering the sac'rament of confirmation. He continued his encouraging visits to the sick, hi& witty encounters with his many friends - he was a happy man who could look back on his ministry as a bishop with pride, with gratitude to God and with satisfaction.

All througb his ministry as a bishop, he placed his zealous labors under the prptection of Mary, the Mother of God: .. Auspice Maria," his episcopal motto, set the tone.

Right to the end, with the rosary in his hand, he would pray to the

Holy Mother of God, Mary, to protect bim, to proted !ne (:Jtrgy, religious and the faithful of the diocese, to protect the Church universal, the body of Christ her Son. "Good is the Lord to one who waits for him, to the soul that seeks him," we heard in the first reading today. The bishop understood that.

So he waited for the Lord.. He also knew that everyone of us, in the words of St. paul, will have to give an account of himself before God. He waited to give an account of his stewardship. Finally September 12, friday of last week, the Lord came to call Bishop Connolly home. The words the Lord used must have been: "Well done. good and faithful servant, enter into my kingdom."

We are all fortunate to have known Bishop Connolly, to have the memory of his LO\'ing p<::rsonality, his wit and humor. Wearefortunate to be the beneficiaries of his zealous episcopal ministry.

But the lord gives and the Lord takes away. Blc85C:d be the name of the Lord. Goodbye, Bil>hop. Or. to do what you might do, were you speaking now, to use a German phrase, "Auf wiedersehen - till we meet again," where every Jear will be wiped away and we shall see God as he is.

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Silver jubilee rites laud bishop's work Reprinted from The Anchor for May 28,1970.

Surrounded by brother bishops, two of whom he had himself consecrated to the episcopate, Most Rev. James L. Connolly offered a solemn Mass of thanksgiving on Sunday evening marking the occasion of his silver jubilee in the episcopate. Read at the Mass was a letter to Bishop Connolly from Pope Paul VI praising the jubilarian's pastoral efforts and conferring upon him, the auxiliary bishop, the bishop's coworkers and friends the apostolic blessing.

Attending the celebrations were the Most Rev. Peter L. Gerety, Bishop of Portland; Most Rev. Ernest J. Primeau, Bishop of Manchester; Most Rev. Bernard J. Flanagan, Bishop of Worcester; Most Rev. Christopher J. Weldon, Bishop of Springfield; Most Rev. RussellJ. McVinney, Bishop of Providence; Most Rev. Vincent J. Hines, Bishop of Norwich; Most Rev. Robert F. Joyce, Bishop of Burlington.

Most Rev. John F. Whealon, Archbishop of Hartford and Metropolitan for the Dioceses of Southern New England was present.

Auxiliary Bishops attending were Most Rev. JamesJ. Gerrard, Auxiliary Bishop of Fall River; Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, Auxiliary Bishop of Boston; Most Rev. Bernard M. Kelley, Auxiliary Bishop of Providence; Most Rev. Thomas J. Riley, Auxiliary Bishop of Bos-

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ton; Most Rev. John F. Hackett, Auxiliary Bishop of Hartford.

Most Rev. Thomas K. Gorman, Bishop Emeritus of Dallas, Texas, a longtime friend of Bishop Connolly took part in the celebrations also.

Most Reverend Humberto S. Medeiros, Bishop of Brownsville, Texas, close friend of Bishop Connolly and his chancellor for many years, concelebrated the solemn Mass and delivered the homily.

Music for the Mass was by the Cathedral Choristers and Chamber Ensemble under the direction of Rev. William G. Campbell, B.Mus., assistant pastor at St. Mary's Cathedral.

Later in the evening, more than 900 people, representing each of the parishes of the diocese, religious orders, sectors of political, commercial and social organizations, attended a commemorative banquet. .

Master of ceremonies for the event was Rev. Msgr. Daniel F. Shalloo, pastor of Holy Name Church, Fall River and general manager of The Anchor. The speaker was Most Rev. James J. Gerrard, auxiliary bishop of Fall River.

