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VOL. 45, NO. 13 • Friday, March 30, 2001 ,
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The Anchor moUrns loss of general Dlanager ~
Rosemary Dussault had been with the Fall River diocese's newspaper for more than 40 years. By JAMES N.
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FALL RIVER - Rosemary Dussault, who helped launch The Anclwr in 1957 and as general manager guided the diocesan newspaper's growth across the expanse of the Fall River diocese, died March 22 in St. Anne's HospitaL . Dussault, who had battled cancer since last summer and had gone into retirement earlier this year, was 71. A Somerset resident for 20 years and a member of S1. Thomas More Parish, she had moved to 'TIverton, R.I. a month ago. Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, OFM Cap., reflected on Dussault's dedication. "I was ple~ to be able to present Rose, mary Dussault with the Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice Medal, a sign of the Church's recognition of decades of selfless service to the Diocese of Fall River in our media apostolate. She was a woman of faith, a competent pro-
circulation and style as she added feature writ- one of the founders of its credit union. fessional, an outstanding Catholic." In 1970 she was honored by the diocese Born in Fall River, she was a daughter of ers, veteran editors and skilled production techthe late William H. Dussault Sr., and the late nicians. Having assisted in the years when with its Marian Medal for her dedication and Helen (McGough) Dussault. Her mother died cumbersome paste-up of newspaper pages service. Last November, Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, when she was twowas the style, she was years-old. She was quick to bring sophis- OFM Cap., presented her with the prestigious raised by her father an~ ticated computer tech- . papal medal Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice for outby Joseph and Celia nology to all facets of standing service to the Church. The medal was Watson. She resided in the newspaper's op- instituted by Pope Leo XIII in 1888 in memory , Fall River during her erations and just this ,of his golden sacerdotal jubilee. Made a peryouth. year realized a long manent award in 1898, it is awarded to those, As one of the first ambition to bring who, in a general way, have served the Church employeesofthefledgcolor to the pages of ,and the papacy. Dussault leaves a brother, William H. ling newspaper, she The Anclwr. ~~-~ ~~~~ Dussault Jr., of Swansea; three sisters: Rita ing long hours in circuwas the only female LaPointe of Fairhaven, Helen Souza of lation, production, ad- ~, advertising executive Tiverton, R:I., and Cecilia Mahoney of at national Catholic Tiverton and Somerset; and nieces and vertising and bookkeep- . ing to get The Anclwr PressAssociation con- nephews. , Msgr. John E..Moore, editor of The Anknown and read by ventions. .Catholics in the region. A 1948 graduate of clwr, wll$:pruid~ celebrant and h8milist at Under Dussault's 44 the fo~er Academy her funeiil Mass on Monday in S1. Thomas of the Sacred Hearts, More ChUrch. Bishop O'Malley presided. years of professional ~~'. "_.' leadership and as gen- r----::c--,;T"'" Dussault was a com- Burial was in St. Patrick's Cemetery, Fall ' eral manager and ad'_ municant of Immacu- River. The Jeffrey E. Sullivan Funeral' Home, vertising executive, the 1L... ._-R....;..;O'-S-EM-A-R-y...:.-O-U...:.SJlSA·U:....L:=:r=--_.. late Conception Parish 550 Lo¢~sr Street, Fall River, was in charge newspaper advanced in ,in her youth and was of artangtiments, .' I
Youth· make impact at diocesan Pro-Life Mass·· By
DAVE JOLIVET ANCHOR STAFF
In front of a filled church, Bishop O'Malley said, ''The future of our Church is in our youth, as is the future of the ProHYANNIS - Continuing to ride the Life movement." youthful momentum of the Pro-Life March The Mass is tradi.in Washington, D.C. tionally held on the this past January, feast of the Annunciascores of Catholic tion. "Mary'sjiat, Mary's school students from saying 'yes' to God, was throughout the Diocese Mary saying ~yes' to life," of Fall River gathered said the bishop. "When at St. Francis Xavier Jesus was conceived, he Church here on Monwas not a lump of tissue. day to attend the annual He was the Word made diocesan Pro-Life Mass, flesh." sponsored by the diocBishop O'Malley told esan Pro-LifeApostolate. the students that thos~ Students from Bishop who advocate abortion Stang High School in deceive people by calling North Dartmouth, St. themselves pro-choice. Margaret'S in Buzzards "In fact they are really pro Bay, Holy Trinity in death," he said. West Harwich, St. Marian Desrosiers, assisAnne's in Fall River, ESSAY CONTEST winners meet with Bishop O'Malley after the Pro- tant director of the diocesan St. Mary-Sacred Heart in North Attleboro, and Life Mass. The essays were .based on a poem by Madele[ne Lavoie, Pro-Life Apostolate, was St. Francis Xavier Pre- left. With Lavoie and the bishop are, from left: Myles Derbyshire, Caitlin Tum to page 13 paratory School in M~ueen, sarah Smith and Alissa Mari Rebello. (AnchodJolivet photo) Pro-Life Hyannis heard Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, OFM Cap. deliver an impassioned homily on behalf of society's most vulnerable members, the unborn and the elderly.
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iii Honduras : WEST HARWICH -.:... When Polishborn Father Joseph' Blyskosz heads to Guaimaca, Honduras April' 25 to join the Fall River diocese's mission there, h"e'll be realizing an ambition he had as a young seminarian: "Isn't it funny that I had to . learn J;':ngli,sh in: order to come to this country in: order to. stu'dy' .and become a priest and when I get here, have FATHER JOSEPH to go to Mexico' : BLYSKOSZ to learn Spanish to work in a mission in Central America," the 32-year-old parochial vicar at Holy Trinity Parish s.aid with a wide grin and an infectious laugh. Father Blyskosz, who was ordained Tum, to page 13- Mission