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Diocese of Fail River and a life­long friend of the honored prel·ates; Bishop Cronin, the host forthe Jubilee Celebration, andMost Reverend John F. Whealon,Archbishop of Hartford.'

Members of the Catholic hier­archy from throughout NewEngland joined as concelebrants,including Most Reverend John J.McEleny, S.J., former Archbishopof, Kingston, Jamaica, residingnow with the Jesuit communityat Boston 'College; Most Rever­end Robert F. Joyce, former Bish­op of Burlington, Vermont, anda golden jubilarian himself in1973; Most Reverend John F.Hackett, Auxiliary· Bishop ofHartford; Most Reverend WalterW. Curtis, Bishop of Bridgeport,Conn.; Most Reverend Vincent J.

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Bishop Cronin said, "young boysand girls who otherwise might bedeprived of a Catholic highschool education." Bishop Cro­nin, addressing the jubilarians,expressed the hope that' this ges­ture would "articulate adequate­ly our affection for you both,my dear Bishop Connolly and mydear Bishop Gerrard, and ourjoy on the occasion of yourJubilee."

The banquet, which was at- ,tended' by 600 clergy, religiousand laity of the Diocese of FallRiver, followed a Jubilee Massof Thanksgiving celebrated onSunday noon at Saint Mary'sCathedral in Fall River. Concel­ebrating with the two GoldenJubilarians were Humberto Car­dinal Medeiros, Archbishop ofBoston, formerly a priest ?f the

Knights To HoldColumbus MassAt Cathedral

Bishop Cronin'sTbe joyous event which brings tion and assistance to me per­

us together today is not a usual sonally.one. God has favored us greatly What we are celebrating herein giving us two remarkable today is the Priesthood. One ofBishops who celebrate" in the theinost awesome duties of thesame year the Golden Jubilee of priest is to teach as Jesus did.their priestly ordination. That This, th'ese two Bishops havethey have seen this day, we all done all through the fifty years

Knights of Columbus repre- rejoice and thank God. That we of their sharing in the Priesthoodsenting six assemblies and 22 'have seen this day, we praise of Jesus. Their teaching has beenCouncils in the Fall River Dio- the Lord indeed. effective for the building up ofcese will attend a Columbus Day Superfluous it would be to re- the Faith and the preaching ofMas~ at 10 Sunday morning, Oct.· call the accompli'shments of Bish- the Good News. They can rightly28 at St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall op Connolly and Bishop Gerrard. say, with Paul the Apostle, "IRiver. Bishop Daniel A. Cronin They are all very well known and am not ashamed of the Gospel."will be principal celebrant. have been cited today and on (Romans, 1:16)

District Deputy Norman A. numerous other occasions. It is This teaching apostolate,Bowlin, chairman of the event, not out of place, however~ for whetber in the parish or semi­requests that officers wear cer- me, as Bishop of the Diocese of nary, or later on as Bishops, has

. emonial robes and jewels of of- Fall River, to thank these two always had only one goal: form­fice. Fourth Degree members good men for what they continue ing in the Faith. A very specialshould wear full regalia with to contribute in love and service aspect of this teaching aposto­swords. . to the People of God of this Dio- late found expression in recent

Following the Mass a collation· cese, clergy and laity. Likewise, years in the establishment of thewill be served in St. Mary's I feel it is my duty to thank them Diocesan high schools. And, asschool cafeteria. both for their valued collabora- Turn to Page Six

CHIEF CONCELEBRANTS: The golden jubilee Mass honoring Bishops Connolly andGerrard was ~oncelebrated by the New England hierarchy and priests of the Fail RiverDiocese. Among the chief concelebrants were: left to right: Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin,S.T.D., Bishop of Fall River; Most Rev. James L. Connolly, D.O., D. Sc., Hist., FormerBishop of Fall River; His Eminence Humberto Cardinal Medeiros, Archbishop of Boston;Most Rev. James J. Gerrard, Auxiliary Bishop of Fall River; Most Rev. John F. Whealon,Archbishop of Hartford.

Scholarship Fund HonorsTwo /ubilarian Bishops

The Most Reverend Daniel A.Cronin, Bishop of the Fall RiverDiocese, announced Sunday thata quarter million dollar endow­ment fund would be establishedto aid needy and underprivilegedstudents to attend Catholic J1igh

, cshools. The fund, designated asthe "Bishops' Jubilee HighSchool Fund," was announcedby the Diocesan Ordinary at theBanquet at White's Restaurantin Westport honoring Most Rev­erend James L. Connolly, formerBishop of Fall River, and MostReverend James J. Gerrard, Aux·iliary Bishop of the Fall RiverDiocese, who both were feted onthe occasion of their GoldenJubilee of Priestly Ordination.

To the initial allocation of$250,000. will be ·added existingDiocesan 'scnolarship monies. An­nual earnings from the endow­ment fund will be distributed,through the Diocesan Depart­ment of Education, to benefit, as

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total Religious EducaNon pro­gram in the diocese. Most Rev­erend Daniel A. Cronin, D.D.,S.T.D., Bishop of Fall River hasannounced that Rev. Msgr. OlinMurdick, Secretary for Educa·tion, U.S. Catholic Conferencewill explore the highlights of theBishops' Pastoral "To Teach asJesus Did." Monsignor Murdickhas been addressing groupsthroughout the country on thevarious aspects of the Pastoral.

The Clergy Conference isplanned on two alternate datesto allow every priest in the dio­cese to attend one day's session.On Tuesday, October 30, BishopConnolly High School will hostthe 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. session.On Wednesday the program willbe repeated at Bishop Stang HighSchool in North Dartmouth.

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One hundred years ago, con­vinced of the need to give auniquely religious dimension tothe educational formation oftheir children, Catholic peoplethroughout the United States be­gan to build a school systemwhich became the' envy of reli­gious people everywhere. Al­though the need for theseschools i~ as clear today as itwas years ago, increased costsand personnel shortages in re­cent years have placed this sys­tem in jeopardy.

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StatementOn Schools

est number of students wouldalso bear tbe heaviest hurden insubsidizing those students. Un­der the new plan, each parishwill be expected to make an ef­fort proportionate to the studentpopulation of the parish. If a par­ish fails to supply the numberof students in its quota, it will~vertheless ,be expected to con­tribute an equivalent amount offinancial support as its commit­ment to Catholic education inTaunton.

Committee of area clergy hasbeen working to determine that

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SupportSchools

FATHER MURDICK

The Fall Clergy Conference ofthe Dio~se of Fall River will bedevoted to a re-examining of the

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Stronger Paris,hFor Tau.,.ton

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Total Rc~ligioltS EducationFall Cler'gy Meeting Topic

New efforts to maintain andstrengthen Catholic schools inTaunton were announced todayin a joint statement by the MostReverend Daniel A. Cronin,S.T.D., Bishop of Fall River, and13 pastors of the-Taunton area.

The statement announced anew quota system by which eachparish in the Taunton area willagree to supply a specified )\um­ber of students proportionate toits total student population. Thisquota will Ibe maintained forCoyle-Cassidy High School, 'Taunton Catholic Middle School,and St. Mary's Primary School.Children attending the twoschools of Our Lady of Lourdesand St. Jacques but who live inother parishes will be countedtowards the quota for those par­ishes.

Students attending theseschools will continue to pay tui­tion. Current tuition is $400 forthe high school and $125 for theMiddle and Primary schools. Par­ishes will continue to supplementtuition by a .parish subsidy paidto the midqle and primaryschools for each of their stu­dents attending.

The new feature of the plan isthat each parish will be expected

'to supply a given number of stu­dents for each grade. Up to thepresent, there was no establishedquota, with the result that theparishes which recru'ited the larg-

'Ci~le6rado~s for Bishop Connolly ~~d'Bishop Gerrard climaxed in a greatbanquet on Sunday. .