Don't Wait "If you wait for perfect conditions, you will never get anything done." - Provo 11:4

BISHOP CRONIN prays as Bishop Connolly's body is brought to the Catholic Memorial Home. At left is Msgr. John J. Oliveira, vicar episcopal; at right Father Daniel E. Carey, Memorial Home chaplain.

The role of the bishop Following is the homily delivered by Cardinal Humberto Medeiros, then bishop ofBrownsville, Texas, at the May 24, 1970, Mass marking Bishop Connolly's silver jubilee in the episcopate.

Your Excellency, Bishop Connolly, my brother bishops and

priests, distinguished guests, and beloved brothers and sisters in Christ: Our Blessed Lord made this promise and gave this command to his apostles just before returning to the Father from whom he had received the mission to save

the world. The Holy Spirit was to give them the power to be his witnesses everywhere. Hence the power to witness Christ is a gift of the Holy Spirit. It is the same power which the Father must give to any man if he is to come to Christ.

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BISHOP CONNOLLY May the Angels lead thee into Paradise; may the martyrs receive thee at thy coming and lead thee into the Holy City of Jerusalem.

May the choir of angels receive thee and mayest thou

THE PARISH COMMUNITY

have eternal rest with Lazarus,

HOLY TRINITY CHURCH

who once was poor.

WEST HARWICH .OUR LADY OF THE ANNUNCIATION CHAPEL DENNISPORT ENLARGED & EXPANDED BY BISHOP CONNOLLY IN 1960

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in His peace may I

he always rest

SACRED HEART PARISH NORTH ATTLEBORO

BISHOP CONNOLLY "I, John, heard a voice from heaven say to me: "Write this down; happy now are the dead who die in the Lord!"

The Spirit added, "Yes, they shall find rest from their labors, for their good works accompany them."

Book of Revelations

THE PARISH F AMILY OF

ST. MATHIEU FALL RIVER

Priest, Pastor, Prelate

Bishop James L. Connolly

1894

1986

Continued From Page Thirty One Jesus said once to his disciples.

"No one can come to me unless he is drawn by the Father who sent me." (John 6. 44) It was this same power which revealed to Peter that Jesus, the Son of Mary, was also the Son of the living God. Our Lord said to Peter "Simon, son of Jonah, you are a happy man!

Because it was not flesh and blood that revealed this to you but my Father in heaven. (~att. 16. 17) The power promised to the apostles was given to them with the coming of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost. Immediately they began to give witness to Christ in Jerusalem. We read in the Acts of the Apostles that, "Peter stood up with the Eleven and addressed the people in a loud voice.. .'Men of Israel, listen to what I am going to say: Jesus the Nazarene was a man commended to you by God by the miracles God worked through him when he was among you, as you all know. This man, who was put into your power by the deliberate intention and foreknowledge of God, you took and had him crucified by'men outside the Law. You killed him but God raised him to life ... and all of us are witnesses to that. Now raised to the heights by God's right hand, he has received from the Father the Holy Spirit, who was promised and what you see and hear is the outpouring of that Spirit ... the whole house of Israel can be certain that God has made this Jesus whom you crucified both Lord and Christ.' " (Acts 2.14-34)

BISHOP Cronin prays at Bishop Connolly's tomb in the bishops' crypt. Assisting is Msgr. John J. Oliveira, Vicar Episcopal.

Given the Faith Peter and the Eleven were thus ' empowered by the Holy Spirit to carry out the command and mission entrusted to them by Jesus when he came up to Galilee and Dear Readers, said to them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been Here's a word 0/ cordial welcome to ollr new Diogiven to me. Go, therefore, make cesan Paper. Coming to liS each week with pictures, news disciples of the Holy Spirit, and and views it is bound to bring liS closer together and imteach them to observe all the comprove our spiritual and social cllstoms. J am sllre The mands I gave you. And know that Anchor will find all honored' place. like the cruci/i:c, ill I am with you always; yes, to the every home throughout the Diocese. end of time." (Matt. 28. 18-20) My dear brothers and sisters: With all our easy entertainment on Radio alld TV. this power of the Holy Spirit rewe still need the printed word. Books alld newspapers ceived by the apostles to bear withave always beell regarded as sources of reliable inforlnanesses to Christ is the power to tion. The Catholic plilpit needs the help of the Catholic believe that Jesus is the Son of the Press. Milch of our cOllviction, and most of our learning living God and the Savior of all depends on what we read, understand and believe. men; in their case it was also the authority to pass on to others the The Anchor will broaden the horizon of our interest object of this belief by their preachand make us surer and stronger in ollr Faith. J am con- ' ing and example. To put it simply: /ident it will make friends quickly and keep them through the apostles were given the Faith. the years.

