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FALL RIVER DIOCESAN NEWSPAPER FOR SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS CAPE COD & THE ISLANDS

t eanc·o VOl. 29, NO.2

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FAll RIVER, MASS., FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 1985

$8 Per Year

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"HAVE A BALL!" IS THE WISH OF THESE 1984 PRESENTEES FOR THEIR 1985 SUCCESSORS

'Wint·er Wond:erland: Charity Ball is tonight Exceptional and underprivi· Thousands of friends of ex­ ceptional and 'Underprivileged leged children attending the Na­ children will dance to the music zareth Hall Schools and summer. of Buddy Braga's orchestra and camps will benefit from the prothe Ed Souza Aristocrats at the .ceeds of the mid-winter social 30th annual Bishop's Charity and charitable event. Among its highlights will be 'Ball tonight at Lincoln Park presentation of 37 young ladies Ballroom, North Dartmouth.

from diocesan parishes to ,Bishop Daniel A Cronin by, Taunton district councH president Horace Costa. Festivities will Ibegin at 8 p.m. in the ballroom with music by the Buddy Braga Orchestra and at 9 p.m. in the lounge with the

Aristocrats. At 9:05 the bishop will be es­ corted to his box by Costa and Mrs. David Sellmayer, president of the Diocesan Council of Cath­ olic Women. The presentee ceremony will begin at 9:10, foHowed by danc­

ing, a grand march, singing of the National Anthem by Kenneth Leger and introduction of Bishop Cronin by Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes, diocesan boll director. Dancing to both orchestras will then resume until 1 a.m.

CRS official

• IS kidnapped

_ BEIRUT, Lebanon (NC) ­ Eight armed men in two cars kidnapped American Servite Father Lawrence Jenco, Catholic Relief Services director in Bei· rut, Jan. 8, police said. Just hours after the kidnap­ ping, eRS headquarters in New ork issued an urgent plea for is release on medical grounds. The results of tests taken Jan. showed that Father Jenco had serious heart condition reo uiring immediate hospitaHza· ion, and any stress could en· anger his life, CRS said. Father Jenco, 50, a native of oliet, Ill., was pulled out of- his car ne~r a West ~eirut police tation and he and his Moslem river, Khaled Krunfol, were orced into its back seat by the bductors. armed with pistols nd AK-47 assault rifles. The kidnappers fired into the

air to warn traffic out of the way as they sped off. Police hearin·g the shots, returned fire, but the cars escaped. A few blocks away, having pistol. whipped Krunfol, the a1bductors stuffed him in the trunk of Father Jenco's car and abandon­ ed it, transferrin3 the priest to one of their vehicles.. Krunfol freed himself, and re­ ported the abduction details to police and the Beirut eRS office. The kidnapping occurred about 7:30 a.m. as Father Jeoco was en route to medical treatment for his heart problem. eRS spokesman Beth Griffin said "results came back today (Jan. 8)" of electrocardiogram and blood tests given to Father Jenco the previous day. "Those results indicated that he should Turn to Page Eleven

r RECEMNG COMMISSION to preach the Gospel is Philip Hamel, among six young men ordained to the transitional diaconate in ceremonies at St. Mary's Cathedral last Saturday. Very Rev. John J. Smith (left) and Rev. John F. Moore assist Bishop Daniel A. Cronin. Msgr. John J. Oliveira, master of ceremonies, is at right. (Gaudette Photo)


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