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THE_ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., April 15, 1983
Past leaders honored At a supper and concelebrated Mass earlier this month at St. John of God parish, Somerset, the Fall River District Council of Catholic Women honored past district presidents and Miss 'Margaret M. Lahey, a past dioce san president and for years the council's liaison to the annual Bishop's Charity Ball. Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes, dis trict and diocesan council mod erator, was principal celebrant of the Mass, concelebrated' by 15 area and parish moderators. Following the Mass he and Mrs. Manuel Nogueira, district council president, presented past president pins to 13 of Mrs. No gueira's predecessors. ' Receiving the pins were Mrs. Anne Tuttle, 'Mrs. Rose Sasso, ,Mrs. Gertrude O',Brien, Miss Helen Chase, Mrs. Claire Mc Mahon, . Mrs. Madeline Coady: Miss Clorinda Ventura. Mrs., Doris Poisson, Mrs. Mar. garet Leger, Mrs. Annette Gag non, Mrs. Claudette Armstrong, Miss Claire O'Toole, Mrs. Doris Thibault. Miss Lahey, 'who is leaving the diocese to take up residence
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in Memphis with a niece, re ceived a specially designed pin in recognition of her long ser vice to council and diocesan ac tivities, especially the Bishop's Ball. Husbands of the district coun cil officers prepared the supper preceding the Mass, for which music was provided by the St. John of God choir directed by Tobias Monte. ' Past presidents offered the prayer of the faithful and were lectors and members of the offer tory procession. The homilist, Msgr. Giles Si mard, moderator of the Boston province of the National Coun cil of Catholic Women, told his RUTH W. WEAVER welcomes Bishop Daniel A. Cronin to the annual Bishop's Night hearers that their mission 'was ' of the New Bedford Catholic Woman's Club as Mary Elizabeth LaRoche, president (left), to bring the good news of .Christ and Eileen Cyr, vice-president, look on. (Rosa Photo) to the contemporary world. He noted, quoting Pope Paul VI, that ','modern ~an listens more to the witness'es of the Gospel . than the teachers."
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The moderator warned against activism, stressing that apos tolic works are ineffective unless ~ccompanied by' prayer.
Jubilarian Sister Vivi'enne Viens, a Fall River native and the daughter of Omer and the late Rose De Lima '(Gagnon) ,Viens, ,was among four members of the Sisters of Providence. who' marked 'their 25th anniversary in religious , .life at services last Sunday at . the community's mother house ,in Holyoke. ' An occupational therapist at Sunshine'Vi:llage, a Chicopee fa· cility serving the mentally reo,' tarded, Sister, Viens is a grad uate of Cardinal Cushing Col lege, Brookline. She served in the novitiate and accounting departments and as assistant treasurer general of , her community and as an ac countant at several hospitals be fore becoming an occupational therapist. In that capacity she was at several state hospitals, at her community's infirmary and ,a consultant at a nursing home before accepting her present position.
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Continued from page one Referring to differences be tween the positions taken by the pastoral. and ~'current U.S. .policy," Cardinal Bernardin and Archbishop Roach said: "These include, for example, advocacy of a policy of 'no first use' of nuclear weapons' and support for early and' successful 'conclusion of negotiation~ on t,he Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty."
(necroloCiY) April 16 Rev. Arthur E. Langlois, On Sick Leave. 1928, Denver Colo rado April 18 Rev. Hugh B. Harrold, Pastor, 1935, St. Mary. Mansfield Rev. Rt. Rev. John F. McKeon. P.R.. Pastor, 1956, St: Lawrence, New Bedford .
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April 20; Rev. Edward F. Coyle. S.S., 1954, St. Mary Seminary, Paca St., Maryland ·Rev. James E. O'Reilly, Pas tor Emeritus, 1970, Mt. Carmel, Seekonk April 22 Rev. 'James L. Smith,' Pastor, 1910, Sacred Heart, Taunton , Rev. Thomas F. Fitzgerald, Pastor, 1954, .St. Mary, Nan· ·tucket '
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of the past four decades and which will undoubtedly remain central to the. policies of many administrations to come . . . The pastoral letter's moral crit- que is directed not just to issues. of the moment but to issues with a long history in our national life."
the prelates .emphasized that the war and peace pastoral "d~als with .issues anc~ policies w.hich have been central to the policies of every administration
''0/A()HINGTON (NC) ~;r.he gern;!ral secre~ary .of ,the V,S. Catholic Conference has· called for passage of an immigration reform bill by the 98th Congress, which is currently considering such legislation: "Enactment of comprehensive, equitable immigration reform legislation is long overdue." said Msgr. Daniel F. Hoye. Outlining possible legislation, Msgr. Hoye said the USCC favors "a fair and generous legalization program undocu , mented (illegal) aliens," giving legal residency' to all such per sons in the United States as of Jan. 1, 1983. The conferE!nce "opposes bar ring legalized aliens from federal financial assistance programs which base participation on fin ancial need;" "opposes impos ing sanctions on employers who hire undocumented aliens;'" and backs "an immediate increase in visa allocations for lawful im migrants from' . Canada . 'and Me~dco." . . It supports establishment of "an independent immigration appeals board" appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate; and op poses attempts to turn a' pro gram for admitting' temporary workers into a "massive, irtsti· . tutionalized" guest \\!,orker pro gram.
SISTER PATRICIA ANN WEIR recently pronounced final 'vows as a Franciscan Missionary of IyIary at her community;s chapel in North Providence.
April 19 A fonner Anny nurse who Rev. Msgr~ Leo J. puart, Pas~ served in Europe, Vietnam tor, 1975, St. Peter the Apostle, ,and o'n' the .islands of the Provincetown
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Cardinal Bernardin and Arch
bishop' Roach stresse~ that the
third. ,draft of the .pastoral is
subject .to change.
"There is little doubt that it
will be changed; this has always
been the experience of the bish
ops' conference on major docu ·ments...• they said. "It would therefore .be premature and risky for anyone - ourselves !ncluded - to say; 'This repre sents the policy of the Catholic · bishops.' "
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Pacific Ocean, Sister Patricia was. ,missioned to Taiwan after she entered religion. She is now a nurse with the ·Pawtucket .Yisiting Nurse Association and is stationed at St. 'Anthony Convent, Fall River. The choir of· St. Louis Church, Fall River, .~ang at her profession Mass. '.
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Recollections "Sometimes when the soul least thinks of it and it least de sires it, God touches it divinely, causing certain recollections of himself." St. John of. the Cross