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Changes for ,II priests announced by bishop Bishop Sean O'Malley, OFM Cap., has announced three pastoral appointments, six changes affecting parochial vicars and two affecting hospital chaplains. Father John A. Gomes will leave the pastorate of Our Lady of the Angels parish, Fall River, to become pastor at Our Lady of Lourdes, Taunton. Father Raul Lagoa, parochial vicar at St. Michael's parish, Fall River, has been named pastor of St. Joseph's parish, Taunton. Msgr. John J. Oliveira will assume the pastorate of St. Mary's pa~ish, New Bedford, while remaining Secretary for Education/ Evangelization and director of the Office of the Propagation of the Faith. Parochial Vicars Parochial vicars changing parishes are Father Brian Albino, SJ, from St. John the Baptist to Immaculate Conception in New Bedford; Father Michael Camara, OFM, from Holy Family, East Taunton, to St. Michael, Fall River; Father David A. Costa, from St. Mark, Attleboro Falls, and chaplain at Bishop Feehan High School, Attleboro, to St. Joseph, North Dighton, and chaplain at Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River; and Father Gregory Mathias from Corpus Christi parish, East Sandwich, to St. Mark, Attleboro Falls, and chaplain at Bishop Feehan High School. Father James Ferry, temporary administrator at Our Lady of Lourdes, Taunton, will become paroc~ial vicar at Espirito Santo, Fall River. Father Craig A. Pregana, parochial vicar at S1. John the Evangelist parish, Attleboro, will remain assistant director of vocations while moving his residence to Sacred Heart, Fall River. Also changing residences are Father Steven R. Furtado, from St. Anthony of Padua to Santo Christo, Fall River, while remaining chaplain at Charlton Memorial Hospital, Fall River; and Father David J. Landry, from S1. Mary's to Immaculate Conception, Taunton, while remaining chaplain at Morton Hospital, Taunton. All changes are effective June 28. Father Gomes Born on Madeira Island, Portugal, Father Gomes came to the United States as a child. He was ordained to the pri(:sthood May 3, 1969, and his first assignment as
parochial vicar was at Our Lady of Lourdes, where he will now be pastor. He was also parochial vicar at St. Anthony of Padua, Fall River, and then was chaplain at Charlton Memorial Hospital from 1977 to 1984. He was parochial vicar at St. John of God parish, Somerset, until he was named pastor at Sacred Heart parish, Oak Bluffs, in 1986, and then at Our Lady of the Angels in 1990. Father Lagoa A native of Villa da Santa Cruz, Graciosa, Portugal, Father Lagoa was ordained June 2, 1979. He was parochial vicar at St. Mary's parish, Norton, serving during that time as director of the Attleboro area Pre-Cana program. He was parochial vicar at Our Lady of Lourdes, Taunton, and St. John the Baptist, New Bedford, then in 1985 was named chaplain at Morton Hospital, Taunton, with residence at St. Mary's parish in that city. He served as moderator of the Taunton area Catholic Nurses. In 1991, he was named parochial vicar at St. Michael's, Fall River, a post he retained when he was named chaplain at Bristol Community College, Fall River, in 1993. Msgr. Oliveira A New Bedford native, Msgr. Oliveira was ordained May 20, 1967. He was parochial vicar at St. John of God , Somerset; Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Seekonk; St. John the Baptist, New Bedford; St. Anthony's, Taunton; and St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River. He has served as a notary for the diocesan marriage tribunal and was an instructor at the former Mt. S1. Mary's Academy, Fall
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MOTHER TERESA prays with members of her community in Calcutta last year on the eve of her 84th birthday. She will be 85 on Aug. 27. The world-famous nun is expected in the Fall River diocese on June 14. (CNSj Reuters photo)
On June 14
Mother Teresa to visit convent, attend Mass in New Bedford The Fall River diocese has announced that Mother Teresa of Calcutta will visit her community's convent in New Bedford on' Wednesday, June 14, and at Anchor press time was expected to speak at a 3:30 p.m. Mass at S1. Lawrence Church on County Street in that city. The Mass will be televised live on channels 6, 10 and 12 and will be broadcast by New Bedford radio station WBSM, 1420 AM. Sisters of her community, the
Missionaries of Charity, came to New Bedford in 1992. They work in prison ministry and outreach programs to the elderly poor and also staff a home for battered women and their children. The New Bedford sisters came to the Fall River diocese at the invitation of Bishop Sean O'Malley, arriving Dec. 19, 1992, six months and three days after the bishop's appointment to the see. But they were not strangers to
him. At his request they had established a mission in the Virgin Islands just before he left for Fall River and he also knew their work in the Washington archdiocese, where he had previously served. Mother Teresa's visit to New Bedford comes on the last leg of an extended tri"p she has been making to various foundations of her community in the United States. It will be her first visit to the Fall River diocese and her only one in New England.
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Over $1 million
BisilOP ends demonstration moratorium
Over $1 million! That's what the Fall River diocese has contributed to the Religious Retirement Fund since its inception in December 1988. The fund, which helps meet needs ofaging members of male and female religious communities, collected $26.8 million nationwide in 1994. Fall River's contribution to that total was 5152,105.
At abortion clinics
In solidarity with Boston Cardinal Bernard F. Law, Bishop Sean O'Malley has released the following statement with regard to demonstrations at abortion clinics: Five months ago, the Bishops of Massachusetts requested a moratorium on public demonstrations at abortion clinics. This was done to reduce any tension or hostility and to foster dialogue about support for alternatives to abortion. I am grateful to those who have respected the moratorium since
January and, in solidarity with Cardinal Law, I lift that burden from their consciences and no longer request that they refrain from these actions. At the same time,1 urge them to conduct themselves peacefully at these sites, to avoid direct confrontation there and to maintain a spirit of prayer
as the defining character of their behavior. The great pro-life activity of the Church is expansive in its scope and has many components. And so I take this opportunity to ask each parish, each religious education program, each school, all youth ministers, the S1. Vincent de Paul Conferences, indeed any whose ministry in the Church affects the Turn to Page Six
leading Parishes As of June 5, 1995 ATILEBORO AREA O.l. of Mt. Carmel, Seekonk St. John the Evangelist, Attleboro St. Mary, Mansfield St. Mary, Seekonk St. Mark, Attleboro Falls
$44,797.00 . 39,800.00 35,426.00 34,341.00 25,656.00
CAPE COD ANDTHE ISLANDS AREA $97,422.00 St. Pius X, So. Yarmouth 50,108.00 Holy Trinity, W. Harwich 50,056.50 Our Lady of Victory, Centerville 47,415.00 St. Francis Xavier, Hyannis 40,360.00 Christ the King, Mashpee FALL RIVER AREA Holy Name, Fall River Holy Rosary, Fall River St. Thomas More, Somerse,t St. John of God, Somerset Santo Christo, Fall River
. $40,437.00 28,011.00 27,280.00 25,212.00 22,946.00
NEW BEDFORD AREA O. l. of Mt. Carmel, New Bedford St. Mary, So. Dartmouth Immaculate Conception, New Bedford St. Julie Billiart, No. Dartmouth St. Patrick, Wareham
$46,962.00 29,778.00 29,112.00 27,637.00 24,104.00
TAUNTON AREA St. Ann, Raynham Immaculate Conception, N. Easton St. Joseph, Taunton St. Anthony, Taunton Our Lady of Lourdes, Taunton
$23,573.00 22,820.00 21,672.00 19,134.00 16,188.00
Parish Totals ATILEBORO AREA Attleboro Holy Ghost St. John St. Joseph St. Mark St. Stephen St. Theresa
$10,560.00 39,800.00 9,904.50 25,656.00 10,194.00 16,675.50
Mansfield-St. Mary North Attleboro Sacred Heart St. Mary Norton-St. Mary Seekonk Mt. Carniel St. Mary
35,426.00 11,024.99 14,423.00 14,263.75 44,797.00 34,341.00
CAPE COD & THE ISLANDS AREA $29,245.00 Brewster-0. l. of the Ca pe 8,887.00 Buzzards Bay-St Margaret 50,056.50 Centerville-O. l. of Victory 31,444.00 Chatham-Holy Redeemer 31,940.00 East Falmouth-St. Anthony 39,931.00 East SandwiCh-Corpus Christi 4,065.00 Edgartown-St. Elizabeth 36,427.00 Falmouth-St. Patrick 47,415.00 Hyannis-St. Francis Xavier 40,360.00 Mashpee-Christ the King 15,933.00 Nantucket-O. l. of the Isle North Falmouth33,525.00 St. Elizabeth Seton 5,015.00 Oak Bluffs-Sacred Heart 28,709.00 Orleans-St. Joan of Arc 23,581.00 Osterville-Assumption Pocasset- . 33,285.00 St. John the Evangelist 6,113.00 Provincetown-St. Peter the Apostle South Yarmouth-St. Pius X . 97,422.00 3,580.00 Vineyard Haven-St. Augustine Wellfleet5,830.00 Our Lady of Lourdes West HarwichHoly Trinity 50,108.00 Woods Hole25,514.99 St. Joseph FALL RIVER AREA Fall River St. Mary's Cathedral Blessed Sacrament Espirito Santo Holy Cross Holy Name Holy Rosary
$10,352.50 5,128.00 15,206.00 4,632.00 40,437.00 28,011.00
Immaculate Conception Notre Dame Our Lady of the Angels Our Lady of Health Sacred Heart St. Anne St. Anthony of Padua St. Elizabeth St. Jean Baptiste St. Joseph St. Louis St. Michael St. Patrick SS. Peter & Paul St. Stanislaus St. William Santo Christo Assonet-St. Bernard Somerset St. John of God St. Patrick St. Thomas More Swansea Our Lady of Fatima St. Dominic St. Louis de France St. Michael Westport Our Lady of Grace St. John the Baptist NEW BEDFORD AREA New Bedford Holy Name Assumption Immaculate Conception Mt. Carmel Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe Our Lady of Fatima Our Lady of Perpetual Help Sacred Heart St. Anne St. Anthony of p,adua St. Casimir
St. Francis of Assisi 6,215.00 St. Hedwig 12,023.00 17,663.00 St. James St. John the Baptist 3,250.00 11,503.00 St. Joseph 14,288.00 St. Kilian 12,242.00 St. Lawrence 4,158.00 St Mary 8,539.00 St. Theresa 8,475.00 Acushnet4,168.00 St. Francis Xavier 12,603.00 East Freetown8,773.00 .' St. John Neumann 9,931.00 Fairhaven16,466.00 St. Joseph 12,809.00 St. Mary 22,946.00 Marion-St. Rita 10,667.00 MattapoisettSt. Anthony 25,212.00 North Dartmouth16,472.00 St. Julie Billiart 27,280.00 South Dartmouth-St. Mary Wareham-St. Patrick 19,364.00 Westport-St. George 17,019.00 18,526.00 TAUNTON AREA 12,551.00 Taunton Holy Family 14,743.00 Holy Rosary 19,279.50 Immaculate Conception Our Lady of Lourdes Sacred Heart St. Anthony $16,285.00 St. Jacques 2,943.00 St. Joseph 29,112.00 St. Mary 46,962.00 St. Paul 2,636.00 Dighton-St. Peter 8,917.00 North Dighton-St. Joseph 8,328.00 North Easton5,137.50 Immaculate Conception 4,562.00 Raynham-St. Ann 6,599.20 5,328.00 South Easton-Holy Cross
5,594.00 2,438.00 10,611.80 18,771.5Q 9,512.00 2,881.00 17,306.00 23,183.00 6,844.00 8,239.00 17,220.00 14,060.00 7,003.00 3,757.00 15,028.50 27,637.00 29,778.00 24,104.00 10,882.00
$l2,488.00 8,520.00 :!0,852.00 :'6,188.00 1.2,136.00 19,134.00 12,038.00 <'1,672.00 14,684.00 12,540.00 7,282.00 10,954.00 22,820.00 23,573.00 15,697.00
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CAPE COD & THE ISLANDS $2000 Friends of St. Thomas Chapel, Falmouth $1050 St. Vincent de Paul Council of Cape Cod and the Islands $1000 St. Joan of Arc Conference, Orleans $500 St. Joan of Arc Guild, Orleans $250 St. John the Evangelist Conference, Pocasset $200 St. Pius X Catholic Women's Club, South Yarmouth $100 Knights of Columbus, Bishop James L. Connolly Council #9444 St. Francis Xavier Holy Name Society, Hyannis $50 Daluze's Cesspool Service, Harwich
FAll RIVER $3000 Stevens Realty Company $2000 White's of Westport $1300 Venus de Milo,Swansea $500 Ronaco International, Inc. Sullivan Funeral Homes, Inc. $250 Lightolier St. Patrick Conference, Somerset $150 Clover Club of Fall River Bee Fiberglass $100 White Spa Caterers $75 Browning-Ferris Industries, Inc.
