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Friday, March IS, 1991
FALL RIVER, MASS.
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Permanent deacon to head Appeal Permanent Deacon Claude LeBlanc of St. Mary's parish, New Bedford, has been selected diocesan chairman of the 1991 Catholic Charities Appeal. The appointment of Deacon LeBlanc was announced today by Bishop Daniel A. Cronin, honorary chairman of the Appeal. Deacon LeBlanc is a native of St. Anthony's parish, New Bedford, and attended the parish's elementary school and former high school. He graduated from the New Bedford Institute of Technology with a bachelor's degree in marketing. He has been employed for 20 years by the Commonwealth Gas Company as a commercial-industrial sales representative. He was ordained a permanent ~eacon by Bishop Cronin on June
20, 1987, after four years of preparation. His ministry at St. Mary's parish includes preparation of children for baptism, reconciliation and Holy Eucharist and baptismal catechesis of parents for their children's entrance into the Catholic faith. He is past president ofSt. Mary's School board and was chairman ofthe parish building fund. He has also been Catholic Charities chairman for the parish and for the building fund committee of St. Luke's Hospital, New Bedford; an advisor for Junior Achievement; and spiritual advisor to the Vincentians of St. Mary's parish. He and his wife, Therese, are the parents of three children, Diane, Julie and Margaret. This year's Catholic Charities Appeal marks 50 years of service to the communities of Southeast-
ern Massachusetts in the fields of social services and education. Bishop Cronin has been honorary Appeal chairman for,21 years. The special gifts phase of the Appeal will continue from April 22 to May 4. This phase solicits support of professional, fraternal, business and industrial organizations. The parish Appeal phase will begin May 5, when. over 20,500 parish volunteers will visit families of the III parishes of the diocese, soliciting contributions from over 350,000 Catholics for the works of charity and mercy. The parish phase ertds May 15. The Appeal kickoffmeeting will be held at Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River, at 8 p.m. April 17, preceded by a reception at 7 p.m.
DEACON CLAUDE A. LeBLANC
In shamrock season, Ballyshannon memories
BISHOP DANIEL A. Cronin, center, and Rev. John F. Moore, beside him, director ofthe Diocesan Office of the Permanent Diaconate, stand with men admitted to diaconal candidacy. From left, front, Jfohn J. Emmert, Robert L. Surprenant, John F. Branco, Bruce J.Bonneau; center, John J. Fitzpatrick, Paul M. Fournier, Thomas J. Souza; rear, Forrest L. Wallace, Paul K. Roma, George H. Zarella. (Studio D photo)
Ten diaconal candidates nam:ed Ten men were admitted to·candidacy for the permanent diaconate of the diocese of Fall River last Sunday, at St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River. Bishop Daniel A. Cronin was principal celebrant of a Mass during which the admission ceremony took place. Assisting him was Rev. John F. Moore, di'rector of the permanent diaconate program. Msgr. John J. Oliviera was master of ceremonies. The candidates have been in the diaconal formation program for
two of the four/years required for ordination. During the ceremony, candidates publicly express their desire to be ordained to the permanent diaco,nate and the bishop accepts their declaration. Pastors and parochial vicars of the candidates' parishes joined Bishop Cronin as concelebrants of the Mass, which was also attended by family members and friends. The candidates and their home parishes follow: Bruce John Bon-
neau and Robert Laurier Surprenant, St. John Neumann, East Freetown; John Farias Branco, Our Lady of Angels, Fall River; John Joseph Emmert, Corpus Christi, Sandwich; John Joseph Fitzpatrick, Holy Family, East Taunton; Paul Maurice Fournier, Holy Ghost, Attleboro. Paul Kevin Roma, Christ the King, Mashpee; Thomas Joseph Souza, Our Lady of Lourdes, Taunton; Forrest Lee Wallace, St. Mary, Norton; George Henry Zarella, Holy Cross, South Easton.
boasts IS an excellent collection of With shamrocks popping up on Irish books and art, and whose every side, the thoughts of Holy president recently sponsored a Union Sister Grace Donovan turn to the small Irish town of Bally- cabaret presentation showcasing the talents of 16 singers, musicians shannon in County Donegal. A few years ago the campus and step dancers. minister and associate professor of All from Donegal, they ranged history at Stonehill College, North in age from 10 to "50 plus." Their Easton, combined two histories of program, presented on their first Ballyshannon, one covering the trip to the United States, ranged period from the ninth to the 19th from poetry, including works of centuries, published by Hugh AlWilliam Allingham, to harp, tin lingham in 1879; the other, taking whistle and bodhran music, extracts Ballyshannon into the 20th cen- from famous Irish dramas, step tury, published in the early 1920s dancing and exile songs, the latter by Canon Edward Maguire. plaintive laments of immigrants She added material,. garnered far from the Emerald Isle. largely from the Donegal DemoCathedral Mass crat, a weekly county newspaper, Also within the diocese, Father bringing Ballyshannon history up Horace J. Travassos, rector of St. to 1988. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River, said All three histories share the title that Irish music will be featured at Ballyshannon but have differing subtitles: Allingham's being "Bal-' a 10 a.m. Mass Sunday. He noted that the 10 o'clock Mass, always Iyshannon: Its History and Antiqoffered for the people, is the chief uities"; Canon Maguire's "Ballyliturgy at the principal church of shannon: Past and Present"; and the diocese. Sister Donovan's "Ballyshannon: The Rare Old Times." Turn to Page 10 Sister Donovan's title is drawn from a poem by William Allingham, brother, and she used other quotes from the poet as headings for her history. She said she was nominated for' the updating assignment by Father Bartley MacPhaidin, CSC, president of Stonehill College and' also a Donegal man, who was asked by Boston contractor Edward Barron to suggest an author for the project. Barron, a Ballyshannon native, commissioned publication of the history for distribution in his hometown. Sister Donovan, a Fall River native, traces her own roots to counties Kerry and Cork. She fits Bauman photo well into the Irish atmosphere of SISTER DONOVAN Stonehill College, one of whose