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t eanc 0 VOL. 21, NO. 18
.FALL RIVER, MASS., THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1977
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Catholic Charities Appeal Scores Initial Success IInitial reports from diocesan parishes and from special gifts solicitors have brought the total thus far donated or pledged in the annual Catholic Charities Appeal drive to $366,144.28. Joseph C. Rayball of Attleboro, this year's appeal lay chairman, said: i'The first reFR. DALZELL
FR. POWERS
Name Two Pastors .Define Parishes In .Falmouth Effective June I, Rev. Joseph L. Powers has been named pastor of the new St. Elizabeth Seton parish in Falmouth and Rev. James P. Dalzell will succeed him as pastor of St. Joseph's parish, Woods Hole. Father Powers, a native of Providence, studied at St. Patrick's parish school, Fall River and the former Coyle High School, Taunton. He attended Providence College and St. Mary's Seminary in Baltimore. Ordained in 1946, he served at St. Patrick parish, Falmouth and St. Joseph, Taunton, before being named chaplain at Bishop Stang and then Bishop Feehan High Schools, while serving as diocesan director of the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine. In 1969 he was named adminTurn to Page Six
Frs. Gomes, Carter To Hospital Posts FR. GOMES
FR. CARTER
His Excellency, the Most Reverend Bishop, has announced the assignments of Father Robert Carter and Father John Gomes to the Catholic Ministry at the Union-Truesdale Hospital: Union Division. Father Carter, presently at St. Patrick's parish, Wareham, is returning to Fall River where he served at Sacred Heart parish, for five years. Father Gomes has been at St. Anthony of Padua parish, Fall River for the past three years. Both priests will now serve full time as Catholic chaplains to this hospital division. The announcement of the appointment of Father Carter and Father Gomes to the Catholic Ministry at the Union Division of the Union-Truesdale Hospital can be noted as another sign of the concern of the Church for those who are sick. The new team ministry will Turn to Page Six
ports from parishes indicate a most favorable and generous response by the people to Bishop Cronin's call for support of the apostolates of charity, mercy, education, health and child care of the diocese. I hope every parish will have its first report filed at headquarters in Fall River by the weekend." Parishes surpassing their 1976 final appeal totals will be designated Honor Roll Parishes. Ninety-seven of the 112 parishes of the diocese were on last year's Honor Roll and Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes, diocesan appeal director, said, "We anticipate that every parish will be on this year's list and that we will exceed last year's million dollar campaign. "With the cooperation of priests, solicitors and contributors in the parish and special gifts phases of the appeal, our 1976 record of $1,008,855 can be surpassed. Our motto is 'Beat last year's record!'"
Leading parishes thus far in the campaign follow:
LEADING AREA PARISHES Attleboro Area St. John, Attleboro 11,699.00 Mt. Carmel, Seekonk 8,953.00 St. Mary, Seekonk 6,885.00 Holy Ghost, Attleboro 6,176,50 St. Stephen, Attleboro 5,028.00
Cape & Islands Area St. Francis Xavier, Hyannis St. Pius X, South Yarmouth Holy Trinity, West Harwich Corpus Christi, Sandwich Holy Redeemer, Chatham
16,665.00 12,049.50 8,556.00 7,966.00 6,674.25
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St. Anne1s Hospital Certificate of Need St. Anne's Hospital, Fall River, has filed for a Certificate of Need. The only Catholic hospital in the diocese must conform to state-mandated regulations. Thus it is that the hospital has attempted to meet not only state requirements in is application but also to view the total operation of this Catholic institution in terms of its realistic future.
Donations Asked For Irish Needy Operation Unity, a unique project sponsored by the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick of New Bedford, offers members of the Fall River diocese an opportunity to send clothing, bedding, and a wide variety of other articles to the needy in both the north and south of Ireland. Goods will be shipped at no cost in "The Bay State," a training ship of the Massachusetts Maritime Academy scheduled to leave Massachusetts May 26 and arrive in Dublin June 10. The vessel undertook a similar project recently on a voyage to the Azores, at which time Portuguese-Americans had the opportunity to ship goods to their homeland. Turn to Page Six
As a Catholic hospital, St. Anne's must face the great problem of need and demand for its various services as regulated by the state of Massachusetts. In order to meet the standards outlined by governmental agencies, the hospital has now submitted a new Certificate of Need application. The proposed project includes elimination of the 1906 noncode conforming buildings from the hospital site. Patient areas would then be centered in the remaining structures which meet all current state building standards. Turn to Page Six
Teachers Gather In Attleboro As some 1400 classroom and religious education teachers meet today and' tomorrow at Bishop Feehan High School, Attleboro, for the annual Catholic Education convention of the diocese, those they serve will be there too. Students from Coyle and Cassidy High School, Taunton, will provide music for this morning's opening liturgy, while a youth choir from Our Lady of the Turn to Page Six
BISHOP REGAN
HClrassment Told By Bishop Regan Maryknoll Bishop Joseph W. Regan, 72, of Fairhaven, head of the Philippine Island's prelature of Tagum, is among religious ::eaders affected by the martial law regime of President Ferdinand E. Marcos. In the past year 78 lay workers ::n the Tagum prelate have been arrested and detained in what Bishop Regan called "an attempt at persecution," Other repressive measures in the Philippines have included c1osi::lg of two Catholic publications and two radio stations, deportation of four missionaries and refusal to allow entry to another. Torture and indefinite detention of political prisoners contrary to vehement government deni~ds have been documented by the Association of Major Religiolls Superiors in the Philippines in a second heavily documented study dated March 31. A first study was issued in March 1976. The new study said that as of March there were 563 detainees in prison camps. It reported in detail on 43 prisoners SUbjected to various forms of tortu:re. Thl~ study said harassment of religious leaders who spoke against such violations of human rights had become persecutiO::l. "One can only hope and pray Turn to Page Six
CCA Honor Roll Ms:gr. Anthony M. Gomes, Catholic Charities Appeal director, has announced that Espirito Sante, parish, Fall River, is first to attain 1977 Honor Roll status, surpassing its 1976 campaign returns. It was closely followed by Holy Cross parish, South Easton, second on the Honor Roll.