$50 Mrs. David Prial; Catholic Committee on Scouting; Dr. Richard H. Fitton, Jr.; St. Bernard Guild, Assonet; The Spectator, Somerset; Pot Specialists, Inc.; Puerini's Pasta, Inc.; Trina, Inc.; Ware Oil Earth
ATTlEBORO $1300 Bacon Construction Company, Inc., East Providence $250 Precision Tool &Machine Corp. $100 Cheetham Mortuary, Inc., Pawtucket Morse Sand &Gravel Holy Ghost Women's Guild Edward G. Lambert Insurance Co., North Attleboro Vachon Mazda, South Attleboro Knights of Columbus, Council #5108, Seekonk
$90 Bliss Bros. Dairy, Inc. $50 Rose Therese Cap & Gown Co., Stoughton
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$100 Knights of Columbus, South Easton St. Paul's Council of Catholic Women, Taunton $50 Buccaneer Lounge, Raynham; General Fire Extinguishers; St. Joseph Women's Guild, North Dighton
Parishes TAUNTON Holy Family $225 M/M Mario Betten Court; $100 Mrs. Catherin Melvill; M/M Glen Gregory; $80 M/M Thomas Goggin;
$60 Stanley Slavick; M/M John Areias; M/M Francis Perry; $50 M/M David Mello; M/M David'Cardoza; M/M David Peck; M/M Joaquin Bernardino; Francis
Parish,S'pecial. Gift returns路 bring Appeal total to $2,160,859.81 The Catholic Charities Appeal . Louis de France, Swansea; St. has reached $2,160,859.81, an- John the Baptist, Westport. nounced Reverend Daniel L. FreiOur Lady of the Cape, Brewstas, director of the Appeal, who ter; Holy Redeemer, Chatham; St. added that it is hoped that this Anthony, E. Falmouth; Christ the amount will increase as final reports King, Mashpee; St. Mary{ Our are counted and credited to the Lady of the Isle, Nantucket; St. parishes and special' gifts. Elizabeth Seton, N. Falmouth; St. The following parishes have to Joan of Are, Orleans; Our Lady of Assumption, Osterville; Corpus date surpassed their 1994 totals: St. Joseph, Attleboro; St. Mary, 11111111111111111I11111111111I111I111111111111111111111111II111111111111 Mansfield; Mt. Carmel, Seekonk. THE ANCHOR (USPS-545-020). Second Class Postage Paid at Fall River, Mass. Blessed Sacrament, Holy Cross, Published weekly except the week of July 4 Immaculate Conception, Notre and the week after Christmas at 887 HighDame, St. Anne, St. Anthony of land Avenue, Fall River. Mass. 02720 by Padua, St. Jean Baptiste, St. Wil- the Catholic Press of the Diocese of Fall River. Subscription price by mail, postpaid liam, Santo Christo, Fall River. SII.OO per year. Postmasters send address St. Patrick, Somerset; Our Lady changes to The Anchor, P.O. Box 7. Fall of Fatima, St. Dominic and St. River, MA 02722.
Christi, East Sandwich; St. Pius X, South Yarmouth; St. Joseph, Woods Hole. Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe, Our Lady of Fatima, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, St. Casimir, St. Francis of Assisi, St. Hedwig, New Bedford; St. Francis Xavier, Acushnet. Holy Rosary, Our Lady of Lourdes, St. Jacques, St. Paul, Taunton; St. Peter, Dighton; Immaculate Conception, N. Easton. "We are very grateful to all who have contributed and worked for the success of the Appeal, both in the Special Gifts and Parish Phase," said Father Freitas.
Dutra; M/M Richard Giovanorii; Ronald Del Signore; M/M Joseph Kay; M/M Alan Valentine; M/M Bisio Conti Our Lady of LOUrdes $12QO Our Lady of Lourdes Bingo; $200 Our I.ady of Lourdes Whist; $50 Our Lady of I.ourdes School; John Paulo, Jr. Sacred Heart $75 Frances Rose; $60 M/M Chad Nicholas; $50 M/M Robert Malone; M/M Raymond Rogers; M/M Joseph Martin St. Jacques $50 M.M. Dana Higgenbotham St. Joseph $1500 Dr/M Thaddeus A. Figlock; $100 Sis. Beth Mahone'" CSC; M/M James O'Donnell; Dr1M David Gouveia; In Honor of Msgr. Harringtor & Sis. Beth; M/M Joseph D. Camara; $80 M/M Anthony Magro; $50 M/M William Tranter . St. Mary's $200 Mrs. Jeannette ~ieorge; $100 Charles & Carolyn Hoye; James & Patricia Moran; Loren' & Nancy Sturchio; Robert & Diana Sullivan; $55 M/M Charles Rowe; $50 M/M Andrew Marshall III; Edward & Lucille McGaullhran; Mrs. Susanne McGlynn St. Paul's $100 M/M Luis Jlndre; M/M Allan Colleron; Cecile LeClerc; M/M Neil McGrath; George A. Milot; M/M John Sylvia; Linda Trainor; $75 M/M Philip Leddy; $50 M/M Rudolph Bessette; M/M Richard Brennan; M/M Richard HC10ben Our Lady of the Holy Rosary $100 M/M James Ferreira & Family; Mrs. Mary Taba~ Micha~ Tabak
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New e"ncyclical called unique
menical thought and activity, he said that while the document does not enter into details of every ecumenical project, "it's a pretty good survey of the ecumenical landscape, which [the pope] finds bright and sunny." "I think everyone will agree with his emphasis on prayer as the soul of the ecumenical movement and the importance of common prayer," he said. "I think his high regard for the achievements of the ecumenical dialogues, a number of which he refers to, is also something that most people would share," he added, noting also the pope's "praise of common service" and "emphasis on promotion" of the Bible." In the encyclical the pope invites other Christian "church leaders and their theologians to engage with me in a patient and fraternal dialogue" on the bishop of Rome's role in the service of "the unity of all Christian communities." Father Hotchkin said that invitation builds on a 1960s speech by Pope Paul VI to the Vatican Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity in which he acknowledged that for many Christia~s "the papacy is one of the great obstacles in the path of ecumenism." "Here Pope John Paul takes that a step further and directly
WASHINGTON -- "Ut Unum unity among Christians," he said. Sint," "That They May Be One," "He believes it has been set on the the latest papal encyclical, ad- right course by the great decisions vances the cause of ecumenism by of the Second Vatican Council, expanding discussion of the role of which he invokes, and the work of the papacy, says the U.S. bishops' the World Council of Churches, particularly in the Faith and Order chief ecumenical officer. "It's a pretty unique document. Commission; that it has been exI can't think of another encyclical tremely productive, marvelously that's been addressed to all Chris- so; that it has brought us to agreetians," said Father John F. Hotch- ments that would have been inkin, executive director of the "conceivable 100 years ago. "He is confident that the probishops' Secretariat for Ecumenigress will continue, and that this cal and Interreligious Affairs. "There has never before been an quest for full unity among Chrisencyclical devoted solely to ecu- tians will succeed." The pope says, pointed out Famenism - unless we go back to Pope Pius XI, criticizing ecumen- ther Hotchkin, that if, like the ism in 'Mortalium Animos' in saints, "communities are able truly to 'be converted' to the quest for 1928," he added. Modern encyclicals have been full and visible communion, God addressed to all Catholics or to all will do for them what he did for people of good will, but not specif- their saints. He will overcome the ically to all Christians, Father obstacles inherited from the past and will lead communities along" Hotchkin said. his paths to where he wills." He said that one striking aspect "This is a remarkable confidence of the new encyclical is its "entirely to be expressed," Father Hotchkin positive tone from beginning to said, "especially when we've heard end." of.the 'ecumenical winter'.... But I "The pope praises the quest for
Changes for 11 priests Continued from Page One River, and Bishop Cassidy High School, Taunton. He was named episcopal secretary in 1963 and vice chancellor in 1976. He was created a Papal Chamberlain in 1977, Prelate of Honor in 1987 and Protonotary Apostolic in 1994. He is diocesan chancellor and
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invites others to dialogue with him about what forms his ministry in the service of \Inity might take," said the priest, who also noted that in the pope's recent apostolic letter on the Eastern churches, he stressed the need to keep in mind "that unity will be achieved how and when the Lord desires, and that it will require the contribution of love's sensitivity and creativity, perhaps even going beyond the forms already tried in history." "There's an indication there," Father Hotchkin said, "that [the pope] leaves the door open to arrangements of unity between the churches that may be very different from anything that we've known in the past."
