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Friday, May 14, 1993
FALL RIVER, MASS.
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SILVER .JUBILEES: During the annual Catholic teachers' convention, Bishop O'Malley and Father Richard W. Beaulieu, director of the Diocesan Department of Education, award silver bowls to, educators who have served in diocesan schools for 25 or more years. (Hickey ~~
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I:ducators told to be advocates for children and families By Marcie Hickey When people live their faith, "it transforms not only their lives but the world around them," Bishop Sean O'Malley told Catholic educators of the dioct:se at their annual convention. "That is the challenge of Catholic education," the bishop said, to guide students to live their faith "so that the transformation in their hearts will touch the lives of people around them," Bishop O'Malley was Mass celebrant and keynote speaker for the convention, held at Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River, April 30, This year's co nVerltion theme, "Children and Families First," was taken from the U, S, bishops' Catholic Campaign for Children and. Families begun in January 1992 to implement new church programs to aid children and to promote children's interests in legislative policy, In his'address, Bishop O'Malley' told the story of a dying Indian chief who sent his three sons to' a holy mountain in search of something beautiful. The most successful son would succeed him as chief. The first son returned with a delicate flower, the second with a smooth marbled stone, But the third son returned empty-handed. The beauty he had seen he could not bring back: be had climbed to the mountaintop and spied a rich valley in which their people could settle and flouish. He brought to his people "a vision of a better future," said the
bishop and this son became the new chief. We, too, are a people with a vision-"a vision of faith," said Bishop O'Malley. "Being Christian means saying 'yes' to Christ-not saying 'yes, but' or 'maybe'-but 'yes' when there are so many 'nos,'" the negatives of anger, distrust, violence 'and self-centeredness which permeate society.
Current returns put the 1993 Catholic Charities Appeal total at $1,413,894.72, Appeal director Father Daniel L. Freitas has announced. Father Freitas said that S1. Anthony'S parish, New Bedford, is the first parish to surpass its 1992 collection figure, with a total of $6,922. He expressed hope that all diocesan parishes will report similar results as the Appeal continues. Appeal books remain open until 10 a.m. May 25 and Special Gifts and parish solicitors are asked to complete their contacts by that time. To ensure credit to this year's Appeal, all reports from now on should be brought in person to Appeal Headquarters at 410 Highland Ave., Fall River.
Catholic educators, he said, are called to "boldly say yes to Jesus in all we do" by becoming "disciples of prayer" and professing the truths of"what true success means, where true happiness lies." To do so, he added, "we have to have had that vision ourselves-to have seen and experienced the risen Lord in our own lives." The bishop urged educators to stress personal faith gro~th, for "our Christ-identity is a treasure that must be nurtured." He praised such efforts as the "Sharing the Faith" program at Coyle-Cassidy High School, Taunton, which enables faculty members to deepen their spirituality and understanding 'of faith. The bishop recalled that while a priest in Washington, DC, he had opportunities to meet with farm labor leader Cesar Chavez, who died last month. "It was obvious that his vision of the world came out of faith," said the bishop. "It always made me proud to be a Catholic, because when someone lives their faith, it transforms not only their life but the world around them." The Christian vision is something "not simply to be taught, but a reality to be lived," said Bishop O'Malley, so that through Catholic education students will be transformed and "touch the lives of the people around them." "Let us truly be men and women of God's life-giving community, and continue to go out to all the Turn to Page Nine
leading Parishes Attleboro Area S1. Joh n the Eva ngelist $38,331.00 S1. Mary, Seekonk
25,713.00
S1. Mary, Mansfield
23,178.00
M1. Carmel, Seekonk.
16,857.00
S1. Mark, Attleboro Falls Cape Cod & The Islands Area S1. Pius X, $66,355.50 S. Yarmouth
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Holy Trinity, W. Harwich
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Holy Name S1. Thomas More, Somerset
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D.l. of Fatima, Swansea
22,251.00
S1. John of God, Somerset
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Holy Rosary
18,390.00
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24,345.00
St. Mary, S. Dartmouth
17,957.00
St. John the Baptist
16,695.00
St. John Neumann, E. Freetown
14,754.00
Taunton Area
15,510.00
S1. Francis Xavier, Hyannis
D,l. of Victory, Centerville
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ATTLEBORO AREA 1993 Catholic Charities Appeal workers are, from left, Sister Ricarda Wobby, RS M. and area assistant director Father R~lph D. Tetrault, S1. MarY's parish, North Attleboro; Theresa L'Homme, Sacred Heart, North Attleboro; Claire McMahon, Appeal lay chairman; Bishop Sean O'Malley; Leo E. Langlois, S1. Mary's parish, Seekonk; and area director Father John J. Steakem, S1. Mary's parish, No'rton. (Kearns photo)