lar and confemment ofthe miraculous medal. Attendees should bring a bag lunch. For more information call 508428-4527. EUCHARISTIC ADORATION ATTLEBORO - Perpetual eucharistic adoration is held at St.Joseph's Church, 208 South Main Street. For information call 508-226-1115.
NEW BEDFORD - Perpetual eucharistic adoration is held at Our Lady's Chapel, 600 Pleasant Street. New adorers are welcome. For more information call Laurie Larsen-Silva at 508-888-7751. WEST HARWICH - Perpetual eucharistic adoration is held at Our Lady of Life perpetual adoration chapel. New adorers are needed. For more information call 508-430-4716. HEAliNG MASSES ATTLEBORO - A healing service in Portuguese will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. at the National Shrine of Our Lady of La Salette. La Salette Father Manuel Pereira will lead it. For more information call 508-222-5410.
FALL RIVER - Mass will be celebrated June 15 at 6:30 p.m. at St. Anne's Church, 818 Middle Street. Rosary will be held at 6 p.m. Healing prayers will follow Mass. For more information call 508-674-5651. POCASSET - The 13th annual MaSs of the Anointing ofthe Sick will be celebrated June 25 at 2 p.m. at St. John the Evangelist Church, 841 Shore Road. For more information call Betty Kazmier at 508-563-9020. STURBRIDGE - Father Ralph A. DiOrio will conduct a charismatic
general healing service with a Sunday Eucharist celebration June 25 at 11:30 a.m. at the Sturbridge Host Hotel. For more information call 508-791-0610. WAREHAM - The Missionary Cenacle Apostolate will host a Mass Sunday at 2 p.m., in St. Patrick's Church Hall during which the sacrament of the sick will be administered. Refreshments will be served following the Mass. The hall is handicapped accessible. For more information call Maureen Lindquist at 508-295-6884. LECTURES/PRESENTATIONS ATTLEBORO- "Mary: Mirror ofJesus," will be presented by Anna Rae Kelly June 15 at 7:30 p.m. at the National Shrine ofOur Lady ofLa Salette. For information call 508-222-541 O.
CRAIGVILLE- The Craigville Colloquy Committee and the Commission for Leadership Development of the Massachusetts Conference of the United Church of Christ presents the 23rd Theological Colloquy July 17-21 at the Craigville Conference Center. The theme is "Christians Engaging Muslims" Commonalities and Particularies," and all Catholics are encouraged to attend. For information call Ralph Babusci at 508-778-0193. MISCELLANEOUS ATILEBORO - A Mass and procession in honor of the Holy Spirit will be held Sunday at 10 a.m. at Holy Ghost Church, 71 Linden Street. Tra-
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ditional free sopas will be served in the church hall following Mass. A procession will begin from 41 Chestnut Street. NEW BEDFORD - A Corpus Christi Procession will begin at 2:30 p.m. from Our Lady's Chapel, 600 Pleasant Street, and participants will proceed to three Benediction stations: St. Lawrence Parish, Our Lady of Purgatory Parish and the Missionaries of Charity. Apot-luck supper will follow at Our Lady's Chapel. For more information call the Franciscan Friars ofthe Immaculate at 508-996-8274. OSTERVILLE - A Day with Mary will be held June 17 beginning at 8:45 a.m. at 79 Wianno Avenue. This day of devotion includes instruction and intercession based on the Fatima message, procession of Our Lady, crowning ceremony, rosary, the celebration of Mass, eucharistic procession, Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament, enrollmentofthe brown scapu-
SOCIAL EVENTS POCASSET - The St. John's Women's Guild will hold its annual Spring Rummage Event June 16 from 6-8 p.m. and June 17 from 8 a.m. to noon at the parish hall, 841 Shore Road. For more information call Pat Saniuk at 508-563-9282. SUPPORT GROUPS NEW BEDFORD - Courage, a support group for those dealing with same-sex attractions while trying to live chaste lives, will meet June 17 at 6 p.m. in the rectory of Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish, 233 County Street. The group is faithful to the Catholic Church's teaching on human sexuality. For more information call 508-9929408.
NORTH DARTMOUTH - A Diocesan Divorced-Separated Support Group will meet June 12 from 7-8:30 p.m. at the Family Life Center, 500 Slocum Road. For more information call Bob Menard at 508-693-2997.
Sister Louis J. Bellenoit SSJ; served in Fall River diocese HOLYOKE - Sister Louis Joseph Bellenoit (Marcelle), 78, a member of the Sisters of S1. Joseph of Springfield for 63 years, died May 29 in the Mont Marie Health Care Center here. A native of Fall River, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Marie Louise (Proulx) Bellenoi1. She entered the Sisters of S1. Joseph in Fall River from the former S1. Jean Baptiste Parish in Fall River. A graduate of Novitiate High Schobl, she received a bachelor's qegree from Rivier College in New Hampshire, and a certificate in theology from Providente College. She became a member of the Sisters of S1. Joseph of Springfield when the two c6mmunities merged in 1974. . Sister Bellenoit taught at Blessed Sacrament, St. Jean Baptiste, and S1. Joseph parochial schools in Fall River; at St.
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