Catholic Charities Appeal to~al is rising The Catholic Charities Appeal total now stands at $1,658,107.15, with ~any parish r~turn~, priests' donatIOns and Special GiftS yet to be reported. . Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes, dlocesan Appeal director, said that such donations must reach Appeal headquarters in Fall River by today for inclusion in this year's total. "These reports should be made in person to insure credit," he said, noting that 1987 Appealfinaltotals
will be published in the June 5 Anchor. "I hope that everyone of our 114 parishes will be 'over the top' today," he said. . Honor Roll 58 pans.hes have thus far surpassed. their 1?86 final totals. The followmg panshes were added to the Honor Roll since last week's Anchor report: St. John the Evangelist, St.
Theresa, Attleboro; Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, St. Mary, Seekonk; Our Lady of Victory, Centerville; St: Anthony, E. Falmouth; St. Elizabeth, Edgartown. Our Lady ofthe Isle, Nantucket; St. Elizabeth Seton, No. Falmouth; Our Lady of the Assumption, Osterville; St. Peter, Provincetown; St Augustine Vineyard Haven' O~r Lady of Lourdes, Wellfleet.' St. Joseph, Woods Hole; Espirito Santo, Our Lady of Health,
Sacred Heart, St. Anthony of Padua, St. Elizabeth St. Patrick St. Stanislaus, Fall'River; OU; Lady of Grace, Westport. St. John of God St. Patrick St. , . '. Thomas More, So.merset, St. LOUIS de France, St. Mlch~el, Swansea; Immaculate Conception, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Our Lady of Perpet~al Help, St. Anthony of Padua, St. Francis of Assisi, St. John the Baptist, St. Mary, New Bedford;
St. John Neumann, E. Freetown; St. Ann, Raynham. Holy Family, Immaculate Conception, Our Lady of Lourdes, St. Paul, Taunton; St. Peter, Dighton; St. Joseph, No. Dighton; Immaculate Conception, No. Easton. A detailed report of Special Gifts, parish totals, leading parishes and parish'donations begins on page 2 of this issue of The Anchor. listings will continue in future issues until all have been published.
FALL RIVER DIOCESAN NEWSPAPER FOR SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS CAPE COD & THE ISLANDS
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Papal visit seen aiding • ecumenlsm KANSAS CITY, Mo. (NC) Ecumenical events planned when Pope John Paul II visits Columbia, S.C., could have a great impact on U.S. Catholics and promote awareness of ecumenical challenges facing Christians, according to Bishop William H. Keeler of Harrisburg, Pa. Bishop Keeler, chairman of the. National Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs, addressed the biannual meeting of the Governing Board ofthe National Council of Churches in Kansas City, discussing cooperative ecumenical efforts for the Sept. 10-19 papal,trip. The pope's visit to Columbia Sept. II will focus on ecumenical relations between the Catholic Church and other Christian churches. In an interview with The Catholil.. Key, newspaper of the diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph, Mo., the bishop said the National Council of Churches was "breaking ground" in a statement, released to the Governing Board, regarding the papal visit. The statement, titled "Witnessing Together to a Divided and Hurting World," was signed by leaders of 29 different Christian denominations and 175 local and regional ecumenical agencies. The National Council of Churches is comprised of 32 mainline Protestant, Orthodox and Anglican national church units, representing 42 million members. The statement says that "although we are aware of our different approaches to many difficult problems, nevertheless all Christians seek to be faithful to our common confession of Jesus Christ and the Gospel, even when deeply held convictions lead us at times to different ethical choices. "Differences in our society are often reflected in our churches," the statement continues. "Some of these tensions will likely surface during this papal visit. We do not
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CELEBRATIONS on beautiful May Sundays see Bishop Daniel A. Cronin blessing a statue of Mary on May 10 at St. Julie Billiart parish, North Dartmouth, as Msgr. Patrick J. O'Neill, pastor, stands behind him. Planning the statue and surrounding landscaping was the last project ofthe late Father John F. Hogan, St. Julie's founding pastor.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (NC) - U.S. Catholics are now getting used to the idea of Gospel-oriented moral perspectives on public policy issues, Archbishop Rembert Weakland of Milwaukee last week told the annual convention ofthe National Federation of Priests' Councils. When the committee he headed started working on the U.S. bishops' pastoral on the economy seven years ago, the archbishop said, he had no expectation that it would become "suddenly good to talk about the morality of an issue." He spoke in St. Paul as keynoter of the NFPC convention. The 1986 pastoral, "Economic Justice for All: Catholic Social Teaching and the U.S. Economy," was the theme of the three-day convention, which drew about 250 people. Most were priests, but a few were lay church workers and parish representatives invited for the first time to attend the meeting. In attendance from the Fall River diocese were Father John A. Perry, pastor of Our Lady of Victory parish, Centerville, and chairman of
the diocesan Presbyteral Council, and Father Joseph M. Costa, parochial vicar at St. John of God parish, Somerset. Father Costa, a past president of the diocesan council, has just completed a term as vice-president of the national federation. In that capacity, he chaired last week's convention. He is currently Boston province representative to the NFPC, a post he will hold until 1988.
Archbishop Weakland said the bishops' pastoral is a "moral teaching document," not a "complete economic analysis." When its first draft was released, he said, it was evident that many Catholics considered religion "a private affair between me and my God." "Our people have just discovered the Gospel," he said, and many are still learning how to connect it with the rest of Catholic teaching. Giving an overview of the pastoral, the archbishop urged the priests to "read it, study it." Turn to Page Six
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AT ST. JOHN NEUMANN parish, East Freetown, the bishop officiates May 17 at groundbreaking ceremonies for a new church. Beside him are Father George E. Harrison, pastor (left), and Msgr. John J. Oliveira, chancellor. (Rosa photos)
This year's 785 diocesan high At Bishop Connolly High school graduates will be honored School, Fall River, valedictorian in ceremonies May 31, June 2 and is John Sabra and salutatorian is June 4. class president Steven Dias. The class of 1987 is composed of Father James A. Benson, SJ, 411 girls and 374 boys. Bishop Daniel A. Cronin will will be principal concelebrant at officiate at all graduation ceremo- the school's baccalaureate Mass at nies, beginning at North Dart- 7 p.m. May 30 at Fall River's Holy mouth's Bishop Stang High School, Name Church. Father John Hanrahan, SJ, will be homilist. where he will also speak. At Attleboro's Bishop Feehan Stang's valedictorian is Tricia Souza. Richard Benoit ranked sec- High School, valedictorian Eric Haskins will speak at graduation ond in the class. Class president Michael Saun- . June 2. Suzanne Lefebvre will deders will address his fellow gradu- liver the salutatory address on Parents' Night, May 28. ates. Feehan graduates will attend A baccalaureate Mass will be celebrated by Father Marcel Bou- Mass at 10 a.m. May 28, their class chard, chaplain, at 8:30 a.m. May day. Father Paul A. Caron and 30 in the Stang gymnasium. A Turn to Page Six continental breakfast follows.
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