FALL RIVER DIOCESAN NEWSPAPERFOR SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTSCAPE COD & THE ISLANDS

Fourth bishop of Fall River is laid to· restBy Pat McGowan

The tumult and the shoutingdie,. The captains and the

kings depart;Still 'Stands thine ancientsacrifice,

A humble and acontrite heart.

Today Bishop James L. Con­nolly is at rest in the bishops' cryptof his beloved St. Mary's Cathe­dral where he was ordained in1923, welcomed as the fourth bish­op of Fall River in 1945 andordained 130 priests for the diocese.

In the words of Rudyard Kipling,the tumult and the shouting willdie. Memories of the down-to­earth prelate will not.

At Tuesday night's wake serv­ice, a telling recollection was shar­ed by Very Rev. John P. Driscoll,pastor of St. Lawrence parish,New Bedford,. and at one timeepiscopal secretary to the bishop.

"I have a particular picture ofBishop Connolly in my mind andheart," he said. "One night Ibrought him a document to besigned and found him deep inthought, holding a volume by oneofthe early Fathers ofthe Church.He looked up and said, 'I worryabout my salvation too, you know.'

" 'Why, bishop?' I asked." 'The Fathers say that we work

out our salvation in fear and trem­bling,' he responded. 'I haven'thad much fear and trembling inmy life and very little suffering.God has been good to me.'

"I was struck by this commentfrom a bishop weighed down with·the cares of a diocese," said FatherDriscoll. .

He said he also rememberedBishop Connolly in the chapel ofhis house, "on his knees commun­ing with God in absolute faith andtrust" and his custom of recitingthe rosary with those in his car onhis return trips from confirmationsor other liturgical ceremonies.

Illustrating the bishop's practi­cal nature, said Father Driscoll,was his oft-repeated advice to youngpeople: "Don't be caught up infads; realize the people you canreally trust; remember what yourparents and teachers told you; andcling fast to the unchanging truthsof the faith. "

At meetings, Father Driscoll said,the bishop again demonstrated hiscommonsense approach to life."He'd say 'Let's be practical; let'sget going.' What he truly meantwas 'Let's do what God expects ofus.' "

At the center ofthe bishop's life,concluded Father Driscoll, "waslove of God and love of neighbor.So he fulfilled the great command­ments of the law. So he will liveeternally in that Love which isGod."

A moving moment during thewake came when Father RaymondJ. Lynch, OFM, rector of OurLady's Chapel, New Bedford, plac­ed the Franciscan 'habit in BishopConnolly's casket. .

In 1958 the bishop was affiliatedto the first order of the Friars

Minor, Father Lynch explained,thus he enjoyed all its spiritualbenefits. Each priest in the HolyName Franciscan province willoffer Mass for him and he willshare in the prayers and sacrificesof members worldwide.

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

Memorial MassRites for Bishop Connolly began

Monday when Bishop Cronin re­ceived his body at the CatholicMemorial Home where it lay instate until it was transferred atII :30 a.m. Tuesday to St. Mary'sCathedral. On its way the cortegepassed the bishop's former resi­dence on Highland Avenue andSacred Hearl Church, where heserved as pastor for six of what heafterwards referred to frequentlyas among his happiest years.

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

ALL PICTURES inthis section of theAnchor are by SisterGertrude Gaudette, 0 P,and Joseph Motta.

The cardinal offered the Tues­day Mass because his schedulemade it impossible for him toattend Wednesday's Mass ofChris­tian Burial.

St. Mary's Cathedral was packedfor the liturgy. In tribute to thebishop, the entire student body ofBishop Connolly High School,numbering over 700 students, wasin attendance, traveling to the cere­mony in 15 buses. Father James C.O'Brien, SJ, Connolly principal,was among designated concele­brants and the servers were Con­nolly students Richard Rodrigues,Brian Schoonorville, Tobias Sil­via, Joseph Dumais and JeffreyWaclawick.

Patrick Malloy, also a Connollystudent, who lives near the bishop'shouse and who as a youngster wasa regular backdoor petitioner forcookies and milk, was the lector.His father, Dr. John P. Malloy,was the bishop's physician andwas among honorary pallbearersat Wednesday's Mass of ChristianBurial.

Also an important part of theproceedings was Connolly sopho­more Scott Csanadi who video­taped both Tuesday and Wednes­day's liturgies under direction offaculty member Brother MichaelBarnaby, FIe.

The Mass homily· was deliveredby Very Rev. Barry W. Wall,Cathedral rector. It appears infull, beginning on page II of thisissue.

In brief remarks at the end of

the Mass Cardinal Law offeredsympathy to the "family of faithBishop Connolly served so beauti­fully and well," both in his ownname and in that of the archdio­cese of Boston.

He expressed gratitude to "thosewho served him in his last year, theCarmelite Sisters for the Aged andInfirm who are such a precious giftto the diocese. "

On his way to the cathedral thecardinal had paused at St. Patrick'sCemetery in Fall River, whereCardinal Humberto S. Medeiros,his predecessor in the Boston arch­diocese, is buried. In that connec­tion he told the cathedral congre­gation: "It's good that tomorrow,the day on which this faithful shep­herd will be buried, coincides withthe death date of Cardinal Medei­ros. The cardinal servedBishop Connolly faithfully as apriest ofthis diocese and has, as somany times before, prepared theway for the bishop."

The cardinal noted that it was a"special joy" to see the Bishop

. Connolly High School students inthe congregation. "You young menand women speak of his life andefforts and the efforts of thechurch," he declared.

"Every death brings with it sad­ness," he concluded, "but whenyou have lived as long as thebishop and when your life hasbeen measured in faithful serviceto the Lord, there is a joy born ofour sure hope in the resurrectionof the Lord."

LEARY PRESS

PRAYER

Lord givelove to 'Jam Your mercy andH h es, Your servant

e oped in Ch . .preached Ch . fJS(' and

nst Ma hwith Ch . . y e sharefISt the' f

life W JOy a eternal. e ask h'Ch . t 1S through

nSt Our Lord A. men.

PRIESTS PROCESS into St. Mary's Cathedral for Mass of ChristianBurial; 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 restCardinal Law also extended

sympathy to Mrs. Jennie Connolly,widow of Bishop Connolly's broth­er John, and to the prelate's niecesand a grandnephew.

Music for the memorial Masswas by organist Madeleine Graceand flutist Wendy Hawes. Con­gregational participation was ledby cantor Elaine Nadeau.

A poignant note came followingthe Mass when the entire studentbody ofSt. Stanislaus School, FallRiver, led by Father Robert S.Kaszynski, pastor, filed by thechildren-loving bishop's casket, ashis body lay in state.

Funeral MassThirteen New England bishops

were among concelebrants ofBish­op Connolly's funeral Mass onWednesday.

They were Archbishop Pearceand retired Worcester Bishop Ber­nard J. Flanagan; Bridgeport Bish­op Walter W. Curtis; PortlandBishop 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 BishopsDaniel 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 fromthe diocese, who returned for thefuneral from studies at CatholicUniversity of America, Washing­ton, D.C.

Although the cathedral couldnot have accommodated all stu-

dents ofthe diocesan schools, theywere dismissed from classes onWednesday, designated a "day toremembet Bishop Connolly."

The procession entering the sun­filled cathedral for the II a.m.Mass included plumed Knights ofColumbus who had also formedan honor guard for the bishop ashe lay in state at the CatholicMemorial Home and at the cathe­dral.

Honorary pallbearers were JudgeWilliam Carey, Henry Desmond,Atty. Maurice Downey, JosephFeitelberg, Aloysius Kearns, AimeLafrance, Dr. John Malloy, Thom-

as Rogers, John Springer and Atty.Frederic Torphy.

170 diocesan and religious orderpriests were present as well aspermanent deacons, members ofall communities of sisters in thediocese, five ecumenical delegationsand representatives of all diocesanagencies, offices and institutions.

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

Worshipers were seated Qy theformally-clad cathedral ushers'corps.

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May the Lord

Grant Him

Eternal Rest

BISHOP CONNOLLY PARTICIPATING INTHE 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

Fourth bishop THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River:....Fri., Sept. 19,1986 21

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

dral bade farewell to a bishop. ButWednesday's funeral held a notemore of triumph than of sorrow.