Love and Charity "A mature person is one who does not think only in absolutes, who is able to be objective even when deeply stirred emotionally. who has learned that there is both good and bad in all people and in all things, and who walks humbly and deals charitably with the circumstances of life, knowing that in this world no one is all knowing, therefore, all of us need both· love and charity."-Eleanor Roosevelt
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Pastors Rev. John A. Gomes, from Pastor, Our Lady of Angels Parish and Administrator of St. Elizabeth Parish, Fall River, to Pastor, Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, Taunton. Rev. Raul Lagoa, from Parochial Vicar, St. Michael Parish, Fall River, to Pastor, St. Joseph Parish, Taunton. Rev. Msgr. John J. Oliveira, to Pastor, St. Mary Parish, New Bedford, while remaining Secretary for EducationlEvangelization and Director of the Office of the Propagation of the Faith. Parochial Vicars Rev. Brian Albino, S.1., from Parochial Vicar, St. John the Baptist Parish, New Bedford, to Parochial Vicar, Immaculate Conception Parish, New Bedford. Rev. Michael Camara, O.F.M., from Parochial Vicar, Holy Family Parish, East Taunton, to Parochial Vicar, St. Michael Parish, Fall River. Rev. David A. Costa, from Parochial Vicar, St. Mark Parish, Attleboro Falls, lmd Chaplain, Bishop Feehan High School, to Parochial Vicar, St. Joseph Parish, North Dighton, and Chaplain, Bishop Connolly High School. Rev. James F€:rry, from Temporary Administrator, Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, Taunton, to Parochial Vicar, Espirito Santo Parish, Fall River. Rev. Steven R. Furtado, to residence at Santo Christo Parish, Fall River, while remaining Chaplain at Charlton Memorial Hospital, Fall River. Rev. David J. Landry, to residence at Immaculate Conception Parish, Taunton, while remaining Chaplain at Morton Hospital, Taunton. Rev. Gregory A. Mathias, from Parochial Vicar, Corpus Christi Parish, East Sandwich, to Parochial Vicar, St. Mark Parish, Attleboro Falls, and Chaplain, Bishop Feehan High SchooL Rev. Craig A. Pregana, from Parochial Vicar, St. John the Evangelist Parish, Attleboro, to residence at Sacred Heart Parish, Fall River, while continuing as Assistant Director of Vocations. All changes effective June 28, 1995
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A Welcome Visit The proposed visit by Mother Teresa of Calcutta to our diocese and to her Missionaries of Charity in New Bedford has brought forth the usual media hype that surrounds international personalities. But often the presence of reporters and TV cameras can distract us from what really matters. It is important that as we extend a warm and heartfelt welcome to Mother Teresa that we remember her work for the Church. We tend to forget that we are all called to put the beatitudes into practice in our own lives. Instead, we too often try to make everything, including the Church, "relevant" to our times. Indeed, many who were once an integral part of church life have wandered far'in their search for meaning, failing to recognize the call of faith to serve their brothers and sisters. They feel instead that they should be the ones served. This attitude has devastated and continues to devastate many religious communities and dioceses. , But Mother Teresa calls us all to 'renewed practice of the beatitudes. As she states so simply, we should do "small things with great love." She feels the greatest evil of our times is the lack of that love, the terrible indifference towards the homeless, exploited and diseased. Traveling the world, she has dramatically and dynamically made our Church aware of the call of Jesus to serve the least among us. So often we in America assume that the missions and missionaries have to do only with the sci-called Third World countries. But Mother Teresa has clearly taught us how-much of the work of Jesus a waits each of us in our sQphisticated cities and glamorous suburbs. Too often we ignore the truly needy be~ause care for them would inconvenience us. We are a disposable society and the nonproductive are eminently disposable. Capitalism demands dividends and will, not suffer poverty. . .' , . , But over,t·he last 40 years, (Mother, Tere~ ha~' pr<?v'ed to t~e , world that all iife has meaning arid that missionary ~ci'ivity is an intimate part.of human nature and its hope, be it in talcutta . or Chicago, New Bedford or New Delhi. The force of her efforts and of those of every missionary flows from the belief that the beatitudes are at the heart of Jesus' teaching. They provide a blueprint for Christian service and are also confrontational, pushing us to make choices, especially ~n our use of the good things of Earth. Above all, they challenge us to a life that has charity as its heart and soul. Many spiritual writers have waxed eloquent on the beatitudes and their promises to those who are merciful and who seek peace and justice, but Mother Teresa teaches all how to' live by them. This is the secret of her success. She does not run from the world and its problems; she shows by her. own example how to confront issues and heal hurts. There are those who may not like her style or her mannerisms, but she has set many hearts on fire. The evidence of this is to be found in the many vocations to her community and in the universal respect and international recognition accorded her. As she comes to our diocese, let us pray that her example of care and concern will be echoed in our living and that we will help answer her prayers for the Church family by our work in the spirit of the beatitudes and in the name of the Lord that she and we serve. The Editor
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DAYTON, Ohio(CNS) - Catholics who think of Mary only in terms of New Testame,:,t Scriptures ma'y miss the depth of her significance for Christianity, says Father Lawrence Frizzell. Director of Seton, Hall University's Institute of Judaeo-Christian Studies, Father Frizzell recently discussed Old Testament traditions and texts that illuminate Mary's' Jewish heritage and deepen her connection 'to both the Christian arid Jewish heritages. Speaking at the Mariological Society of America's 46th an,nual meeting at the University of Dayton, he said that many Catholics seem to have forgotten the Marian interpretations of Jewish Scripture, or perhaps they don't consider this a part of the heritage relevant to modern piety. There may be ways to recapture these insights to serve our need to integrate God's plan of salvation into a piety that is' grounded in Scripture and expressed in liturgy. "The Luke infancy narrative portrays Mary as someone who is responsible to the community and responsive to the divine presence in her life," Father Frizzell continued. "She is also acutely a ware of her bond to the people of Israel both in her own generation and all the way back to Abraham and Sarah." Such awareness and emphasis on community echo the Jewish heritage itself, he said. "When we want to study the Jewish family," the priest said, "we have to recall the very harsh realities of ancient life, the quasi-nomadic existence of people in the generations of the patriarchs, the exodus from Egypt, to see that solidarity among ,members of the community, everyone seeing that he or she belonged to this extended
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Guidan'ce iii' the pursuit of truth Proverbs 8:220-31 Romans 5:1··5 John 16:12-15 Rather than dwelling on the mystery of God's inner life, the readings for this feast of the Holy Trinity celebrate what God has done for us: the gift of an orderly creation, salvation through Christ, and guidance for our continued pursuit of the truth. As we reflect on the mystery of God's love for uS,let usjoyfully sing the refrain of this Sunday's psalm, "0 Lord, our God, how wonderful is your name in all the earth" (Ps 8). The first reading from Proverbs is"part of the speech of Lady Wisdom (hokmah. a feminine noun in Hebrew), who personifies the artistry of God's creation. In the whole of her speech (see Proverbs 8), Wisdom invites the simple to come to her and receive the greatest gift of all: the path to life. In our section, she is giving her credentials as God's "first-born,""craftsman," and "delight," who played before God as he ordered the cosmos, Wisdom uses a cosmological list to assert that, first of all, she preexisted God's formation of the earth, the underworld depths, the mountains and hills; llnd secondly, that she was God's agent in establishing the heavens, fixing the foundations of the earth, and setting for the sea its limit. Finally, Lady Wisdom says that her special delight was in humanity to whom she will extend the offer of life. In the verses which follow today's reading, she invites us with the following words. So now, 0 children, listen to me; instruction and wisdom do not reject! ... For the one who finds me finds life, and wins favor from the Lord; But the one who misses me harms self; all who hate me love death. (Prv 8:32-36) T.he epistle reading from Romans is Paul's reflection on the hopeful situation of Christians who have already been "justified by faith" in Christ's death and resurrection and are now awaiting "the glory of God," the completion of God's kingdom. In this tensionfilled situation, Christians experience "afflictions," but they can boast of ,them as they endure in
Daily Readings June 12:2 Cor 1:1-7; Ps 34:2-9; Mt 5:1-12 June 13: 2Cor 1:18-22; Ps 119:129-133,135; Mt 5:13-16 June 14: 2 Cor 3:4-11; Ps 99:5-9; Mt 5:17-19 June 15: 2 Cor 3:15-4:1,36; Ps 85:9-14; Mt 5:20-26 June 16: 2 Cor 4:7-15; Ps 116:10-11,15-18; Mt 5:27-32 June 17: 2Cor 5:14-21; Ps 103:1-4,8-9,11-12; Mt 5:3337 June 18: Gn 14:18-20; Ps 110:1-4; 1 Cor 11:23-26; lk 9:11b-17
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after a lengthy illness. She had been a Sister of the Good Shepherd for 71 years.. A native of Brooklyn, NY, and the daughter of Valentine and Margaret (Kenrick) Corell, she entered the Good Shepherd community in 1924 and professed final vows in 1930. She worked with emotionally disturbed young women in need of re-education and vocational training in New York City before being assigned to the community's contemplative convent in Peeksill, NY, where she was superior for 20 years. Thereafter she returned to
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vocational training of young women in Brooklyn, NY, specializing in teaching machine sewing meeting the standards of garment manufacturers. Subsequently she did pharmaceutical work and supervised classes in housekeeping skills in Dix Hil1s, NY. Retiring in 1987, she lived in Marlborough and then in Harwich. She is survived by a cousin, Sister Miriam Frances, OP, of West Islip, NY, and by nieces and cousins.
