FALL RIVER DIOCESAN NEWSPAPER FOR SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS CAPE COD & THE ISLANDS
t eanco VOL. 29, NO. 23
FAL,L RIVER, MASS., FRIDAY; JUNE 7; 1985
$8 Per Year
Appeal col'lects $1,669,666
Alltime record
VICTORY SMILES are flashed by Bishop Daniel A. Cronin and Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes as they study the 1985 Catholic Charities Appeal final report. (Torchia Photo)
'Bishop Daniel A. Cronin an nounced today that the 1985 Catholic Charities Appeal of the Fall River diocese had concluded with the largest sum realized in its 44-year history. 'A total of $1,669,666.23 was contributed to the Appeal. In noting this unprecedented level of giving by diocesan resi dents, Bishop Gronin expressed heartfelt gratitude. Proceeds are distributed throughout the year to diocesan agencies, apostolates and institu tions to provide a wide variety of pastoral, educational and social services to residents of southeastern Massachusetts. In reporting the record sum attained in the 1985 Appeal, Bishop Cronin singled out for special praise its diocesan direc tor, Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes, and Mrs. Aristides Andrade of Taunton, its honorary lay chair man. The amount received in this year's campaign exceeded the 1984 total by more than $120,000, constituting one of the best in crements ever registered in the annual campaign. A record number of parishes, 109, attained "honor roll" status by exceeding ,the amount col lected in 1984.
Msgr. Gomes explained that contributions made in individ uaI parishes form the major por tion of Appeal contributions. Special gift initi&tives, he said, are undertaken to solicit support from business, industry and pro Jiessions in the diocese; however, the parish programs, enlisting the cooperation of thousands of volunteer collectors, continue to form the campaign's broad base. Competition for the coveted position as leading parish was vigorous and lively again this year between two mid-Cape par ishes. St. Pius X parish of South Yarmouth emerged as 'leader for the second year, with returns of $56,541.40, narrowly besting the neighboring parish of St. Francis Xavier of Hyannis, where $55, 257 was collected. St. Francis Xavier, however, registered the largest gain over 'last year's total, more than $7,000. Competition was equally in tense for the third position in the parish listing. Our Lady of Mount Carmel parish in New Bedford, with $35,929.75, barely exceeded another Cape Cod par ish, Holy Trinity of ~est Har wich, which, with returns of $35,738, representing an incre0
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At 'center dedication
Hope the keynote
BISHOP DANIEL A. CRONIN and Cardinal Bernard F. Law at the Basilica of St. John Lateran in Rome. Story on page 9. (Sister Rita Murray Photo, courtesy of, The Pilot, Bos ton)
"Rejoice ,in Hope" proclaimed the springtime green banner in the sanctuary ,of St. Anne's Church, Fall River. Indeed, hope keynoted the celebrations accompanying the May 29 dedication of St. Anne's Hospital's $3.3 million Harold K. Hudner Oncology/Radiation Therapy Center. The center, said Father Ed mund J. Fitzgerald, homHist at the Mass opening the dedication program and director of the Dio cesan Department of Pastoral Care for the Sick, offers "a place of hope for cancer victims in the context of the ministry of Jesus, the hopeful healer." Hundreds of hospital workers, friends ,and members of the Greater Fall River community attended the Mass at St. Anne's Church across Middle Street from the hospital. The principal celebrant was Msgr. John J. Regan, episcopal
vicar for the Fall River and New Bedford 'areas of the diocese and director of diocesan health ser vices, who officiated in the ab sence of Bishop Daniel A. Cro nin, in Rome for last month's consistory elevating 2'8 prelates to the College of Cardinals. Music, including "Rejoice in Hope" by C. Alexander Pelo quin, was by the Fall River Dio cesan Choir with music by John Hubert, organist, the United Brass Quintet and Ithe Chapel Belles of the First Baptist Church of Fall River. Portions of the Mass were composed by Glenn Giuttari, Diocesan Choir director. Following ,the eucharistic litur gy, the congregation moved 'across Middle Street to a large blue and white striped tent erect ed on one of the hospital park ing lots, while Msgr. Regan and oth~r principals in the program Turn to Page Six