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

• • • •Not since the funeral of Bishop

Cassidy 35 years ago had the cathe-

Paul Society and Sister Morin,now stationed at the Cathedralrectory, was at Bishop Connolly'shome on Highland Avenue duringthe 1950s. Mrs. Almond is the old­est living past president of theDiocesan Council of CatholicWomen.

Music for the Mass was byGlenn Giuttari, organist, and theNew England Chamber Players.Singing was by the Diocesan Choirand cantorJoanne Mercier directedcongregational participation.

Bishop Cronin's homily appears~n full, beginning on page 28 ofthisIssue.

Red roses from Bishop Croninwere the sole flowers at BishopConnolly's casket as he lay instate. They were placed before thealtar for the funeral liturgy.

Entombment CeremonyFollowing the Mass a simple

and moving ceremony took placein the bishops' crypt beneath St.Mary's Cathedral, where again asingle basket of flowers had beenplaced, these from Cardinal Law.

There, in the presence ofthe pall­bearers, the designated concele­brants of his funeral Mass and hisbrother bishops, Bishop JamesLouis Connolly was laid to restbeside his predecessors, BishopsWilliam Stang, Daniel F. Feehanand James E. Cassidy.

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

PERMANENT DeaconManuel H. Camara is chap­lain to Cardinal Law as theprelate receives Bishop Con­nolly's body at the entrance toSt. Mary's Cathedral prior toTuesday's memorial Mass.

Continued from Page 19

Seminarian Edward Healy andSister Rose de Lima Clarke, RSM,administrator of St. Vincent'sHome, Fall River, were readers.Permanent deacon Lawrence A.St. Onge read the Gospel and wasdeacon for the Mass.

Giftbearers were Mr. and Mrs.Joseph Gromada, Sister ViolaMorin, SJA, and Mrs. EmmetAlmond.

Mr. Gromada has long beenassociated with the St. Vincent de

BISHOP CONNOLLY BLESSESNEW QUEEN OF ALL SAINTS

CHAPEL IN 1968

"I WILL RAISE ME UP

A FAITHFUL PRIEST"I KG. 1:35

THE PARISH FAMILY OFCHRIST THE KING. COTUIT

\ST. JUDE CHAPEL

COTUITQUEEN OF ALL SAINTS CHAPEL

MASHPEE

"Every day a good, happy day"

MAY HE REST IN PEACE

Bishop Connolly Blesses Exterior of NewO.L. Cape Church in July, 1963

was angry because all it wantedwas education in peace. The situa­tion is better now, there is muchless of this kind of disturbance,because more professors and re­sponsible students are makingthemselves heard.

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

Referring to the seminarians, heconceded, "I was nicknamed 'Blitz,'I suppose because, ifthey deservedto be fired, I fired them, usuallywithout consulting the faculty, be­I~ause it wasn't really a faculty mat­ter anyway."

He paused, reflectively, andadded, "I don't know whether Ishould be that impulsive now ­not because of weakness - but Ishould be a little more circum­spect." The bishop squared hisshoulders. "Still, God made menfree and if you are free, you areresponsible. "

Q. In 1953 and 1954, you said,'"'Those who support in power menlacking in principle, ability and as,ense of responsibility make them­selves accountable for the evilsthey encourage •.. the present-dayattitudes of many have much incommon with the customs of adecaying and declining civiliza­tion."

A. Certain aspects of the situa­tion have gotten worse since then.Some of our plays and more ad­venturous movies present an awfulimage of us. Seventeen years ago,a bishop from India visited me andsaid the worst things we were

_exporting to his country weremovies that portrayed the success­ful American as having a big car, abig house, selfish standards, and afamily iq which each member wenthis separate ways - and that wassupposed to be representative of agreat nation.

Some things in literature andthe theater remind one of the lesserdays of Greece and Rome, insofara:, they deal with the hopeless, thedeviate and the least among us.

Q. In general, however, how doyou feel about materialism and thef81mily as a social unit?

A. By and large, I see each day .many things indicative of idealisticattitudes. Not many are throwingup their hands. There's a lot ofjunk about, but still, some realgood stuff, some encouraging andenthusiastic revivals of old, oldthings.

The family is very strong in thisarea. I see churches jammed forconfirmation because people lovekids. I see little kids happy in thefact ofconfirmation over and again,and it is a joy that remains withthem. I was in Libya and I met anA merican top sergeant and he saidexuberantly, "You confirmed meat Otis Air Force base IO yearsago."

In Turkey, I ran across a fellownamed Murphy who was workingon some slot machines. I askedhim where he was from and he saidFall River. "I'm your bishop," Isaid. "You don't look like him,"said Murphy and it was then that Irealized why - in Turkey, thereligious are not allowed to wearckrical garb, and I was in mufti.

Q. Are you generally optimisticabout American things and peopleat the moment?

A. I am a professional optimist.

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council] was wasted but theachievement of this greater parti­cipation is very appealing, evendown to the kids' guitars! Onesenses the kids belong to the church,lend to it an exciting volatility.This is not sham; you should seethe young people helping the men­tally retarded."

Differences in Dis!tentBut the bishop differentiated

sharply between the impatience ofyouth, religious zeal in the form ofdissent" and the "extreme dissi­dents," whom he referred to as"one-week wonders." -

Of the change itself, Bishop Con­nolly noted that, "You can't makeeverybody in the same mold. Thatis one of the mistakes religioushave made in the past. The dresswas the same; everybody was sup­posed to think the same. It is notso."

Q. Columnist Carl Rowan hasnoted that by the year 2000, thesupply of oxygen on earth may notbe enough to sustain the 7 billionhumans who will inhabit this planet.What is your opinion of that?

A. I do not think the figure willbe realized; it is more likely that itmay be nearer three to four billion,I believe. The Bible says increaseand multiply and fill the earth. Wehaven't filled it yet; major popula­tion increases are limited chiefly toIndia, China, Africa and SouthAmerica. Nor have we even begunto touch the resources of the ocean.

Q. In 1948, you said that "Polit­ical campaigns are won on prom­ises that are broken six monthsafter election. Expediency governsthe honesty of men in high places."What of today?

A. It hasn't changed, although itis no worse. Government has toomuch to do with our lives, yet inhonesty, in a world torn betweenCommunism and democracy, thethinking person abroad has aninclination to admire the benevo­lence of our government. I remem­ber talking with a man in Crete in1967, who spoke in terms of admi­ration of our government and de­scribed it as "democracy at itsbest. "

All we have to do is be sincere. Ifwe had spent less effort in forcingbillions on such as Tito, trying towin friendship with money, andmore at home in implementing thehonest, democratic traditions, es­pecially as pertaining to the Indianand the Negro, our image abroadwould have been that much better.We could have produced moresolid co-operative action through­out the world.

The Peace Corps is wonderful.These people live in the slums withthe people whom they help. Mis­sionaries have been traditionallymuch the same. This is reallyexporting democracy. Unfortu­nately most ofthe'money we spendabroad is spent on war, not onpeace.

Q. In 1952, you said, "The rea­son for the present state of theworld affairs is the tendency foreducated men to forget their re­sponsibility of influence and to sitpassively while others·speak."

A. The situations at Berkeleyand Harvard a couple of years agobear this out. Discontented, irre­sponsible, non-representativegroups were trying to call the shotsand getting away with it. The pro­fessors were silent and so was thestudent majority, even though it

In

1986

1951 - 1986

Memoriam

Forever'

The Parish Community

OUR LADY OF THE CAPEBrewster

IN LOVING MEMORY OF

BISHOP JAMES 1. CONNOLLY,

WHO FOUNDED THE

DIOCESAN COUNCIL

OF

CATHOLIC WOMEN,

THE MEMBERS WILL PRESENT

A MEMORIAL GIFT TO

ST. MARY'S CATHEDRAL

Priest

1894

'A

BISHOP CONNOLLYADDRESSING A

MEETING OF DCCW

OFFICE OF FAMILY MINISTRYAND

THE FAMILY LIFE CENTER

Requiescat In Pace

I like things tough, but I subscribeto the belief of the Belgian histo­rian Godfrey Kurth that just a lit.'tie nudge at the right time canmake things go in the oppositedirection. The Moors were turnedback by the great-grandfather ofCharlemagne, who proved to bethe right man, with the right force,at the right time. The Turks almosttook Vienna, but were turned backby a Polish general. Drake routedthe Spanish Armada. William, dukeof Normandy defeated Harold,King of England, at Hastings.