THE ANCHOR-~iocese of fall River-Thurs. Oct. 25, 1973

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GRATEFUL PRAYER: Most Rev. Robert F.Joyce, Former Bishop ofBurlington, Vt., himself a golden jubilarian ordained a priest in 1923, ledthe Bishops, priests, Religious and laity in grateful prayer as the jubilee'

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religious education for theirchildren. As the Bishops of theUnited States pointed out in' theirrecent pastoral, To Teach AsJesus Did, "Of the educationalprograms available to the Cath­olic community, Catholic schoolsafford the fullest and best oppor­tunity to realize the purpose ofChristian education among chil­dren and young people."

efforts. While the number ofSisters who will actually beavailable for the schools willvary from year to year, everyeffort will be- made to encourage 'Sisters to choose these schoolsfor their apostolate.

This plan should insure thestability of Catholic schools inTaunton. But: the ultimate deci­sion on the future of theseschools will be made by parentsWho will choose to make use ofthe schools. We remind parentsonce again of their serious re­sponsibility to provide suitable

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quest by the Bishop have pledgedto adopt a "quota system." Eachparish will supply a number ofstudents for each grade level

. proportionate to the parish'stotal number of students in thatgrade. The traditional sharing ofthe cost of education by way oftuition and parish suosidy will bemaintained.

The Holy Union ~isters andSisters of MerGY who staff theTaunton schools have been con­sulted and endorse this plan.Their provincial leadership has

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years. The result of these effortshas been the reorganization andstrengthening of Catholic schools

. on every ·Ievel. While we haveall been saddened by the closingof 'some cherished schools, wehave succeeded in preservingquality Catholic 'schools at ~very

grade level from Kindergartenthrough Grade 12 for all childrenwho desire them. - .

In spite of -this there' persistsin the minds of many parents thefear that more schools will closeand their children's educationwill be disrupted. As a resultmany who might profitably makeuse of these schools are hesitantto do so.

As a tangible sign of their col­lective determination to insurethat Catholic schools ~iII e~istand prosper, the clergy of theTaunton area in response to a re-

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exact quota for eacb parish. Theproposed quotas were presentedall. an area meeting last week an:!.approved by the local clergy.

The statement was signed byBishop Cronin and tt::e followingpastors of the Taunton area: Rev.Msgr. Maurice Souza, ~ev. JohnMurphy, Rev. Stephen Majewski,O.F.M. Conv., Rev. James F. Mc­Carthy, Rev. William E. Farland,Rev. Msgr. Joseph. Canty, Rev.Flavius Gamache, SMM, Rev..James F. Lyons, Rev.' ManL!el M.Resendes, Rev. William n.9'Reilly, Rev. Msgr. Bernard J.Fenton, Rev. Andre P. Jussaumeand Rev. WaIter A. Sullivan.

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have made strenuous efforts to .study our problems and reorgan­ize our schools to insure theirsurvival. In the Taunton area, es­pecially, your Bishop has metregularly with pastors and ed­ucators during the past three

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A .Memento for the repose ofthe souls of our priests, not onthis list. .

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Rev. Michaei V. McDonough,1933, Chaplain, St. Mary Home,New Bedford.

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On The Occasion of Their Golden Jubilee

JOYFUL CELEBRANTS: As the procession formed to begin the jubilee celebrations onSunday, the princip'al celebrants prepared to enter the cathedral. Left to right: Most Rev.Daniel A Cronin, S.T.D., Bishop of Fall River; Most Rev. James L. Connolly, D.O., D. Sc.Hist., Former Bishop of Fall River; Humberto Cardinal Medeiros, Archbishop of Boston;Most Rev. James J. Gerrard, Auxiliary Bishop of Fall River.

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Two Fall River priests, thelocal Fire Departments and, theself-help contribution of the Dio­cese's Campaign for Human ,De­velopment usually held in No­vember made possible a compas­sionate message of Greater FallRiverites to victims of the con­(Iagration cif Chelsea.

The two priests, ·Rev. Alexan­der Zichello of ,Sacred HeartParish in Fall River, a native ofSouth Boston, and Rev. John R.Foister, Fall River Fire Depart­ment Chaplain, helped organizea system .of colle:ctions of cloth­ing and food for the fire victims.

The Fire Departments of FallRiver, Somerset, Swansea, West­port and Tiverton accepted theofferings of their citizens andpackaged them for the final col­lection.The Fall River Diocese, through

the Campaign for Human Devel­opment, financed the expensesof collection and! transportation.Boy Scout Troop 16 of St. Louisde France Parh;;h, Swansea, pro­vided the muscle to pack and un- 'pack trucks and sort goods bothon the route and in Boston.

On Veterans' Day, a caravanof four vehicles brought 11,000pounds of winter clothing and5,000 pounds of cannetl and dryfood to Boston distribution

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participated in various collec­tions for the victims of Chelsea.Among them are Bishop GerrardHigh School in Fall River; HolyFamily High School in New Bed­ford and Bishop Stang HighSchool in North Dartmouth.

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LOUISVILLE (NC)-The houseof delegates of the KentuckyMedical Association (KMA) hasadopted a policy statement "todiscourage abortion on demand'at al1 times."

In a near-unanimous voicevote, the delegate's adopted aresolution that expressed "a de­termination of the house of del­egates ... to provide protection',for the life of the unborn childwhenever possible."

The resolution stated tha~ theKMA's action "is in no way tobe construed as, implementing, 'condoning, or approving abor­tions at 'any stage of unborn hu­man development. ':

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Priest t9 Offer'Po rent's Mass .

Rev. Arthur DeMel1o, formerassistant pastor at St. John ofGod Parish" Somerset, and pres­ently associated with the JesuitFathers will celebrate a Mass ofChristian Burial for his step­mother at St. John the Baptist

'Church, New Bedfor:i, toqlOrrowmorning at 10 o"c1ock

Mrs. Mary Ferreira DeMel1o,a long-time member of Our LaclYof Mt. Carmel Parish in NewBedford died on Tuesday aftera long illness.

Father DeMel10 will be theprin~ipal celebrant ofa concel­ebrated Mass of Christian Burial.Interment' will be held in theRural Cemetery of New Bedford.

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comes tb3 obstacle, and goes onto rise to greater heights.

How often in a ,crisis of sor­row and gl'ief have we heardBishop Gerrard encourage the ac­ceptance of God's will and thedeeper union with Christ throughjoining more closely in His cross.

These two men have truly beenthe witnesses of Christ. Thesetwo men have'stood in our midstas those who have served Godand us. In a spirit of reverenceand great joy, we join with themin the happiness of this GoldenJubilee.

There is a time in every man'slife when he would like to pos­sess tJ-,-e muse of a poet, thetouch of a virtuoso, or the brushof an artist to express, both op­portunely and adequately, thebewildering force of emotionsthat -stir within his breast. Per­haps all of us can join with Bish­op Connolly and with BishqpGerrard and with the psalmistwho expressed it best: "I am asone in a dream. My, mouth isfilled with happiness, my tonguewith jubilation; for great are thethings that the Lord has doneto me." (ps.l2Q).

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Bread of Christ, He is tbe shep­herd who builds up other wit­nesses to Christ. He is the shep­herd above all else who praysand sacrifices. Thus does hestand in the midst of the flockas one wb::> serVes both Godand man.

Bishops

How often, at the mention ofa present crisis, have we heardBishop Connolly, with the longmemory of bistory, and steadfasttrust in God's 'providence, reachinto the Church's past for a sim­ilar or greater trial and showhow the Church, then, as it willnow, faces the difficulty, over-

This community of the Dioceseof Fall River has for fifty yearsseen the witness to God of thesetwo priests of God. On a dioce­san scale and on a parish scale,we have 'heard the sound of theirvoices preaching the word ofGod to their people; we bave feltthe touch of their hands guidinguncertain footsteps towards thecertain path of salvation. Amidthe turmoil of change, their verylives have heen as steady bea­cons, anchored on the rock offaith, strengthened with the con­fidence of hope, and aflame withthe light of charity-love of God-and in God-love for theirfellow men.

