SERVING ••. SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS CAPE COD & THE ISLANDS
t eanc 0 VOL. 24, NO. 21
FALL RIVER, MASS., THURSDAY, MAY 22; 1980
THAT ALL MAY BE ONE: Christians mark the season of Pentecost with prayer and praise. Left,children rehearse for unity service to be held at 4:30 p.m. Sunday at Westport Point United Methodist Church. With Congregationalists, Methodists and Quakers, members of St. John the Baptist parish, Central Village, and Our Lady of Grace, North Westport,
Bishop Regan has retired VATICAN OITY - Fairhaven native Bishop Joseph William Regan of Tagum, Philippines, a critic of human rights violations under the martial law regime of President Ferdinand Marcos, has retired. The Vatican announced May 16 that Pope John Paul II had accepted the resignation of the bishop, who was 75 April 5. Bishop Regan, a Maryknoll missionary, had headed the prelature of Tagum on Mindanao Island since 1962. ~n late 1976 and early 1977 a government crackdown on church workers critical of the government hit particularly hard i~ Bishop Regan's prelature and the prelature of Malaybalay, headed by Jesuit Bishop Francisco Claver. The government closed Catholic radio stations in both prelatures and arrested about 150 lay workers. The actions prompted Bishop Regan to write a letter in 1977 to Cardinal John Krol of Philadelphia, an old friend. The letter complained that "any criticism of the government or of its agencies by the church in defense of even the most basic human rights Tum to Page Six
will join in prayer and song. Right, Somerset and Swansea pastors lead ecumenical prayer service at St. John of God Church, Somerset. Front, Rev. Daniel Freitas, Rev. Louis Boivin, Rev. Stephen Salvador; .center, Rev. Alden Burhoe, Rev. Linda Spoolstra, Rev. John Cronin; top, Rev. Merrill Emery, Rev. Ralph Tetrault, 'Msgr. Robert Stanton.
Appeal at $1,110,839 The 1980 Catholic Charities Appeal is in its closing days. The official closing is tomorrow. There are still many parish reports, priests' donations and special gift contributions to be reported. Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes, diocesan director of the Appeal, said today: "All special gifts, priests' donations and parish contributions must be made at central headquarters of the Appeal in Fall River tomorrow for accreditation· in this year's Appeal. These reports should be made in person to insure credit for this year's Appeal. The final total of the 1980 Appeal will be published in next week's edition of the Anchor. I hope that everyone of the 113 parishes will be
Santo, Holy Cross, Notre Dame, Our Lady of Health, Immaculate Conception, St. Anthony of Padua, St. Elizabeth, St. John the Baptist, St. Joseph, St. Patrick, Fall-River; St. John of God, St. Patrick, Somerset; Our Lady of Fatima, St. Dominic, Swansea; St. George, Westport. Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Our Lady of the Cape, BrewSacred Heart, St. A'nne, St. ster; ,St. Elizabeth, Edgartown; James, St. Joseph, St. Mary, Our Lady of .the Isle, Nantucket; New Bedford; St. Francis XavSacred Heart, Oak Bluffs; Asier, Acushnet; Sacred Hearts, sumption, Osterville; St. John, Fairhaven; St. Mary, South DartPocasset; St. Peter, Provincetown; Corpus Christi, Sandwich; mouth. Holy Family, East Taunton; Sf. Pius X, South Yarmouth; St.. Holy Rosary, Immaculate ConAugustine, Vineyard Haven; ception, St. Anthony, St. James, Holy Trinity, West Harwich; St. St. Joseph, St. Mary, Taunton; Joseph, Woods Hole. St. Ann, Raynham; Holy Cross, St. Mary's Cathedral,Espirito South Easton. over the top tomorrow." 66 parishes have thus far surpassed their 1979 final totals. The following parishes were added to the Honor Roll since last week's Anchor reporting: St. Joseph, St. Stephen, St. Theresa, Attleboro; St. Mary, Mansfield, St. Mary, Seekonk.
Pope, General Eanes meet VATICAN CITY (NC) Pope John Paul II and Gen. Antonio Romalho Eanes, president of Portugai, exchanged gifts and good wishes in the' first Vatican visit in recent history by a Portuguese head of state. Gen. Eanes, in Rome for talks with Italian officials on Portuguese entry into the European Common Market, visited with
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the pope May 16 'for more than an hour in the pope's private library. The pontiff offered "best ,wishes for sure progress' and growing prosperity and peace and concord among all Portuguese in building an ever more human and fraternal 'Portugal in which each of its children, in the light of Christ, can feel him-
self a man in his full truth." The president said that the pope's commitment to human rights and values "arouses the respect, admiration and hope of millions of Portuguese." , He invited the pope to visit Portugal and commented, "democraticPortugal fully takes up the teaching that your holiness Tum to Page' Six
742 seniors to graduate A total of 742 young men and women will graduate from high schools of the diocese in ceremonies of which the first will be held Tuesday at Bishop Feehan High School, Attleboro, and the last will take place Sunday, June 8, at Holy Family High School, New Bedford. Bishop Daniel A. Cronin will officiate at all ceremonies except those for Holy Family, the only parochial high school in the diocese, where Very Rev. John P. Driscoll, VF, pastor of St. Lawrence Church, will preside and where, for the first time since its founding in 1883, over 100 students will receive diplomas. Details of the programs follow: ' - Tuesday, May 27, 8 p.m., Bishop Feehan, III girls, 76 boys. - Wednesday, May 28, 7:30 p.m., Bishop Stang, North Dartmouth, 118 girls, 81 boys. - Thursday, May 29, 4 p.m., Coyle and Cassidy, Taunton, 42 girls, 65 boys. Sunday, June 1, 1:30 p.m., Bishop Gerrard, Fall River, 63 girls. - Sunday, June 1, 7:30 p.m., Tum to Page' Six