They were given what to believe and the power to believe it and to Permit me, here and now, to thank the Staff, the be witnesses to their Faith before supporters and all that subscribe to our new, important all men. venture.

May God bless my personal representative, this The Lord Jesus formed these Diocesan Paper, as it comes to make a port of call each men "after the manner of a college week in your home. May it help and hearten us ~ll in ow or a fixed group," as the Vatican journey through life.

Council teaches us, "over which he placed Peter, chosen from among Up Anchor, "nd awayl them. He sent them first to the children of Israel and then to all nations, so that as sharers in his power they might make all peoples his disciples, sanctifying and governing them. Thus they would spread his Church, and by minisBishop of Fall River tering to it under the guidance of the Lord, would shepherd it even to the consummation ofthe world."

(LG 19) The divine mission given to the BISHOP CONNOLLY'S words of welcome to The college of the apostles was to last Anchor appeared on the front page of its first issue, April II, until the end of time because the Good News of Christ was to be 1957. throughout the ages "the source of all life for the Church." (LG 19)

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PRIESTS and PARISHIONERS ST. JOHN OF GOD SOMERSET

The Anchor Friday, Sept. 19, 1986

Bishop's role She has received this Good News from those who have been "appointed to the episcopate in a sequence running back to the beginning and pass on the apostolic seed," as Turtullian tells us very early in the history of the Church. (Praesc. haer. 32; LG 20) The Vatican Council uses the very words ofthe second century Father St. Irenaeus to teach us that, "by those who were appointed bishops by the apostles, and through their successors down to our own time, the apostolic tradition is manifested and preserved throughout the world." (LG 20) College of Bishops The same Vatican Council in its dogmatic constitution on the Church clearly professes that, "The order of bishops is the successor to the college of the apostles in teaching authority and pastoral rule; or, rather, in the episcopal order the apostolic body continues without a break. Together with its head, the Roman Pontiff, and never without this head, the episcopal order is the subject of supreme and full power over the universal Church. But this power can be exercised only with the consent of the Roman Pontiff. For the Lord made Simon Peter alone the rock and keybearer of the Church, and appointed him shepherd of the whole flock." (LG 22) The Second Vatican Council also declares that, "Bishops, teaching in communion with the Roman Pontiff, are to be respected by all as witnesses to divine and Catholic truth. In matters of faith and morals, bishops speak in the name of

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strong faith this love is impossible.

Bishops are first and foremost witnesses to the faith ofthe Church and they must manifest this faith through a burning love for her.

Bishops are not and must not be witnesses to theological opinions or theological schools of thought.

Sacred Theology is indeed the noblest of all sciences because it deals with God and man as related to God, but Theology is a human science. It is not the Faith. It cannot substitute for the Faith. We are saved through Faith and not through Theology.

Theology is certainly a magnificent result of the human mind's search for understanding of the mind of God under the light of Faith. However, ifman undertakes this search apart from Faith, he may become a great scholar but he does not become a theologian.