Our Heartiest Congratulations ToThese'Distinguished Churchmen

On The Occasion 01 Their Golden

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should stand in the midst of hispeople as one ,who serves." No.16.

Bishops must be men of un­shakable fwith because they arecommissioned by Christ to bewitnesses to Him. The Bisbop issomeone who is. And he is some­one who does. The Bishop is theprimary participant in the pl'iest­hood of Jesus Christ. He is JesusChrist in the midst of the people.He is tbe first Christian of thecommunity. He embodies withinhimself the love of the Fatherfor men. He reflects in himselfthe concern of the Heavenly Fa­ther for his flock. He is the wit­ness to Jesus Christ revealed tous througb Faith.

Wherever he goes, whateverhe does ,the BIshop is the living,visible embodiment of God's con-,cern for his children. He bearswithin himself the anointing bytb~ Holy Spirit-the commissionof Christ by the Father and thusGod is present among His people.

Note of BishopThe great note of a Bishop's

life i!? his witnessing as a shep­herd, He is the shepherd whoannounces the' gospel of Christto men. He is the shepherd whoteaches. He is the shepherd whoadvises and when necessary cor­rects. He is the shepherd whofeeds the flock with the liViing

tb,:>usands of others, meet to cel­ebrate an obscure event in theworld's category of values, abirthday, an anniversary, of twopriests, two Bishops, two otherChrists-a mere ripple in the dis­turbed pool of a world's events,but who can conjecture how farflung w.ilI be the concentric ringsof life thus set in motion by thesetwo great men. Who will hazarda guess at the events, the people,and yes, the changes in the worldof men that these two priests ofGod have influenced.

Bitter and hard were the daysin which they lived-when theirfathers and our fathers, our an­cestors in the Faith, awakened bythe heartless ,bells in the earlymorning from a short sleep,hardly sufficient for the needs'of body, went forth to labor;hard and long. These two goodpriests wove a strong fabric inthe minds of their people andin their communities and clothedtheir very beings with a strong,living Faith. So that today, asthey scan this congregation, theymay be proudly joyful as they seethose of our Faith and those ofother religious persuasions whohave scaled the ladder of par­ents sacrifices to enter the manyprofessions and roles of leader­ship in all walks of life.

Council FathersThere is a particular fitting­

ness in the celebration of thepriesthood of two Bishops whoare Fatb3rs of the Second Vati­can Council. Because 'it is .theSecond Vatican Council that de·fines, as has never been donebefore, the life an~ work of aBishop. And a man does notcease to be a priest when he be­comes a Bishop,. but he becomeseven more a priest that he wasbefore.

In the days before the SecondVatican Council, tb3 priesthoodwas defined by the picture ofthe parish priest, and the con­cept of the Bishop was addedalmost as an appendix, Therewere references to his powers,juridical in nature, and trueenough. But these hardly expresstbe grace and the charisma thatare the life and the role of theBishop.

Decree on· BishopsThe Second Vatican Council

began where it should, with theBishop, the primary partJicipantin th3 priesthood of Christ. TheDecree on the Bishop's PastoralOffice in the Church says ofBishops: "the Bishops too havebeen appointed by the Holy Spir­it, and are successors of, theapostles as pastors of souls. To­getb3r with the Supreme Pontiffand under his authority, theyhave been sent to continuethroughout the ages the workof Christ, the, eternal pastor.Christ gave the apostles and theirsuccessors tb3 command and thepower to teach all nations, tohallow men in the truth, and tofeed them. Hence, through theHoly Spirit who has been giventhem, bishops have 'been madetrue and authentic teachers ofthe faith, pontiffs, and shep­herds." No.2.

WitnessesThe Decree says that Bishops

"should dedicate themselves totneir apostolic office as witnessesof Christ before men." No.1!.And in exercising tbe office ofshepherd and _pastor "a -bishop

Temple of SpiritBut the son of God with the

back of His hand almost brushedstone from stone as He saw theTemple in another generation dis­solving. What counts ~n His ledg­er is not what a man DOES butwhat a man IS; not the templesbuilt with hands, but the templeof Spirit built by faith and hopeand compounded into unity bythe cement of Divine Love.

History records that it is notnlways the momentous events oc­cupying the center of the world'sstage that have the most far­reaching effects. For while theeyes of mankind are riveted onthese, they are distracted fromunheralded anel unsung happen­ings, seemingly unimportant,Which influence far more the gen­erations they el}compass. MightI venture the thought that, pos­sibly, we are participating in suchan occasion. For today, dn agreatly troubled world, an almostchosen few-a cardinal, twoArchbishops, bishops, priests, andlaity, representing countless

Homily delivered on the oc­casion of the Golden Jubileesof Most Rev. James L. Connol­ly and Most Rev. James J. Ger­rard by Rev. John F. Hogan,pastor-St. Julil:'s Church, No.Dartmouth. .

"For you, I am a bishop," saidSt. Augustine to his people, "butwith you I am a Christian. Thefirst is an office accepted, the­second a grace received; one adanger, the other safety. If, then,I am gladder by far to be re­deemed with you than I am tohe placed over you, I shall, asthe Lord commanded, be morecompletely your servant." Thegood bishop is th~ good pastor,the good servant. Anything lessis unworthy of the charge givenby Christ, Your Eminence, Car­dinal Medeiros, Your ExcellencyHishop Cronin, Most ReverendArchbishops and Bishops, 'distin­r,uished guests, my ·brothers andsisters in Christ, Your ExcellencyBishop Connolly and Your Excel­lency Bishop Gerrard:

The grandeur of a man is notin his work but in his soul. Whenthe Jews interceded to our Lordto heal the sick servant of theRoman Centurion, the argumentthey gave was that he had builttheir synagogue and done othergreat works for their nation. Butthe 'Divine Searcher of Hearts.laking deep into the soul of th3Roman found him great, not be­cause of what he had built, buthecause of his faith.

Human judgments differ fromDivine judgments. "My thoughtsnre not your thoughts," said theLord. On an anniversary sucbns this, as the Jews counted thesynagogues, so "'!e are apt tocount the schools, the convents,and the institutions which werehuilt really by the sacrifices ofthe people, though the decisionto build them came from theShepherd of the Diocese.

But as faith without goodwOl'ks is dead, so also goodworks without faith are worth·less for a b3avenly reward. TheApostles one day called the at­tention of our Lord to the gloryof the Temple of Jerusalemwhich was then in the course ofconstruction since six and fortyyears.

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The Rev. Patr'ick J. O'Neill,Director of Education, will leadmembers of the staff of the Cath­olic Education Center in a panel.on the Goals and Programs ofthe Department of Education.From the evaluation of the NeedsAssessment that was conductedthroughout the diocese last June,the newly reorganized Depart­ment of Education will give someprojections of its planning forthe future.

Afternoon Speakers

In the afternoon a ser'ies of sixconcurrent sessions will be of­fered.

Sr. Hedwig Oswiak, Directorof Religious Education for Adultsin the Diocese of Rockville Cen­ter will speak on "Whatever Hap­pened to Doctrine," Sister Hed·wig is a graduate of Lumen Vitaein Brussels and has a Master' inSacred Science from St. Bona­venture's University. She hasbeen involved in Priests' StudyDays in the Diocese of RockvilleCenter, as well as teaching semi­nary courses in Catechetical The­ology in that diocese.

