THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs., Feb. 2,
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Progress Report Made on Jubilee
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,Plans are continuing for the 1979 observance of the 75th anniversary of the Fall R!iver diocese, coordinated~ by Father Ronald A. Tosti. Among developments' is the appointment by Father Horace J. Travassos of a subcommittee in charge of musical programs.
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Members include Father William G. Campbell, Glenn Giuttal"i, Miss Anne Marie Lingard, Paul Delisle and Raymond Delisle. Their assignments include preparation of sacred concerts and area ethnic celebrations as well as commissioning of jubilee music compositions. Father Travassos, with Father Barry W. Wall, will also serve on a subcommittee planning the principal liturgical celebration for the jubilee, a concelebrated Mass to be offered at St. Mary's Cathedral Sunday, March 11, 1979.
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LANOASTER, Pa. (NC) John DeVitry, a Lancaster architect, believes that "everyone has at least a glint of idealist spirit, but some just have more opportunity to use it than others." DeVitry's own idealism reo cently had a very concrete' result for Loatian refugees living in the Ban Nam Yao refugee camp in Thailand. A new hospital designed free of charge by the archite<:t opened there. The Lanl:aster architect, who visited the Icamp in Thailand before drawing up the plans, is a board member of Tom Dooley Heritage Inc. His involvement with the famed physician began in the late 1950s, when he heard the late Tom Dooley speak at the University of Notre Dame. DeVitry, then a student, volunteered "to go back with Tom." Six months later, he was asked to go to L!loS to serve out the nine months left in someone else's two-year tour of duty. He never forgot the experience. He took on the recent project because "the human pysche needs something else to keep it o:oing - after a person works 'lll day to earn a living." The beneficiaries of his idealism are nearly 14,000. Laotian tribesmen who fled their mountain homes rather than be resettled in the lowland areas at the order of the Communist government, Besides them, the hospital wiU serve about 7,000 people in surrounding villages. They suffer from respiratory dieseases, malaria, tuberculosis, parasitic diseases, typhoid fever, malnutrition and vitamin deficiencies. The new hospital, with an examining room, emergency treatment facilit:ies,operating room, pharmacy, laboratory, and men's, women's and children's wards, stands in sharp oontrast to the old bamboo structure with no lights, runn:ing water or sanitary facilities that previously served as a hospital. Two doctors staffed the hospital, where monsoons were a
great concern because of the light construction, DeVitry said. Patients slept on beds of thatched bamboo raised slightly from the dirt floor. There was no operating room and little privacy. The refugees "don't have a thing," DeVitry said. In their villages in Laos, most were slash-and-burn farmers, producing as their main crop a variety of rice that does not need much water. Some were craftsmen and jewelry makers. Besides providing medical care, the staff at the new hospital teaches people how to care for themselves better, Devitry said. Others are being trained in medicine so that the hospital can be turned over to the Thai government. If funds are available, an education building will be erected near the hospital, which is about 10 miles from the Laotian border. Sewing and arts and crafts are encouraged, said DeVitry, who is trying to import some of the wares to sell to finance the medical aid. Operating expenses for the hospital and related work run about $6,000 a month, he noted. Medical specialists volunteer their time to aid the two Australian physicians who work at the hospital, DeVitry said. Like the architect, they are contributing their idealism to continue the vision of Dr. Tom Dooley.
First Fridians Following 6 p.m. Mass tomorrow at Sacred Heart Church, Fall River, members of the First Friday Club will attend a supper meeting at which Fire Chief Louis A. Shea will speak on Fall River's arson problem. Reservations should be made by tonight with Kenneth Leger or John Morgan. Leger, First Friday president, has announced the club has made a donation to the Thomas Cahill Scholarship Fund in memory of their late member, a former high school teacher whe was active in the affairs of SS. Peter and Paul parish, Fall R,iver.
Others on the subcommittee are Mrs. Michael J. Arruda, Robert Coggeshall, Paul Delisle, Claire Hayes, Mary Hayes, Ruth Hurley, Mrs. Jamt~s A. O'Brien Jr., Daniel Shea and Roger Vazina. Rev. Msgr; John J. Oliveira will be a consultant. The subcommittee planning a celebration to follow the concelebrated Mass is headed by Mrs. Michael J. McMahon. Assisting her will be Miss Margaret M. Lahey, Mrs. James A. O'Brien, Jr., Mrs. Anthony J. Geary, Mrs. Edward Gazzarro, Miss Clorinda Ventura, Robert Coggeshall, Michael J. McMahon, Joseph Gromada, Raymond Boulay, Rev. Msgr. John J. Regan, Rev. Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes, Father Wall and Father Travassos. They are preparing invitations, a program booklet, and decorations and will arrange for hospitality, transportation and entertainment in connection with the event. Other jubilee un,dertakings and those in charge of them are -days of recollection, John Levis -priests' prayer days, Father Robert Kaszynski -homily outlines and prayers of the faithful, Father Thomas Rita --traveling exhibits, Antone Pacheco and Vincentian chairmen -area jubilee celebrations, Father James F. Lyons and Sister Mary Evangela -area banquets, Mrs. Richard H. Paulson, Mrs. Aubrey M. Armstrong, Mrs. Thomas J. Long, Miss Adrienne Lemieux, Mrs. Normand Jette, Mrs. James E. Quirk. -jubilee pilgrimage to Romp, Father Tosti
DCCW Board The executive board of the Fall River Diocesan Council of Catholic Women will hold its third quarterly meeting at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 5 at St. Mary's Cathedral School, Fall River. Mrs. James W. Leith of New Bedford, president wiU preside and plans will be finalized for the council's 25th anniversary celebration.