Assumptionist Father Alfred J. Guenette died in Chile on May 23, where the Mass of Christian Burial was offered for him. Born in New Bedford in 1913, he was the son of Benjamin and Marie Anna (Laferriere) Guenette, both deceased. After graduating from St. Joseph's School and Holy Family High School, both in New Bedford, he attended Assumption Preparatory School in Worcester and entered the Assumptionist congregation in 1932 at Bergerville, Quebec. Returning to the United States FOUR STAR Amusements at Assumption in 1939, he taught By DR, PATRICK V. REID 508·238·3478 College, Worcester, until 1942, PAINTBALL SHOOTING GALLERY, DUNK TANK, MILK when he entered the Air Force as a BOnLES, BALLOON DARTS, CLOWN TOSS, DIME PITCH, of chaplain, serving until the end hope. The foundation of their hope LUCKY MONTHS, RAINBOW PITCH, &MORE. is what God has already done for World War II. Subsequently he them in his Son, Christ, and by the worked as a missionary in Mexico, FOOD MACHINE RENTALS gift of his Spirit which has been Costa Rica and Chile for over 40 conON CANDY, POPCORN, SNOW CONES, HOT DOGS, years. poured out upon them in the MesHEUUM TANKS, PONY RIDES & MORE He returned periodically to the sianic age. In Paul's words, .....this Call for price list & reserve early to insure availability hope will not leave us disappointed, United States to visit family and because the love of God has been friends and in 1986 at age 73 went poured out in our hearts through back to Chile for the last time to the Holy Spirit who has been given fulfill his desire of dying among the members of his beloved flock. to us" (Rom 5:5). He is survived by a sister, Sister The gospel is from John's FareEmma Guenette of the Sisters of well Discourse in which Jesus . St.. Joseph of Springfield, MA; promises the disciples that, after two sisters-in-law, Mrs. Anne his departure, the Spirit of truth Guenette of Mankato, MN and will come to guide them "to all Mrs. Helen Guenette of Acushnet; truth." Jesus' promise emphasizes and nieces, nephews and their famtwo things about the Spirit or Parilies. He was the brother of GerRELATED COLLEGE DEGREE AND aclete's role. First of all, he will maine Lagesse, Gilberte Ostiguy continue the work of revelation YOUTH RETREAT EXPERIENCE REQUIRED. and Nelson; Albert, Gerard and that Jesus has done. Jesus tells the Jean Louis Guenette, all deceased. disciples: Send Resume To: . A memoria.1 Mass wil1 be offered He will not speak on his own, for him this fall at a date and locabut will speak only what he Father Richard Landry, M.S. tion to be announced. hears... In doing this he willgiveglory <) to me, because he will have received from me what Sister Marian Corell, RGS, 91, he will announce to you. died at Cranberry Pointe Health P.O. Box 2965 • Attleboro, MA 02703 (16: 13-14) Care Center, Harwich, on June I Secondly, the Spirit will guide the disciples in their continued pursuit of the truth of God's mysterious love. Jesus promises: ONE~ I have much more to tell you, Those plaintive words of Jesus to the apostles who fell asleep but you cannot bear it now. When he comes, however, in the Garden of Gethsemane still echo today. being the Spirit of truth Those who wish to answer His question with a resounding he will guide you to all truth. (16: 12-13) I, "Yes, I could!- are invited to join the adorers of the Blessed This truth to which the Spirit Sacrament perpetually exposed at guides us is an ever deeper entrance into the very mystery of the triune God's life of love. Jesus concludes this section with the words: All that the Father has belongs Middle and South Main Streets • Fall River to me. Adorers are needed 24 hours a day, seven days a week, for the That is why I said that what he [the Spirit] wil1 apostolate of Perpetual Adoration. Those willing to commit themannounce to you he will have selves for one hour a week, every week, are asked to call one of from me. (16:12)
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Immaculate Heart Province of LaSalette 50 years old versary of profession and his 55th Today closes a week of celebraof ordination. tions at LaSalette Shrine, AttleFather Beauchemin said that boro, where members of the Immacthere w.ill be a postscript to this ulate Heart of Mary province of week's events on Aug. 21, when a the Missionaries of LaSalette are Mass, commemorative program m~rking the provinc,e's 50th anniversary and the anniversaries of , and dinner at LaSalette Shrine in Enfield, NH, will close the anniprofession or of priestly ordinaversary celebrations. tion of nine jubilarians. The 79-member Attleboro province includes Eastern Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont and the Canadian provinces of Quebec and Ontario. Province members also serve on the Barona w Indian reservation 'in the diocese WASHINGTON (CNS)'- The of San Diego, CA; and at a VA REV. BROTHER L1FRAK .hospital ih the diocese of Tucson, Catho'licUniversity of America in AZ. A daughter province, Mother Washington hasannouncedestabof,Hope, establis~ed in th,e Philip- lishment qfa dual degree 'program pines some years ago, also sent for students seeking both a licenrepresentative tothis week's festivi- tiate in canon law and a doctor of ties. ' , law degree. It is,the first such pro, Father Ronald Beauchemin, gram offere9 in the United ,States. director of a formation program at "Siudents can complete both biSalette Shrine for men consid- degrees in less' time than each ering the priesthood, said this separately:' said Ralph J, Rohner, week's program included talks by dean of the law school. in a stateBishop Sean O'Malley will Fathers Normand Theroux and Fer- ment announcing the program. ordain Rev. Brother Richard tifrak nand Cassista on community his"The integrated course work will SS.Ce., to the priesthood for the tory, ministry and plans for the 'prepare graduates t(f un'derstand , Congregation ofthe Sacred Hearts future, viewing of videos on LaSa- and practice in both civil and of Jesus 'and Mary at 7 p.m. June lette activities, concelebrated canonical systems:' he said, 16 at St. Joseph's Church, FairMasses and a special day honoring Father James Provost, canon haven. LaSalette's lay associates who assist la'w department chair. said canon A Fall River native, Brother at the shrine's annual fall family lawyers are more frequently asked Lifrak holds ,bachelor's and masfestival and its spectacular Christ- to participate in church-state rela- ter's degrees in biology from MIT; mas Festival of Lights as well as 'at tions, so a civil degree will enhance While working in Rochester, NY, many other events through the a canon lawyer's ability to serve he volunteered at St. Peter's Kityear. the church. chen, a Sacred Hearts mission in Students successfully complet- that city. He converted to CathoBusiness sessions occupied last ing the nsog路ram will receive two licism and two years later joined Wed'nesday and Thursday and jubilarians were honored at a con- separate degrees, which need not the Sacred Hearts congregation. be awarded simultaneously. The , celebrated Mass today. Senior He made his novitiate in Hemet, program can be completed in four CA, professed temporary vows in among them was Father Armand years. Gauthier, marking his 60th anni1988 and made final religious profession in 1991. He prepared for the priesthood at Weston Theological V nion, Silver Spring, MD, where he will Among Taunton area recipients Coyle & Cassidy High School, receive master's degrees in divinity of J.C. Penny Co. Golden Rule who heads the school's communand theology in December. Awards for outstanding volunteer- ity involvement program. Temporary Vows ism are Richard T. Vincent, TaunGolden Rule Awards are presBrother Christopher Santangelo, ton District Council vice-president ented annually by the,J.e. Penney of the St. Vincent de Paul Society, Co. as a continuation of Penney's SS.Ce., will profess temporary cited for service to the Vincentian philosophy of dedication and ser- vows at a Mass at 7 p.m. June 12 at apostolate, ecumenism and person- vice. The founder of a chain of St. Francis Xavier Church, Acushnet. al generosity; Catherine H. Poir- department stores, he died in 1971. A native of Metuchen, NJ,' he ier, the founding and present diThe Taunton award winners were and his family later moved to East rector of Birthright of Greater among nine persons chosen from Freetown, where they were memTaunton, which has aided nearly among50 nominees. Each received 1000 women in difficult pregnan- a piece of Waterford crystal and a bers of St. John Neumann parish., After attending Northeastern V nicies since its founding in 1974; and contribution of $1 000 to the work versity for a year, Brother SantanMichael Cote, a faculty member at of his or her organiz~tion. gelo began preparations for the priesthood at St. John's Seminary, Brighton, interrupted for a period by work in Boston. Subsequently he began discernment of a vocation to the Sacred Hearts congregation as a prenovice, ministering at St. Francis Xavier parish, Acushnet, while completing studies at St. John's Semnary. In 1994, he went to Manila Philippines, for a novitiate with' candidates for the congregation in Asia. His experience included a 10-day residency with' Filipinos who live near and scavenge' from the Manila garbage dump. Brother Santangelo returned to the V nited States last month, to prepare for professing first reli. AT GOLDEN RULE awards ceremony, from left, Wil- gious vows for three years.
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Silver City GalIena, Taunton; award winner Richard T. Vincent; ~nd Msgr. Thomas J. Harrington, chair of the Unite'd Way Judges' committee that reviewed nominations for the award. (Arikian photo)
VATICAN CITY (CNS) Consecrated virgins are called to join their lives completely to Christ's by loving him and by loving others the way he did, Pope John Paul II said. During a June 2 audience, the pope marked the 25th anniversary of the promulgation of the renewed "Ritual for the Consecr.ation of Virgins," an ancient rite in the church that fell into disuse in the years before the Second Vatican Council. Consecrated virgins are women who take vows of chastity under the direction of a bishop but do not join religious orders. The papal audience was held during an international meeting in Rome of consecrated virgins. The pope told the women that they can fulfill themselves and their feminine identity through 'their consecration. "Just as with the woman who follows the' ~ay of marriage, the consecrated, virgin is able to live and, express a spousal love: With ,such a love she becomes in the church a gift for God, for Christ the redeemer and for every bro,ther and sister," the pope said. Wedded to Cbrist and his church, the pope said, consecrated virgins are called to "share bis style of a life - marked by humility and _ meekness - of love and mercy, service and,joyful availability, of untiring zeal for the glory of the Father and the salvation of humankind."
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Consecrated virgins are a "visible sign of the virginity of the church, an instrument of its fruitfulness and a witness of it s fidelity' to Christ," he said. They are called to be the "working hand of the generosity of the local church, the voice of its prayer, the expression of its mt:rcy, the rescue of its poor, the consolation of its afflicted sons and daughters and the support of its orphans and widows," the pope said. He encouraged the women to model their lives on that of Mary, truly becoming "virgins in heart and body, brides with a total and exclusive attachment to the love of Christ."
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Sister Mary Petrosky, FM M, has been elected to a second fouryear 'term as superior of the V.S. province of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary. She resides at the community's provincial-headquarters in Bronx, NY. The community, whose Maryof Nazareth Novitiate is loc:ated in Fall'River, is' an' international congre'gation of more than 8,700 women of 66 different nationalities, working in 73 countries on all five continents. , A native of Cincinnati., Sister Petrosky entered the community's novitiate in North Providence, RI, in 1951. She holds a master'!: degree in psychiatric social work and worked in that field in New York and Australia, WASHINGTON (CNS) Missioned to Papua, New GuiArchbishop Oscar H. Lipscomb of Mobile, Ala., has urged V.S. Cath- . nt:a, in 1.969, she lectured at the olics to take up Pope John Paul Papu'an 'Medical Coliege, Moresby II's challenge to restore "unity School of Nursing, the regional among the ancient Christian seminary and the Melanesian churches of East and West." The Institute of Missiology, a formation center for sisters of Papuaarchbishop, chairman of the V.S. bishops' Committee on Ecumeni- New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. cal and Interreligious Affairs, said She completed theological stuthe papal letter underscored "the cost of our disunity" with his judg- dies at the Jesuit School of Theolment that',it is "seriously sinful." ogy in Berkeley in 1979 and was He said the U.S. bishops have assigned to the V nitedStatc:s promade a commitment to increase vince, where she administ\~red a their attention to Catholic unity day care center and 'was involved with the Orthodox and Oriental in new ministry efforts in Hazleorthodox churches with their deci- hurst, GA. , As provincial superior she will sion last'November to add another staff position to their Secretariat travel extensively, visiting' Franfor Ecumenical and Interreligious ciscan Missionary of Mary comAffairs. In an apostolic letter, on munities throughout the United the Christian churches of the East States. and the West, the pope said that "the sin of our separation is very serious" and "men of both' sides were to blame" for it.
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Statement Continued from Page One hearts and minds of others to review and redouble all pro~life efforts. ' Especially do I commend regular periods designated for prayer in parishes and schools, and careful study of Pope John Paul II's encyclical, The Gospel of Life (Evangelium Vitae). In particular, I urge priests and deacon~ to preach clearly and consistently the compassionate message which is at the core of Our Lord's Gospel of Life. I. make my own the noble aspi~ ratIOn of our Holy Father from the recent encyclical (EV, 101): "May ~he 'people oflife' constantly grow 111 number and maya new culture of love and solidarity develop for the true good of the whole of human society."
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Jesus' resurrected body Q. Your column has been a great help to my faith. I have several questions. Did Christ's physi<aI body really arise at the resurrection! If so, is it in a physical place? If not, what happened to it? Why dido" anyone witness tbe resurrection? Are our bodies supposed to rise 10 the same way? (New York) A. First, it depends on what is meant by Chrisrs "physical body." If by that you mean that the bodily cells which lay in the tomb were raised back to life, the answer is most probably no, surely not necessarily.
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he himself is now personally bewas yond change, beyond corruption, something far beyond the simple - beyond death, beyond histOI y. He resuscitation of a dead corpse, as is in an eternal state of being with seems to have been the case, for the Father that is unlimited, outexample, with Lazarus (In. II). side of our time and space. In those days with his disciples Lazarus eventually died again. after being raised from death, and Jesus did not, and will not.