Bishops who are by divine calling witnesses to the Faith are not and can never be witnesses to anything else and still remain faithful QISHOP CQ~J~9LL tomb awaiting reception of his casket. to their mission. The whole Christ Christ and the faithful are to accept. above the word of God, but serves the one Holy Spirit contribute as revealed in the Church through their teaching and adhere to it with it, teaching only what has been effectively to the salvation ofsouls." Faith is their all. However necesa religious assent of soul. "(LG 25) handed on, listening to it devoutly, (DV 10) sary Sacred Theology and schoExclusive Interpretation gu~r~in~ it ~crupulouslr,. and exlarship may be for a richer underMy dear brothers and sisters: we pl~l~mg It falth~ully by dlvme comstanding of the Faith, the bishops Need Gift of Faith must bear this in mind constantly mission ~n.d ":'Ith the help of t~e together with the whole Church To accept as true all that I have because the task or mission to Holy .Splnt~ It draws. from. th~s said to you so far, my brothers and are witnesses not to these but to interpret "authentically the word depOSit of faith e.verythll~g. which It sisters, we too must be empowered Jesus Christ revealed to us through Faith. of God, whether written or handed present~ for belIef as dlvmely reby the Spirit of God with the gift of on, has been entrusted exclusively vealed. (DV l~~ The holy S.y~od faith. Bishops above all others This Church with her saints and to the living teaching office of the also holds ~hat Sacred tradltl?n, must be men of unshakable and sinners, her doubting Thomases Church whose authority is exer- Sacred;Scnpture, and the. teachmg profound faith because they are cised in the name ofthe Lord Jesus a~thonty ~fthe Ch~rch, I~ accord commissioned by Christ to be wit- and impudent children, with her heroes and her cowards, agonizing Christ." (DV 10) In its dogmatic Wlt~ God s m?s~ wise deSign, are nesses to him. This no man can do in body and spirit in so many of constitution on Divine Revelation, so lInked and Jome~ together that without faith. Christ and his mis- her members today, but with Christ the Vatican Council firmly asserts one cannot stand without the othsion must be the only love of every that "This teaching office is not ~rs.' and that all together an~ each Turn to Page 34 bishop. Without a simple and , 10 ItS own way under the action of

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The need for this witness is especially pressing in our day of confusion when bishops must be fearless, uncompromising and obvious witnesses to Christ and him crucified.

The role of the bishop Continued from Page 33 as her head, this Church is as much the object of our Faith as Jesus Christ himself. We need from on high the gift of Faith to accept her as the holy and true People of God, redeemed by Christ, and destined for the glory of the life to come.

Engulfed in the confusion which is plunging the human family into

depths of degradation perhaps never plumbed before, there are not a few within the Church, who in spite of their good intention are conditioning many of the faithful, both clergy, Religious and laity, to give up the Faith without which, as the Letter to the Hebrews teaches us, "It is impossible to please God." (Heb. II. 16)

Bishops Must Witness Bishops above all others must preach in season and out of season that together with Christ and never without him the men of this bewildered generation can find a solution to the agonizing problems which plague them ever more seriously as they abandon that moral order established by the Creator and which Pope John XXIII called the basis of peace on earth.

In giving witness to Christ in the world, all Christians must be able to say with St. Paul, "It makes me happy to suffer for you, as I am suffering now, and in my own body to do what I can to make up all that has still to be undergone by Christ for the sake of his body, the Church." (I Col. 1.24). As leaders of God's People, bishops are the first to be called to embrace joyfully the redemptive suffering of the pilgrim Church they have been appointed to shepherd by the Holy Spirit. (Cf. Acts 20. 28)

The Fall River Diocese Has Lost The Priestly Dedication Of A Great Churchman

Bishop James L. Connolly

One Faith, One Church

ST. PETER PARISH DIGHTON

They are to be the first to love this Church just as she is now in this period of painful renewal in the course of her pilgrimage, because this is the only Church Christ loves and whose head he is.

Just as there are not two Christs but only one, so there is only one Church which is his body. It is this Church alone which is the object of our Faith as we proclaim it

. CARMELITE Sisters for the Aged and Infirm arrive at Tuesday's Memorial Mass. The order staffs Catholic Memorial. Home, Fall River, for many years Bishop Connolly's retirement home. together in our eucharistic assemblies. "We believe in the one, holy, Catholic and apostolic Church."

Having lost the freedom of the children of God which comes from adherence to the truth of Faith, they become enthusiastic followers or even intellectual slaves of men, of scholars and pseudo theologians who capitalize on the voracious appetite of modern men for the sensational regardless of its value, to sow confusion so as to deceive, if possible, even the chosen as Our Lord prophesied. (Cf. Matt.