Q. Does the responsibility ofyour position weigh heavily?

A. It's a big load if you worry.I've had a couple of breakdownsfrom lack of sleep. But basically,you just do what you can.

They're free [church membersofthe diocese]; they're responsiblefor themselves. There's no moreiron hand; the church learned thatthe hard way. Now, the symbols ofwhat we strive for may be found inSt. Francis of Assisi, who livedwith the poor whom he served,and in the smiling and friendlyPope John.

I have had the hand of Pius XIon my shoulder. It was during anaudience in Rome in 1925. Two ofus present were priests. The HolyFather had been shaking hands; he

stood before us, put his hand onmy shoulder and asked, "Ameri­cani?" and I replied, "Si."

He asked where I was from andI told him, St. Paul, and he theninquired where my friend was from.I resorted to the Latin and replied,"Brooklynensis," which puzzledhim, but at the moment, my friendsaid for himself, "Brooklyn."

"Ah, Brooklyn," said the holyFather, with obvious warmth.

Afterward, a lady in lace man­tilla and black gown who had beenpresent at the audience came to meand said, "I am Mrs. Fisher fromDetroit and I am so proud to be anAmerican, because you are anAmerican and the Holy Father puthis hand upon your shoulder."

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

* * * *Has there been one moment in

the last quarter-century so outstanding as to be instantly recalled,?the bishop was asked.

He did not hesitate a second."Every day has been a good, happyday," the bishop said firmly, andin that statement lies revealed thenature of the man.

BISHOP CONNOLLY WITH HISFRIENDS AT NAZARETH HALL

«tiet the children come

to me....

The Kingdom of God

belongs to such as

these." Matt. 19:14

MAY HE REST IN PEACE

HOLY NAME

PARISHFALL RIVER

OF THY LIGHT.

GRANT, 0 LORD, TO

BISHOP CONNOLLY

AFTER HIS EARTHLY

SUFFERING, A PLACE OF

REFRESHMENT, REST AND

PEACE AND THE GLORY

PASTOR

SACRED HEART PARISHFALL RIVER1945 1951

THE CLERGY AND PEOPLEOF

ST. PAUL PARISH. TAUNTON

THE PEOPLE OF THE SACRED HEART PARISHREMEMBER AND PRAY FOR THEIRFORMER PASTOR AND SHEPHERD

MOST REV. JAMES L. CONNOLLYI'1

VERY REV. John P. Driscoll delivers the homily atTuesday night's wake service.

.~AT TUESDAY'S memorial Mass for Bishop Connolly,

Cardinal Bernard Law (holding crozier), the principal cele­orant, spoke briefly at the conclusion of the liturgy.

Eternal Rest

Grant Unto Him,

o Lord

FOURTH BISHOP OF FALL RIVER1951 - 1970

THE PARISH FAMILY

OF

ESPIRITO SANTO • FALL RIVER

AT FUNERAL RITES

IN MEMORIAM

WE HAVE BEEN ENRICHED

BY HIS FAITH AND

PRIESTLY CONCERN

MAY HE REST IN PEACE

SACRED HEARTS PARISH382 MAIN STREET

FAIRHAVEN

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AT TOP. diocesan priests prepare to enter 51. Mary's Cathedral for Wednesday's funeralMass; honorary pallbearers proceed to the cathedral, center; bottom, the funeral Mass iscelebrated by Bishop Cronin.

Eternal rest grantunto him and let

perpetual light shineupon him.

BISHOP CONNOllY

THE PARISHIONERS ANDFRANCISCAN FATHERS OF.

HOLY CROSS PARISHFALL RIVER

May 1962, Bishop Connolly and thelate Cardinal Medeiros, then pastorofSt. Michael's greet Dr. TheotonioPereira, ambassador of Portugal, at

a parish visit.

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

(Breastplate of St. Patrick)

The Parish FamilyOf

OUR LADY O'F THE ANGELS

BISHOP CONNOllYETERNAL REST GRANT

UNTO HIM-AND LETPERPETUAL LIGHTSHINE UPON HIM

Fall River

The Parish Familyof

St. Patrick. Wareham

Bishop ConnollyA Faithful Shepherd

ST. MICHAEL'S PARISH

FALL RIVER

REQUIESCAT

IN

PACE

--

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

ST. JOSEPH PARISH

Woods Hole

May Christ Who

H as Called Thee,

Receive Thee.

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

19861894

OUR CONDOLENCES

May His Noble SoulRest in Peace

OUR LADY OF HEALTHPARISH COMMUNITY

FALL RIVER

Bishop's ad limina visitRepriQted from The Anebor for

April 30, 1961.On Sept. 14, 1959, the Most

Reverend Bishop accompanied byhis Chancellor, the Rt. Rev. Hum­berto S. Medeiros, left for Romeand his "ad limina" visit to PopeJohn. The Bishop had a privateaudience with the Pontiff on Sept.30, and then Monsignor Medeiroswas introduced to the Holy Father.

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

He met with the Holy Fatheragain the next year when. in theFall of 1960, he headed the FirstOfficial Fall River Diocesan Pil­grimage to Europe. About 75 pil­grims made the trip with the Bishopaboard the Italian liner Leonardoda Vinci, which landed in Napleson Oct. 12. His Holiness receivedBishop 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 visitedFlorence, Milan, and Lucerne. InFrancethey worshiped at the Shrineof the Miraculous Medal. Theyvisited Lourdes, Ireland and Lon­don. The group returned to theUnited States Nov, 8.

What made the greatest impres­sion on tbe pilgrims was the spiritof unity that pervaded the entiretrip. The pilgrimage was made in afamily spirit, with all brought closertogether as they visited, with theirspiritual father, and many for thefirst time. the religious and cultu­ral shrines of the "old world."

It is still commonplace in anydiocesan gathering to hear thedelighted phrase - "There's an·other pilgrim" - and to see aminiature-sized reunion takingplace among several who had theopportunity of making the tripwith the Bishop.

Truly a Great ManOf God

May He Rest In Peace

The Parish Community

of

St. Elizabeth. Edgartown

DIOCESAN CHOIR members enter cathedral.

PRIESTS PASS BY Bishop Connolly's casket to receiveboly communion.

THE HONORARY pallbearers for Bisbop Connolly.

"Thy Kingdom Come"

1894 -1986

ST. PATRICK PARISHFALMOUTH·

Bishop Connolly

REQUIESCATIN

PACE

ST. MARY PARISH. MANSFIELD

Bishop Daniel A. Cronin's homily at the Mass of Christian Burial

for Bishop James Louis Connolly

MATT. 25:21

AUSPICE MARIA

NORTH DARTMOUTH

"UNDER THE PROTECTIONOF MARY"

(EPISCOPAL MOTTO)

Servant.

Well Done,

Good and Faithful

ST. JULIE BILLIART

PARISH

Cassidy. the third Bishop of FanRiver.

The cycle was complete, theFather Connolly Who left for thearcb<l.iocese of St. Paul. who hadgained a graduate degree in eccle-­siastical history at the Universityof Loilvain, who had spent somany years in training the priestsofthe archdiocese of~t. Paul, nowwas returning home to his nativediocese, first to assist Bishop Cas·sidy who was advanced in yearsand then in 19S1 to succeed himasthe fourth bishop of the diocese.

It would take a very long timeindeed to list the accomplishmentsof Bishop Connolly as the Ordi· ,nary here in Fall River: Indeed.the biographical sketches of thebishop. although they are lengthy,do not fully reflect the extraordi­nary labors and zealous undertak­ings of the bishop as Ordinary ofFall River. Those years coincidedwith a large material developmentin this diocese, as indeed in somany other dioceses in the countryin that period of history.