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As his appearances to the discipies after his resurrection make clear. Jesus in his risen life has an entirely new d,imension of living than he had before. It was without question the same Jesus they knew before the cruci. fixion, and he has a body. They touch him. He eats with them. He speaks with them. Yet there is a mysterious difference in the way he looks, the way he comes to them, the way he wants them to recognize him, the way he "is." While he and his Spirit clearly enter and affect our lives on earth,
.Graduation, or· coronation? When did graduation from high school become an event in parts of this country akin to a diamond wedding anniversary or a coronation? As we speak. there are thousands of families and parental committees who are finishing up two and three years oEfund raising to send graduating sons and daughters on Caribbean junkets, Disney vacations or European tours. Not -that graduating from high school shouldn't be celebrated, but new cars, large cash gifts. expensivejewelry'l For passing U.S. history, algebra ~nd the rope climb? Catholic schools and parents are not immu~e. A priest acquaintance mused recently that if his parishioners were as committed to feeding the hungry as they were to sending their offspring to Maui for graduation, the food banks would have to add several wings. Catholic parents might want to raise an eyebrow or two here and consider alternatives to expensive, even gaudy gifts. It seems graduation is a time to make statements about hopes, dreams and life commencing. So, for the son or daughter who is definitely bound for college, one might consider a pair of work gloves and a biography of the Catholic Worker Movement's Dorothy Day. For the child considering a stint in the military: a walking map of the California missions, a cheap camera, sturdy boots and a notebook. For the youth who wants to work awhile before committing to a vocation:
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the Father, as he will be without end. forever. As St. Paul puts it. without end "he lives for God" (Romans 6). What "is sown corruptible ... is raised incorruptible.""Itis sowna natural body, it is raised a spiritual body" (I Cor. 15). So. to answer your question, Christ's physical body was raised up in the resurrection. But we need to understand that in the right way. Is it in a physical place? We would have to say yes, insofar as it is a physical body. He did not
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become an angel, o'·''p'''''e spirit." When we try to say "where," we are beyond our depth. Kuman experience on this earth just doesn't give us a lot of help on that. Why didn't anyone witness the resurrection? We don't know. Maybe because it wasn't "witnessable" in .ny human way of speaking. Sometimes, I believe, Christians envisionthe resurrectionas Christ's corpse suddenly jerking to life and breaking out of the tomb. If we believe the witness of the Gospelsand the other books of the New Testament, that's not at all what happened. It comes down most of all to two facts that were enormously significant for the early Christians. The tomb was empty, and major people in the early Christian community saw and experienced Jesus as alive and working with his people. These facts firmly established them inthelrcoDVletlon t esus lives, a.d that he is Lord of the church and of the world. As for our own resurrection, our Catholic faith echoes the graphically explicit teaching ofSt. Paul: What happened with Jesus will ha~pen to us. What dies is a corruptible, weak, natural body; what rises is an incorruptible, powerful, spiritual body; As we have borne the image of the earthly Jesus, we shall also bear the image ofthe heavenly one (l Cor. 15:42-49). In all this Paul merely expands on wha.t we repeat in our major professions of faith. The Apostles' Creed (in the vows of baptism) and the Athanasian Creed explicitly say "resurrection of the body." The creed of Nicaeal Constantinople, which we use each Sunday at Mass, speaks of the "resurrection of the dead," but clearly means also resurrection of the body. Again, as the Catechism of the Catholic Church says, the "how" ofall this exceeds our imagination and understanding; it is a-ccessible only to faith (No. 1,000).
June 10 1915, Rev. William H. Curley, Pastor, SS. Peter and Paul, Fall River 1949, Rev. George A. Meade, Chaplain, St. Mary's Home, New Bedford June 11 1973, Rev. Msgr. Augusto L. Furtado, Pastor Emeritus, SI. John of God, Somerset 1986, Rev. Richard J. Wolf. S.J., Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River June 12 1966, Rev. Thomas H. Taylor, Pastor, Immaculate Conception, Taunton June 13 1974. Rev. Edward F. Donahue, S.J., B.c. High School, Dorchester June 14 1980, Rev. Msgr. George E. Sullivan, Retired Pastor, St. Joseph, Fall River 1982, Rev. Msgr. Joseph A. Cournoyer, Retired Pastor, St. Michael, Swansea 1992, Rev. James H. Coughlin, S.J., Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT June 16 1975, Rev. James McDermott, Pastor. St. Patrick. Somerset
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(From top left) At June 4 graduation ceremonies, Stang president Theresa Dougalland valedictorian Mark Oliveira; Erika Spinola and ,Melissa Amann with former Stang chaplain Father Steve A vila; Anya Mukarji-Connolly and teacher Andre Charbonneau. Below, from left: Chris Eustace. Jonathan Olson, Robert Rebello. Phil Pendergrass; online grads Rebecca Brodeur, Shawn Cournoyer, Jermijer Andrade. (Studio D photos) tOt
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DIOCESAN HEALTH Facili- tions of special activities for Na- CTRS, has been named director ofM '~A~,~ha~S~bejie;n~na~m;e~d~ca~r;e~m~a;n;-:-~ma~na~g~em~e~n~tdP~r~o~gr~a~miiio~r~t~o~mcla~k~el ties has promoted Mark Jeffries to tional Nursing Ho_~m=e--.:w"-e=e..k=,-,he=ld=----<t~he~r"a~pe~ult~ictta~c"1tiiVll'·~ti~e~si(. "jjl~IOnoiik,"fo~r- _~ger in the Hayen's DCW Gale man a refenal, conta-ct Mrs. Osuch at project manager, a position in each May. ~ __ ward to getHug ill know our resi-- -- ager program, which will offer 999456I. which he .. ill cooldinate engineer- ------n..e "Over Nineties Tea" fetes dents, finding out about their needs advocacy, referral and coordinaing and construction programs as residents age 90 or older and their and interests, and planning pro- tion of care services to elden living GENE PINEAULl', a social well as maintenance, environmen- family members at a tea party grams that are therapeutic, crea- in Fairhaven_ Acushnet. Marion worker at Our Lady's Haven? was tal services and linen functions in featuring a pianist and fancy pas· tive and fun," she said. "I will also and Mattapoisett. recently honored by the Greater the four facilities ofthe DHF sys- tries. The 1994 event, which hon- meet with residents during the Mn.-Osueh will assist older peo- Fall River/New Bedford Nursing tern: Catholic Memorial Home, ared 107 residents. also featured a Residents· Council session to get pie and their families with making Home Social Workers' AS50CiaFan River; Madonna Manor. slide show, reading of residents' their ideas for trips and commun· arrangements for health care and tion for more than 20 years ofservNorth Attleboro; Marian Manor. biographical sketches, and a photo ity projects.' services they need to remain living ice to the elderly. Taunton; and Our Lady's Haven, display. Ms. Macklin worked previously in the community and also coorAlso certified to teach elemenMadonna Manor as activities director at Braeburn dinate services after a hospital or tary and secondary school, PiFairhaven. A North Dartmouth resident, Nursing Home in Newton. A nursing home stay. The service neault bas worked in several sc::hool Jeffries was previously director of JOHN P. CERTRUSE has been Raynham resident, she holds a will be helpful to adult children systems and nursing homes. He environmental services at Madon- '!lamed director of facility opera- bachelor"s degree in recreationedu- caring for an aged loved one or owns and operates the las.! workna Manor. He holds an associate's ' lions, a position in which he will cation from Cortland State Colwho live out of the area, in which ing farm in Fall River. oversee engineering,services. maintenance lege, NY. and. a master's degree in case they can rely on a care mand egree f rom U m·ty C 0 IIege, M' atne, and environmental A social worker for 26 years, he and a certificate in supervisory therapeutic recreation from Long ager to arrange support services says he has a simple method for An Attleboro resident, he holds Island University. for their relative. The program wiU stress relief that dates back. to his management from Bryant College. He is a member of the National a bachelor's degree in engineering She is certified by the National also help elden who care for an early child'hood. He calls it "Paint from the Massacbusetts Maritime . ·bl· Executive Housek.eepers Associa- Academv. He a licensed third Council on Therapeutic Reerea- agmB spouse or sling. Yellow." t,· on Inc lion Certification and is a training UMany elders and their families "'When I was in the first or , . operating' enoineer, oil burner techC>" coordinator for South Suburban struggle along meeting their own second grade. we used to put on Catholic Memorial Home nician and end pipefitter in Massa- Special Olympics. ' 1 . . d 1 "·d needs unll a cnSlS eve ops, sal .,aprons. _al>d pai.l)t," be. re<:;llled. SECURITY OFFICER Ronald chusetts.,:· Mrs. Osuch. "' can be a resonrce -\'The cololfs w"eie So vivid, ··espePreviollSly he was director of ELAINE CUNNIFF, RN. has for education and advocacy about Vezina has completed a basic traincially the yellow. Since my name ing course and certification pro- engineering at ISE. Inc., in North been named a clinical nurse man- what types ofservices are available comes Deaf the end ofthe alphabet, gram sponsored by the: Interna· Attleboro. He was also an engi- ager. A Raynham resident, she in the community and what the by the time it was ~y turn and I tional Association for Healthcare neering officer in the Navy Rc- earned a diploma from the Fall elderly are entitled to. tied on the apron, class would be Security and Safety. The 40-hour serves. River Diploma School of Nursing With a nursing degree from the over and J didn't get a chance to DIANA GRILLO, BSN, has and worked previously at Trues- University of Massachusetts-Aroprogram teaches security personpaint. Now, up in my hay loft I nel how a health care system oper· been promoted to clinical nurse dale Clinic, Fall River; Lakeville herst and a master's degree in pas~ keep acan of yellow paint near roy ates, how to handle emergencies manager. A Milford resident, she Rehab Hospital; Paul A. Dever toral minifltry from Boston Coland fire drills. and whatto look for holds a bachelor's degree from State School, Taunton; and Taun- lege, Mrs. Osuch has worked in hay conveylor and I can paint yelwhen conducting rounds. Montana State University and has ton Nursing Home. Currently she the tields of home health care and low as long as I want without Vezina, a Somerset resident, has worked at the Manor for two is enrolled in a DHF geriatric hospice for several years. She will interruptions. It makes me feel like a million blIlcks!" worked for the home for more years. assessment course. now work within the network of Pineault flrstcame to the Haven than six year!; in maintenance and Previously she worked at WalClinical nurse managers coor- health and elder services available in 1983 to fill a one-year vacancy. security. Previously he worked at tham Weston and Montana's K.ali- dinate resident careand daily nurs- in the Fairhaven-Marion area and He returned in 1990. He holds a the Superior Court House in Fall spell Regional hospitals and for iog operations on an assigned nurs- with local churches of various de- bachelor's degree in sociology and River for 19 years. the Cross Country Nurses of Amer- ing unit.. nominations. She is available to education from Southeastern Masspeak to groups about care man. sachusetts University (UMa·ssSecurity officer certification is ica. part of a new security program' Marian Manor Our Lady's Haven agement services. Danmouth) and has completed BERNADETTE MACKLIN, DEBORAH OSUCH, BSN, For information about the care graduate work in special education. developed hy dHF. UHF safety and security director Butch LapriCare for the elderly remains his ore has also made certification in primary ambition. ·We'll all grow cardiopUlmonary resuscitation manolder:' he said. "Anything I do datory for security officers. now for the elderly will make a ANNE CABRAL, ACC, CAGS, better life fOT" my.eIf and my loved director of therapeutic actiVities, ones down lthe road. We're all has achieved the status of Activity going to be there." Consultant Certified, the highest level of certification by the NaVolunteers Honored tional Certification Council for Activity Professionals. VOLUNTEERS· were honored Activity professionals dev,"lop at Catholic Memorial Home and and lead activity programs in nursOur Lady's Haven dUring National ing' homes, senior centers, retireVolunteer Week: in April. Volunment housing and adult day care. teers assist thle homes in various NCCAP certification involves acacapacities, including tberapeutic demic training, work experience activities, ofilCe work? housekeepand continuing education. ing and laundry. Mrs. Cabral also recently reThe Memorial Home honored ceived an honorable mention award 17 volunteer.... who collectively fOT her entry in Creative Forecasthave logged 21,60 hours of service, ing~National Nursing Home Wcek at a brunch. contest. Her entry, describing the At Our Lady"s Haven, 23 volunMemorial Home's "Over Nineties teers were guests or honor at a cofTea," appeared with other contest GENE PINEAULT, a social worker at HELEN COSTA. left, received special fee social with residents; a lunchwinners in the publication·s May Our Lady's Haven, shares a smile with Haven recognition from Anne Marie Kelly, director eon prepared by the therapeutic 1995 issue. resident Rodney P. Briggs. Pineault was honor- of staff development, at a brunch honoring activities staff f;oUowed. Cr£1ot;ve Forecasting helps ac· For informattion about voluntivity directors plan events for ed recently by the Greater Fall River/ New Catholic Memorial Home volunteers. Ms. teer opportunities, call Catholic nursing home residents; the con- Bedford Nursing Home Social Workers' As- Costa has volunteered mOre than 600 hours at Memorial Horme at 679-0011 or test invited submissions ofdescrip- sociation. Our Lady', Haven at 999-4561. the home.
