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VOL.47, NO. 25
• Friday, June 27, 2003
FALL RIVER, MASS.
Southeastern Massachusetts' Largest Weekly • $14 Per Year
Diocesan faithful help Appeal surpass goal FALL RIVER - The 62 nd annual Catholic Charities Appeal of the Diocese of Fall River has concluded with the extraordinary sum of $3,674,844.95. This is the largest total in the history of the Appeal, exceeding last year's amount and eclipsing the previous all-time high registered in 2001. Hearing of the auspicious conclusion to this year's efforts, Bishop-Elect Coleman broke into a broad smile, encouraged to know that funding will be available for the many diocesan apostolates and ministries whiCh depend upon the Catholic Charities Appeal for support. With gratitude to Almighty God for blessing this year's Appeal with success and with grateful recognition of the hard work of pastors and parish committeesthrough the diocese, Bishop-Elect Coleman certainly found that the news of this year's result was a positive note upon which to embark for the challenging deliberations which will occupy his attention and that of his peers at the bishops' meeting. At Diocesan Headquarters, Msgr. Thomas J.
Harrington, director of the Appeal, and Michael J. Donly, diocesan director of Development, agreed that the campaign had gone extremely well. "With the slowdown in the economy, we were, to be candid, a bit apprehensive," Msgr. Harrington stated. "And with the celebration of Holy Week and Easter coming at the very end of April, the parish programs got off to a relatively late start. The upshot was that returns were slow to arrive at headquarters in the first days and weeks of the Appeal." Donly identified the extraordinary overall success of the individual parish programs in the 101 parochial communities across the diocese. "Some of the larger, affluent parishes on Cape Cod and in suburban areas of the diocese realized truly remarkable sums, for which we are most grateful," Donly said. "But we were particularly heartened by the results in so many of our inner city parishes. We had some returns and increases in urban areas that border on the miraculous." Increasingly well organized parish committees seem to contribute to the success of the Appeal. Turn to page J1 - Appeal
ST. JOSEPH of Cluny Sister Eugenia Brady; left, was selected by Bishop-Elect George W. Coleman as the first woman Spiritual Moderator in the 50~year history of the Fall River Diocesan Council of Catholic Women. With Sister Brady is DCCW President Lynette Ouellette. (Photo by Maddy Lavoie)
Sister Brady named first woman moderator in DCCW history By
DAVE JOLIVET EDITOR
FALL RIVER - For the first time in its 50-year history, a woman will serve as spiritlk'l1 moderator for the Fall River Diocesan Council of Catholic Women. Bishop-Elect George W. Coleman recently appointed St. Joseph of Cluny Sister Eugenia Brady to the position which had been fUled by diocesan priests for the past five decades. "I feel very privileged to be named," Sister Brady said during an Anchor interview last week. "I know this diocese very well, and I love the Diocese of Fall River and its people." Sister Brady, who resides with her community in Newport, R.I., has previously served as associate director of religious education in the diocesan Education Office for eight years, and introduced the RAINBOW program, a grief process for children, adolescents and adults, through the diocesan Of-
fice of Family Ministry. These days, Sister Brady is a visiting retreat director at the St. Edmund's Retreat at Enders Island, Conn., and does free-lance ministry in spiritual direction, retreat days, and workshops up and down the east coast. "Many within the DCCW are thrilled to have Sister Brady as the new spiritual director," said Council President Lynette Ouellette. "She comes highly recommended and we know she will be a great asset to the Council. Many of the women are very impressed with her." Bishop-Elect Coleman was given a list of three candidates for the position. "We didn't know how the bishop-elect would respond to having a woman candidate," said 'Ouellette. But having known Sister Brady and her qualifications from her work in the Education Office, Bishop-Elect Coleman Turn to page J3 - DCCW
A 100TH birthday party was recently held 100 YEARS - Germaine Lapointe wears a big smile as she celebrates her 1OOtl} birth- at the Catholic Memorial Home, Fall River, day at Our Lady's Haven, Fairhaven. She for resident Elizabeth Heneghan. She and was joined by many relatives and friends. friends enjoyed music, cake and ice cream. Lapointe lived in New Bedford and worked The Fall River native worked in a cotton mill for 40 years at the Metropolitan Insurance making yarn for many years and in 1998 received a Community Spirit Award. Company.