The bishop was a leader and assuch he was able to engender anenthusiasm among the clergy, reli­gious and laity to assist him in theaccomplishment of his pastoralgoals.

Whether it Wll8 by urging, wheth·er it was by insistence, the bishopknew what his vision was for theChurch in thit. diocese and he setout to realize it. Happily, we arethe beneficiaries of that labor.Think of the parishes be founded.the churches he built. the schoolshe opened, the religious he en­couraged to assist in the work ofpreaching the Gospel.

He supported the work of theSt. Vincent de Paul Society, hefounded the Diocesan Council ofCatholic Women, he encouragedthe apostolate of fostering voca~

tiODS to the priesthood by organiz~

ingthe Serra Clubs in this diocese.He founded the Nazareth aposto­late for exceptional children. Heencouraged the work of evangeli­zation in every way that he could.

Indeed, as we reflect on theextraordinary life and ministry ofBishopConnolly, it seems as thoughhe had before his mind always thewords of Christ in the Gospel pas­sace from St. J olm that we heard afew minutes ago:"Just Father, theworld has not known you but I

- have known you and these menhave known that you sent me. Tothem I have revealed your nameand I 'will continue to reveal it sothat your love for me may live inthem."

About halfway throush the ten­ure of Bishop Connolly as theOrdinary of the diocese, the areatgift to God's Church. the SecondVatican Council. occurred. Thebishop was one of tbe CouncilFather! and he understood in­stinctively the importance of theSecond Vatican Council and ofthe decisions that were arrived atby the Council Fathers for the

,preaching of God's word in thismodem world.

And so he began to implementthe decrees of the Council imme~diately and thus introduced tbespirit oftheSecond VaticanCouncilto this diocese.

He sensed immediately whatgood would come for the Churchuniversal and forthis diocese from

our free will to overcome sin andto grow further and stronger in thespiritual life.

We are members of the Church.the body of Christ. We nourishour spiritual lives with the sacra­ments which Christ has left hisChurch. We wend our pilgrim wayalong the journey of life, not alone,but in a community of faith, help·ing one another, as indeed weshould, encouraging one another,as likewise we should.

We are mindful. however. thateach of us bears the responsibilityto respond to the graces given usby God and to the expectation thathe has for us. A period of time isgiven to us here on this earth, 70years or 80 for those who arestrong, the Psalmist says.

,But, however long or short, ourlife on earth is given us to use sothat we may accomplish our ulti~

mate goal, which is union withGod for all eternity. Our Redeem­er died on the cross for us in orderto free Ull from our sins and to giveus the hope of future resurrection.

So the believingChristian under-­stands the true purpose oflife. TheChristiancan accept happiness andsorrow. success or failure. goodhealth or illness, acceptance orrejection, with equanimity of mindand heart. The Christian knowsthat life on earth is given us to usein conformity with the will of Godand upon its completion, to seeGod face to face.

Bishop Connolly understoodthese truths instinctively. He was aman of faith, a true Christian, areal believer in Jesus Chrillt andhis Church. Everything in the lifeof Bishop Connolly was measuredaccordingly. ,

To the life of James Louis Con­nolly God gave further graces andgifts: a vocation to the priesthoodand a vocation to the episcopacy.

When BishopConnolly presentedhimself for ordination to thepriesthood by Bishop Daniel Fee­han, in this cathedral in 1923. hebrought many natural gifts withhim: a wonderful appearance, greatintelligence, an attractive person­ality and a fine wit and sense ofhumor.

He was an outstanding candi­date for the pricsthood._Upon or­dination, the Church invited himto labor diliJCDtly for souls.

That was flut here in the Dio­cese of Fall River, whose priest hewas. and then almost immediately.within a year to be exact, he wasincardinated, that is attachedcanonically to the an;:hdiocese ofSt. Paul, Minnesota, where helabored zealously in various impor­tant capacities for over 20 years.

His influence in that great arch~diocese remains to the present daythrough the many priests who cameunder his tutelage in their days ofseminary formation.

It is important to nott, however,that the great qualities and giftsgiven him by Almighty God hadsuch wonderful effectiveness in hisministry as a priest and later as abishop precisely because he wasalways motivated by a profoundand deep. convinced love of theChurch.

So it was no surprise in 1945,when the Holy Father, recogniz­ing the superb qualities of JamesLouis Connolty, called him to becoadjutor bishop with right of

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My brother bishops, my brother dence at the Home. I make men~

priests, deacons, religious laymen tion likewise ofthe devoted nursesand laywomen, particularly the who attended him and Fatherrelatives of Bishop Connolly. civic Daniel Carey, who cared for hisdignitaries. distinguished ecumen- spiritual needs.ical representatives, here present I thank the many known and_ all of us friends of OUf dear unknown members of the staff atBishop James Louis Connolly. the Homefor the way they tried to

I thank all of you for your pres-- serve the bishop and make his lifeencetoday, I make noteofthe par- pleasant, comfortable and -happy.ticular effort made by so many of Likewise, I thank all at St. Anne'smy brother bishops, to be present Hospital, here in Fall River, foras a mark of respect for their the care that WM given to Bishopfriend and mine, Bishop Connolly. Connolly when his health began to

Yesterday also, at the Man fol~ deteriorate so much that he had tolowing the welcoming of Bishop be hospitalized.Connolly's body to this Cathedral But above all. 1 want to thank,church, His Eminence Cardinal in a particular way. his physician.law. together with a number of Dr. John Malloy for his constantbish9ps concelebrated the liturgy. care and devoted interest ano for

This solidarity with the bishop, the almost filial love which hethe clergy and the religious and manife~ted always in his atten-laity of the Diocese of Fall River dance to the Bishop.prompts me to express sincere To Msgr. Thomas Harrington.words of thanks to the visiting his close collaborator, alld Msgr.bishops and to everyone who has JohnOliveirawhoquietlyattendedshared in oursorrow at the pusing to the personal needs of the bishoPof Bishop Connolly. over many years, I express like-

Permit me to say a special word wise a word of heartfelt thanks.of thanks to Msgr. Francis GiIIi~ Last Friday afternoon. Septem-ganwhohasmadeaspecialeffort ber 12, I paid a visit to Bishopto return from St. Paul, Minne~ Connolly in the Catholic Memor~

sota, to be present for the funeral ial Home as I have done so manyof his friend and confrere of so times over the years. This time, ofmany years. He ill the last of the course. Irea1ized that the bisnop'sthree priests from this diocese that health was failing but it was pleas-Bishop Feehan permitted to go to ant to see him recognize me as ISt. Paul many yean ago to share entered the room and although hein the work of that archdiocese. had difficulty articulating his words

I convey to the relativea ofBishop 1 knew he recognized me and IConnolly, in my own name and in knew he was pleaseo to see me.the name: of all of us here present Msgr. Oliveira was with me.and on behalfof the wbole diocese The bishop was attended by devot·a sincere expression of our sym- ed nurses and it was a particularlypatby. There is.no doubt that they pleasant moment. At the end ofhave reason to be proud of their the visit. I told the bishop that Ibeloved Bishop Connolly. was going to give him a blessing.