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Rosary parts asked Dear Editor: I am partially disabled and I make rosaries for the missions to send all over the world. I would appreciate it very much if you would put an article in the Anchor asking anyone who can to send me beads, necklaces, findings such as pins, jump rings, chains and / or any old or broken rosaries, metals, centers and crucifixes to help me to make more rosaries to further my ministry. As I am on a fixed income, the cost of such items is slowing me down. Items may be sent to Irene, PO Box 3094, So. Attleboro 02703. Thank you and God bless you. Irene
Personal or public? Dear Editor: It was surprising to read an item in the Boston Sunday Globe of May 28, 1995, which indicated that three Catholic congressmen from Massachusetts, Meehan, Markey, and Joseph Kennedy, voted last week not to support a funding ban on global organizations,' as the United Nations Fund for Population Activities, which support abortion, directly or indirectly! The above-named Catholic Democratic congressman are relying on the old shopworn "red herring" excuse that their personal views should not influence their voting decisions and policies, views that have been rejected by the Catholic Church on many occasions. It must be remembered that these Catholic legislators cannot have a personal conscience that differs from a public conscience! This would be a contradiction in terms! Thomas A. Walsh, Esq. Roslindale
Foodfor thought Dear Editor: I would like to comment on the article in the May 12th Anchor regarding the shortage of priests and the lack of vocations today. Those of us fortunate enough to live in the era prior to Vatican 2 can readily understand why the problem exists. Before Vatican 2, our seminaries were full of eager young men, ready and willing to do God's work. Our churches were full of Catholics offering their hearts and minds to God. They were attentive at Mass, dressed for the occasion and, I think, enjoyed the aura of mystery and spirituality which the Mass and other services provided. Then came Vatican 2. There were no real changes in doctrine, but the cult of the individual reared its ugly head, and the Church fell apart. The seminaries began to have trouble filling their quotas, and scores of newly ordained priests were laicized. Mass became, more or less a matter of choice, and dress deteriorated to something less than casual. What would attract a young man to dedicate his life to a Church in such complete disarray? He'd have to have a real vocation, like some of the young men who are
NOTRE DAME, Ind. (CNS) Cardinal Joseph L. Bernardin I' Chicago is this year's recipient I' the University of Notre Dam's Laetare Medal, which was prksented to him during Notre Dame's 150th commencement exercises. "Cardinal Bernardin has been t~e very exemplar of the bishop as a pastor, teacher and witness to t e Gospel," said Notre Dame pre ident Father Edward A. Mall y, CSC. "His personal life and pub ic ministry have combined to beco e a treasure of the church."
still entering the missionary orders. Recently I attended a workshop in my parish entitled "Why be Catholic." Its whole approach was negative and, to my mind, destructive of the faith in which we were raised. One of the moderators, a nun, commented that "we're smarter now than the people who were raised before Vatican 2." She could not, of course, explain what happened to the Church after Vatican
2. Not to worry. We know that the Lord will be with us until the end of time. However, it would help our immediate problem if the bishops would get back to Church fundamentals, such as the primacy of the Pope, the acknowledgement of right and wrong, and stop the trivialization of sin which exists today. Then maybe we'll find young men who are willing to give their all to such a Church. Robert C. Rehm East Den'nis
Guns and abuse Dear Editor: In response to the editorial, "An NRA Embarrassmeht" (Anchor, May 26), I believe that the words "jackbooted government thugs" were spoken.first by Rep. John Dingle, a Democrat, referring to agents in the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. When these words were later repeated by an NR(\ representative, much ado was made of it. Apparently what matters is not what is said, but whQ says it! Political correctness once. again! Although I do not possess a gun, I support the constitutional right of law-abiding citizens to own guns in order to protect their homes and their families. At Waco, government agents were accused of using poison gas which resulted in the deaths of women and children. The Clinton administration did not conduct a responsible investigation into what actually transpired at Waco. There have been other reports of abuses by government agents. In one case reported, a woman was shot in the head as she stood in the doorway of her home, holding her child in her arms. The agent responsible was subsequently promoted. In another reported incident, a pregnant woman was thrown against the wall of her home by a government agent, which resulted in her having a miscarriage. It has been claimed that a government agent shot a young man in the back. Other abuses of American citizens have been reported as well. If these accusations are true, these agents have been using Gestapo tactics. It is necessary to have a congressional investigation into Waco and into these other situations. If government agents are found to be guilty of such abuses, they should be dismissed and punished and their superiors held accountable. A thorough investigation will also clear the reputations of the many responsible, well-trained and welldisciplined government agents. I presume that the agent who had been a friend of former President Bush fit into this category. Also, a congressional investigation will
EXERCISE physiologist Stephen J. Wing has joined the cardiopulmonary rehabilitation department of Saint Anne's Hospital, Fall River. He is also an adjunct professor at Bridgewater State College, from which he holds bachelor's and master's degrees in exercise physiology. He was previously director of wellness programs for Cape Cod Community College and fitness director for several area facilities. Wing is a. member of the American College of Sports Medicine and is a certified exercise test technologist and strength and conditioning specialist.
Gift to Hope House Hope House, a home for AIDS patients founded by St. Anne's Hospital, Fall River, recently received a gift 01'$4,475 from Aetna Life & Casualty. It was presented by Aetna employees Barbara Alves, Mary Bilan and Robert Mazza, all also Hope House volunteers. The gift will help fund two annual and six in-service programs for Hope House residents, all of an educational nature. "It is my belief that participants in these programs will...communicate their enhanced learning to others," noted Toby Shea, Hope House director, explaining that benefits of the programs would thus be extended to the Greater Fall River community. II111I111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111
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Pope calls Blessed Damien model for today's church BRUSSELS, Belgium(CNS)- done antagonized many civil and Blessed Damien de Veuster, a 19th- religious authorities. Victims of Hansen's disease "are century missionary who died on the island of Molokai tending hideous to behold, but they have a Hawaiian victims of Hansen's dis- soul which has been redeemed at ease, also known as leprosy, is a the price of the holy blood of our model for modern Catholics, said divine savior. He too, in his divine charity, comforted the lepers," he Pope John Paul II. During an overnight trip to wrote in 1873. After discovering that he himBrussels, the pope offered the missionary's life as an example of per- self had the disease, he experisonal sanctity and concern for mented on himself with new treatments. society's outcasts, Blessed Damien was defended "The apostle of the lepers is a striking example that love for God and promoted in the English-speakdoes not distance us from the ing world by Robert Louis Stevenworld," the pope said at the June 4 son, the British author of '''TreaMass at which Father Damien was sure Island." Stevenson was living in Hawaii beatified. In attendance at the ceremonies when Blessed Damien died and from the Fall River diocese were 'visited the colony shortly afterSacred Hearts Fathers Very Rev, ward. To one Blessed Damien critic, Columban Crotty, superior of the Stevenson wrote: Eastern Province of the commun"Damien was coarse? Perhaps. ity, located in Fairhaven; and It breaks my heart to think oflepFathers Gabriel Healy, provincial ers with only a lout, a hick, as director of development; Thomas brother and father. But you who McElroy, pastor of St. Francis are so refined, why were you not Xavier parish, Acushnet; Paul J. there to comfort them with the Price, chaplain at Sacred Heart illumination of culture?" Home, New Bedford; and/Robert "It is my hope that [Blessed Charlton, provincial director of Damien) will revive in you the vocations. sense of fraternal ,charity and the Noting a special connection of desire to come to the aid of the the Sacred Hearts Fathers in Fair- poorest members of society," the haven to Father Damien's work pope said at a meeting with memon Molokai, Brother Bill Keane of bers of the Sacred Hearts congrethe Fairhaven community said that gation. At a June 4 luncheon meeting when the priests came to 'Fairhaven in the early years of this cen- with the Belgian bishops, the pope tury, they regular:ly visited tiny said that the church's moral teachPenikese Island in Buzzards Bay ings are tied to the Gospel and do to minister to members of a leper not allow for picking and chooscolony then on the island. ing. He told the bishops to proBrother Keane said that the mote the teachings in his docuFairhaven newspaper for Sept. 16, ment on moral theology, "Veritatis 1905, had praised Father Stanis- Splendor," and his encyclical on laus Bernard for his courage in life, "Evangelium Vitae." working with those stricken with Prior to the papal trip, several leprosy, for which there was at the surveys had shown widespread distime no cure, and which was con- sent among Belgian Catholics. Before the pope's arrival for the sidered extremely contagious. During his June 3-4 trip, the beatification Mass, police arrested pope made an unscheduled stop at about 16 anti-papal demonstrators. the tomb of Belgian King Bau- Some draped a banner, which called douin, who once temporarily re- the pope an assassin, over a fence signed as head of state to avoid at the Mass site. Others shouted signing abortion into law. anti-papal slogans. Cardinal Godfried Danneels, preThe pope also criticized selective adherence to church teachings sident of the Belgian bishops' conand urged the Belgian bishops to ference, meeting with the press increase promotion of papal docu- shortly after the pope left, downplayed dissent among Belgian Cathments. About 100 people from Hawaii, olics. including six former Hansen's dis"There is always a fraction that ease patients who'still live in the has differences with certain aspects Molokai colony, attended the of the magisterium," he said. This Mass. One former patient, Kuulei is nothing new and exists in other Bell, presented the pope with a lei Western European countries, he during the Mass. added. At the ceremony, the Belgian bishops gave the right hand of Blessed Damien, whose corpse is buried in nearby Leuven, as a relic PORTLAND, Ore. (CNS) to Bishop Francis X. DiLorenzo High school students can invent of Honolulu. Beatification bestows the title of gizmos for science fairs, hold forth "blessed" and permits a local feast in debate tournaments and show day. A miracle attributed to the off numerical know-how in math intercession of the person is needed bowls, butthey get few chances to practice making peace and estabfor beatification. Father Damien was born in Tre- lishing justice in their communimelo, a .town outside Brussels, in , ties and the world. That's what led , 1840. In 1859 pe joined the Con- Oregon's Catholic Peace Ministries gregation of the Sacred Hearts of to organize a Peace Fair for CathoJesus and Mary and four years lic high school students. "We want later was assigned to Hawaii and to encourage students to explore what they can offer to the causes of ordained in Honolulu. In 1873 he volunteered to work peace and justice and let thecomat the ~alawao leper colony on the munity see the result," said peace island of Molokai, where his hard- ministries board member Karen headed manner of getting things Mertens.
