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VOL. 45, NO.3· Friday, January 19,2001
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Diocesan youth
ready for March for Life ~
Fertilization theme key to 2001 Washington demonstration. .
AMONG THOSE participating in a Martin Luther King Day Service in Bethel A.M.E. Church Monday were, from left, Rabbi William Kaufman and Cantor Richard Wolberg of Temple Beth EI, Fall River Mayor Edward M. Lambert Jr., Rev. Richard E. Morris, the host pastor; Rev. Robert Lawrence, pastor, First Congregational Church; and Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, OFM Cap. (Anchor photos)
Ecumenical service marks Martin Luther King Day ~
Hundreds gather to pray tribute to the late Civil Rights leader.
Durfee High School's United Culture Club read her prizewinning essay, "Do The Right Thing.". Drawing loud ovation from the congregation were choBy JAMES N. DUNBAR ral selections by the Bethel A.M.E. Choir directed by FALL RIVER - In Gospel music, dance, ScripFrances Scott and with music by Tom and Charlene Korey; a solo, "Always Look Up," by Ed Peters; and ture and reflections, the late Dr. Martin Luther King was remembered at an ecumenical service Monday ; two fine performances by the church's lO-member ' mixed dance group Power Ministry. in Bethel A.M.E. Church. , Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, OFM Cap., the Hundreds, representing many faiths, at. ~ - __ last of several ~peakers, addressed slatended the annual service sponsored • .''-----.. very, desegregation and integration, by the Interfaith Council of Greater Fall River, Inc., and a collation that . calling racism ".. a cancer on our sofollowed. / _<-'~ ciety." , H e told the story of a young, The Rev. Richard E. Morris, pastor of the Bethel A.M.E. Church, directed the white, Chicago man, clad in heavy clothing and a , ski mask in order to jog in the cold, who recently service. : was mistaken for a black in the white neighborThe Rev. Robert Lawrence, pastor of the First ! hood resulting in receiving racial slurs and insults. Congregational Church offered the invocation "At first he was amused, but then the horror and Gladys Edmonds of the host church gave i struck him: that these people hated him," the bishop the welcome. i said, ~'only because they suspected he was black." Rabbi William Kaufman of Temple Beth El \ g gadv~~~ lrbeadin , and Candt?r Richl.~ I He sUbske~uently l~led~ed hdiI?self to ar nO erg drewa stan mg ovawor lor raCIa Justice an mtegration after delivering King's hisGOD'S GLORY - One of the 10- tion in our country, he added. member Power Ministry moves through In another reflection, Bishop toric, "I have a dream" speech. . Jacqui Haskett Anfield and the vibrant, religious dance that drew loud O'Malley remembered John Christine Sears gave Scriptural ovation from the congregation attending Howard Griffin, a white American readings and Dian~ Boulanger of Martin Luther King Day services. Turn to page J3 - MLK
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By JAMES N. DUNBAR AND eNS REPORTS
FALL RIVER - Young people and adults from across the Diocese of Fall River are packing their bags and pr~paring to head to Washington, D.C., for next Monday's 28th annual March for Life events that decry the evils of abortion and seek for Pro-Life to again be the law of the land in America. According to Marian Desrosiers, assistant director of the diocesan Pro-Life Office of which Father Stephen A. Fernandes is director, more than 331 people will be transported by six buses to attend the march, Masses and activities that speak out against 1973's dreaded Roe v. Wade decision allowing abortion-on-demand. Four buses carrying approximately 220 young people will leave this diocese on Saturday morning for lodgings in Virginia. The group includes students from all four Catholic High Schools: 34 from Bishop Feehan, 62 from Coyle-Cassidy, 17
The gathering will find that the tenor for the 2001 March for Life promises to be markedly different from January 1993, the last time a new president was inaugurated.
from Bishop Connolly, and 67 from Bishop Stang. Added to those are three young people from Christ the King Parish in Ma.shpee, 17 from Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Seekonk, eight from Sacred Heart in North Attleboro, and 12 from Our . Lady of Mount Carmel Church in New Bedford. Another two buses with an expected 101 adults representing many parishes, will leave Sunday morning and arrive in Washington in time to obtain hotel and motel lodgings and then join at an 8 p.m., Mass at the Immaculate Conception Basilica. Along with Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, OFM Cap., there are 12 members of the diocesan clergy . heading to the march.' . Among Sunday's activities for the youth is a visit to the Holocaust Museum. On Monday night there will be a bus tour of the Capitol and a dinner. On Monday, the local pilgrims will attend a Mass celebrated by Bishop O'Malley in Our Lady Queen of the America's Church, and then proceed to the Elipse to join with tens of thousands of Pro-Lifers from across the nation in the rally and march. The gathering will find that the tenor for the 2001 March for Life promises to be markedly different from January 1993, the last time a new president was inaugurated. Eight years ago, some marchers waved "Impeach Tum to page J3 - Life