The sadness that they feel on He smiled and as I said the wordsthis occasion must however be of the blessing, he made everylightened by the happy recall of so effort to make the sign ofthe cross.many occasions when the: bishop The time was about 4 o'clock Fri­was the center of their activities, day afternoon. At about 6:30 thattheir gatherings and their happy evening, less than three hours later.reunions. Nonetheless. we stand 1 received a telephone call thatwith them today in support and in Bishop Connolly had died.prayerful remembrance of their Thclongpilgrimageoflife, whichlovcd one. began here in Fall River and which

There is one bishop who is not was to last almost 92 years. camehere today. He would very much suddenly to an end. The strongwish to participatc. He is Bishop body which had for so long beenJamesGerfllrd.theloyalandfaith- able to overcome any illness nowful retired auxiliary bishop of this could resist no longer.diocese who served Bishop Con~ When I returned immediatelynolly closely for so many years. then upon hearing of his death to

He resides now at the Catholic the Catholic Memorial Home toMemorial Home where he is in say a prayer over the hody ofretirement. His health does not Bishop Connolly, the words ofSt.permit him to be "ith us but I Paul in his Letterto the Colossiansknow he will be pleased that I seemed so appropriate: "Even nowmake his presence real by these I find my joy in the suffering Iwords. He is sad at the oeath of endure for you. In my own flellh IBishop Connolly but likewise, he fill up what is lacking in the suffer·rejoices as he thinks back over the ings of Christ for the lake of Hisyears of their happy association body, the church. I became a min­when he quietly, humbly and illter of this church through theunostentatiously carried out the commission God gave me to preachwork ofthe church under the lead· among you his word in its full-ership of Bishop Connolly. ness. "(Col. 1:24-2S)

I.expreu my thanks to BishOP Such was the life of BishopGerrard for the wonderful way he Connolly. The great bishop whosupported the goals and activities accomplished so much forthe Lordof BishOp Connolly and for the and the Church had gone to meetmannerinwhichhehasbeenatrue his Savior. The Lord giveth andencouragement to the bishop dur. the Lord takes away, blessed being his years of retirement particu.· the Name of the Lord.larly in these latter years when With the great free gift of faith.they were both together at the we are called by Jesus Christ. WeCatholic Memorial Home. are baptized into Christ and we

I thank the Carmelite Sisters begin to lead" whole new spiritualand all the religious anolay staff at life. The power of grace is withinthe Catholic Memorial Home for us; we have tbe ability to accomp­the marvelous care which Bishop lish marvelous things in the spirit-

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SEEKONK

NAZARETH HALL FRIENDS ENJOYA VISIT WITH BISHOP CONNOLLY

FAMILIAR STYLE.

WE WILL MISS HIS

FATHERLY WAYS, HIS

EASY MANNER, HIS

OPEN HEART, HIS

MAY HE REST IN PEACE

ST. MARY PARISH

Bishop Cronin's homily30 THE ANCHOR~Dioceseof Fall River~Fri.,Sept. 19, 1986

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

Continued from Page Twenty Nine

tbe renewal erJ'Ii-siol'lca by theSecond Vatican Council. Indeed,the words from the first reading intoday's Mass must have been beforehis mind as he began to implementthe Second Vatican Council in thisdiocese: "The favors of the Lordare not exhausted, His merci~ arenot spent; they are re'newed eachmorning, so great is his faithful­ness. My portion is tho::: lord. saysmy soul; therefore will I hope inhim. "(LamentationsChapt. 3-17,26)

And so he rontinued then tolabor zealously and tirelessly toshepherd the flock of the Dioceseof Fall River in accordance withthe fervour engendered by theSecond Vatican Coum;il.

Thefl in December of 1970, helaid down the heavy responsibili­ties of the shepherd of this dioceseand began a fruitful period ofretirement. Indeed during thesepast 16 years he continued to pursuehis intellectual interests. For manyyears in the beginning he continuedto assist in administering the sac­'rament of confirmation. He con­tinued his encouraging visits to thesick, hi& witty encounters with hismany friends - he was a happyman who could look back on hisministry as a bishop with pride,with gratitude to God and withsatisfaction.

All througb his ministry as abishop, he placed his zealous laborsunder the prptection of Mary, theMother of God: .. Auspice Maria,"his episcopal motto, set the tone.Right to the end, with the rosary inhis hand, he would pray to the

Holy Mother of God, Mary, toprotect bim, to proted !ne (:Jtrgy,religious and the faithful of thediocese, to protect the Churchuniversal, the body of Christ herSon.

"Good is the Lord to one whowaits for him, to the soul thatseeks him," we heard in the firstreading today. The bishop under­stood that.

So he waited for the Lord.. Healso knew that everyone of us, inthe words of St. paul, will have togive an account of himself beforeGod. He waited to give an accountof his stewardship. Finally Sep­tember 12, friday of last week, theLord came to call Bishop Con­nolly home. The words the Lordused must have been: "Well done.good and faithful servant, enterinto my kingdom."

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

But the lord gives and the Lordtakes away. Blc85C:d be the name ofthe Lord. -

Goodbye, Bil>hop. Or. to dowhat you might do, were youspeaking now, to use a Germanphrase, "Auf wiedersehen - tillwe meet again," where every Jearwill be wiped away and we shallsee God as he is.

Eternal rest grant unto him, 0Lord. May he rest in peace.

• ; • • • • • • • •• •••••••••• 4<D GOD'S ANeH"" ~OlD~,' •••• ,.,'.' •••• , ••• #

HE SERVED THE FAMILYOF THE FAITHFUL WITHDEVOTION AND LOVE

GOD REST HIS SOUL

ST. JEAN BAPTISTEPARISH

Fall River

Silver jubilee riteslaud bishop's work

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Sept. 19, 1986 31

The role of the bishopthe world. The Holy Spirit was togive them the power to be his wit­nesses everywhere. Hence the powerto witness Christ is a gift of theHoly Spirit. It is the same powerwhich the Father must give to anyman if he is to come to Christ.

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priests, distinguished guests, andbeloved brothers and sisters inChrist:

Our Blessed Lord made thispromise and gave this commandto his apostles just before return­ing to the Father from whom hehad received the mission to save

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

Following is the homily deliv­ered by Cardinal Humberto Me­deiros, then bishop ofBrownsville,Texas, at the May 24, 1970, Massmarking Bishop Connolly's silverjubilee in the episcopate.

Your Excellency, Bishop Con­nolly, my brother bishops and

Don't Wait"If you wait for perfect condi­

tions, you will never get anythingdone." - Provo 11:4

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 celebrationsalso.

Most Reverend Humberto S.Medeiros, Bishop of Brownsville,Texas, close friend of Bishop Con­nolly and his chancellor for manyyears, concelebrated the solemnMass and delivered the homily.

Music for the Mass was by theCathedral Choristers and ChamberEnsemble under the direction ofRev. William G. Campbell, B.Mus.,assistant pastor at St. Mary'sCathedral.

Later in the evening, more than900 people, representing each ofthe parishes of the diocese, reli­gious orders, sectors of political,commercial and social organiza­tions, attended a commemorativebanquet. .

Master of ceremonies for theevent was Rev. Msgr. Daniel F.Shalloo, pastor of Holy NameChurch, Fall River and generalmanager of The Anchor. Thespeaker was Most Rev. James J.Gerrard, auxiliary bishop of FallRiver.

Reprinted from The Anchor forMay 28,1970.

Surrounded by brother bishops,two of whom he had himself con­secrated to the episcopate, MostRev. James L. Connolly offered asolemn Mass of thanksgiving onSunday evening marking the occa­sion of his silver jubilee in the epis­copate. Read at the Mass was aletter to Bishop Connolly fromPope Paul VI praising the jubilar­ian's pastoral efforts and conferringupon him, the auxiliary bishop,the bishop's coworkers and friendsthe apostolic blessing.

Attending the celebrations werethe 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; MostRev. RussellJ. McVinney, Bishopof Providence; Most Rev. VincentJ. Hines, Bishop ofNorwich; MostRev. Robert F. Joyce, Bishop ofBurlington.

Most Rev. John F. Whealon,Archbishop of Hartford and Met­ropolitan for the Dioceses ofSouthern New England waspresent.

Auxiliary Bishops attending wereMost Rev. JamesJ. Gerrard, Aux­iliary Bishop of Fall River; MostRev. Daniel A. Cronin, AuxiliaryBishop of Boston; Most Rev. Ber­nard M. Kelley, Auxiliary Bishopof Providence; Most Rev. ThomasJ. Riley, Auxiliary Bishop of Bos-

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

have eternal rest with Lazarus,

who once was poor.

