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FATHER DION AND FAMILY

WORCESTER, MASS. -- THE REV. LOUIS F. DION, A.A.,

REGISTRAR AT ASSUMPTION COLLEGE HERE, WHO RECEIVED

A SOVIET VISA TO MINISTER TO AMERICAN ROMAN CATHO-

LICS IN MOSCOW, IS SHOWN WITH HIS FAMILY AND BISHOP

JOHN J. WRIGHT OF WORCESTER. LEFT TO RIGHT, SEATED,

ARE FATHER DION; FERDINAND D.DION OF WORCESTER,

THE PRIEST'S FATHER; BISHOP WRIGHT; MRS. FERDINAND

JEANNE D. ROBERTSHAW AND MRS. CLAIRE A. RACHINE.

FATHER DION WAS NAMED BY HIS SUPERIORS TO REPLACE

THE REV. GEORGES BISSONNETTE, A.A., SHORTLY BEFORE

THE LATTER WAS SUDDENLY ORDERED OUT OF THE COUNTRY

IN MARCH. RUSSIA ACTED IN RETALIATION FOR UNITED

STATES' REFUSAL TO EXTEND THE VISITOR'S VISA OF

RUSSIAN ORTHODOX ARCHBISHOP BORIS. THE UNITED

STATES HAS ISSUED A VISA FOR THE RUSSIAN

CHURCHMAN.

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