Convention the The Fall River Diocesan Coun more than your part to make it cil 9f Catholic Women resolved work," continued Miss Coleman. at its annual convention last She referred to recent DCCW Saturday at St. Francis Xavier participation in an effort to make parish, Hyannis, to "work tire NCCW headquarters a self-suffi lessly for disarmament and the cient entity. Area women or abolition of all nuclear weapons." ganized a successful bridal fash as urged by Pope John Paul II. ion show featuring wedding Over 400 delegates asked "that styles for the past 60 years and all nations limit nuclear arms contributed proceeds to the na and work towards the outlawing tional campaign. ' of nuclear weaponry and all Miss Coleman told the dele forms of germ and chemical war gates that as Catholic leaders fare." they should learn techniques of It was further resolved that making their influence effective the DCCW "join with the Leader in both church and society. ship Conference of Women Reli "You must know the facts, be gious on May 30, Pentecost informed on issues, study them Sunday, to pray for peace and carefully and rationally, listen, express concern about the nu read, form your conscience, be clear arms race by mailing prepared to discuss," she said, pledge cards to the White Hohse adding that knowledge of parlia containing a personal statement mentary procedure is vital. about the nuclear arms build Often a meeting or an issue up." or a crucial vote is stolen from The resolution was pr')sented us, simply because we are lost in by Mrs. William Grover, Digh the maze of parliamentary law," ton, fourth vice-president of the she warned. DCCW. It reflected the day's She reported a resurgence of theme: Renewal of the Temporal "grassroots interest" in NCCW, Order in Conformity with the ascribing it to women's recogni Mind of the Church. "It is more clear each time I tion of the fundamental chal come to the Fall River diocese lenges facing church and society the extraordinary contribution and to "a solid conviction that, the women make to every worth joined in union with other wo while effort," said Miss Winifred men who share our convictions Coleman, executjve director of and our, values we must and can the National Council of Cath and wiU do something about olic Women in her keynote ad them." Bishop Daniel A. Cronin, con dress to delegates. vention guest of honor, was "It is clear from the extra ordinary generosity of your re principal concelebrant' at a sponse to our 60th Anniversary' noon Mass. He expressed grati Fund Drive that you believe in tude to Msgr. Anthony M. NCCW and are wHling to do Turn to Page Six
Appeal
Over 19,000 volunteer parish solicitors will make house calls on parishioners this Sunday, ask ing donations and pledges to the 41st annual Catholic Charities Appeal. Some 106,000 homes, repre senting more than 325,000 peo ple, will be visited between noon and 3 p.m. in the diocese's 113 parishes. The appeal funds maintenance and expansion of diocesan apos tolates of charity, mercy, educa tion, social services and health care. In a letter read last weekend at diocesan churches, Bishop Daniel A. Cronin said: "The par ish phase of the Catholic Chari ties Appeal here in our dear diocese of Fall River, will begin ' on May 2. "I write to you to encour age your generous support of
this year's appeal. As the theme for our 1982 appeal expresses it, 'Your Gift Can Do So Much For So Many.' ' "How true these words are: Through your generosity and the support given by countless numbers of good folks like you, our diocese, as a unified family, is enabled to carryon programs and apostolates which reach out to those in need around us. "While the Special Gift Phase of the appeal brings a generous response from business and pro fessional sectors, the steady and enthusiastic support of good peo ple like you is responsible in large measure, for the success of the Catholic Charities Appeal each year. I rely confidently once again this year upon your kind generosity." Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes, dio Tum to Page Two
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ENTHUSIASTICALLY WIELDING shovels at groundbreaking ceremonies for a rec tory and parish center at Our Lady of Victory Church, Centerville, are, from left, Rev. James R. McLellan, associate pastor; Raymond Carroll of R. J. Marshalll lBuilding Co.; Bishop Daniel A. Cronin; James Edwards of Holmes & Edwards Archi~ects; and Rev. John A. Perry, pastor. (Sr. Gertrude Gaudette Photo)
Cardinal Cody
Funeral CHICAGO (NC) services were held yesterday at Holy Name Cathedral for Car dinal John Cody, 74, who died last Sunday, apparently of car diac arrest. Burial was at Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Hillside, III.,' a Chicago suburb. , Father John R. Keating, 48, archdiocesan chancellor, has been named administrator by the archdiocesan board of con sultors. He will direct day-to day operations of the huge Chic ago see until Cardinal Cody's success?r is appointed. The cardinal, who had suffer ed from heart problems, had been hospitalized several times in the last year, including a period from Dec. 22, 1981, to ,Jan. 16, 1982, when he was re leased briefly to celebrate Christ mas Eve midnight Mass. His leadership of the Chicago
Archdiocese's 2.5 million Cath olics was marked both by achievements and controversy including accusations from some priests and lay people n',at the cardinal did not consult or com municate with others. In one instance he aroused ire when the archdiocese announced . plans to close' schools serving minority children, although the archdiocesan school board had asked that the closings be sus pended. A statement in the car dinal's name announcing the res cission of powers of the arch diocesan school board to review requests for school closings was read to the Chicago priests' sen ate, which criticized the car dinal's actions. But Cardinal Cody also ap proved subsidies to keep inner city schools open, even when i5 percent of the schools' enroll
ment was non-Catholic. And the cardinal was a leading voice against racism in the city. In recent months he drew at· tention when the Chicago Sun Times reported in September 1981 that he was the subject of a federal grand jury investiga tion to determine whether he had improperly channeled church funds for the use of his 'step cousin Helen Dolan Wilson. The Sun-Times also reported expenditures by Mrs. Wilson far exceeding her income and de posits by Cardinal Cody during the same period of more than $1 million into two unaudited bank accounts under his personal con trol. ' The Chicago Archdiocese de nied that there had been any misuse' of church funds and Car dinal Cody called the Sun-Times .Turn to Page Six