THE PARISH COMMUNITY

HOLY TRINITY CHURCHWEST HARWICH

.-OUR LADY OF THE ANNUNCIATION CHAPEL DENNISPORT

ENLARGED & EXPANDED BY BISHOP CONNOLLY IN 1960

in His peace mayI

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

Bishop's roleContinued From Page Thirty One

Jesus said once to his disciples."No one can come to me unless heis drawn by the Father who sentme." (John 6. 44) It was this samepower which revealed to Peter thatJesus, the Son of Mary, was alsothe Son of the living God. OurLord said to Peter "Simon, son ofJonah, you are a happy man!Because it was not flesh and bloodthat revealed this to you but myFather in heaven. (~att. 16. 17)

The power promised to theapostles was given to them withthe coming of the Holy Spirit onthe day of Pentecost. Immediatelythey began to give witness to Christin Jerusalem. We read in the Actsof the Apostles that, "Peter stoodup with the Eleven and addressedthe people in a loud voice.. .'Menof Israel, listen to what I am goingto say: Jesus the Nazarene was aman commended to you by Godby the miracles God workedthrough him when he was amongyou, as you all know. This man,who was put into your power bythe deliberate intention and fore­knowledge of God, you took andhad him crucified by'men outsidethe Law.

You killed him but God raisedhim to life ... and all of us arewitnesses to that. Now raised tothe heights by God's right hand, hehas received from the Father theHoly Spirit, who was promisedand what you see and hear is theoutpouring of that Spirit ... thewhole house of Israel can be cer­tain that God has made this Jesuswhom you crucified both Lordand Christ.' " (Acts 2.14-34)

BISHOP Cronin prays at Bishop Connolly's tomb in thebishops' crypt. Assisting is Msgr. John J. Oliveira, VicarEpiscopal.

FALL RIVER

THE PARISH FAMILY OF

~~,/J£;;1'"Bishop of Fall River

Bishop's Statement

Dear Readers,

Here's a word 0/ cordial welcome to ollr new Dio­cesan Paper. Coming to liS each week with pictures, newsand views it is bound to bring liS closer together and im­prove our spiritual and social cllstoms. J am sllre TheAnchor will find all honored' place. like the cruci/i:c, illevery home throughout the Diocese.

With all our easy entertainment on Radio alld TV.we still need the printed word. Books alld newspapershave always beell regarded as sources of reliable inforlna­tion. The Catholic plilpit needs the help of the CatholicPress. Milch of our cOllviction, and most of our learningdepends on what we read, understand and believe.

The Anchor will broaden the horizon of our interestand make us surer and stronger in ollr Faith. J am con- '/ident it will make friends quickly and keep them throughthe years.

Permit me, here and now, to thank the Staff, thesupporters and all that subscribe to our new, importantventure. May God bless my personal representative, thisDiocesan Paper, as it comes to make a port of call eachweek in your home. May it help and hearten us ~ll in owjourney through life.

Up Anchor, "nd awayl

BISHOP CONNOLLY'S words of welcome to TheAnchor appeared on the front page of its first issue, April II,1957.

Given the FaithPeter and the Eleven were thus '

empowered by the Holy Spirit tocarry out the command and mis­sion entrusted to them by Jesuswhen he came up to Galilee andsaid to them, "All authority inheaven and on earth has beengiven to me. Go, therefore, makedisciples of the Holy Spirit, andteach them to observe all the com­mands I gave you. And know thatI am with you always; yes, to theend of time." (Matt. 28. 18-20)

My dear brothers and sisters:this power of the Holy Spirit re­ceived by the apostles to bear wit­nesses to Christ is the power tobelieve that Jesus is the Son of theliving God and the Savior of allmen; in their case it was also theauthority to pass on to others theobject of this beliefby their preach­ing and example. To put it simply:the apostles were given the Faith.They were given what to believeand the power to believe it and tobe witnesses to their Faith beforeall men.

The Lord Jesus formed thesemen "after the manner of a collegeor a fixed group," as the VaticanCouncil teaches us, "over which heplaced Peter, chosen from amongthem. He sent them first to thechildren of Israel and then to allnations, so that as sharers in hispower they might make all peopleshis disciples, sanctifying and gov­erning them. Thus they wouldspread his Church, and by minis­tering to it under the guidance ofthe Lord, would shepherd it evento the consummation ofthe world."(LG 19)

The divine mission given to thecollege of the apostles was to lastuntil the end of time because theGood News of Christ was to bethroughout the ages "the source ofall life for the Church." (LG 19)

19861894

PRIESTS and PARISHIONERSST. JOHN OF GOD

SOMERSET

Priest, Pastor, Prelate

Bishop James L. Connolly

ST. MATHIEU

the one Holy Spirit contributeeffectively to the salvation ofsouls."(DV 10)

Need Gift of FaithTo accept as true all that I have

said to you so far, my brothers andsisters, we too must be empoweredby the Spirit of God with the gift offaith. Bishops above all othersmust be men of unshakable andprofound faith because they arecommissioned by Christ to be wit­nesses to him. This no man can dowithout faith. Christ and his mis­sion must be the only love of everybishop. Without a simple and

This Church with her saints andsinners, her doubting Thomasesand impudent children, with herheroes and her cowards, agonizingin body and spirit in so many ofher members today, but with Christ

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33The AnchorFriday, Sept. 19, 1986

strong faith this love is impossible.Bishops are first and foremost

witnesses to the faith ofthe Churchand they must manifest this faiththrough a burning love for her.Bishops are not and must not bewitnesses to theological opinionsor theological schools of thought.

Sacred Theology is indeed thenoblest of all sciences because itdeals with God and man as relatedto God, but Theology is a humanscience. It is not the Faith. It can­not substitute for the Faith. Weare saved through Faith and notthrough Theology.

Theology is certainly a magnifi­cent result of the human mind'ssearch for understanding of themind of God under the light ofFaith. However, ifman undertakesthis search apart from Faith, hemay become a great scholar but hedoes not become a theologian.

Bishops who are by divine call­ing witnesses to the Faith are notand can never be witnesses to any­thing else and still remain faithfulto their mission. The whole Christas revealed in the Church throughFaith is their all. However neces­sary Sacred Theology and scho­larship may be for a richer under­standing of the Faith, the bishopstogether with the whole Churchare witnesses not to these but toJesus Christ revealed to us throughFaith.

QISHOP CQ~J~9LL¥'S tomb awaiting reception of his casket.Christ and the faithful are to accept. above the word of God, but servestheir teaching and adhere to it with it, teaching only what has beena religious assent of soul. "(LG 25) handed on, listening to it devoutly,

Exclusive Interpretation gu~r~in~ it ~crupulouslr,. and ex-My dear brothers and sisters: we pl~l~mg It falth~ully by dlvme com­

must bear this in mind constantly mission ~n.d ":'Ith the help of t~ebecause the task or mission to Holy .Splnt~ It draws. from. th~sinterpret "authentically the word depOSit of faith e.verythll~g.which ItofGod, whether written or handed present~ for belIef as dlvmely re­on, has been entrusted exclusively vealed. (DV l~~ The holy S.y~odto the living teaching office of the also holds ~hat Sacred tradltl?n,Church whose authority is exer- Sacred;Scnpture, and the. teachmgcised in the name ofthe Lord Jesus a~thonty~fthe Ch~rch, I~ accordChrist." (DV 10) In its dogmatic Wlt~ God s m?s~ wise deSign, areconstitution on Divine Revelation, so lInked and Jome~ together thatthe Vatican Council firmly asserts one cannot stand without the oth­that "This teaching office is not ~rs.' and that all together an~ each

, 10 ItS own way under the action of

Bishop's roleShe has received this Good Newsfrom those who have been "ap­pointed to the episcopate in asequence running back to thebeginning and pass on the apos­tolic seed," as Turtullian tells usvery early in the history of theChurch. (Praesc. haer. 32; LG 20)The Vatican Council uses the verywords ofthe second century FatherSt. Irenaeus to teach us that, "bythose who were appointed bishopsby the apostles, and through theirsuccessors down to our own time,the apostolic tradition is manifestedand preserved throughout theworld." (LG 20)

College of BishopsThe same Vatican Council in its

dogmatic constitution on theChurch clearly professes that, "Theorder ofbishops is the successor tothe college of the apostles in teach­ing authority and pastoral rule; or,rather, in the episcopal order theapostolic body continues withouta break. Together with its head,the Roman Pontiff, and neverwithout this head, the episcopalorder is the subject of supreme andfull power over the universalChurch. But this power can beexercised only with the consent ofthe Roman Pontiff. For the Lordmade Simon Peter alone the rockand keybearer of the Church, andappointed him shepherd of thewhole flock." (LG 22)

The Second Vatican Councilalso declares that, "Bishops, teach­ing in communion with the RomanPontiff, are to be respected by allas witnesses to divine and Catholictruth. In matters of faith and mor­als, bishops speak in the name of

"This is the will of

my Father, that everyone

who seeth the Son and

believeth in Him may have

life everlasting; and I will

raise him up in the

Last Day."JOHN 6:40

ST. ELIZABETH SETON PARISHNORTH FALMOUTH

Great Churchman

The Fall River Diocese

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

24-24) Unknowingly, I trust andpray, they have allied themselveswith the Prince of Darkness andhave not understood the words ofChrist, "He who is not with me isagainst me, and he who does notgather with me scatters." (Matt.12. 30) _

Only when a bishop is in unionwith the head of the Church and incommunication with his brotherbishops throughout the world is hewith Christ and gathers with him.Only then is he the builder of thehouse of God, who summons men

. CARMELITE Sisters for the Aged and Infirm arrive atTuesday's Memorial Mass. The order staffs Catholic Memor­ial. Home, Fall River, for many years Bishop Connolly'sretirement home.

together in our eucharistic assem­blies. "We believe in the one, holy,Catholic and apostolic Church."

