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FALL RIVER DIOCESAN NEWSPAPER FOR SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS CAPE COD & THE ISLANDS VOL. 34, NO. 19
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Friday, May 11, 1990
The 1990 Catholic Charities Appeal reports a total of $925,002,04 collected thus far by parishes and SpeCial Gifts solicitors. Special Gifts solicitors are asked to make final returns by tomorrow. Parish volunteers will continue to call on parishioners not contacted last Sunday. The parish phase ofthe Appeal will close May 16 but Appeal books will remain open until I p.m. Friday, May 25, for final donations. Parishes surpassing 1989 final Appeal totals will be enrolled on the 1990 parish honor roll. The first parish attaining honor roll status this year was St. Anthony of Padua, Fall River, reporting first returns of $14,185. Y
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Last year 107 parishes were listed and Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes, diocesan Appeal director, said of this year's' campaign: "We are anticipating that every parish III - will be on this year's honor roll. We must have substantial increases in every parish to surpass last year's total of $2,072,848.33. We are aiming for a 10 percent overall increase." Leading parishes, parish totals, special gift listings and names of parish donors appear on pages 2, 12 and 13 of this issue of The Anchor. Listings will continue to appear weekly in the order received by the printer until all have been recorded.
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DUBLIN, Ireland (CNS) - Ireland's primate, Cardinal Tomas 0 Fiaich, died unexpectedly May 8 in Toulouse, France. Doctors did not immediately announce the cause of death, but Irish media speculated it was due to a heart problem. The 66-year-old cardinal arrived in Lourdes, France, May 7 with a pilgrimage group from his archdiocese of Armagh, Northern Ireland. Doctors who accompanied the pilgrimage said they thought the cardinal looked ill the evening of
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COMMON IN MEXICO, where the pope called for human rights for the poor, are sights such as this woman walking on her knees during a pilgrimage honoring Our Lady of Guadalupe. She is accompanied by her children, two of whom she carries in her arms. (CNS/KNA photo)
May 7, but he assured them that all he needed was a good night's () sleep. They said they became more worried about his appearance the ( morning of May 8. They examined ITCO}XGIT1©® rPCIDCIDU' 66:::rITSill:J~;1illf:@Bil2Z@cdl99 @V~:!2~§ him and had him admitted to a MEXICO CITY (CNS) age and headlines in the country's In their headlines, Mexican newshospital in Lourdes. From there Mexican press reaction in the first major dailies reflected the enthu- papers stressed the similarities he was transferred to a hospital in days of Pope John Paul Irs visit siasm over the papal visit and between the messages delivered by Toulouse. He died about 8 p.m. was overwhelmingly favorable, but focused on the pope's unprece- the pope and Salinas at the airport. , local time. The'lead headline in the governsome papers reported that the poor dented reception by Mexican were slighted during the pope's President Carlos Salinas de Gor- ment-owned daily, EI Nacional, Archbishop Desmond Connell visit to a shantytown area outside, tari on the pope's arrival at Mex- was most explicit, declaring, of Dublin called the pipe-smoking Mexico City. ico City's international airport May "Peace, tolerance, liberty and Turn to Page Six For,the most part, news cover- 6. Turn to Page Six
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Fatller Fernandes named PrornLife head
FATHER FERNANDES
The Most Reverend Daniel A. Cronin has announced appointment of Father Stephen A. Fernandes as Diocesan Director of the Pro-Life Apostolate. Father Fernandes succeeds Father Thomas L. Rita, pastor of St. Mary parish, Seekonk, who was the first diocesan director. In the mid-70s, prior to Father Rita's appointment, clergy from around the diocese were regional Respect Life Coordinators. In announcing the appointment, Bishop Cronin made the following statement: "It is my intention to expand the work of our pro-life activities. I am grateful to Father Rita for the leadership he exercised during his tenure as director, paving the way for more intensified diocesan efforts on behalf of the unborn. "These are referred to as 'post-
Webster days,' indicating a substantive shift has taken place since the July 3rd 1989 Supreme Court ruling in Webster v. Reproductive Health Services. "The agenda is now much more state-oriented and in this Commonwealth there exists a real need for education, pastoral care and other efforts on behalf of children preparing for birth. For this reason, I am appointing a diocesan priest to direct this apostolate in an intensified manner. In so doing, however, I cannot overemphasize our dependence upon parish clergy and lay leadership." Father Fernandes explained that, in concert with the bishop's wish to revitalize parish pro-life committees, his initial task will be oriented toward the local parish. "The help and work of faithful women and men in the parishes of
the diocese is indispensable, he said. "An increase in respect for human life cannot be accomplished in an office, but only in the homes and hearts of God's people. Turn to Page Six
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