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FALL RIVER DIOCESAN NEWSPAPER FOR SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS CAPE90D&THE~
VOL. 45, NO. 21 • Friday, May 25, 2001
FALL RIVER, MASS.
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, . TRAININ~ SES~IONS ~e~e.conducted ~t C?athedral Camp, East Freetown, May 17-18 ~s part of Bishop 0 Malley s I~h. From I~ft are facilitators:
VISion of establishing an RCIA program at each diocesan parRCIA Director Father Henry S. Dahl, Adult Education Director Lisa M. Gulino, Deacon Paul J. Macedo, and Forum team members Dolores Martinez Joanna , , Case and Father Rick Conway. (Anchor/Gordon photo)
Retreat enlivens RCIA
experience, advancement By MIKE GORDON ANCHOR STAFF
EAST FREETOWN - More than 70 people from 20 parishes arounQ the diocese gathered at Cathedral CamPfor a three-day retreat to learn more about establis,hing a Rite of Christian Initiation for
Adults team at their parishes and all benefited from the speakers and spiritual enrichment. The gathering was a chance for people to learn about the RCIA process and for those who have been inyolved with it previously ~o renew and l;lelp .' . Tum topage 16 -RCIA '.' : .:>", .
Diocese appoints· George Milot director ofEducation Department ~ Effective in January
The appointment will make
Education Center in Fall River.
2002, he becomes first Milot th~ first layperson to serve He will succeed Augustinian layperson to holdthe in the top education post in the Father William T. Garland, who post. . . ' diocese. has been asked by his order to By JOHN E.
KEARNS JR.
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF DIOCESAN COMMUNICATIONS
FALL RIVERGeorge A. Milot, principal of Bishop Feehan High School in Attleboro for the' past seven years, and previously principal of Bishop Stang High School in Dartmouth, will become director of the Diocesan Education Department in January 2002, it was announced by Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, OFMCap.
become more directly involved in the functioning of his Province of St. Thomas of Villanova. Milot will vacate the principal's office at Bishop. Feehan in· June and then begin at the Diocesan Education Center where he will work with Father Garland through December. A search for a replacement for Milot is ongoing. It is anticipated that a new principal will be hired and in place at Bishop Feehan High GEORGE A; Tum to page 13MILOT Education
Milot will take on the education leadership role for Catholic schools in the Fall River diocese and the operation of the Diocesan
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Appeal reaches $2M level FALL RIVER - Expressing cautious optimism, the leaders of the Catholic Charities Appeal report the 200 I campaign posting at the $2 million mark. i. In making their first formal report, Msgr. Thomas J. Harrington, ~ director of the Appeal, and Michael J. Donly, diocesan Director ' of Development, said that while reaching the significant milestone, there is still much hard work ahead for pastors and parish communities across the diocese. The Appeal began on May 6 and will conclude onJune 13.. ''There are very few parishes from which we have not yet processed any returns and many pf the parish units have transmitted only their first report," Msgr. Harrington said. "We feel we still have that proverbial 'long way' still to go." Thediocesan.family is currently cQnducting its annual spring campaign to gather the resources needed for the myriad of pastoral initiatives, social service endeavors and educational programs which are conducted by the many agencies, institutions and apostolates of the diocese. "We have a sense that our efforts to inform our donors of the wonderful outreach of our agencies to families and individuals who are confronting sometimes very grave situations has trans- , lated into increased giving;' Donlyspeculated. Over the past several years, incre~sed efforts have been made to promote awareness of the scope of services provided, making use of printed materials, incJuding the "Sharings" publications which are circulated in all parishes, as well 'as audi9-visual initiatives. "Many people are amazed and moved by the variety of practical, helpful endeavors which we sponsor," Donly reported. "This, almost certainly, has led to increased levels of giving." Efforts have been made to enlist an army of volunteers in the parishes of the diocese to coordinate local efforts. "Many parishes are staffed with jiJst one priest and we are encouraging and facilitating committees to help with our effort and to make the job of the busy 'pastors a bit less burdensome,'" Donly explained. Reports from pastors and parishes in different sections of the diocese have been encouraging. Father Freddie Babiczuk, who is guiding three parishes in the South End of Fall River toward an eventual merger, was filled with optimism at the initial returns from both St. Patrick's and Our Lady of the Angel's communities. On busy Cape Cod, Msgr. John J. Smith, pastor of St. Pius X Parish in South Yarmouth, the perennial leading parish in Appeal returns, noted that even though a recent capital campaign had been conducted in that parochial community to help provide for a proposed new school, members of that parish have been exTurn to page 11 - Appeal