VOL.·34, NO. 23
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Friday, June 8, 1990
Southeastern Massachusetts' Largest Weekly
F ALL RIVER, MASS.
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511 Per Year
CCA at alltime high. The Most Reverend Daniel A. . The amount received in this Cronin, Bishop of Fall River, . year's campaign exceeded the 1989 announced today that the 1990 total by more than $145,000, an Catholic Charities Appeal of·the increase of over seven percent from Fall River Diocese has concluded the previous year's total. with the largest sum realized in Commenting on the success of its 49-year history. A total of this year's Appeal, Bishop Cronin $2,218,143.84 was contributed to thanked the thousands of individthe Appeal. uals and businesses that contribNoting this unprecedented level uted to the Appeal, and likewise of giving by diocesan residents, expressed his gratitude to the hunBishop Cronin expressed heartfelt dreds of volunteers who assisted gratitude. Proceeds are distributed the Appeal by devoting their time throughout the year to diocesan and energy. agencies, apostolates and institu"For the Appeal to attain this tions to provide a wide variety of amount during a year of record pastoral, educational and social services to residents of Southeast- difficult economic times is an extraordinary achievement. The ern Massachusetts. In reporting the record sum at- seven percent increase assures that tained in the 1990 Appeal, Bishop so many worthy programs to beneCronin singled out for special fit residents of the diocese will conprai$e its Diocesan Director, Rev- tinue providing needed service. It is encouraging to know that so .erend Monsignor Anthony M. Gomes, Reverend Daniel L. Frei-' many people responded so genertas who assisted Monsignor Gomes, ously to our Appeal. It is a tangiand Horace J. Costa of Taunton, ble demonstration of sharing our Turn to Page 17 diocesan lay chairman.
REJOICING AT THE successful completion of the 49th annual Catholic Charities' Appeal are, from left, Rev. Daniel L. Freitas, assistant Appeal director; Bishop Daniel A. Cronin; Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes, Appeal director, who retires this month and who will be succeeded by Father Freitas. (Hickey photo)
Pope, Gorbachev key to East bloc changes, top cardinal says VATlCAN CITY (CNS) - Pope John Paul II and Mikhail Gorbachev were the two crucial figures in Eastern Europe's political revolution, said Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Agostino Casaroli. Cardinal Casaroli credited Gorbachev with speaking out against the failures of communism. He
said the Soviet leader, while facing serious problems, was. seeking a real solution - "which is in the interest of everyone td encourage and support." The cardinal made the comments June 2 in Krakow, Poland, where he was receiving an honorary degree.
Cardinal Casaroli said that for decades, as the Vatican's chief negotiator in Eastern Europe, he was convinced that communism was a bankrupt system that had moved far away from its utopian goals. But, along with others, he was surprised last year. when one East European country after an-
other began throwing off communist rule. Looking back, the cardinal said, the election of Pope John Paul II and the rise of Gorbachev were "two facts that, because of their unforeseen nature and the influence they exercised, must surely be
considered fundamental" to the change.. The Polish pope's defense of human and religious rights had a profound echo in his homeland, he said. Among the East-bloc nations, Poland was the ripest for reform and in fact became the first to chalTurn to Page 17
High school gets new principal, confers first Bellarmine Awards It has been an exciting week at Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River. Not only has appointment of a new principal been announced but at last Sunday's graduation exercises, a new tradition was inaugurated with the first presentation of the Bellarmine Award to two "founding fathers" of the
school, Msgr. Daniel F. Shalloo and Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes.-
New Principal Upon recommendation of the Diocesan Department of Education, the Most Reverend Daniel A. Cronin, S.T.D., Bishop of Fall River, has appointed the Reve-
rend John P. Murray, S.J., to serve as the new principal of Bishop Connolly High School in Fall River, effective July I, 1990. Father Murray has been director of admissions and financial aid at Boston College High School since 1988. Previously he was guidance director and a counselor at
AT LAST Saturday's ordination of John M. Sullivan, from left, atthe moment of ordination, Bishop Daniel A. Cronin imposes his hands on the new priest's head; Father Sullivan shares the sign of peace with family members;
the school and also carried out various administrative tasks. Ordained a priest on June 20, 1987, the principal-elect holds a bachelor's degree with a history major from Fairfield University. He also holds three master's degrees, in counseling from Fordham University, in divinity from
the Berkeley, Calif., School of Theology and in theology from the Weston School of Theology, Cambridge. In addition to directing admissions and financial aid at Boston College High School, Father MurTurn to Page 17
Father Sullivan and Bishop Cronin; a young girl is among those receiving the first blessings of the new priest. (Hickey photos)