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VOL. 37, NO" 21

Friday, May 28,1993

F ALL RIVER, MASS.

Southeastern Massachusetts' Largest Weekly

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.C·atholic Charities Appfe.~l at $2,156,805 The diocesan Catholic Charities Appeal has reached the $2,156, 805.22 mark, it has been announced by Father Daniel L. Freitas, Diocesan Appeal Din:ctor. He said it is hoped that this amount will increase as final reports are counted and credited to parishes and to the Special Gifts category. Since the last Appeal report, the following parish<:5 have surpassed their 1992 total: St. Stephen, Attleboro; St. Mary, Mansfield; Sacred Heart, North Attleboro; St. Mary, Norton; St. Mary, Seekon'k; Our Lady of Victory, Centerville; Sc Eli2;abeth,:Edgartown; St. J 6hn the Eva'ngelist; Pocassh; St. Pius X, South Yarmouth.

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Our Lady of Lourdes, Wellfleet; Sacred Heart, St. Michael, St. Patrick; Fall River; St, John of God, Somerset; Our Lady of Fatima, St. Dominic, St. Michael, Swansea. Our Lady of Fatima, Sacred Heart, St. Anne, St. Casimir, St. Francis of Assisi, St. John the Baptist, New Bedford; St. Anthony, Mattl!poisett; St. Patrick, Wareham; St. Anthony, St. Joseph, Taunton; St. Peter, Dighton; Immaculate Conception, No. Easton. Hopefully many more parishes will surpass their 1992 totals. Father Freitas expressed gratitude to all contributors and to Special Gifts and parish workers.

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SEATED IN Our Lady of Hope chapel after procession transferring the Santo Cristo image from former Poor Clare convent in Ponta Delgada are, from left, Msgr, John J. Oliveira; Msgr. Jose Ribeiro Martins, vicar episcopal for Sao Miguel; Bishop D. Aurelio Granada Escudeiro of the Azores; Antonio Cardinal Ribeiro, Patriarch of Lisbon; Bishop Sean O'Malley; and'an unidentified auxiliary bishop from the German diocese of Paderborn,

:Bishop welcomed'to A-zorean fea~t.

CATHOUC CHARITIES Appeal workers from the Fall River area stand with Claire McMahon, third left, lay Appeal chairman, and Bishop Sean O'Malley. They are, from left, Natalieand,N()rman Alv~s~ $<i,nto Christo parish, Fall River; Daniel Shea, St. Mary's'Ca1hedral; Father Daniel L. Freitas, diocesan and Fall River area director; and Fall River John F. Andrews, pastor of St. Bernard's parish, Assonet, assistant area director.' (Kearns photo)

83' Pat McGowan with reports from Father John J. Oliveira A procession in pouring rain over streets covered with intricately-patterned carpets of flower petals and colored sawdust; another procession over a route that took four hours to traverse; heirloom bedspreads hung as decorations from the balconies of homes passed along the way; the 14th-century statue of Santo Cristo dos Milagres covered with a canopy and escorted by candles as it was solemnly transferred from a former Poor C1arle Convent to the Chapel

FATHEB: JOHN J. Oliveira, Bishop Sean O'Malley and Msgr. John J. Oliveira (left to right) participate in Porta Delgada procession at which Santo Cristo statue is transferred from Poor Clare convent to public chapel. Note man at right walking on his knees, a common form of devotion among

of Our Lady of Hope in Ponta Delgada, capital city of the Portuguese island of Sao Miguel; striking .architecture and beautiful churches. These are among the kaleidoscopic memories of Bishop Sean

O'Malley after his May 14 to 19 first visit to the beautiful islands of the Azores. Also unforgettable, he ~ said, was the welcome extended him by the people, both Azoreans from the Fall River diocese returnTurn to Page 13

549 seniors to grad11ate It's pomp and circumstance time again at the four diocesan high schools: Bishop Sean O'Malley will award a total 549 diplomas at this year's commencement exercIses.

99 seniors at Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River, will be the first graduates, donning caps and gowns for a '7 o'clock baccalaureate Mass tonight at Holy Turn to Page 13

Portuguese Catholics. Behind man to left is Father John C. Martins, pastor of Santo Christo parish, Fall River, attending his first Santo Cristo festival at the invitation of Azorean Bishop D. Aurelio Granada Escudeiro.

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