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Friday, May 23, 1986
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Five to be ordained at Cathedral Five young men will be ordained for the Fall River diocese by Bis'hop Daniel A. Cronin in ceremonies at II a.m. May 31 in St. Mary's Cathedral. They are Rev. Mr. David M. Andrade, Rev. Mr. Freddie Babiczuk Jr., Rev. Mr. Thomas A. Frechette, Rev. Mr. Maurice O. Gauvin Jr. and Rev. Mr. Timothy P. Reis. All prepared for the priesthood at St. John's Seminary, BrightQn. Rev. Mr. Andrade A native of St. Anthony parish, Taunton, Rev. Mr. Andrade is the son of Manuel G. and Augusta (Camara) Andrade. Born October 26, 1960, in Taunton, he is a 1978 graduate of that city's Coyle and Cassidy High School. After a year of study at Bristol Community College, he entered St. John's Seminary in 1979.
Rev. Mr. Andrade served his diaconal year at St. John the Evangelist parish, Attleboro, and has worked five summers as a counselor at St. Vincent de Paul Camp, Westport. His first Mass will be offered at 2:30 p.m. June I at St. Anthony parish. Rev. Mr. Kevin M. Sepe, a transitional deacon from the Boston archdiocese,' will be deacon andhomilist. Music will be by the parish choir and a folk group composed of students from St. John's Seminary College. St. Anthony's school hall will be the site of a reception following the Mass. , Rev. Mr. Babiczuk Rev. Mr. Babiczuk is a native of Our Lady of Lourdes parish, Taunton, and the son of Freddie and Cacilda (De Cruz) Babiczuk Sr. He has one brother and one sister.
Bishops get stay in abortion suit· NEW YORK (NC) - The U.S. The bishops' records are being bishops won a reprieve May 14 sought in a case brought by Aborwhen a federal appeals court tion Rights Mobilization against agreed to set aside $IOO,OOO-a-day the Internal Revenue Service. The contempt-of-court fines until the abortion rights groups is seeking court could hear the bishops' to force the IRS to remove the appeal in an abortion-related tax church's tax-exempt status case. because the church allegedly 'The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of engaged in illegal activities by Appeals in New York delayed the supporting or opposing political fines and tentatively set the week candidates based on their views on of June 23 to hear oral arguments abortion. on the bishops' refusal to release Msgr. Daniel Hoye, NCCB subpoenaed, detailed records of USCC general secretary, said the pro-life activities by their two delay of the penalties and the Washington agencies: the National chance to appeal opened the door Conference of Catholic Bishops for the bishops to address a and its action arm, the U. S. number of important issues, Catholic Conference. including the "chilling effect" that The fines originally had been the case and the subpoenas could imposed on the bishops May 8 by U.S. District Judge Robert Carter. Turn to Page Twelve
be held in the parochial school Born November 16,1959, heisa hall. 1977 graduate of Taunton High School and holds a psychology Rev. Mr. Frechette degree from the University of MasRev. Mr. Frechette hails from sachusetts in Amherst. He began St. Francis Xavier parish, Hyanhis studies for the priesthood in nis, and is the son of Willie R. and 1981. Mary Della (Adams) Frechette of He was assigned to St. John the Osterville. He has two brothers Baptist parish, New Bedf~rd, as a and two sisters. transitional deacon after spending One sister, Marie, is a member three summers as a counselor at of the Missionary Servants of the St. Vincent de Paul Camp. Most Blesse4 Trinity. Rev. Mr. Babiczuk's first Mass . Born in Hyannis December 15, will take place at 2:30 p.m. June I 1955, he is a 1973 graduate of at Our Lady of Lourdes parish Barnstable High School. He enwith Father Joseph Oliveira, pas- tered the seminary in 1980 and tor, as homilist. Music will be pro- spent his dia<:onal year at Holy vided by the parish choir and the Name parish, Fall River. Coyle and Cassidy High School Rev. Mr. Frechette will offer his folk group: first Mass at 2 p.m. June I at St. Concelebrants will be Father Francis Xavier parish. Father Arnold Medeiros and Father Oli- James M. Fitzpatrick, parochial veira. Rev. Mr. Bob Faria will be ' vicar of St. John the Evangelist deacon. parish, Attleboro, will be homilist. A reception after the Mass will Father David A. Costa, parochial
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vicar at St. Thomas More parish, Somerset, will be music director. Plans regarding concelebrants and a reception were not yet finalized as The Anchor went to press. Rev. Mr. Gauvin A native of St. Elizabeth parish, Fall River, Rev. Mr. Gauvin is the son of Maurice O. and Mary (Botelho) Gauvin Sr. He has two brpthers and one sister. He was born July 14, 1959 in Fall River, and was a 1977 graduate of that city's B.M.C. Durfee High School. He entered St. John's Seminary in 1979. Among seminary involvements, he served as a counselo~ at Cathedral Camp, East Freetown, and St. Vincent de Paul Camp. His diaconal year was spent at Holy Name parish, New Bedford. Rev. Mr. Gauvin will offer his first Mass at 3 p.m. June I at St. Turn to Page Six
Retirement, pastors are announced A retirement, three appointments of new pastors and the change of a pastor to a new parish have been announced by Bishop Daniel A. Cronin. Msgr. Maurice Souza, pastor of St. Anthony's parish, East Falmouth, will enter retirement. Rev. Leonard M. Mullaney, pastor of St. Bernard's parish, Assonet, will assume the pastorate of St. Anthony's, East Falmouth. Rev. Edward E. Correia, chaplain at St. Luke's Hospital, New Bedford, will become pastor at St. Bernard's. The ab9ve changes are effective June II. Effective May 21 were the appointments of Rev. Henry S. Arruda and Rev. Edmund J. Fitz-
gerald. Both were administrators, Father Arruda of St. John the Baptist parish, New Bedford, and Father Fitzgerald of St. John the Baptist parish, Central Village, Westport. They are now pastors of those parishes. Msgr. Souza Msgr. Souza, a New Bedford native, was born Sept. 24,1912, in New Bedford, the son of the late Manuel R. and Leopoldina (Silvia) Souza. After graduation from New Bedford High School in 1930, he prepared for the priesthood at St. Charles College, Catonsville, Md., St. Mary's Seminary, Baltimore, and the Montreal major seminary. Ordained June 3, 1939 by Bishop Turn to Page Three
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