t eanc 0 VOL. 43, NO. 18 • Friday, April 30, 1999
FALL RIVER, MASS.
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Convention celebrated all stages of life ~
an incredible Catholic." The convention began with a Mass in thanksgiving for the gift of human life. Bishop Sean P. O'Malley OFM, Cap., was principal celebrant and homilist. After attending Mass in the school's auditorium the attendees began a day fIlled with a flood of speakers who focused on the , sanctity of human life. In his homily Bishop O'Malley addressed the recent school-shooting tragedy in Littleton, Colo.! and the ad-
vancing culture ofdeath forwarded by the "slippery slope" of partial-birth abortions. "Our society is terribly flawed and we need to affIrm the sanctity of human life ... the life God gave us when we were born and the life he gave us By MIKE GORDON when we were baptized," said the bishop. ''The most powANcHOR STAFF erful weapon is love... it's stronger than death ... pierces the heart of an enemy and transforms that enemy into a FALL RNER - Internationally-known pro-life offibrother or sister." cial and speaker. Helen M. Alvare, encouraged several Part of the day found winners of the annual Pro-Life Eshundred attendees at the Fall River Diocesan Pro-Life Consay Contest reading their subvention last Saturday to "stick missions. They were awarded out" with their beliefs and "rea certifIcate and U.S. Savings member that our bodies and Bond by the bishop. The conminds are the instruments test is sponsored by the Diocthrough which the Gospel of esan Pro-Life Office and the Life will be spoken." theme of the essays was "UnIn a powerful presentation til No More Children Die and which focused on a recent No More Women Cry:' statement from the U.S. CathoDirector of the Pro-Life lic Bishops entitled "Living Office, Father Stephen A. the Gospel of Life: A ChalFernandes, praised the work of lenge to American Catholics," the students. "These essays she urged her audience to "trishow us how wise our children umph over the despair you see are. They want to make aborand carryon in prayer and tion unthinkable," he said. love for the Gospel of Life." Winners included Kaitlyn Alvare, director of planMello, first place, grades six ning and information services through eight, from Our Lady in the secretariat for Pro-Life of Fatima Parish, New BedActivities at the National Conford, and Amanda Grazioli, ference of Catholic Bishops' second place, Holy Cross ParHeadquarters in Washington, ish, South Easton. D.C., said the conference, held For grades nine through at Bishop Connolly High 12, Melanie Williams, a School, was her last speaking sophomore from Bishop engagement before taking time Stang High School, captured off for the birth of a child. first place and senior Joel ''The bishops' statement reMaxwell, also from Stang, minds us that we have basic placed second. goodness," she asserted. "It A second speaker for the calls on American Catholics to convention was Canadian be leaders and we must fIght KEYNOTE SPEAKER Helen Alvan~ comments to Bishop Sean O'Malley during her presenta- Mark Pickup who lives with for all people. You must put your faith and fact at the heart tion at the Pro-Life Convention at Bishop Connolly High School last weekend. To her right is Father chronic progressive multiple Tum to page 13 - Life of your public service and be Stephen A. Fernandes, director of the diocesan Pro-Life Office. (AnchodGordon photo)
Last Saturday's well-attended event keyed on hope and courage.
Parish phase of Charities Appeal opens Sunday
Anchor's production manager is also an award-~gnewsman ~
Dave Jolivet can wear many hats with ease. By JAMES N. DUNBAR
FALL RIVER - Today's Catholic newspapers, like their secular counterparts, are always looking for the allround newsperson and production whiz that can get the job done timely with accuracy, brevity and clarity. For The Anchor, that person is David B. Jolivet, a prize-winning writer during his tenure' with The Taunton Daily Gazette, and The Anchor's current production manager. A native of Fall River and a member of Notre Dame Parish, Dave, 42, honed his writing skills as a medical under-
writer for seven years at Aetna Life and Casualty and six years for Blue Cross as a fraud investigator in its Medicare program. Later a correspondent for The Herald News for fIve years, Dave was a writer and photographer for The Anchor for two years before heading to the Gazette where he was a sportswriter and later became editor of the Sports Department. He returned to the Anchor in December, 1998. It was during his two years at the Taunton newspaper that one of his sports stories won the coveted and prestigious first prize in the New England Press Association's 1998 Annual Better Newspaper Contest. Tum to page 13 - Award
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THE AWARD - and the man, Dave Jolivet.
111 parishes will begin to canvas.
FALL RNER - Sunday marks the beginning of the parish phase of the 1999 Catholic Charities Appeal throughout the Fall River Diocese. Often referred to as "Catholic Charities Sunday", this is the day when volunteer solicitors from many of the III parishes canvas households of fellow parishioners to receive contributions to the Appeal. Some parishes, in response to busy family schedules and expansive parish Tum to page 13 - Appeal