Sr: James Margaret, SSJ, As­sistant Director of Religious 'Ed­ucation in the Diocese ofWorcester is the author of theSadlier text "Live in the Spirit."Sr. James Margaret has been in­volved in student and parentpreparatory programs for theSacrament of Confirmation. Hertopic will be "Preparing for Con­firmation." One of Sister JamesMargaret's unusual catecheticalexperiences has been devotingthree summers to Religious Edu­cation at Goose Bay Air ForceBase in Labrador.

Diocesan Speakers

Rev. Thomas Lopes of St. An­thony's Parish, East Falmouthwill be chairman of a panel on"Recruitment: Religious Educa­tion Teachers ARE in your Par­ish." Father Lopes plans to haveseveral priests in the diocese dis­cuss some successful efforts inrecruiting teachers.

·Sr. Barbara McCarthy, O.P.,Coordinator of Schools will leada discussion on the "Communityof Faith." Sister Barbara has al­ready met several parish groupsto discuss the value of this pro­gram.

Sister Theresa Sparrow, R.S.M.,Coordinator of Religious Educa­tion' will treat of "Penance andEucharist: Signs of Love." Prep­aration for First Holy Com­munion and Penance has beengiven a snecial emphasis thisyea,r as Sister Theresa will point·out.

Reverened Michel G. Methot,Director of Adult Education willdiscuss some practical methodsof Getting Adults Involved. Fa­ther Methot has had some per­sonal expel'ience as a priest ina city parish, as well as the op­portunity of meeting with severalarea groups concerned with adulteducation. .

Bishop Cronin will preside andaddress the priests at the closingsession each day.

CO RecognitionMADRID (NC)-The Spanish

branch of Pax Christi, the inter­national Catholic peace organ­ization, has urged changingSpanish law so that conscien­tious objectors will not be jaileduntil their reasons for objectinghave been determined.

Remarks

P~an to BroadcastProgram 01' Aging

LOS ANGELES (NC)-Partic­ipants at a seminar on agingwere told here that a special 90­minute program on concerns of,the elderly will be offered by thePublic Broadcasting System on

.Monday, October 29.The program will begin at 8

P.M. and at 7 P.M. Cen~ral time., Father Thurston N. Davis, S.J.,represented the U. S. CatholicConference a,t the seminar, pre­sented for leaders of national or­ganizations' at the Ethel PercyAndrus Gerontology Center atthe University of Southern Cal-ifornia. '

The center is suppor·ted by theAmerican Association of RetiredPersons and the National Asso­ciation of Retired Teachers.

The television special, called"Wrinkles, Birthdays and OtherFables," will be hosted by FlipWilson. It will be produced withthe help of a grant from the M~n-'

nesota Mining and Manufactur­ing Co.

means for the distribution annu­ally of the earnings of this fundamong young boys and girls who.otherwise might be deprived ofa Catholic high school education.

Hopefully, my dear BishopConnolly and my dear BishopGerrard, this gesture will articu­late adequately our affection foryou both, and our joy on the oc­casion of your Jubilee.

Hopefully, also, it will enableour high schools to form moreyoungsters with a Catholic edu­cation. Above all, and for this Ibeg the good Lord of the Harvest,

, may this gesture be the providen­tial means of more young menreceiving the divine call to thePriesthood. Wouldn't that be thebest memorial of all to the Gold­en Jubilee of Priestly Ordinationof Bishop Connolly and- BishopGerrard?

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Religious orders and other Cath­olic organizations stud~ed themorality of their investmentpolicies at a three-day sympo­sium here.

The meeting, one of a seriesof regional meetings sponsoredby Ithe National Catholic Coali­tion for Responsivle Investment,was attended by 36 persons,mllllilY of whom are involved inthe business operations of theChurch.

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Continued from Page Oneif to accentuate the intimate con­neetion between the teachingapostolate'and the mission of thePriesthood, each of these schools'was named for ~ Bishop.

Educational ApostolateThe first was Bishop Stang

High School, named for the firstBi~;hop 'of the Diocese, and themost recent was Bishop GerrardHigh Schqol, named for our be-.loved Auxiliary Bishop. To theseare added Bishop Feehan, Bishop .

, Cassidy - now Coyle-Cassidy­and Bishop Connolly High.

. Schools. Perhaps no other apos­tolate received more attention inrecent years under the leadershipof Bishop Connolly, aided by Bish­op Gerrard, than tl:1at of Catholiceducation. It seems proper, there-

A young person must then be encouraged and guided- '" fore, to honor the Golden Jubileeby word and by example-to value himself and for the right of these great Bishops by some

b f h· . ' d . fl sig'nificant "esture in this field.reasons' to ecome aware 0 is importance an 111 uence . " . t.,. ' . . .. HIgh School Fund

on people and events around him; to order the pnontles of Hence, it gives me extraordi- .his life rightly' so that his ultimate destination in life is not nary delight to announce to youovershadowed or neglected by short-range pursuits. today that I am establishing the·

, "Bishops' Jubilee High SchoolThe initiative in respecting him must come from those Fund," with an 'initial grant of

who are older. And if their attitude is one of respect, they of $250,000, which I have beenare fulfilling a role that is uniquely theirs and one preparing abl'e to allocate for this purpose

h I . f d by careful stewardship. To thisthe younger to take ~ at same ro e 111 uture years an win be added existing scholar-toward future generatiOns. ship monies, and the residue of

the contribliltions made by theparishes to' this dinner.

'I will ask the Director of theDiocesan Department of Educa­tion to organize' approprJate

During this Respect Life of October, we are asked tore-examine the whole segment of humanity known as youth-and there are those who would like to keep stretching theupper age limit of that designation. We are reminded thatbecause a person is younger rather than older, then he is nota junior partner in the human race. True, he is in need ofboth information and wisdom, but these are goals that every'person must always pursue until his dying day. (One is dis­tracted at the picture of the 96-year-old Qliver Wendell'Holmes being visited by President Franklin Roosevelt whoasked the scholar what he was doing to occupy himself. Thesavant showed Roosevelt a Greek grammar and'explaiperlthat he was impr9ving his mind.)

The younger person does not have the experience ofage, even of age's mistakes. He is by temperament inclinedto be hasty and impetuous. But he can also teach his eldersthe freshness ofhis enthusiasm, the willingness to be gener­ous, the idealism that is a part of youth and which must beapplauded lest it wither from the cynicism of the older:

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The key phrase is mutual re'spect.

Each,person must see.in the other, of any age and ofevery age, a unique individual, a special creation of God, abeing who carries within himself the likeness to the Creator.Each person is worthy of reverence and, respect not for whathe has nor for what he <ioes but first, and above a.Il, becausehe is.

. . " \6 THE: ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Oct. 25, 1973

Respect,Lije-the YoungThe poet W. H. Auden, who, died only a month ago, with

that insight that is so often the mark of the ppetic genius,once said, "I don't go along with all this talk of a generationgap. We're all contemporaries. There's onlfa difference inmemories, that's all." ,

-And how well put that is., I

We are, after all, all fellow travelers on this earth.There are differences in ages, in circumstances, in geograph­

,ical locale. There are differences in cultures, in education, in,values.

. But the one fact remains-we are all here, and so weare 'all truly contemporaries. We are humanity.

This being.so, the term "'generation gap," represents anartificial barrier that does not reflect the reality but one thathas been used-fortunately, not SQ much now as in pastyears-with unfortunate results. It has raised the questionof lack of confidence. It has provoked the image of hostility.'It has placed complicated and intricate relationships intothe context of a simplistic "we and you people" tension. It:.,has done a disservice to all concerned.

,HIS EXCELLENCY

MOST REV. JAMES L. CONNOLLY, D.O.

THE ANCHOR-~iocese of Fall Riv~r-Thurs. Oct. 25, 1973 7

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There were just a few lettersexpressing a different opinion:

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ample of the narrowmindednessthat is comm.on in your gener­ation. The definitions you printedwere, besides being grosslybiased, irrelevant, and unfair.The sarcasm you displayed wascrass 'and unjust."