BISHOP CONNOLLY "THE LORD CHOSE HIM

FOR A PRIEST UNTO HIMSELF"

The. Parish Community

SAINT STANISLAUS FALL RIVER

24-24) Unknowingly, I trust and pray, they have allied themselves with the Prince of Darkness and have not understood the words of Christ, "He who is not with me is against me, and he who does not gather with me scatters." (Matt.

12. 30) _ Only when a bishop is in union with the head of the Church and in communication with his brother bishops throughout the world is he with Christ and gathers with him.

Only then is he the builder of the house of God, who summons men

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Sept. 19, 1986

together through his preaching of the word of Faith, who strenghtens them through his ministration of the sacraments of Faith, and who governs them through his shepherding in Faith and love. This is his true witness to Jesus Christ, the High Priest and Supreme Shepherd of our souls.

Bishop Connolly My dear brothers and sister: this is a day of rejoicing for God's People in the diocese of Fall River. We are celebrating twenty five years of splendid witness to Christ by the humble and faithful chief shepherd of this privileged portion of the Lord's flock. Bishop Connolly told me not to speak of him in this homily. I feel that I tried to be his faithful and obedient helper until I was called to shepherd God's chosen ones in the diocese of Brownsville. It was easy to obey him. It was also a true spiritual adventure to be associated with him as his personal secretary, vicechancellor, chancellor and pastor for fifteen years. Obviously it was impossible for me not to be deeply impressed by his disarming simplicity, his candor, his prudence, his humility, his genuine and profound Faith which has been the root of his courageous hope and abiding love for the whole Church and for the church of Fall River in particular. In saying this, I trust that I am not now disobedient to him even if I may cause him some embarrassment.

One casual look at the Fall River diocese reveals immediately the impact of the Christian witness of this great bishop. As a true shepherd, father, and brother, he has not overlooked a single need of his

people. His keen mind enlightened

by Faith and his magnanimous . heart strengthened by the love of charity which comes from God himself, involve him in every detail of the daily life of the people entrusted to his care. This involvement necessarily entails suffering, but it is the suffering that redeems because it is freely and joyfully accepted from the hands of the Crucified Bishop of our souls. Bishop Connolly has suf-

fered and is suffering with and for the whole Church of today, and for this reason too his witness to Christ is all the more precious in our eyes. That is why we join in this Mass of Thanksgiving to the Giver of all good gifts for giving us Bishop Connolly. Bless him, Lord, with length of days, bless him with all the gifts of your Spirit and let his witness to you continue to shine bright before the church and the whole human family.

BISHOP CONNOLLY

He Will Live

In The Memory Of His People BROTHER Michael Barnaby, FIC, a Bishop Connolly High School faculty member, and Connolly sophomore Scott Csanadi videotape Wednesday's funeral Mass.

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St. Anthony of Padua Parish Fall River

IN LOVING MEMORY OF A KIND AND CARING PASTOR OF SOULS.

THE PARISH FAMILY OF ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST. POCASSET

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He also denounced as "morally indefensible" and "social suicide" rules in many states "forcing employed or unemployed fathers out of the home" as a condition for assistance in the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program.

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Bishop Lyke delivered his testimony on behalf ofthe U.S. Catholic Conference and Catholic Charities USA. But he said he also spoke from personal experience as one "who grew up on welfare in a single-parent family headed by my mother."

The bishop spoke before the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, which has been holding hearings on welfare reform since July at the request of the White House Domestic Council. The commission is an independent study panel whose members are appointed by the president to provide research and advice on issues that cross the lines of federal, state and local government.

Bishop Lyke called for "human dignity" as the fundamental "criterion against which public policy must be measured."

He said the USCC and Catholic Charities believe that "in a society as rich as ours there is no excuse for the extremes of deprivation and poverty that leave millions without even the basic necessities of life orthe means to fully participate in the life ofthe community."