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Honors accumulate for Polish composer WASHINGTON (CNS) - ' When Polish composer Henryk Gorecki recently received an honorary doctorate from The Catholic University of America, he called it "another example of God's goodness a.nd graciousness and thanks for the little notes I scribble." Gorecki's "little notes" have been praised on several continents. "His deeply personal music language is eminently contemporary," said Elaine Walter, dean of the Washington university's Benjamin T. Rome School of Music. The music school presented the degree to Gorecki at a ceremony attended by more than 300, including Polish Ambassador Jerzy Kozminski, university president Christian Brother Patrick Ellis and members of the local Polish community: A resident of Katowice, Poland, Gorecki scored big in the United States with his Symphony No.3, "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs," written in the 1970s, but released in 1992. It remained on the top of Billboard's classical music charts for 37 successive weeks. Created for soprano and large orchestra, it includes old Polish religious and folk texts and the text of a prayer inscribed on a cell wall in Gestapo headquarters. The 61-year-old composer, who has won awards in Poland, France and England, has also been called "one of the most significant Polish creative artists in any field of creative endeavor from the death of Chopin to the birth of Solidarity:" Gorecki, who has been composing since the late 1950s, takes his fame in stride. "It's very difficult to get into the shoes of people to understand why they like my music," he said in an interview with the Catholic Standards, Washington archdiocesan newspaper. "I don't know how they perceive it. .But I'm happy people like my music." The composer said his Catholic faith has sustained him since childhood. Born in Silesia in southern Poland, he was 2 years old when his mother died at the age of 26.
Gorecki also suffered numerous health problems. He became an elementary school teacher before studying music at the relatively late age of22. He also lived through World War II and the subsequent Soviet-backed communist regime that ruled his country for nearly 45 years. "What kind of family did I have when I didn't have a mother? And then there was sickness and war," he said. "Maybe God wanted me to learn a good lesson." When 'he was provost of the State Higher School of Music at Katowice, Gorecki founded a branch of the Catholic Intellectuals Club, an organization that sought to struggle against communism through deepening Catholic faith in Poland. "The faith was tolerated by the Polish regime for simple peasants and country women. It was not tolerated for the intelligentsia," he said. "The main objective of the organization was to gather professionals, artists and others to show the world that not only old ladies were going to church," he said. His involvement in the club earned him the ire of government officials and in 1979, he was forced to resign his post at the music school. Gorecki wrote "Totus Tuus" and "Beatus Vir" to commemorate both pilgrimages of Pope John Paul II to his native land. The composer and the pope have since become friends. Pope John Paul once told a Polish interviewer that he was "overjoyed" at the "richly deserved international success" Gorecki has achieved. The faith that sustained Gorecki throughout his life inspires his music today. "The faith should be reflected in each thing we do, whether it is writing music, planting potatoes, cutting trees or building houses," he said. "I can't separate me from my faith," he added. "If I weren't a Catholic, I would have a different impression of the world, therefore I would probably have written different music."
CIVITAVECCHIA, Italy(CNS) - A controversial Marian statue that several eyewitnesses said cried tears of blood will return to public display June 17, Bishop Girolamo Grillo of Civitavecchia-Tarquinia said. The bishop said his decision is not a judgment on the possibility that a supernatural event has occurred. A church investigation of that question is contin uing, he added. Local juridical official~ also are investigating the possibility offraud in relation to the statue, which has drawn widespread national attention since eyewitnesses said they sa w it cry Feb. 2 in the garden of its owners. Several days after the reports, .the bishop took possession of the statue. He said that he sa.w it cry March 15 while he was holding it in his hands. The statue will be put on display in a niche in St.' Augustine Church in Civitavecchia, the parish church of its owners, the Fabio Gregori family, said the bishop. The decision to return the statue was made after consultati,on with church experts from severnl countries, he said, to promote d,:votion to Mary. "In the meantime, resealich and studies by experts will continue," he ,said. He asked that people refrain from trying to take economic advantage of the :.tatue's return. The return has "nothing to do with economic and financial interests," he said. After reports of the crying statue began surfacing, vendors and self-proclaimed seers had descended upon Civitavecchia. , The 'tinyplaster statue was brought to Civitavecchia from Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina, by a priest who gave it to the Gregori family. Medjugorje, the Hite of alleged Marian apparitions, has drawn millions of intern~ltional pilgrims. Earlier this year, the bishop and juridical authorities ordered parallel sets of scientific tests on the statue. None found cavities or devices inside the statue that could have contained or squirted liquid; meanwhile,路 a Marian expe:rt on the bishop's investigating commission said his initial impression is positive.
Cathedral in dispute PRAGUE,. Czech Republic (CNS) - Cardinal Milosla1l Vlk of Prague has criticized a public campaign to have Prague's St. Vitus Cathedral declared state property. The attempt is "symptomatic of the tendency to make the Czechs atheists" and is le:d by anti-church groups, he said. The campaign by leading politi.:ians and public figures began after a January court ruling declared the Catholic Church the legal ol~ner of the cathedral. Since then the ministerial council asked an appeals court to examine the case and more than half of. the members of the Czech parliament asked President Vaclav Havel for a top-level debate on the matter.
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St. Mary's School NEW BEDFORD - Primary school students at St. Mary's, New Bedford, were' joined by their grandparents for the dedication of the school's playground. The children 'sang a song, recited a poem, and presented their handprints. Blue &. White Committee Chairperson Brian Pepin. expressed his, thanks to all who had worked so hard to: make the playground a, reality. Following the blessing by pastor 'Rev. John E. Moore, a, social was held in the school' gym. The entire school enjoyed a day of field'events and ga·mes May 24. " Under the' direction of' physical education teacher Tom Powell,· the children'ian sack races, relays,' and' toss'ed' water balloons. The day concluded 'witH a 7th grade floor hockey game, and 'an 8th grade basketball game. ' Plans are underway for the celebration of the 30th anniversary of the opening ofSMS in Se~ tember. The committee has planned liturgy, an open house, and dance as part of the festivities: Alumni are encouraged to contact the school to update their addresses over the next -month. Please write to SMS, 115 Illinois St., New Bedford, MA 02745.
St. Anne's School FALL RIVER - St. Anne's Preschool is accepting registrations for next September in the Early Childhood program for children ages three, four and five. Full and half day schedules are offered 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays. For information co'ntact coordinator Lorraine Souza, 678-2152.
Holy Name School FALL RIVER - A year-long celebration of the arts culminated at Holy Name School with a May 19 Art and Talent Show. Artwork was displayed as students exhibited their talents in song, dance and acting. The year also saw formation of the Holy Name Theatre Company, launched in December with the performance of "Oh, What a Night!" The original Christmas musical, written by music teacher Tracy Rebello, featured 220 students either 'performing on stage or working behind the scenes. The players plan to return next year.
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Bishop Stang High,School· NORTH DARTMOUTH "Stayin' Alive" was the focus ,of the first Awareness Day sponsored by Students Against l?runk Driv~ ing on May I. All students attended four required presentations plus three additional seminars from a choice of 14. A total of 20 guest speakers participated. Mandatory sessions included presentations on ENCARE (Emergency Nurses Cancel Alcohol Related Emergencies) by Laura Hergenhan of St. Luke's Hospital and on sexual harassment by dean of students Michael O'Brien. Mrs. Hergenhan, mother of Stang students Cari and John, said her graphic and disturbing slide show on the effects of teenage drinking "may seem a little rough, but it has to be. In my business, you don't always get a second cha'nce to warn students about the dangers of drinking." O'Brien distributed a 16-page booklet, "About Sexual Harassment in School," and a six-page flier detailing Bishop Stang's sexual harassment policy. Students gave high'marks to presenters Bob Wiggins of NARCONON and psychotherapist Drew Anderson of Rogers High School, Newport, RI. Both discussed the effects of marijuana. Anderson "didn't lecture and simply say 'don't do it,''' said stu-
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dent Dave Silvia. "He told us the eff~cts. and conseq uences, of- the hundreds of. chemicals in mari- , juana." Students also 'commended Dr. Michael Fiori, director of outpatient psychiatric services at St. Luke's Hospital, for a presentation on "Mood Disorders, Depression, and Suicidal Thinking in Adolescents" and Stang's own Jean Revil and Kathleen Ruginis for a discussion o( grieving.. In a hushed and somber ceremony, with the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt as backdrop, students and faculty remembered those who have died of AIDS at a May 9 assembly. The program, co-hosted by faculty member Doug Rodrigues and senior Melissa Brodeur, included prayer led by Ms. Rose Grant, selections from the NAMES project book read by Heather, Medeiros, and a candlelight ceremony commemorating the nine members of the extended Stang community memorialized on the Bishop Stang panel of the AIDS quilt. Spanish teacher Diane Langelier spoke about losing her brother, Patrick Coons, to AIDS in 1993. The ceremony concluded with an Our Father and an invitation to sign a personal message on the 12' by 12' NAMES Project Response Quilt. , Stang hosted the 32-panel quilt May 8-12. In addition to the assembly, a candlelight vigil was held for families and the Stang community and during the week Rodrigues and Keith Holbrook coordinated student-led tours of the quilt for Stang students and visiting school groups. By week's end, students, faculty and visitors had filled the 144 square feet of the Response Quilt with personal messages. "It's amazing and powerful," Rodrigues said ofthe display. "It's incredible to see the reactions. You really have t~ see it."
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Stang to the rest of 'the Internet ,world. ' . , "We have ,our, own e-mail ad~ dress," she said. "Coming soon, teachers will be able to communicate with teas;hers from around the world." The Standard Times is offering 'Stang access to the World Wide Web, an Internet service. The program gives 20 free hours each month to 50 area schools with additional time at a reduced rate. "We'll be able to access graphics, audio and video information," Ms. Mulcare said. "Next year we hope to develop a Home Page on the Web and download Inside Stang [the school newsletter] ~o the Internet." Bishop Stang's e-mail address is BSHS@ULTRANET.COM , Commended Students ' , Six Stang students were among the 50,000 highest scorers on last October's PSAT/ NMSQT, taken by more than one million students. Kristen Enos, Paul Homier, Marissa Oliver, Daniel Osuch, Nathan Pierce and Courtney Vien are now eligible to become semifinalists in next year's competition for National Merit Scholarships. Semifinalists will be notified in September.
St. Joseph's School FAIRHAVEN - Ten students were inducted May 17 into the Sacred Heart Chapter of the National Junior Honor Society at St. Joseph's School, Fairhaven. The candlelight ceremony was led by principal Sister Muriel Ann Lebeau, ss.cc., and NJHS adviser Mrs. Paulette Dansereau. The ind uctees are eighth-graders Rachel Mascetta; Jillian BourqllJe, Karen Whitehead, Jacqueline Jozapaitis and Nicole Beaulil!U; and seventh-grader Nicholas Ct>IIins, Jeffrey Oliveira, Peter LUCIlS, Elizabeth Gonneville and Kristen Dzialo.