Having lost the freedom of thechildren of God which comes fromadherence to the truth of Faith,they become enthusiastic follow­ers or even intellectual slaves ofmen, ofscholars and pseudo theolo­gians who capitalize on the vora­cious appetite of modern men forthe sensational regardless of itsvalue, to sow confusion so as todeceive, if possible, even the chosenas Our Lord prophesied. (Cf. Matt.

The need for this witness isespecially pressing in our day ofconfusion when bishops must befearless, uncompromising and ob­vious witnesses to Christ and himcrucified.

Bishops Must Witness

Bishops above all others mustpreach in season and out of seasonthat together with Christ and neverwithout him the men of this bewil­dered generation can find a solu­tion to the agonizing problemswhich plague them ever moreseriously as they abandon thatmoral order established by theCreator and which Pope JohnXXIII called the basis of peace onearth.

In giving witness to Christ in theworld, all Christians must be ableto say with St. Paul, "It makes mehappy to suffer for you, as I amsuffering now, and in my ownbody to do what I can to make upall that has still to be undergone byChrist for the sake of his body, theChurch." (I Col. 1.24). As leadersof God's People, bishops are thefirst to be called to embrace joy­fully the redemptive suffering ofthe pilgrim Church they have beenappointed to shepherd by the HolySpirit. (Cf. Acts 20. 28)

One Faith, One Church

They are to be the first to lovethis Church just as she is now inthis period of painful renewal inthe course of her pilgrimage, be­cause this is the only Church Christloves and whose head he is.

Just as there are not two Christsbut only one, so there is only oneChurch which is his body. It is thisChurch alone which is the objectof our Faith as we proclaim it

depths of degradation perhapsnever plumbed before, there arenot a few within the Church, whoin spite of their good intention areconditioning many of the faithful,both clergy, Religious andlaity, to give up the Faith withoutwhich, as the Letter to the Hebrewsteaches us, "It is impossible toplease God." (Heb. II. 16)

The role of the bishop

Has Lost The Priestly

Dedication Of A

ST. PETER PARISHDIGHTON

Bishop James L. Connolly

Continued from Page 33as her head, this Church is as muchthe object of our Faith as JesusChrist himself. We need from onhigh the gift of Faith to accept heras the holy and true People ofGod, redeemed by Christ, and des­tined for the glory of the life tocome.

Engulfed in the confusion whichis plunging the human family into

BISHOP CONNOLLY"THE LORD CHOSE HIM

FOR A PRIEST UNTO

HIMSELF"

The. Parish Community

SAINT STANISLAUSFALL RIVER

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Sept. 19, 1986 35

BISHOP CONNOLLY

St. Anthony of Padua ParishFall River

fered and is suffering with and forthe whole Church of today, andfor this reason too his witness toChrist is all the more precious inour eyes. That is why we join inthis Mass of Thanksgiving to theGiver of all good gifts for giving usBishop Connolly. Bless him, Lord,with length of days, bless him withall the gifts of your Spirit and lethis witness to you continue toshine bright before the church andthe whole human family.

He Will LiveIn The

Memory OfHis People

people. His keen mind enlightenedby Faith and his magnanimous

. heart strengthened by the love ofcharity which comes from Godhimself, involve him in every detailof the daily life of the peopleentrusted to his care. This invol­vement necessarily entails suffer­ing, but it is the suffering thatredeems because it is freely andjoyfully accepted from the handsof the Crucified Bishop of oursouls. Bishop Connolly has suf-

BROTHER Michael Barnaby, FIC, a Bishop ConnollyHigh School faculty member, and Connolly sophomore ScottCsanadi videotape Wednesday's funeral Mass.

Bishop's roletogether through his preaching ofthe word of Faith, who strenghtensthem through his ministration ofthe sacraments of Faith, and whogoverns them through his shepherd­ing in Faith and love. This is histrue witness to Jesus Christ, theHigh Priest and Supreme Shepherdof our souls.

Bishop ConnollyMy dear brothers and sister: this

is a day of rejoicing for God's Peo­ple in the diocese of Fall River. Weare celebrating twenty five years ofsplendid witness to Christ by thehumble and faithful chief shepherdof this privileged portion of theLord's flock. Bishop Connolly toldme not to speak of him in thishomily. I feel that I tried to be hisfaithful and obedient helper until Iwas called to shepherd God'schosen ones in the diocese ofBrownsville. It was easy to obeyhim. It was also a true spiritualadventure to be associated withhim as his personal secretary, vice­chancellor, chancellor and pastorfor fifteen years. Obviously it wasimpossible for me not to be deeplyimpressed by his disarming sim­plicity, his candor, his prudence,his humility, his genuine and pro­found Faith which has been theroot of his courageous hope andabiding love for the whole Churchand for the church of Fall River inparticular. In saying this, I trustthat I am not now disobedient tohim even if I may cause him someembarrassment.

One casual look at the FallRiver diocese reveals immediatelythe impact of the Christian witnessof this great bishop. As a true she­pherd, father, and brother, he hasnot overlooked a single need of his

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United States "are heavily coloredby the experience of the past fewyears when many of the victims offederal budget cuts in programsfor the poor came to our doors,hungry, homeless and in need ofmore help than we could possiblyprovide,"

Chief among his criticisms ofwelfare in the United States todaywere the messages which he saidare sent to the poor:

- "That fathers are expenda­ble" since their presence so oftenmeans loss of welfare benefits.

- "That a mother's wbrk athome educating and caring forchildren is of very little value,"since mothers with small childrenreceive a "scandalously low levelof benefits. "

- "That welfare mothers havelittle potential for achievement out­side the home," since work pro­grams prepare them only for low­paying, usually unstable jobs thatoffer "no opportunity for advance­ment."

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

Besides urging a federal floor onwelfare benefits and provisions thatdo not penalize families with fathersin the home, Bishop Lyke alsocalled for"a full employment econ­omy" as a prerequisite for any suc­cessful welfare reform.

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responsibility," he said, and "realreform will be heavily dependenton federal leadership and funding."

Bishop Lyke delivered his tes­timony on behalf ofthe U.S. Cath­olic Conference and CatholicCharities USA. But he said he alsospoke from personal experience asone "who grew up on welfare in asingle-parent family headed by mymother."

The bishop spoke before theAdvisory Commission on Inter­governmental Relations, which hasbeen holding hearings on welfarereform since July at the request ofthe White House Domestic Coun­cil. The commission is an inde­pendent study panel whose mem­bers are appointed by the presidentto provide research and advice onissues that cross the lines of fed­eral, state and local government.

Bishop Lyke called for "humandignity" as the fundamental "cri­terion against which public policymust be measured."

He said the USCC and CatholicCharities believe that "in a societyas rich as ours there is no excusefor the extremes of deprivationand poverty that leave millionswithout even the basic necessitiesof life orthe means to fully parti­cipate in the life ofthe community."

