FAlL RIVER DIOCESAN NEWSPAPER
FOR SOUTHEASTMASSACHUSETT'S >-lPPeCQtl& THEISlA~ ! ,i",
VOL. 45, NO. 20 • Friday, May 18, 2001
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Bishop revisits death penalty By JAMES N.
MAY CROWNING - Second-graders Jared Robinson and Natasha DeSa of St. Anne's School, Fall River, participate in a recent crowning of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Students and faculty took part in a prayer service as part of the month-long celebration..
DCCWaids needy with 'Dress A Child' pro5tram
FALL RIVER - Even as postponement of the execution of convicted Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh prompts more debate over capital punishment as well as the public's demand to watch his death, area newsmedia sought out Bishop' Sean P. O'Malley, OFM Cap., to reflect on the issues. In statements made at a mid-afternoon interview Monday with Channel 10 Newsman Paul McGonagle outside the Diocesan Office of Communications on Highland Avenue, the bishop talked about what the Church teaches and gave his own views on the violence public execution spawns. Asked whether the Church's stand on the death penalty might be an unpopular one, Bishop O'Malley said the crimes McVeigh committed "were certainly heinous and acts of terrorism which should be punished TELEVISION REPORTER Paul with the full force of the McGonagle interviews Bishop. law." O'Malley outside the Diocesan OfBut, the bishop exfice of Communications. (Anchor! Turn to page J3 Gordon photo) - Bishop
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By JAMES N. Du.BAR
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TAUNTON - Not content with its ongoing work to assist the
residences in the diocese, the Di~ ocesan Council of Catholic
to assist women and children who frequently find themselves homeless. The new program of the group I whose members come from . across the Fall River diocese is called "Dress A Child." Organized by Maureen Papineau, the 4th vice president I of the DCCW, and Eileen White, coordinator at the diocese's May 24 is the Catholic Social Services, the venfeast of the Asture aims to provide clothes for cension of the children of all ages whose mothLord. It is a holy ers take up temporary quarters at day on which the new, Donovan House HomeCatholics are less Shelter in New Bedford. obliged to attend It will be located in the former Mass. St. James Convent in the Whaling City. Arlene A. McNamee, director of Catholic Social Services, I talked about the input from the DCCW in a recent interview with The Anchor. "We hope to open Donovan Turn to page eight - DCCW
GOOD START - Catholic Social Services Coordinator Eileen White, left, and DCCW 4th Vice President Maureen Papineau, organized the "Dress A Child" program that clothes children - babies through teens - to vitally assist the upcoming Donovan House Homeless Shelter in New Bedford. .. (Photo courtesy-of Madeleine Lavoie)
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