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Friday, June 13, 1997
FALL RIVER, MASS.
FALL RIVER DIOCESAN NEWSPAPER FOR SOUTHEAST· MASSACHUSETTS CAPE COD & THE ISLANDS Southeastern Massachusetts' Largest Weekly
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The waiting is over:
Three men to be ordained priests for the Fall River diocese By Christine Vieira Mills Cap., tomorrow at St. Anchor staff' Mary's Cathedral, Fall RivThe big day is almost er. here for three men preparDeacons Michael Kuhn ing to receive the sacrament and Marek Tuptynski were of Holy Orders from ~ishop ordained to the transitional Sean P. O'Malley,' OFM diaconate 10 January and
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Deacon Thomas Kocik in August, 1996. All have now finished their studies for the ptiesthood. .Deacon Michael F. Kuhn Deacon Kuhn is the sixth of eight children born to
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Floyd and Kathleen Kuhn. He is a native of Virginia and came to the Fall River diocese in 1993 as an affiliate of the Youth Apostles. He attended Osborn Park High School and Oblate College in Washington, D.C., and Holy Apostles Seminary in Cromwell, CT., where he earned the Master of Divinity degree. During the past 10 years, he has worked in youth ministry in parish's of the Diocese of Arlington, V A. He spent the last three summers working with the Spanish Apostolate and at St. Mary's Cathedral and St. Vincent's Home in Fall
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THE SEA UTI FULLY repainted statue of Our Lady pictured above, now in the Rosary Chapel of St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River, was originally rescued by parishioner Richard Fernandes from a church that planned to discard it. The statue languish'ed for some time in the former St. Mary's School, across Second Street from the Cathedral, said Father Horace J. Travassos, outgoing Cathedral rector. Then along came seminarian Michael Lindo of Espirito Santo parish, Fall River, who lovingly restored Our Lady to her original glowing splendor. She is worth a visit and a grateful rosary. (Anchor/ J olivet photo)
River. For the past year, he has been working at St. Michael's parish, Swansea. Deacon Marek Tuptynski Deacon Tuptynski was born in Kwidzyn, Poland, the son of Barbara and David Tuptynski. He graduated from Kwidzyn High School and the Society of the Divine Word College with a degree in philosophy. He was a seminarian at Sts. Cyril and Methodius Seminary in Orchard Lake, MI, where he received the Master of Divinity degree and attended classes at the University of Detroit, where he Turn to Page Three
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Appeal books close for '97
The curtain has falIen and the books have closed for the 1997 Catholic Charities Appeal in the Diocese of FalI River, with a new record sum reported, $2,581 ,422.66. Msgr. Thomas J. Harrington, Director of the Appeal, noted that the total received in this year's effort just barely eclipsed the returns registered a year ago. "We would have preferred to . surpass last year's Appeal by a greater margin, of course," he stated, "however, we are gratified by the impressive sum which was colIected." The Appeal was conducted this year within just one month's time, shorter by some ten days than the duration ofthe effort in 1996. Most Rev. Sean P. O'Malley OFM, Cap., Bishop of FalI River, expressed profound gratitude to alI who contributed to the success of this year's Appeal. St. Pius X parish, South Yarmouth, was once againJhe parish community registering the largest • tally, $120,486. The large parish in the mid-Cape area continued the tradition of exceptional generosity to the spring season Diocesan stewardship appeal. Another Cape area parish exhibited one of the greatest and most remarkable percentage increases in recent years. Our Lady of the Assumption parish in OstervilIe reported returns this year of $41,283 surpassing its total of a year ago by more than $10,000 and concluding the drive with a 32 percent increase. A fine increase was noted by yet another Cape parish, Corpus Christi in Sandwich, which reported a final sum of $57,510, substantially exceeding the 1996 tally. In Fall River, St. Michael's parish attained a final sum of$14,532,
representing an increase over the prior year's result of nearly 25 percent. Two parishes in the New Bedford deanery reported excellent percentage increases: St. Francis X!lvier parish in Acushnet had an 18 percent increase, gathering $11,668 in this year's campaign, while St. Rita's parish in Marion, with returns of $9,564, achieved a healthy 17 percent increment. Among parishes in the upper tier of Bristol County, Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Seekonk continued to show remarkable growth, achieving a final tally of$57,840 in this year's Appeal. Offsetting the encouraging results in these and many other parishes (83 parishes in total surpassed last year's amount) were some unexpected difficulties which several parishes experienced in their efforts to meet or exceed the totals received in previous years. Diverse factors appear to have been contributing factors leading to a leveling off of the overall Diocesan effort. Funds generated by the Appeal l!re used to fund social services, health care, education and pastoral endeavors. It is expected that further returns will continue to arrive at Diocesan Headquarters and will be considered "new money" for the 1998 Appeal. Anyone wishing to support the Catholic Charities Appeal please contact Diocesan Headquarters at 344 Highland Avenue, P.O. Box 1470, FalI River, MA 02722, or by caIling (508) 676-8943. The final tabulations of parish returns for the 1997 Appeal are listed on page 10.