"The article was absurd! Itwas, utterly disgusting and un­truthful!"

Sadly, the writers of these let­ters said they really do hate theirparents. From the tone of theirletters, I'm afraid the feeling maybe mutual.

There is deep bitterness ex­pressed ... yet underneath it isthat eternal optimism of youth."At least I've learned how notto raise my children when I'm aparent!"

To these 'troubled teen-agersI'd ask that they do themselves... and their future children ... afavor. Sit dow,n right now. Write

.out all the things your teen-agerswill be allowed to do. List whatyou, as a parents, will give ofyourself. Pilt it in an envelope.Seal it. Save it. And years fromnow, give it to your teen-agersto read ... unedited.

To the rest of the teen-agers,I think you're great! You recog­nize that there are difficultiesand problems on both sides,' butyou are working at maximizingstrengths and minimizing weak­nesses.. You and your familiesare obviously working at. a mu­tual understanding, learning andgrowth.

And above all, keep your senseof humor. You, too, should makea list of how things will be,whenyou area parent.' And some day,years 'from now, read it withyour teen-agers.

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At the end of the column Iasked teen-agers to write tome explaining why a girl thought

"It's a piivilege to me to haveparents who DO care about moreals and manners, and I'm verygrateful towards them for this."

"Right now it seems to be the'in' thing to do and you are real­ly cool if you say you hate .yourmother or say you feel that shehates you. I, myself, get alongreally well with my mother. Ofcourse it may be true that adaughter may hate her mother"but, if this were so, she wouldsurely keep it 'to h'erself becauseit isn't anything to be proud of."

"What bothers me is a lot of

8 THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Oct. 25, 1973

'It Really Isn't Cool to SayYou Hate You,r Mother

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something was wrong with herbecause she liked her mother.

For anyone who has doubtsabout today's teen-agers, 86 percent of the letters I received said,straight out, they liked their par­ents! The letters came from allover this country and Canada,from 12 to 19 year olds. A few'mentioned having difficulty intelling their parents they appre­ciated them, but it came throughiii their letters. Here are sometypical excerpts:

"From high school on Ithough't my parents were theworst. They wouldn't let me do'anything like the ,rl;st of m:vfriends. Now (in college) I ap­preciate everything my parentsdid for me."

"I love my parents and I'msure they love me and if I'veever said I hated them it was be­cause I was mad and frustrated."

Why Not Like Her?

"I hope the girl you wroteabout is not influenced too muchby her classmates. After all,what's wrong with 'liking' yourmother? Ask some teen:ager whoknows."

His ExcellencyMost Rev. James L. Connolly, D.D.

THE ANCHOR....,Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Oct. 25, 1973 9

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His Excellency "Most- Rev. James J. Gerrard, D.D.

We Are Privileged and Honore~

To Extend Hearty Congratulations

On The· Occasion of Their Gold~n---

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New ~ngland Conference·DIOCESAN COUNCILS

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PROCESSION: It was a pensive but joyful apd gratefulBishop James J. Gerrard who walked in procession through

.the streets to St. Mary's Cathedral. Only fifty years beforehe had entered the same cathedral church to be ordained apriest for service in the Diocese of Fall River. Now he wasgratefully acknowiedging before God the marty priestly joyshe had sha~ed during the past fifty years.

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To Keep PeaceThe Chilean bishops, it said,

showed the "greatest solicitude"in urging both sides to respectthe constitution and avoid allforms of violence.

, The Church in Chile, the Vati­can paper added, continues with­in its means to work for the weI·fare of all people and advocatesfraternity, "the sad decline ofwhich caused this tragedy whichtoday must be deplored."

President Allende, a Marxist,reportedly con:tmitted suicide duroing the coup and hundreds ofChileans, particularly Allendesupporters, have been reportedkilled and imprisoned by themilitary junta.

Bis~op :5' EffortsAccording to Corriere della

Sera, the Chilean meant by theword "Church" the institutionalhierarchy, Pope: Paul VI, the Vat­

.ican, bishops and agencies of theChurch's central adbinistration.

L'Osservatore Romano e<;>n­fined its reply mainly to the ac­tion ,of the Chilean bishops.

'Greatest Solicitude'

"It is an irrefutable factand it is well 1mown in Chile­that the Chilean hierarchy dealtwith both opposition and gov­ernment leaders, such as Presi­dent (Salvador) Allende, to getthem back to the bargainingtable," the Vatican editorial in­sisted.

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Stresses Chiiean, .

VATIcAN CITY (NC}-Beforeand after the Sept. 11 militarycoup in Chile, the biStlOPS Of thatcountry acted to preserve peaceand to protect the rights of all

.• citizens, the Vatican dally said inan editorial Oct. 4.

The unsigned editorial ill L'Os­servatore Romano was a reply toa question posed by an unidenti­fied Chilealll to a congress ofChristians for Socialism in' Bo­logna, Italy, Sept.. 30.

That question: "And XOIJ, oh,Church, what have you done forChile?" was reported and com­mented on at length by the pres­tigious Milan daily, Corriere della

.Sera, on Oct. 1.

TH,E ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Oct. 25, 197310

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PRESIDING PRELATE:. Humberto Cardinal Medeiros,Archbishop of Boston, who himself for most of his priestlylife worked closely with Bishop James L. Connolly andBishop James J. Gerrard, joyfully presided over the liturgyand jubilee banquet.

tHE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Oct. 25, 1973 11

Council. of Churches Stresses Human RightsLONDON (NC) - The British support for British action at the at the Foreign Office, responded

Council of Churches (BCC) has European Security Conference to in a letter that the British gov­said that arrangements on relax- secure freedom of 'movement, the ernment shares the council's be­ing tensions in Europe should not exchange of ideas and guaran- lief that genuine detente in Eu­be reached at the expense of teed human rights. rope cannot be achieved withouthuman rights. . Delegates of.35 nations opened respect for hum~n rights. He

In a letter to British foreign the second phase of the confer- assured the council that the gov­secretary, Sir Alec Douglas- ence in Geneva on Sept. 18. The ernme~t would take every o,p­Home, the BCC's general secre- purpose of the conference is to p.ortumty to stress that conVIC­

tary, the Rev. Harry O. Morton, work out new principles for East- tlOn.expressed the council's deep dis- West relations. It is expected to Meanwhile, the Minority Rightsquiet" at the treatment of mi- last about six months. Group based here has issued anorities and dissident individuals . .. new edition of its report, "Reli-in the Soviet Union and at the "Christians believe that there gious Minorities in the Sovietinfringement of freedom of reli- can be no real peace .with~,ut re- Union," which describes perse­gion in that country. spect for. human rights, Mr. cution, discrimination and cal-

Morton said.Mr. Morton assured the for- umny toward religions including

eign secretary of the council's Lord Balniel, minister of state Roman Catholicism and Islam.

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Father Giulio Girardi, wastransferred to the Paris Univer­sity in 1969 from his post as aprofessor at the Salesian Fathers'international college in Rome.His,superiors at that time deniedthat politics or orthodoxy wereinvolved in the transfer.

Ousted From Paris. Post For P'olitics

PARIS (NC)-An Italian Sale­sian priest who is a consultorof the Vatican's Secretariat forNon-Believers has been oustedfrom his position.at the CatholicInstitute of Paris bec~use of hisMarxist political views.

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On the 'Otcasion ol.TheilGolden Jubile,e in the Priesthlooci!. .

Cub Powwow'Area Cub Scout leaders will at­

tend a powwow at Bishop StangStang High School, North Dar­mouth, from noon to 7:30 P.M.Sunday, Nov. 4. Games', exhibits,and discussions on pack admin­istration and Webelbs activitieswill be on the agenda.

