VOL.47, NO. 19
• Friday, May 16, 2003
FALL RIVER, MA;SS.
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New principal appointed at Coyle-Cassidy
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TAUNTON - Dr. Mary Patricia Tranter has been named principal ofCoyle and Cassidy High School. She replaces Dennis R. Poyant who had served as headmaster and has left to assume another post. In announcing the appointment of Tranter, Superintendent of Schools George A. Milot said she will playa key role in a change in structure at Coyle and Cassidy that will be beneficial. Milot said a decision has been made to change the high school's structure to the president/principal model prevalent in many Catholic schools. Under that plan the principal would run the school on a day-to-day basis. The president would be the head of the school, the chief administrator, whose primary responsibilities are the preservation of the mission, the development of a vision for the school, and the chief financial officer. A search for a president for Coyle and Cassidy has begun, Milot said. Tranter is no stranger to Coyle and Cassidy High School. "Dr. Tranter's experiences at Coyle and Cassidy, along with her educational background, make her the ideal person for the position," said Milot. "She is a graduate of the school and has been a teacher, department chairman, guidance director and academic principal. She exemplifies the Catholic, Christian characteristics that are implicit in this position." Tranter, a resident of Taunton, graduated magna cum laude from the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester in 1984 with a bachelor's degree in biology. She Tum to page six - Coyle
Charities Appeal underway
FATHER RICHARD L. Chretien, pastor of Notre Dame Parish, Fall River, congratulates two of the 34 second-graders who made their first Communion at the church last weekend. With Father Chretien are Zachary Camara of Notre Dame School and Hayley Boutin from the parish religious education program. (AnchodJolivet photo)
FALL RIVER - The 2003 annual spring season Catholic Charities Appeal in the Fall River diocese is up and running. Initial reports from the various parishes of the 101 throughout the diocese are already being processed and some of the returns are being published in this edition of The Anchor and will be listed as the weeks of the campaign continue. "Several parishes have reported to us that they are about to launch their second mailing initiatives," reported Msgr. Thomas J. Harrington, director of the Appeal. A special issue of Sharings, a newsletter promoting the Appeal and highlighting the many services provided by a medley of agencies and apostolates of the diocese, has been issued under the direction of Michael J. Donly, diocesan director of Development. "In their follow-up mailings, parishes usually include this version of our newsletter to offer prospective donors even more information about the Appeal," Donly noted. At the outset, Donly offered the challenge that if donors increased this year's gifts by just five percent, the goals of the Appeal as to the totals needed to meet the rising demands, would be met. Some of the early indications reflected that Donly's suggestion was being met, and he was optimistic. The Appeal this year is especially affected by proposed severe budget cuts at the Massachusetts State level regarding health care costs for the elderly. It means needy inpatients filling the nearly 800 beds in five Tum to page 10- Appeal
lIE DIOCESAN Council of CaIhoIicWomen held its 50th annual convention May 5 at Christ the King Parish, Mashpee. Bishop-Elect George W. Coleman, left phok). was on hand to r~ the Council's golden anniversary. With the bishop-elect are Our Lady of Good Counsel Award recip!ents Oon~gh Fitzgerald. District V; LorettaBhier. District IV; Louise Pimental, District III; Mariana Raposo, District II; and Dorothy Antaya, District I. At nght, outgoing . President Belly Mazzucchelti grools Margo Chevers, keynote speaker; and Diocesan Moderator Father Philip A. Davignon. (Photos by Maddy Lavoie)