Criticizing federal welfare cut­backs under President Reagan,Bishop Lyke said the welfare reformviews of Catholic bishops andCatholic Charities workers in the

Federal welfare floor urged by bishopWASHINGTON (NC) - Aux­

iliary Bishop James P. Lyke ofCleveland, in welfare reform tes­timony last week before a federalcommission, called for federallyset minimums to guarantee ade­quate welfare benefits across thecountry.

He also denounced as "morallyindefensible" and "social suicide"rules in many states "forcing em­ployed or unemployed fathers outof the home" as a condition forassistance in the Aid to Familieswith Dependent Children program.

Against recent efforts to reducethe federal role in welfare, he stress­ed the uneven record of the states."Welfare is primarily a federal

BEFORE TUESDAY'S memorial Mass, Cardinal Bernard Law paused at St. Patrick'sCemetery, Fall River, to offer prayer for the soul of Cardinal Humberto Medeiros whose thirdanniversay of death was Wednesday. Members of the late cardinal's family were present, aswere Sisters of St. Joan of Arc from the Boston archdiocese.

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

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ing on sexuality is something good,aesthetically beautiful and radicallyhumanizing. They seem to knowonly what you can't do," he said.

The priest said both studentsand teachers blamed uninterestedand uninformed parents as a fac­tor in the moral development ofstudents.

"Parents don't learn with thechild," he said. "They simply askwhether the homework is doneinstead of 'what are your lea.rn­ing?' .. When parents do not knowwhat is being taught, they cannotreinforce the teaching, he said.

Parents are often closed to thepossibilities of change or devel­opment, he said, but "Moral learn­ing is an ongoing, developmentalgrowth process," not just learning

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The Anchor is reachingsubscribers late this weekdue to complete coverageofthe funeral rites ofBishopJames 1. Connolly.

CHILDREN from St. Stanislaus School, Fall River, arrive at Tuesday's memorial Mass.They were accompanied by St. Stanislaus pastor Father Robert Kaszynski and school facultymembers.

PITTSBURGH (NC) - Moralilliteracy among Catholic collegestudents is caused by parentalapathy toward religious education,not by catechists or textbooks,according to Father Robert Friday.

"Most of the students cannotarticulate a credible notion or defin­ition of morality or of sin," saidFather Friday, associate dean andprofessor of religion at the CatholicUniversity of America, Washing­ton.

He spoke at a training programfor Pittsburgh catechists.

"If I ask why the Catholic Churchteaches as it does about birth con­trol, abortion, war, capital pun­ishment or the economy, even thebrightest students that I have onthe undergraduate level usuallyhazard an 'I guess it's in theBible,' .. he said.

To the college student, freedomof conscience means "do what youfeel you should do," he added.

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

Students know what the CatholicChurch teaches about artificial con­traception, abortion and homo­sexual activity, but few studentstlPpreciate "that the church teach-

Prayers askedCOLLEGEVILLE, Minn. (NC)

- The Diocesan Rural Life Direc­tors' Association has asked Catho­lics to pray for farm concerns onthe 15th of every month.

Members passed a resolutionasking for such prayers during ameeting in Collegeville.

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SOME OF THE MANY sisters in attendance at Bishop Connolly's funeral.

Father McCormick also wrotethat it tends to "absolutize sterilityas a disvalue and childbearing andrearing as a value" at the risk ofdistorting some basic humanvalues, including life, marriage andthe family.

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

In an interview Sept. 10 FatherMcCormick said that childbearingand rearing are always a value butnot "so absolute that everything issubordinate to it in order to give achildless couple a child no matterwhat."

"Sterility is a suffering," headded, but should not be seen as"the end of the world and thateverything possible must be doneto avoid it."

He said he felt the guidelines ingeneral would constitute peer guid­ance for researchers and physi­cians and, though carrying "noforce of law," would be regarded"out of a sense of respect."

In a Sept. 10 statement, FatherEdwar~Bryce, director of the U.S.bishops' Office for Pro-Life Activ­ities, said moral problems outlinedby the guidelines "should be takenvery seriously."

But he added that some moralproblems were downplayed becauseof the fertility society's "vestedinterests" and "inadequate set ofmoral premises."

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cil of Catholic Nurses will hold afall conference from 9:30 a.m. to 3p.m. Oct. 4 at St. John the Baptistchurch hall, Westport.

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

All Catholic nurses are welcome;continuing education units will begiven.

Information and registration bySeptember 29: Betty Novacek, St.Anne's Hospital, Fall River; PatLackey, Charlton Memorial Hos­pital, Fall River.

The committee said it was unac­ceptable to use a surrogate motherfor nonmedical reasons, such asconvenience or vanity.

Father McCormick wrote thatthe use of "third parties" seems"inviolative of the marriage cov­enant wherein exclusive, nontrans­ferable inalienable rights to eachother's person and generative actsare exchanged."

The priest, who until this yearwas a professor of Christian ethicsat Georgetown University, said it"fundamentally severs procreationfrom the marital union."

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

raised by the Catholic Churchbecause 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" buthad no reason to recommend legalprohibition. It called for intensivescrutiny of the issue as well asfurther scientific studies.

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Such use of"third parties" seemsto violate the marriage covenantand also "blurs a child's geneal­ogy," said the theologian, JesuitFather Richard A. McCormick ofthe University of Notre Dame.

Father McCormick was a mem­ber of the American Fertility So­ciety's Ethics Committee formedin February 1985 to create guide­lines which the society said werenecessary for an ever-increasingvariety of technological aids toreproduction. He commented in adissent from some of the ethicalguidelines issued by the committeeSept. 8.

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

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BISHOP Daniel A. Croninwill be the main celebrant of aMass marking the 75th anni­versary of Catholic secondaryeducation in the city of Taun­ton at 5 p.m. Sunday at St.Mary's Church, Taunton.

30 priests will concelebratethe Mass. A reception spon­sored by the Liturgy Commit­tee and Mothers' Club of Coyl~and Cassidy High School willfollow at the school.

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"This present [murder] campaignthat is being carried out by bothsides certainly horrifies me andworries me," he said.

The bishop said, however, hedoes not believe the "perpetratorsof these killings and their abet­tors" should be excommunicated.

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

The bishop has frequently critic­ized the violence of both sides inNorthern Ireland's sectarian war­fare. He attracted internationalattention in 1972, when he was a35-year-old assistant pastor, bybraving British gunfire to aid adying boy shot during what wascalled the "Bloody Sunday" protest.

The youth, part of a demonstra­tion against the British policy ofdetention without trial, was shotwhile running from British para­troopers. Some demonstrators hadthrown stones and bricks at anarmy barricade.

In 1982, Bishop Daly joined ahardline north Irish Protestantleader, the Rev. Ian Paisley, inm,?urning a young Protestant mankilled in the bombing of a bar.

That same year, he criticizedBritish authorities for failing tocharge a British soldier who killedan ll-year-old boy with a plasticbullet.

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ONE OF 15 buses to deliver the student body of Bishop Connolly High School toTuesday's Memorial Mass lets off its passengers in front of St. Mary's Cathedral.

LONDONDERRY, NorthernIreland (NC) - Catholic Irish ter­rorists separate themselves fromthe church when they commitmurder, said a north Irish bishop.

Although he did not mentionthe outlawed Provisional Irish Re­publican Army, Bishop EdwardDaly of Derry (Londonderry) dur­ing a recent sermon described theterrorists as "those cruel individu­als with distorted minds and evenmore distorted principles" whohave "the gall to say they weredoing this in the name of free­dom." He said they have "even thegreater gall to call themselvesChristian."

In a later interview the bishopsaid his sermon was prompted bythe murder of a young man.

When the terrorists "shoot peo­ple in cold blood as they sit in theircars, in pubs or in their homes"they are following the gospel ofSatan and cannot consider them­selves in good standing with thechurch, Bishop Daly said during aMass at St. Eugene's Cathedral inLondonderry.

The bishop also said those who"offered excuse or reason for suchatrocities, as well as those whoplanned and supported them, allshare in the guilt."

In the interview, Bishop Dalysaid the young man slain whilewaiting to pick up his father fromwork was "murdered on the spur-

MA Y HE REST IN PEACE

MOST REV. JAMES L. CONNOLLY, D.D.,D.Sc.H.

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