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FALL RIVER DIOCESAN NEWSPAPER FOR SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS CAPE COD & THE ISLANDS
FALL RIVER, MASS.
VOL. 43, NO. 22 • Friday, June 4, 1999
Southeastern Massachusetts' Largest Weekly • $14 Per Year
Family Rosary to move world headquarters to North Easton ~
An institute devoted to strengthening families and dedicated to the 'Rosary Priest' will be built near Stonehill College.
to strengthen and unify families by encouraging daily family prayer, especially the rosary. Though Father Peyton died in 1992, at age 83, his ?rganizations continue under the spon-
sorship of the Congregation of the Holy Cross. The corporate membership of The Family Rosary decided to move the international
By JAMES N. DUNBAR AND FAMILY INSTITUTE REPORTS
Diocesan consecration is June 10 at Cathedral
NORTH EASTON - The Family Rosary, Inc., the worldwide family prayer ministry founded in 1942 by the late Holy Cross Father Patrick Peyton, is expected to announce that it will move its international headquarters from Albany, N.Y., to North Easton by August 2000. The announcement is expected to come from Holy Cross Father John Phalen, president of The Family Rosary, Inc., at a symposium on family spirituality, Sunday, at 12:30 p.m., at Sally Blaire Ames Complex at Stonehill College. It would be the inaugural event of the Father Patrick Peyton Family Institute at Stonehill College. The Institute is being established with a grant The Family Rosary in Albany received a few years ago from the former DeRance Foundation to memorialize Father Peyton and further his work. It would be located on property owned by the Congregation of Holy Cross, adjacent to Stonehill College in a building slated to be built next year. Father Peyton founded The Family Rosary in 1942 during the World War II years
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HOLY CROSS Father John Phalen, president of The Family Rosary, Inc., shows an architect rendering of the new building ·to be constructed on Holy Cross-owned property adjacent to Stonehill College that will house the new international headquarters of The Family Rosary.
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FALL RIVER - The Diocese ofFall River' will be consecrated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus at a Mass, Thursday, June 10, at 7 p.m., in St. Mary Cathedral celebrated by Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, OFM Cap. Parishioners from across the diocese are invited to attend and renew their own dedication and consecration to Jesus Christ at the solemn ceremonies that come on the eve of the feast ofthe Sacred Heart itself. Diocesan clergy and Sacred Heart Fathers as we)) as many diocesan organizations will attend and participate in the Mass. The Fairhaven Chapter of the worldwide organization Men of the Sacred Heart, which had pressed for the consecration, is working with other chapters diocesewide to further the event. Their hope is to promote ongoing enthronement of the Sacred Heart in individual families through activities on the parish level.
For Catholic Charities Appeal victory is always a team effort
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headqu;rrters to North Easton following a comprehensive study by a consultant firm that recommended the relocation to further the long-range development of the organization and to provide a permanent home for it. With the move, it hopes to create a viable place of family prayer and pilgrimage as the Tum to page J3 - Rosary
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The late Msgr. Gomes'spirited advice recalled as Appeal sprints towards its goal.
time, as the "coach" of our team. Building on the sports themes which the late monsignor would invariably invoke, Msgr. Harrington and Michael 1. FALL RIVER - The name of Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes Donly, diocesan Director of Development, concurred that the 1999 Appeal is indeed, in the proverbial "last quarter," will always be linked to the Catholic Charities Appeal, recalls Msgr. Thomas 1. Harrington, current director of the as they expressed cautious optimism about the outcome. "We need to have each parish exhaust every available avAppeal. _ enue to secure the participation of all parishioners," said The popular, late pastor of Our Lady of the Angels Church Donly. in Fall River, Msgr. Gomes died Aug. 23, 1992, but the interBoth diocesan officials reported that pastors are often vening years have done little to dim the memory of the bestdropping into the Headquarters Office located in Fall River, known alumnus of Notre Dame, in southeastern .Massachubringing in returns from all areas of the diocese. setts. A recent visitor was Father John P. Driscoll, pastor of Msgr. Harrington, recalled with affection the inimitable Saint Lawrence Parish in New Bedford. Donly noted with manner in which Msgr. "Tony" Gomes would manage to particular satisfaction that the oldest parish in the Whaling bring metaphors and parables from the sports world to the City has gone "over the top" in the 1999 campaign, joining activities of the Catholic Charities Appeal, to his parish ministry and to every facet of life. "He would be saying these . a number of other parishes in achieving that goal. He and Msgr. Harrington agreed that the overall success of the 1999 days that our 1999 Appeal is entering the fourth quarter," Appeal will be contingent on many more parish units folMsgr. Harrington said. "He would grudgingly acknowledge lowing suit. that we had a good shot at a victory, but would quickly say Contributions from prospective donors may still be this is no time for our team to let up." made by contacting any of the 111 parishes of the diocese Other staff members at the Diocesan Headquarters chuckor by communicating directly with Diocesan Headquarled as they remembered how the band would play the spirters at Post Office Box 1470, Fall River, MA 02722, or by ited "Notre Dame Victory March" on the occasion of the calling (508) 676-8943. Charities Appeal Kickoff celebrations, and how Msgr. Gomes Tum to page six - CCA would always introduce the bishop, whomever it was at the