Criticizing federal welfare cutbacks under President Reagan, Bishop Lyke said the welfare reform views of Catholic bishops and Catholic Charities workers in the

United States "are heavily colored by the experience of the past few years when many of the victims of federal budget cuts in programs for the poor came to our doors, hungry, homeless and in need of more help than we could possibly provide," Chief among his criticisms of welfare in the United States today were the messages which he said are sent to the poor: - "That fathers are expendable" since their presence so often means loss of welfare benefits.

- "That a mother's wbrk at home educating and caring for children is of very little value," since mothers with small children receive a "scandalously low level of benefits. " - "That welfare mothers have little potential for achievement outside the home," since work programs prepare them only for lowpaying, usually unstable jobs that offer "no opportunity for advancement."

- "That the child, like the parent, is of little value," fostering a "psychology ofdependency" among welfare children.

Besides urging a federal floor on welfare benefits and provisions that do not penalize families with fathers in the home, Bishop Lyke also called for"a full employment economy" as a prerequisite for any successful welfare reform.

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Parental apathy PITTSBURGH (NC) - Moral illiteracy among Catholic college students is caused by parental apathy toward religious education, not by catechists or textbooks, according to Father Robert Friday.

"Most of the students cannot articulate a credible notion or definition of morality or of sin," said Father Friday, associate dean and professor of religion at the Catholic University of America, Washington.

He spoke at a training program for Pittsburgh catechists.

"If I ask why the Catholic Church teaches as it does about birth control, abortion, war, capital punishment or the economy, even the brightest students that I have on the undergraduate level usually hazard an 'I guess it's in the Bible,' .. he said.

To the college student, freedom of conscience means "do what you feel you should do," he added.

However, morality and freedom of conscience are not about feelings, but about beliefs, Father Friday said.

ing on sexuality is something good, aesthetically beautiful and radically humanizing. They seem to know only what you can't do," he said.

The priest said both students and teachers blamed uninterested and uninformed parents as a factor in the moral development of students.

"Parents don't learn with the child," he said. "They simply ask whether the homework is done instead of 'what are your lea.rning?' .. When parents do not know what is being taught, they cannot reinforce the teaching, he said.

Parents are often closed to the possibilities of change or development, he said, but "Moral learning is an ongoing, developmental growth process," not just learning

facts. Until parents are better informed, problems will continue with the students, he said.

Moral training is needed for a well-informed conscience, Father Friday added, noting that mindless obedience to authority is immature and unworthy of a Christian.

"A well-informed conscience must take into consideration and give very heavy weight to church teaching. But the church never said that you must always only do what the teaching says. It doesn't mean pick and choose. It means you have the absolute responsibility to be informed to what the church teaches and why - and then to follow the conscience," Father Friday said.

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Use of donor sperm called unethical WASHINGTON (NC) - A Jesuit theologian dissenting from an ethics panel's report on reproductive technology said the use of donor sperm, donor ovum, or a surrogate womb in human reproduction is "ethically inappropriate."

Such use of"third parties" seems to violate the marriage covenant and also "blurs a child's genealogy," said the theologian, Jesuit Father Richard A. McCormick of the University of Notre Dame.

Father McCormick was a member of the American Fertility Society's Ethics Committee formed in February 1985 to create guidelines which the society said were necessary for an ever-increasing variety of technological aids to reproduction. He commented in a dissent from some of the ethical guidelines issued by the committee Sept. 8.

The committee judged as ethically acceptable the "in vitro" fertilization procedure in general as well as use of donor sperm, donor eggs or donor pre-embryos.

In the "in vitro" method, the ovum and sperm are united in a laboratory dish and implanted in the womb. Objections have been

raised by the Catholic Church because fertilized eggs can be destroyed in the process and intercourse is divorced from procreation.

Regarding surrogate motherhood, the committee said it had "serious ethical reservations" but had no reason to recommend legal prohibition. It called for intensive scrutiny of the issue as well as further scientific studies.

The committee said it was unacceptable to use a surrogate mother for nonmedical reasons, such as convenience or vanity.