CATHEDRAL: It was an overflowing congregation Of bishops from throughout New. England, priests of the Fall River and surrounding di9ceSes, Religious c;md lai.ty who wit­nessed the solemn thanksgiving for 50 years of serVice ao.d leadership on the part of BishopJames L. Connolly and Bishop James J. Gerrard. '

12 ', THE ANCHOR- 'Thurs., Oct. 25, 1973

Show Farah FilmIn Washington

WASHINGTON (NC) - _"ThePeople v. Willie Farah," a new.20-minute film made to drama­tize the grievances of workerson strike against the Farah Man­ufacturing Co., was shown here toan audience of 150 ne'!Ysmen andsupporters of the strike.

The film showed an employeof the Amalgamated ClothingWorkers of America (ACWA),AFL-CIO explain_ to a strikingFarah worker. that a committeeof the union must decide "howbest to distribute· the meageremergency fund."

The striking worker was seek­ing a loan from the fund in orderto pay his rent, which he saidwas three months past due.

Father Jesse Munoz of EI'Paso, Tex., who, the film said,

cwas the parish priest for most.of the striking Mexican-AmericanFarah workers, said the strikers"walked out because the situa­tion 'was unbearable" in theFarah plant, which is owned byWilliam Farah of EI Paso.

Bishop Sidney Metzger of EIPaso criticized Farah in the filmhut was not caustic.

"I fee~ sorry for Wiilie Farah,"Bishop Metger said, "because ifhe had vision ... he would insti-'tute social justice."

The film explained that whenBishop Metzger first became con·cerned with the strike, he hadFather Munoz obtain affidavitsfrom th~ strikers in order todocument. the alleged injustices.

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olic Women. Members are askedto donate a small gift for thisevent and are also reminded tobring with them a baby picturefor use at the November pro­gram.

Mrs. Raymond Pelletier iswhist chairman and Mrs. GerardDextraze is in charge of arrange·ments. for the November meet­ing.

ST. MARY,NEW BEDFORD

A meat 'pie supper will beserved from 5 to 7 P.M. Satur­day, Nov. 17 in the schoolhall by members of theWomen's Guild. A special chil­dren's meal consisting of a hotdog and fruit punch will also beavailable.

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OUR LADY OF VICTORY,CENTERVILLE

Women's Guild members an­nounce a Christmas bazaar, tobe held from noon to 8 P.M. Fri­'lay, Nov. 30. The regular No­

.vember meeting will be devotedto preparations for this event, atwhich featured tables will in­clude greens, crafts, foods, chil­dren's items and chance·s.

The unit heard a discussion ofthe Birthright program at itsOctober meeting.

The Parish ParadePublicity chairmen of parish organlzatlolls HOLY NAME

Ir' asked to submit news Items for this FALL RIVER'column to The Anchor, P. O. Box 7, FallRiver 02722. Name of city or town should A Halloween costume partybe Included, as well as full dates of all for children of the parish fromactivities. Please send news of future rathe, pre-primary through sixth gradethan past events. .

IS planned for 6 P.M. Wednesday, .Oct. 31 in the school haiL

Mothers willing to donate pas­try or help in any other wayare asked to call Mrs. WilliamSullivan, telephone 4·4586. Sev­enth and eighth grade studentswishing to help with activitiesmay contact Mrs. George Hicket,3-2331.

The Leisure Group will meet at2 P.M. today. The program willindude Mass, a lecture on Ex­ceptional children by Sr. Mau­reen of Nazareth Hall.

Birthright of Fall River willhold an organizational meetingat 8 P.M. Wednesday, Nov. 7 inthe school hall. All are invited toattend and learn of this groupoffering aid to girls and womenwith unwanted pregnancies.ST. ANNE,NEW BEDFORD

Preliminary plans are beingmade for a Christmas concertfeaturing Notre Dame College­Chorus from Manchester, N. H.,which will be sponsored by theparish at 7:30 P.M. Sunday, Dec.2. Details are to be announcedat a later date.OUR LADY OF ANGELS,FALL RIVER

A cake sale' to benefit thealtar boys will take place afterall Masses this weekend.

A fashion show is planned forSunday, Nov..4 and a one-daytrip to New York on Saturday,Nov. 24. .

ST. GEORGE,WESTPORT

Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Bouchardco-chairmen have announced thatthe Couples Club will sponsor aHalloween Dance at 8 o'clock onSaturday night, Oct. 27 in theschool hall. It is open to the pub·lie.

Refreshments will be availableand music will be furnished byThe Roman IV.

Costumes are optional.

ST. JOSEPH,ATTLEBORO

The Adult Discussion Groupsmeet at 9:30 every Thursdaymorni~g and at 2:30 everyThursday afternoon in the school.The topics are: Tuesday, "TheGospel of St. Luke" and Thurs­day, "The Jesus People."

The Women's Guild has sched·uled a Thanksgiving TurkeyWhist for Saturday, Nov. 17. Inaddition to turkeys, food basketswill be awarded liS prizes.

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The social activIties committeeof the parish council will hold aharvest dance and buffet from 9to 1 Saturday night, Nov. 3 inthe school hall on SheridanStreet. Tickets are available fromBob Martin, Santa Lewis, Paul­ine Ricketts, Bill Kerns or anyother committee member.

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PRINCIPALS: Among the many members of the New Engla~1d hierarchy aQd Dioceseof Fall River attending the jubilee celebrations for Bishops Connolly and Gerrard, the prin­cipal members were: left to right; Most Rev. Daniel A Cronin, S.T.D., Bishop of .FaH Riv­er; Most Rev. James L. Connolly, D.D., D. Sc. Hist., Former Bishop of fall River; ;Humber­to Cardinal Medeiros, Archbishop of Boston; Rev. John F. Hogan, Pastor of St. Julie Parish;No. Dartmouth and homilist; Most Rev. James J. Gerrard, Auiiliary'Bishop of Fall River.

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The Felician Sisters staffingthe parish school will hold· theirannual public harvest supper

.from 4 to 8 Saturday night, Nov.3 in the school hall. Tickets areavailable from the Sisters, schoolchildren and at the rectory.

A ham 0 and eggs breakfastwill be served 0 after all MassesSunday, Nov. 4, with proceedsto benefit the parish;

Babysitting 0 is . offered in .theschool' during 11:15 Mass eachSunday morning.

Confraternity' of ChristianDoctrine classes for public schoolchildren are held at 4 P.M. eachSaturday afternoon.

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FALL RIVER

A harvest dance will be heldin the church hall Saturday night,from' 8 to midnight. Mrs. Mar­garet Fournier, chairm"an, will beaided by Mrs. Anne Fitton, andmusic will be by the Al Rainoneorchestra. A b-uffet will be served.

,The event is sponsored by theWomen's Guild.

Miss Rose Saulino,. "programchairman, announces that theMonday, Nov. 5 guild meetingwill feature a scrimshaw demon­stration, by John Medeiros ofWestport. Members may bringguests. ,

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Bishop Gerrard

We Alre Privileged and Honored

To Extend Hearty Congratulations

On The. Occasion of Their Golden

Jul.ilee-Ad Multos Annas!We Are Proud To Salute Two Distil.guished

:, Churchmen On The Occasion 01 Their G4)lclen Jubilee

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THE FALL RIVER DIOCESAN

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write agonized pieces about yourdilemma.

You don't even have to botherfinding out what the essence ofthe Christian message is. Youcan continue in your pleasantconfusion about what order andhierarchy is appropriate for va­rious propositional statementsabout doctrine. And when some­one (like me) comes along andtells you that you don't seemto know what the esssence ofthe message is, you can alwaysblame your Catholic education.

Just so long as you can blamesomething or someone else, youare free from responsibility ofyour own.

And then life is so nice. It,is always nice to a child.

