SERVING . . .SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSmS CAPE COD & THE ISLANDS
t eanc 0 VOL. 24, NO. 19
FALL RIVER, MASS., THURSDAY, MAY 8; 1980
20c, $6 Per Year
Appeal at $480,559 The first reports from parishes and special gift solicitors have increased the total of the 1980 Charities Appeal to $480,559. Special gift solicitors are requested to make their final returns by this Saturday, Parishes will continue to make calls on parishioners not contacted last Sunday. The parish phase ends on May 14. The Appeal books will be open for contributions until May 23 at 1 p.m., the closing date for th~ Appeal. Parish Honor Roll Parishes which surpass their 1979 final Appeal totals in this
year's Appeal will be enrolled on the 1980 Parish Honor Roll. Last year, 85 parishes were on the Honor Roll. Rev. Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes, diocesan director of the Appeal, said: "We are anticipating that every parish - 113 - will be on this year's Honor Roll. We must have substantial increases in every parish to meet this year's Appeal goal of $1,250,000." The first parishes to achieve Honor Roll status are St. Francis Xavier, Hyannis; St. Boniface, New Bedford; and Our Lady of the Angels, Fall River. (Parish Listings, page'two)
Education changes
IN THE TEHERAN MORGUE, Archbishop Hilarion Capucci sprinkles holy water on the remains of the eight American servicemen who died in the aborted Iranian rescue mission. The archbishop afterwards took custody of the remains to arrange their return to the United States. (NC Photo)
F ather~ Drinan cannot run WASHINGTON (NC) - Jesuit Father Robert F. Drinan, a fiveterm member of Congress, has been denied permissiol) by his Jesuit superiors to seek another term in office this fall. The directive ordering the Massachusetts Democrat not to seek re-election was issued by Jesuit Father Pedro Arrupe, superior general of the Society of Jesus in Rome. Father Arrupe said his direc路"
tive reflected "the express wish" of Pope John Paul II. Bishop Thomas Kelly, general secretary of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, said church law always has prohibited priests from participating in partisan politics. Jesuit Father Edward M. 0' Flaherty, Father Drinan's religious superior in the New England Jesuit province, noted that an exception was made for
Father Drinan when he first ran for Congress in 1970. That exception had been upheld in succeeding years, Father O'Flaherty said. "Nevertheless, 'it is obvious that, in the pope's view, the reasons that commended the idea of Father Drinan's candidacy up to now no longer apply," saKi Father O'Flaherty in a statement released May 5. Tum. to Page Seven
The naming of four religious to staff positions in the Diocesan Department of Education was announced today by Reverend George W. Coleman, Director of Education. Sister Doreen Donegan, S.U.S.C., presently assistant director of religious education, will assume directorship of that department as of July 1. A native of New York City, Sister Doreen taught in the Archdioceses of New York and Baltimore. Before coming to the Diocesan Department of Education, she was chairman of the religious department at Coyle-Cassidy High School, Taunton. She holds a master's degree in religious studies from Providence College. Sister Laurita Hand, 'P.B.V.M., pr~sently assistant superintendent of schools, will become superintendent on July 1. Sister Laurita, from Woonsocket, attended Regina Coeli College, Fitchburg, and Rivier College, Nashua, N.H. She has studied at the University of the Pacific in California and at Exeter College of Oxford University in England. Prior to joining the staff at the Education Office, she taught at schools in Rhode Island, including Bishop Keough High School and St. Benedict's elementary school. Two new staff persons will join the Education Department
next academic year: Sister Ann Moore, C.N.D. and Sister Frances Sidebottom, S.S.J. Sister Ann Moore will become assistant superintendent of schools. For the past four years she has been a member of the provincial administration of her community, the Congregation of Notre Dame in Ridgefield, Conn. She holds master's degrees in counselling and in English from lona College and Fordham University. For several years, she served as principal in schools of her community in Connecticut and New York. On September I, Sister Frances Sidebottom, S.S.J. will join the diocesan staff as assistant director of religious education. She has had extensive teaching experience in Catholic schools in Massachusetts and for the past five years has been religious education coordinator in the Diocese of Springfield. In 1978, she received a master's degree in religious education from Providence College. The vacancies in the Department of Education resulted from two staff members' departure from the office. Sister Marion C. Geddes, R.S.M., after 19 years of service in the Diocese of Fall River will leave her position as super-, intendent of schools. Sister Marion, the principal of Bishop FeeTurn to Page Three