Bishop J;.. n nounces School Campaign E ceeds Goal
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Fa'll River, Mass. Vol. 1, No. 34
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"The $1,500,000 mInImUm goal of the Catholic Memorial High School building fund campaign has been substantially exceeded," the Most Rev. James L. Connolly, D.D., Bishop of Fall River, announced today. Congratulating pastors" priests and volunteer work ers wno joined in the first campaign ever conducted for a regional high school in this Diocese, Bishop Connolly ex pressed the belief that the grand total will be increaS'ed consid erably before the official closing. "There are still many returns to be made," the Bishop pointed out as he expressed his heartfelt thanks to the generous populace of Greater New Bedford for its response in the educational· un dertaking. Chairman' Grateful
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high school; which will be con . structed in the Town of Dart mouth, close tQ the New Bedford eity line, will be in excess of $2,000,000, the Most Reverend Bishop noted. The new school, in addition to a chapel and convent, will comprise 24 classrooms to gether with science laborator ies, a combination gymnasium auditorium and athletic field. Turn to Page Eighteen
Pope Pius Gives
Church' Position
On Reanimation
By Rev. J. J. Galvin, S.T.D. St. 'Mary's Church, Taunton
POpe Pius XII, speaking before an international audi ence of physicians, has ex plained the Catholic teaching
PACKED AND READY TO GO: Sister Helen William,. S.U.S.C., stands behind a crate of medical supplies and clothes' which she will take with her to Africa where she is assigned to mission work.' Sister is a former' nurse at the Union Hospital in Fall River.
Mansfield Sister Awaiting
Return to African Mission
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By Patricia McGowan Don't be surprised if you hear busy hammering as you pass St. Helena's Convent on Rock Street, Fall River. It isn't the whole community engaged in a do-it-yourself job, it'l'l simply Sister Helen William preparing a shipment for MJ1er" mission in Equatorial blankets, and surgical supplies Africa And don't think she's into enormous wooden crates, •1• .. th right down to the hammering of r;neI e y supervls,mg e pro- the last nail into the lids of Ject. Not at all. those crates. She admits, howSister, who isn't.too much big- ever, that one of her friends is l(er than the hammer she han- going to reinforce the crates with dIes with such skill, is doing the . wire for greater security, and whole thing herself, from the handle their transport to the eereful packing of drugs, clothes, Turn to Page Ten
concerning advanced reanima tion techniques. These techniques are heart massage and artifftial respira tion through the administration of· oxygen. They have been used successfully in cases of asphyxia caused by drowning or in sur gery, chest injuries, heart attacks and the like. In such cases there is often an apparent death, when in reality death has not yet oc curred. Real death is caused by the separation of the soul from the Turn to Page Four
Bishop Requests Funds for CU The following is the Bishop's letter, read in all churches of the Diocese last Sunday, abou.t 'the Catholic University collection which will be taken up Sunday: The annual collection for the Catholic University of America will be taken: up in all the churches of the Diocese on Sun day, December 1sL You are re quested to continue your gen erous support of this valuable work in Christian education. The Catholic University of America has been for long a center of scholarship and teacher-training Turn to Page Sixteen
Divine Ideal of Marriage Goal of eana Movement Immaculate Conception Parish, New Bedford
Everyone is familiar with the words ordinarily 'used Ut the marriage ritual of the Catholic Church,-"for bet ter, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, till death do us part". Through these words, bride and g-room publicly Proclaim eventually become "for worse", the terms of their marriage --nor does anyone care to be ,ontract. . lieve that his married life will be harrassed by continued wants • How many couples, how
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and needs, or plagued by illness and infirmity. To the contrary, every bride and groom brings to the altar on the wedding day a hopeful and generous heart, anxious to give of itself, and equally anxious to receive the TurD to Page Eigbteea
Msgr. Vieira'of ~ew Bedford Marks 50 Years as Pastor "Behold a great priest who in his days pleased God" .those words from the Mass'for Confessors come irresistibly to mind upon meeting Rt. Rev. Msgr. Antonio P. Vieira, of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church in New Bedford, who on December 8th will cele-. now has an' enrollment of 450 brate his fiftieth anniver students. sary as its pastor. Among those extending anni It is cause for special versary congratulations will be rejoicing when a pries· cel ebrates the golden anniversary of his ordination, but when the fiftieth year of a pastorate is marked, the occasioQ. is rare indeed: Ninety-two years old, and in December 70 years a priest, Msgr. Vieira has served at Our Lady of Mount Carmel since 1907. Its second pastor, he was responsible for the building of its convent and school, which
Rev. John E. Boyd, director of St. Vincent's Home; Fall Riv:er, who was born the. year Msgr. Vieira assumed hjs pastorate, and Rt. Rev. Msgr. Manuel J. Teixeira, pastor of St. Anthony's Church, Taunton, who received his First Communion from Msgr. Vieira in Faial da Terra, St. Michael's, Azores, where he started his priestly career, Ordained in 1888,' in Angra, Turn to Page Twenty
Asserts College Expense Beyond Many Families
Diocese to Play Important Role
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PHILADELPHIA (NC) A warning that "we are pric ing higher education out of the reach of middle income
In preparation for the third annual meeting of the New England Regional Unit National Catholic Educa
families" in this nation was sounded by Pennsylvania's Gov. George M. Leader at the sixth national Conference on Catholic Youth Work here. The governor said' that "the adjusted, the ,honest, the reli gious" constitute the "most im portant and the largest group of . young people" in this country today. He added that their edu cation problem is -greater "than the problem of delinquent youth." . TurD to Page Twelve
tional Association, the committee in ch'arge of the program for the Secondary School Department met at Sacred Hearts Academy last Saturday to·talk over details for the forthcomillg one day con vention to be held Saturday, Dec. 7, at Boston College. Brother Leo, F.S.C., Director of LaSalle Academy, Providence, chairman of the Secondary School Department, and Sister John Elizabeth, S.U.S.C., Princi pal at Sacred Hearts Academy, Turn to Page Sixteen
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Rev. J... uiz G. Mendonca
ever. at the time of marriage, are 'willill~ to spend any amount of &lnll' considering the probability . ihat on<' disjunctive as well as the otlwr could possibly become ,; a-lllark re,llity in their marriage? '. c:*, .. '. _N N<o one likes· to think, of . ~'~se, that his marriage could
HELPING INDIGENT SOULS: Children of St; Mary's parochial grammar school in North Attleboro are doing their part in promoting the success of Operations Clothes Closet-the annual Bishop's Thanksgiving Clothing Drive for needy in foreign lands. Sister M.· Ruthann, R.S. M., stands with two of her spirited aides, Sheila Emerson and Charles Barrs.
Father Mendonca
Conf~O'ence