© 1973, Inter/Syndicate

The Rev. Monsignor Raymond T. ConsidineDiocesan Director

OR 368 North Main StreetFall River, Massachusetts 02720

symbols in rhetoric that can beunderstood in our time and place(which is what theology isabout). If it is false, we get thehell out and bring our kids withus.

The early Christians did notsay, "We have to wait for Au­gustine and Aquinas to put theintellectual house in order." Theybelieved and lived and thentheologized.

'Pleasant Confusion'

It is so easy to live in the 'de­lightful limbo be'tween faith andunfaith. You can, have the con­solations of believing some ofthe time and none of the chal­lenge of believing all the time.And you can scapegoat the old'Church for its rigidities andthe theologians for their slow­ness in elaborating new systems.You don't have to search and de­cide for yourself. You can even

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sensus he will quite literally waittill Judgment Day.

Faith Precedes TheologyBut faith does not follow the­

ology, it precedes it. It is not anacceptance by the intellect of acertain number of systematicpropositions arranged in a neatrational pattern. It is rather thecommitment of the total humanperson to the word of God as re­realed in Jesus-a word of hopeand joy and love. What Chris­tianity is in essence is not com­plex or elaborate or difficult tounderstand at all. It is a simple,clear, quite explicit message. Itis either true and we live it tothe fullest that we possibly can,or it is false and we damn it assuperstitious nonsense.

If it is true, we band togetherwith other Christians so that wemight sustain each other in liv­ing it. We strive to find waysto articulate the meaning of its

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Explicit

The first thing that has to besaid is that the author is kiddinghimself if he thinks the paro­chial schools can make up forreligious deficiencies in the fam­ily environment. The by nowhoary findings of The Educationof Catholic Americans make itclear that the schools are worth­less if there is not mutual reen­forcement going on betweenfamily and school.

Father's Religious Behavior'-

I don't accept the author'sposition at all. Indeed I thinkthat it is intellectually, religious­ly, and morally flabby. It is aweak-minded attempt to cop outfrom religious responsibility. Butit is still the position of a con­siderable number of moderatelywell-educated Catholics, and itis a position that must be takenseriously if only because so manypeople subscribe to it.

The more serious weakness ofthe argument of the "troubledfather" (to use the name Over­view gives him) is that heequates faith with theology.There never was a theologicalconsensus in most periods of theChurch's history, and there isnot likely to be one again. The"deep freeze" of the post­Tridentine Church was mostlyhistorical accident. If he waitsuntil the theologians reach a con-

In addition, the statisticallysophisticate(i work of WilliamMcCready has recently demon­strated that it is the father's re­ligious' behavior that is impor­tant. Indeed it is so importantin affecting the religious behav­ior of children that almost noth­ing else matters.

By

REV.

ANDREW M.

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C,hri,stic~nity Is

Sim,ple, Clear,There is an extremely important special report in Mike

McAuley's Thomas Mor,e newsletter, Overview. Entitled"What can we tell the children?", it raises the question ofwhat Catholic parents can say to their children who attendparochial schools when theyask, "Why don't you and that you have before your chil~

"dren reach adulthood."mom ever go to church?"(And there is an increasingnumber of parents who don't.)The answer is not very satis­fying even' to the anonymousauthor. He doesn't know what he

Taunton Serra ClubCongratulates,

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Most llev. James L. Connolly, D.D.and

Most llev. James J. Gerrard D.D.Ad Multos Annos

believes, but he still wants hischildren to believe somethingand to have some sort of reli­gious training. He summarizeshis problems in the followingcrucial paragraph:

"However, ... it would seemthat you're going to have to getyour own head together first.You're going to have to knowwhat you believe and how toverbalize it. But given the pre,s­ent state of theology, the oddsagainst you soon achieving thisordered underst.anding of yourfaith seem incredibly great. Notonly would the theologians haveto arrive at some sort of con­sensus, you would have to be,convinced that they were right,For you not only want tohave answers, you want to beable to believe them. Further­more, there would have to benew myths, new, liturgies, newnuances to your lifestyle which

'could convey these beliefs toyour children. Yet, such develop­ments don't seem probable orpossible within the few years

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minis'tering the scholarship funds,Diocesan Director of Education,Reverend Patrick J. O'Neill,D.Ed., will have occasion toscreen and evaluate applicationsfrom youngsters in every sectionOf the Diocese. While the actualmeans of processing scholarshipapplications ·remain to be formu­lated, the fund is now in oper­ation and timely distribution ofits proceeds will commence.

In announcing the establish­ment of the Jubilee Fund, BishopCronin expressed the specialhope that this gesture might bethe Providential means wherebymore young men might receivethe Divine call to the priesthood."Wouldn't that," he said, "be thebest memorial of all to the Gol­den Jubilee of Priestly Ordina­tion of Bishop Connolly andBishop Gerrard?"

MindThe mind that finds its way to

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A.d Multos Annos

'Our fleartiest Congratulations

And Continued Best Wishes

op Gerrard, had served as Dioc­esan Ordinary, Bishop Croninnoted that the complex of Dioc­esan high schools throughout theDiocese all bore the names ofbishops. It seemed proper, heconcluded, to honor the GoldenJubilees of these two greatBishops by some. significantgesture in this field.

Scholnrship Processing

Bishop Stang High School mNorth Dartmouth enrolls 985pupils; Bishop Feehan HighSchool in Attleboro numbers700 students, c3lnd the combinedCoyle Cassidy' High School inTaunton has 1i78 students en­rolled. In Fal River, Bishop Con­nolly High School, for boys, hasan enrollment of 535, and BishopGerrard High School numbers507 girls.

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were Miss Margaret M. lahey,Mrs. James A.' O'Brien, Jr., andMrs. Michael J. McMahon. Musicwas provided by Bob St. ",,-mour.Frequently, the gather.ing brokeinto song during the program,at no point wilth such enthusi­asm as when Bishop -Lotlis E.Gelineau of Providenqe, led a.spirited reildition of "Alouette."

Special Guests

Special guests incluqed a del­egation of guests and Sistersfrom te Catholic Memorial Home,neighbors now of Bishop Ger­rard who ,lives in the Fall Riverfacility. MotherAnthony, O.Carm.,administrator, said "there areu lot of happy people at theHome," commenting on the cel­ebration. ~5sters and staff mem­bers from schools and apostol-ates closely identified with Bish­op Connolly joined in the JubileeMass and Banquet. Aqmipistra­tors and pupil representativesfrom Diocesan and parochialhigh schools were in attendanceas well. - '

Bishop Cronin

The ,announcement by BishopCronin of the' scholarship fundestablished in their honor cameas a total surprise to the Jubi­larians. "It's fabulous," remar,kedBishop Connolly. Superintend~nt

of Diocesan Schools, SisterMarion Geddes, 'R.S.M., who hadno advance notice of the fund,expressed delight at the prQspectof having tangible resources fromthe fund to assist needy young­sters in all areas of the Diocesein enrolling in Catholic highschools.

Speaking of the specicil etnpha­which the teaching apostolateand Cathol:c ed~gation had re­ceived during the years .whenBishop Connolly; aided ;by Bish-

LectorsLectors for the jubilee Mass

were Diocesan seminarians, Her­bert Nichols and Joseph Oliveira.Deacon for' the ,Mass was Rev.

. Mr. William Costello, presentlyserving at Saint Mary's Parish,Mansfield. Other seminarians

. served as acolytes and mitrebearers to the concelebratingbishops. Cathedral ushers, underthe direction of Mr. Robert F.Coggeshall, brought the s'!cra·mental gifts to the altar at theoffertory procession.

BanquetVery Rev. Luiz G. Mendonca,

Vicar General of the Diocese,served, as Master of Ceremoniesat the Jubilee Banquet. He notedthat relatives of the' honoredBishops, including Miss IsabelleGerrard of New Bedford, sisterof Bishop Gerrard, were' seatedin the dining room. CardinalMedeiros spoke of the great af­fection which he bears to bothBishops Connolly and Gerrard inremarks at' the' Banquet, andthanked them for, "the gift ofthemselves."

