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Appointments made in youth programs
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The following appointments have been made for youth programs in the Fall River diocese: Rev. Stephen B. Salvador, . diocesan chaplain for Boy and Girl Scouts and Camp Fire with special attention ·to Boy Scouts; Rev. Martin L. Buote, assistant diocesan chaplain with special attention to Girl Scouts and Camp Fire. Paul Parente, diocesan chairperson for the Catholic Scouting Committee; Nancy Santos diocesan, chairperson for Girl Scouts and Camp Fire. Area Boy Scout chaplain~: Father Salvador, Fall River and New Bedford areas; Deacon Vincent Walsh, Cape and Islands; Deacon John Welch, Taunton and Attleboro areas'. Area Girl Scout and Camp Fire chaplains: Rev. Richard Andrade, Fall River area; Rev. Alphonsus McHugh, SS.Cc., New Bedford area; Deacon Francis Camacho, Cape and Islands; Rev. Arnold Medeiros, Taunton and Attleboro areas. Awards ceremonies directors: Rev. David Landry, St. Anne's parish, Fall River; Mrs. Kenneth Leger, Fall River. Area Boy Scout lay chairpersons: Wesley Ridlon, Anawan Council; Frank Sullivan, Cape Cod Council; Michael Childs, Moby Dick Council.
The Mass of Christian Burial was offered June 30 at the People's. Chapel of LaSalette Shrine, Attleboro, for Brother James Moore, MS, 85, who died June 27. A native of Ireland and the son of the late John and Kate (Baldwin) Moore, he was in 1952 the first pilgrim to come to the La- . Salette Shrine in Enfield, NH. Later he helped rebuild the shrine chapel. Assigned to the Attleboro shrine in 1958, he supervised all electriCal work at the facility, including its famed Christmas light display, the largest in the nation. He also served from time to time at'a LaSalette parish in New Brunswick, Canada. He is survived by a daughter, Morin, in Tennessee, and a sister, Katie Walsh, in Ireland. M~ry
MSGR. JOHN J. OLIVEIRA congratulates new eucharistic ministers, from left, Bob St. Amour, Denise DeMello, Vivian Poulin, Paul Berube, Wilfrid Courville, John A Carreiro Jr. prior to commissioning ceremonies for them and many others in the Fall River area at N~tre Dame Church, Fall River. Similar ceremonies were conducted at Immaculate ConceptIon Church, Taunton, by'Msgr. John J. Smith and at St. Pius X Church, South Yarmouth, by Msgr. Henry T. Munroe. (Gaudette photo)
Special ministers of Eucharist named
Seat less important LOUISVILLE, Ky. (CNS) Since 1836, U.S. presidents have named eight Catholics to the Supreme Court. Now, with a record three Catholic justices on the bench, the importance of the socalled "Catholic seat" has diminished, according to a study by college professor Barbara A. Perry, a political scientist from Louisville. "As Catholics emerged as a potentially significant voting bloc, presidents attempted to woo their votes through Supreme Court appointments," she said, but added that religion was not an overriding factor in the' appointment of any Catholic on the Supreme Court. .
Over 350 men and women from all areas of the Fall River diocese were commissioned special ministers ofthe Eucharist in ceremonies last month. They will bring communion to the aged and infirm at home, in hospitals and in nursing facilities, assist with the distribution of communion at parish Masses and in some cases serve in both areas. Preparation for those commis-
Sister Faria
,sioned included attendance at a review of the theology of the Eucharist and of guidelines for its distribution conducted by Rev. Robert A. Oliveira, diocesan director of continuing formation of clergy and laity. Special requirements for distri-, bution of communion to the sick were presented by Rev. Edmund Fitzgerald, diocesan director of pastoral care for the sick, and Sister Shirley Agnew, RSM, assistant director. Following ceremonies' at Immaculate Conception Church, Taunton; St. Pius X, South Yarmouth; and Notre Dame, Fall River, the new ministers joined the large number of laity commissioned in previous years. Congratulating them, Bishop Daniel A. Cronin expressed his
The Mass of Christian Burial was offered Tuesday for Sister Helen Faria, RSM, 72, formerly known as Sister M. Lorenzo, who died July 9 in Providence. Among schools where she taught was the former St. Mary's Cathedral School, Fall River. A Providence native, she was the daughter of the late joseph and Margaret (Preston) Faria. En- . tering the Sisters of Mercy in 1934, . MOBILE, Ala. (CNS) - Jesuit she was an elementary grades teachFather Paul S. Tipton, president . er at several schools in the ProviNEW YORK (CNS) - Retired of Spring Hill College in Mobile, dence dioceses as well as at St. Coadjutor Archbishop John J. has been elected president of the Mary's in Fall River before 'retir- Maguire of New York died July 6 Association of Jesuit Colleges and ing in 1986. of pulmonary and cardiac failure. Universities, which represents the She is survived by a sister, Mrs. The archbishop, 84, had resided 28 Jesuit colleges and universities Mary R. Nickerson of Warwick, at St. Patrick's Cathedral rectory in the United States. and by several nieces and nephews. since retiring shortly after his 75th birthday. New York Cardinal John J. O'Connor celebrated his Mass of Christian Burial July II at the cathedral. He was appointed an auxiliary bishop to Cardinal Francis Spellman of New York in 1959 and was named a coadjutor bishop without the right of succession in 1965. He was twice treasurer ofthe National His Excellency, the M()st Rever~~~ DanielA.Croni~, Bisho~~f Conference of Catholic Bishops. Fall River, has accepted 'the nominationsofthe Very Revere~d' An ardent supporter of civil Richard McNally, SS.Cc., Provincial, and has made the folloW- . rights, the Sunday before the masing appointments: sive 1963 March on Washington, Reverend Alphonsus McHugh,SS.CC. t<i>PastorofOur Lild¥j' at which Rev. Martin Luther King of the Assumption Parish in New Bedford; Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream'! speech, he issued a letter read at all Reverend Richard Czerwien, SS.CC. to Parochial Vicar at archdiocesan parishes encouraging Saint Francis Xavier Parish in Acushnet; <.. '..• i . ' i> Catholics to participate in the Reverend Frederick J. Meyers,SS.CC.to Parochial Vicar llt' march. . Holy Trinity Parish in West Harwich; After Cardinal Terence Cooke Reverend.Kurt Roters, 5S.CC. to Parochial Vicar at Our LadY was appointed New York archbiof the' Assumption Parish in New ~edford.· . shop in 1968, Archbishop Maguire Effective August I, 1989 was named vicar general of the archdiocese.
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gratitude to them and to those already serving'in the diocese. He promised prayers that they would be rewarded "with choice blessings" for themselves and their families. Those unable to attend Mass due to age or infirmity who wish to receive communion at home or elsewhere or family members of such persons are urged to contact a parish priest to make arrangements.
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