Father McCormick wrote that the use of "third parties" seems "inviolative of the marriage covenant wherein exclusive, nontransferable inalienable rights to each other's person and generative acts are exchanged."

The priest, who until this year was a professor of Christian ethics at Georgetown University, said it "fundamentally severs procreation from the marital union."

He also said the method could encourage adultery to "the detriment of marriage" and could promote a "stud farm mentality."

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Father McCormick also wrote that it tends to "absolutize sterility as a disvalue and childbearing and rearing as a value" at the risk of distorting some basic human values, including life, marriage and the family.

Such values "outweigh individual procreative desires or needs," he said.

In an interview Sept. 10 Father McCormick said that childbearing and rearing are always a value but not "so absolute that everything is subordinate to it in order to give a childless couple a child no matter what."

"Sterility is a suffering," he added, but should not be seen as "the end of the world and that everything possible must be done to avoid it."

He said he felt the guidelines in general would constitute peer guidance for researchers and physicians and, though carrying "no force of law," would be regarded "out of a sense of respect."

In a Sept. 10 statement, Father Edwar~ Bryce, director of the U.S. bishops' Office for Pro-Life Activities, said moral problems outlined by the guidelines "should be taken very seriously."

But he added that some moral problems were downplayed because of the fertility society's "vested interests" and "inadequate set of moral premises."

Catholic Nurses set fall meeting The Fall River Diocesan Council of Catholic Nurses will hold a fall conference from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 4 at St. John the Baptist church hall, Westport.

Its topic will be Gerontological Nursing: Coming of Age. Ora M. Dejesus, RN, MS, GNP, gerontological nurse consultant and assistant professor of nursing at Southeastern Massachusetts University, will be the keynote speaker.

All Catholic nurses are welcome; continuing education units will be given.

Information and registration by September 29: Betty Novacek, St. Anne's Hospital, Fall River; Pat Lackey, Charlton Memorial Hospital, Fall River.

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The bishop said, however, he does not believe the "perpetrators of these killings and their abettors" should be excommunicated.

"It is a matter for each person's own conscience," he said.

The bishop has frequently criticized the violence of both sides in Northern Ireland's sectarian warfare. He attracted international attention in 1972, when he was a 35-year-old assistant pastor, by braving British gunfire to aid a dying boy shot during what was called the "Bloody Sunday" protest.

The youth, part of a demonstration against the British policy of detention without trial, was shot while running from British paratroopers. Some demonstrators had thrown stones and bricks at an army barricade.

In 1982, Bishop Daly joined a hardline north Irish Protestant leader, the Rev. Ian Paisley, in m,?urning a young Protestant man killed in the bombing of a bar.

That same year, he criticized British authorities for failing to charge a British soldier who killed an ll-year-old boy with a plastic bullet.

NEW YORK (NC) - Plans to replace Catholic, Protestant and Jewish chapels at John F. Kennedy International Airport with a single multifaith chapel have been scrapped in favor of three separate chapels, to be built in a new mono- _ rail hub building. Completion is expected by 1991.

BISHOP Daniel A. Cronin will be the main celebrant of a Mass marking the 75th anniversary of Catholic secondary education in the city of Taunton at 5 p.m. Sunday at St. Mary's Church, Taunton.

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Although he did not mention the outlawed Provisional Irish Republican Army, Bishop Edward Daly of Derry (Londonderry) during a recent sermon described the terrorists as "those cruel individuals with distorted minds and even more distorted principles" who have "the gall to say they were doing this in the name of freedom." He said they have "even the greater gall to call themselves Christian."

In a later interview the bishop said his sermon was prompted by the murder of a young man.

When the terrorists "shoot people in cold blood as they sit in their cars, in pubs or in their homes" they are following the gospel of Satan and cannot consider themselves in good standing with the church, Bishop Daly said during a Mass at St. Eugene's Cathedral in Londonderry.

The bishop also said those who "offered excuse or reason for such atrocities, as well as those who planned and supported them, all share in the guilt."

In the interview, Bishop Daly said the young man slain while waiting to pick up his father from work was "murdered on the spur-

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