Bishop Robert F. Joyce, or­dained like Bishops Connolly andGerrard, in 1923, pronounced theinvocation, and the benedictionwas given by Archbishop Whea­Ion.

Bishop Connolly

Bishop Connolly expressed hisgratitude to all in remarks whichhe addressed to the gathering.He recalled that his years in theDiocese of Fall. River and in theArchdiocese of Saint Paul,where he served from the timeof his ordination until 1945,when he returned to to his na·tive city as coadjutor to the late.Bishop James E. Cassidy, hadbeen filled with blessings. Thecrowd chuckled as Bishop Con·nolly'turned to Father Mendoncaafter concluding his remarks andsaid, "I guess that's it, Louie."

Bishop GerrardBishop Gerrard quoted Saint

Paul in returning thanks· to Godand to fellow priests, religiousand laity. Hearkening to one ofthe principal themes of the day,Bishop Gerrard spoke of thePriesthood in which· he ,said, ithas been his' privilege to share.

Theme of the Banquet, "A,Century of Service," was notedin the souvenir booklet: Goldtablecloths and decorations un­derscored the Jubilee motif.Chairman of the Banquet Com­mittee was Rev. Monsignor An­thony M. Gomes, Pastor of OurLady of the Angels Parish in FallRiver, and Director of the Dioc­esan Family Life Bureau andCatholic Charities. Hostesses

1923 -1973,50 Golden Years

As Priests and Prelates:

ATT.LEBORO ,DISTRICT SERRA f:lUB

Congratulates ,B.ishop Connolly and Bid-lOp Gerrard

On 50 Golden Years As Priests and J~',elat~s

THE ANCHOR-Thurs., Oct. 25, 197316

Continued from Page OneHines, Bishop of Norwich, Con­necticut.

Also, Most Reverend JosephP. Donnelly, another, AuxiliaryBishop of Hartford, Most Rever­end Peter L. Gerety, Bishop ofPortland,· Maine; Most ReverendTimothy J. Harrington, AuxiliaryBishop of Worcester, Most Rev­erend Lawrence J. Riley, Auxil­iary Bishop' of the ,Bosto'n Arch­diocese, Most Reverend John F.Marshall, present Bishop of Bur­lington, Vermont, and MostReverend Louis E. Gelineau,Bishop of Providence: ReverendMonsignor Robert E. Mulvee,Chancellor of the Diocese ofManchester, N. H, concelebrated ­the Mass as well, representing,Most Reverend Ernest J. Primeau.'

Also seated in the sanctuaryas concelebrants 'of the JubileeMass were Very Rev. Luiz G.Mendonca, Vicar General of theFall River Diocese and Pastor ofSaint John of God Parish, Som­erset, Very Rev. John J. Regan,Rector of Saint Mary's Cathe­dral, Rev. Peter N. Graziano,President of the Senate of Priestsof the Fall River Diocese, andRev. Thomas M. Landry, O.P.,Pastor of Saint Anne's Parish,Fall River, representing the reli­gious' clergy of the Diocese.

Homilist

Homilist for the Jubilee Mass,Reverend John F. Hogan, Pastorof Saint Julie's Church,. NorthDartmouth, and Director of theCatholic Welfare Bureau of NewBedford, paid tribute to the ju­bilarians, noting that both wereFathers of the Second VaticanCouncil. Father Hogan spoke ofa bishop as one who is a "pri:mary participant in the priest­hood of Christ," and· remindedthe congregation filling the be.au­tifully arranged Catnedral that'Bishops Connolly and Gerrardwell fulfill the episcopal roles of"witness" and "shepherd."

Music

The musical program was di­rected by Reverend William G.Campbell of Holy Name Parish,Fall River, and featured the com­bined voices of the CathedralChoristers and the Saint Anne'sParish Choir of Fall River. Abrass ensemble brought specialfestivity to the music. Directedby Father Campbell, the congre­gation participated in chants, ac­clamations and hymns during theMass.

Jubilarians

HIS EXCELLENCY

MOST REV. JAMES L. CONNOLLY, D.O.

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HIS EXCELLENCY

MOST REV. JAMES J. GERRARD, D.O.

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Our Community has been Enriched by' the Lives of These Distinguished Churchmen

The Vincentians Have Been Especially Blessed by the Cooperation

Manifested by Bishop Connolly, who as Ordinary

For Nineteen Years' Inspired The Society's Expansion,

Our Warm Felicitations Are Extended

To Both Bishops on the Occasion of Their

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Our Personal Best Wishes To

His Excellency

BisholP James L. Connolly, D.D•.

and

His Excellency

Bis40p James J. Gerrard, D.D.

On the Occasion

'Of Their Golden Jubilee

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FAMILY ATMOSPHERE; As Most Rev. Louis ;E. Gelineau, Bishop of Providence endedhis rendition of "Allouette" the entire banquet hall broke into applause as at family atmos-phere of joy prevailed upon all attending. .

Our Heartiest Congratu/o,tiolilS

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. Churchmen on the Occasion

.Of Their G9'den Jubilee

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Self-SupportingCatholic SchoolsMust Be'Realized

Several hundred Catholic edu­cators attending the Chief Ad~

ministrators of Catholic Educa­t.ion Meeting in Boston were toldthat all hope of financial aidrrom fed'eral, state or local gov-ernments was dead. ...

Rev., Msgr. Francis X. Barrettof Allentown, Penn. and Rev.Patrick J. O'Neill, Diocesan Di­rector of Education for the Dio­cese of Fall River, said that Cath­olic sch061s must become solventor close.

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To attain solvency and he fi­nancially independent, the edu­cators were told that:

-those who use the Catholicschools should ,bear, the chiefresponsibility for supportingthem;

-general subsidies from dio­ceses or, parishes should be re­placed by scholarships and spe­cial purpose grants;

-expenses must he conscien­tiously controlled;

-schools should give greaterpolicy control to parents. '

Father O'Neill said that it wasessential that Catholic schoolsmake it on tbeir own, using theCatholic community as the onlylimited and uncertain source ofrevenue.

"Catholic schools must selllhemselves as worthy of supporthy the general public and mustgo after this support on theirown merits rather than on thecoattails of the general operatingexpense:; of the parish or dio­cese," he insisted'.'The two priests urged "a re­

turn to that spirit of poverty thatcharatcerized the Catholic schoolof our youth and gave the feel­ing of high purpose to those whoworked in them."

Also attending the meetingalong witJ:t Father O'Neill wereSister Marion Geddes, R.S.M.,Superintendent of CatholicSchools for the Diocese of FallRiver, and Rev. Michel Methot,Associate Director for AdultEducation.

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CARDINAL WRIGHT IN SWEDEN: Cardinal JohnWright, prefect of the Vatican's Congregation of the Clergy,walks ahead of the distinctively garbed Brigettine Sisters ina procession dUJing a celebration in Vadstena, Sweden,marking the 600th anniversary of" the death of St. Bridget.The American-born cardinal said a "collective amnesia ex­plains much of the confusion in our purposes and actions"today. (NG Pho!o)

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SANTIAGO (NC) - UnidadPopular, the ruling Marxi~t coali­tion in Chile, has sought themediation of Cardinal Raul Silvaof Santiago in solving the crit­ical truckers' strike.

The cardinal's secretary,Father Luis Diaz, said that "thearchbishop promised to exhaustall means" in effecting a settle­ment between the union and theMinistry of Transportation.

The truckers seek higher ratesand salaries, assurances fromthe government that the transpor­tation industry will not fall underthe wave of· state nationaliza­tions, and import facilities to re- 'plal;.e or repair trucks and buses.

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