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TAUNTON - Student-a.thletes were honored at a Sports Awards Breakfast May 21. Lamb Memorial Scholarships of $1,000 each were awarded to 1995 graduates Jaime Leonard of Taunton and Kyle Jacques and Jack Taylor, both of Lakeville. The scholarships, given by the Coyle and Cassidy Athletic Association and funded primarily by the annual Lamb Road Rac:e held in March:, memorialize James and Helen Lamb, long-time supporters and friends of the school. Miss Leonard was a varsity letter winner'in vblleyball;basketball . and softball and was a ca'ptain in all three sports. She will attend Central Connecticut UniverHity. Jacques helped the hockey team to its Eastern Massachusetts Division 1II cha-m'pionship a:l1d is captain of t~e golf team. HI~ will attend' Merrimack College, North Andover. ' Taylor was a varsity soccer player and: is captain of the baseball team, for which he is the leading hitter. He will attend Eckerd College; St. Petersburg, FL. Underclassmen awards went to juniors Kem Nwosu of Bridgewater and Sheryl Marshall of Middleboro; sophomores Jon Serriello of Lakeville' and Erica Fitzgerald of Middleboro; and 'freshmen Hyan Kelleher of Bridgewater and Katie Morgis of Raynham. 31 students received sportsmanship awards and 40 were lauded as scholar-athletes for maintaini:l1g a GPA of 3.5 or higher during their season of play.
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CAREER PLANNING: Sister Terence Gallagher's second grade class recently. held the first "Career Day" at Holy Trinity School, West Harwich. The children heard from a lawyer, dentist, nurse, insurance adjuster, motel manager, painter, swimming coach, plumber, research consultant, priest and religious-all local and many of them parents of students.
Bishop Connolly lists top 10 graduates FALL RIVER - Bishop Connolly High School awarded diplomas to 89 students in its 26th grad uating class on June 4. The top 10 graduates are: Jodie Rene Pietruska of Westport, class valedictorian, who will attend Brown University. At the senior class awards banquet, she received gold medals in chemistry, French, math and AP history. She received the Bausch & Lomb, U.S. Air Force math and science, Tandy Tcchnology Scholar, Holy Cross Book and U.S. Army Rescrve National Acadcmic awards. She'was a National Mcrit Scholarship Program Commcnded Scholar and earned thc Roger Williams University and the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth Commonwealth scholarships. She participated in the National and French National honor societies, chorus, community service and Mentor programs, and spring track. She was junior varsity and then varsity volleyball captain. Miriam Claudia I-aranjeira of Fall River will attend M.iddlebury College in Vermont. She was mastcr of ceremonies at the senior awards banquet, giving the senior class address. She received silver medals in AP English and physics and was voted by faculty and peers as" An Outstanding Senior and All Around Student." She received the Salt of the Earth and Massachusetts Foreign
Language (French) a wards; the Xerox Award in Humanities/Social Sciences; and the Francophone Association Scholarship and Middlebury College Grant. She was class secretary in her junior year and student body president as a senior. She also participated in the National and French National honor societies, direction of the school and prom committees, Mentor Program. and Speech and Debatc Team. She was an altar server and bingo volunteer and a letter winner in cross country and winter and spring track. The Fall River Elks Lodge named her a Teenager of the Year. Jennifer Lynn Rezendes of Westport will attend Boston College. As class president, she is the class salutatorian. She received a bronze medal for biology and the Salt of the Earth, Hugh O'Brien Leadership, Tandy Technology Scholar, U.S. National Honor Roll, and Harvard Book awards. The 1995 Westport Junior Miss, she received a Massachusetts Junior Miss Scholarship and the University of Massachusetts-Amherst Chancellor's Talent Award. She was a member of the National and Frcnch National honor societies, the Mentor Program and chorus. She earned letters'in cross country, basketball, softball and soccer cheerleading. Jason O'Connor Chapman of Tiverton, RI, will attend Trinity College.
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SS. PETER AND PAUL School, Fall River, teachers Christine Costa (second left) and Jennifer Dzialo (third left) received Innovation Awards from Colony Cable TV for creative use of cable in the classroom. Each received a clock and savings bond. Mrs. Costa, a third grade teacher, incorporated information from the Reading Rainbow program into a play for a class project on dinosaurs. Miss Dzialo, a fifth grade teacher, was recognized for a project on Native Americans. With the winners are principal Kathleen Burt and pastor Father Stephen Fernandes.
He received a bronze medal in religion; the Salt of the Earth and U.S. Army Rc:serve National Academic awards; and book awards from Fairfield University and the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth. He received the Fairfield University and St. Anselm's College presidential scholarships and the Trinity College Grant. He participated in the Spanish National Honor Society, Mentor Program, baseball, cross country, and basketball, for which he received the 6th Man Award. A member of the National Honor Society, he was an NHS tutor. He also attended Boys' State. Lisa Almeida of Fall River will attend Regis College, Weston. She received silver medals for psychology and world literature; the Regis College Book Award and Dean's Scholarship; the Salt of the Earth, American Psychology and Massachusetts Foreign Language (Portuguese) a wards; and the Ignatian Award from the Jesuit Secondary Education Association. She received commendation as an outstanding high school graduate from the Catholic School Counselors Association. She was named a Golden Ruler Award Student of the Month and a Fall River Elks "Most Valuable Student." She was president of the Portuguese National Honor Society and participated in the National Honor Society, basketball cheerleading, spring track, chorus, community service and school functions including the open house, fashion show and bingo. Melanie A. Poisson of Fall River will attend Emmanuel College, Boston. She received the Yearbook Award and Emmanuel College Presidential Scholarship and was a National Merit Commended Student. She was a member of the French National Honor Society, drama society, choir and National Honor Society, serving as an NHS tutor. She was a four-year member of the yearbook staff, serving as associate editor as a junior and as coeditor as a senior. Grady G. Gauthier of Tiverton, RI, will attend Hampshire College, Amherst. He received the Salt of the Earth, Drama Society, Ignatian, Greater Fall Rivcr Art Association Honorable Mention and Xavier Univer-
sity Book awards and the Hampshire College Grant. He was voted one of the "Most Admired Students." He was a member of the drama society, ski racing team and ski club, and the National Honor Society, serving as president his senior year. He also participated in Habitat for Humanity and the school open house and fashion show. Paulina M. Pacheco of Fall River will attend Regis College. She received a bronze medal in Spanish; the Salt of the Earth and Drama Society awards; the Regis College Presidential Scholarship and Alumnae Sponsor Award; and the Fall River Tobacco Control Scholarship. She was secretary of the National Honor Society and an NHS tutor. She participated in the Spanish National Honor Society, Mentor Program, drama society, Amnesty International, chorus, Connolly Drug and Alcohol Awareness Team, and track. She was the letter-winning varsity captain of the basketball cheerleading squad. Bryan Drew Stubbert of Westport will attend the University of California-Berkeley. He received the Lehigh University Merit Scholarship.
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He was vice president of the National Honor Society and an NHS tutor and was senior class secretary. He participated in the Mentor Program, community service, soccer, lacrosse and the ski team and ski club. Richard Benjamin Sisson of Portsmouth, RI, will attend Tufts University, Medford. He received the Salt of the Earth, Wendy's High School Heisman (regional finalist), and Dave Cowens Achievement awards; and the Clark University Chemistry and Norwich University Presidential scholarships. He was named a Rhode Island Scholar and Fall River Elks Teenager of the Year and was voted" An Outstanding Senior and All Around Student," He was class treasurer and captain of the basketball squad, for which he was Connolly's all-time leading scorer and rebounder and twice was an EAC All Star. He also participated in the ski club, junior varsity baseball, the National Honor Society and community service. In addition, each of the top 10 students received the President's Award for Educational Excellence and each had been named a Fall River Elks Teenager of the Month' during the school year.
St. John Evangelist ATTLEBORO - Graduation was held at a June 2 liturgy celebrated by pastor Msgr. Daniel F. Hoye. Msgr. Hoye and principal Sister Ann Therese Connolly, CDP, presented diplomas, assisted by eighth grade homeroom teacher Jay Hoyle. Members of the graduating class took part in the liturgy. Readings were given by Nicole Poulin and Martin Pyne. Prayers of the faithful were led by Nicholas McNamee. John Traversi narrated the offertory procession. Jessica Kosowski, student council president, addressed the gathering. The following awards were given: Mark G. Hoyle Memorial Award to Ryan Ebeling; Jean Carroll Memorial Award to Sarah Wallace; Principal's Award to Michael McNally; DAR American History Award and Leadership Award to Jessica Kosowski; Service Awards to Sean Graney and Martin Pyne; Achievement Award to Christine Feteira. Also graduating were Rachel Araujo, Edward Bayly, Kathleen Chabot, Jessica Emond, Lynsey Fernandes, John Feteira, Pamela Godsoe, Toanya Kesse, Michael Michel, Timotliy Slowey, John Stanovitch, Kristin Teixeira and Julia White. Claire Powers and her seventh grade class hosted a reception for the graduates. . Jessica Kosowski received two awards from Bishop Feehan High School, presented by principal George Milot. Miss Kosowski received one of Feehan's five $500 Shamrock Leadership Scholarships for incoming freshman as well as the St. John's Principal's Scholarship for the top ranked St. John's graduate enrolling at Bishop Feehan. Eighth-grader Julia White earned second place and a $200 savings bond and seventh-grader Colleen Scott earned third place and a $100 savings bond in an essay contest sponsored by the Knights of Columbus. Pamela Godsoe and Jessica Kosowski received honorable mention.
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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-:-Fri., June 9,1995
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HOLY GHOST, ATTLEBORO Annual procession in honor of the Holy Spirit 9 a.m. June II; Mass at II a.m. with homilist Father Andre Faria, parochial vicar at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel parish, NB. Afterward, sopas will be served in church hall. CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES, HYANNIS Volunteers sought to teach English as a second language. Training and materials provided. Information: Sister Mary Alice McCabe, 771-6771. O.L. CHAPEL, NB Bishop Sean O'Malley will preside at Corpus Christi procession beginning at the chapel 1:40 p.m. June 18. All parish groups and societies are invited to participate and are welcome to bring banners. Information Friar Joseph Michael Mary, 996-8274. YOUTH APOSTLES, FR Youth Apostles will sponsor retreat for young men (recent high school graduates up to age 25) June 23-25, ' Bishop's Retreat House, Centerville. Directed by Eduardo Azcarate, PhD, founder and director of the Youth Apostles, the program will be an' opportunity to rediscover Christian, values, reflect on leadership and service to youth, pray and relax. To register call David Charland, Hernando Herrera or Michael Kuhn at 672-2755. CATHEDRAL CAMP, E. FREETOWN Open house noon to 4 p.m. June 18. Registrations for summer camp are now being accepted. Information: 763-8874. SEP ARA,TED/DIVORCED CATHOLics, NB ' Support group meeting 7 to 9 p.m. June 14, Family Life Center, N. Dartmouth; open discussion on topics pertaining to separation and divorce.
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BOB THOMPSON of Wayland will be the featured artist at the LaSalette Shrine Coffee House6:30 p.m. tomorrow in the Shrine cafeteria. A Gospel singer who started out as a night club singer, he has -appeared on many Christian television and radio programs. A 4:30 p.m. Mass will precede the concert. Information: 2225410. At 7 p. m. June 17, international Christian and Irish music artist Dana will perform an outdoor concert, rain or shine. Concertgoers are encouraged to bring lawn chairs and blankets to supplment Shrine seating. Information: n2-5410 or (617) 931-2000.
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