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Diocesan youth are heading to Rome ~
The Anchor is sending staff writer-photographer Mike Gordon to cover the World Youth Day 2000.
SEEKONK - More than 80 young adults from the Fall River diocese heading to Rome for World Youth Day 2000 will attend a special, sendoffMass Sunday at 5 p.m., in Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, as part of their spiritual preparation for the Aug. 14-21 pilgrimage. Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, OFM Cap., who will be in Rome for the events, will celebrate the Mass after which the young pilgrims will enjoy a tortellini dinner. With the latest attendance estimates for the event's culmination - an August 19 vigil and August 20 Mass with Pope John Paul II - pegged at 1.2 million-l.5 million young. I' people from J 63 ~. countries, the Eter, . nal City will seem , • eternally young. ~ The local youth ""","I will be among more IIDRI.D than 17,000 U.S. pilYOUTH grims expected to I g/.\": travel to Rome from' ... 130 U.S. dioceses, accompanied by 45 cardinals· and bishops, including Cardinals Bernard Law of Boston, Anthony J. Bevilacqua of Philadelphia, Francis E. George of Chicago, William H. Keeler of Baltimore and Adam J. Maida of Detroit. At the first scheduled encounter on August 15, the pope will welcome Italian youths in an opening ceremony at the Basilica of St. John Lateran, then make his way to St. Peter's Square to meet with an unexpected 200,000 foreigners. From August 16 to 18, particip'ants will be divided into three groups of about 200,000 people each to allow for better organization and movement through the city. On a rotating basis, each group will have the chance to pass through the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica, a first-time opportunity for a World Youth Day event. There are a variety of activities in store. There will be 300 catechises prot . Turn to page three - Youth
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DEPARTING IN his famous popemobile, John Paul II is applauded by approximately 8,000 priests from across the globe who had concelebrated the Jubilee Mass for Priests. (Photo courtesy of Father Maurice O. Gauvin Jr.)
Diocesan priest recalls Jubilee for Priests in Rome ~
For Father Maurice O. Gauvin Jr., parochial vicar at St. AnFather Maurice 0. Gauvin Jr., was among thony Church in Taunton, finding himself among the pilgrim thousands ofpriests celebrating their priesthood priests' welcomed at evening ceremonies on Sunday, May 14 at and the pope's birthday. the patriarchal Basilica of Saint Mary Major was "an awesome
By JAMES N. DUNBAR TAUNTON - For five days last spring, 2,000 priests from across the globe gathered in Rome to celebrate their priesthood and during a prayerful retreat be nourished spiritually for their continuing ministry of service to God and his Church.
experience," he told·The Anchor in an interview last week. First, the basilica, dedicated to Mary, the Mother of God, was most beautiful, Father Gauvin, the only priest from the Fall River diocese attending the retreat, reported. Then, in an inspirational welcoming address, Cardinal Dario Castrillon Hoyos, prefect of Turn to page 13 - Rome
Local groups become bridges for the. disabled ~
Providing those with disabilities with a link to their faith communities is the common goal. By JAMES N. DUNBAR
FALL RIVER ~ People throughout the country are becoming aware that to live with a disability should mean to live in a supportive community, not hidden away in painful isolation. Within the Diocese of Fall River, groups like Spiritual Explorations in Taunton are active interfaith committees which help to meet the spiritual needs of persons with developmental disabilities, allowing them to become val- .
In an interview with The Anchor this week, Deacon John Welch of St. Ann Parish Raynham, and Philip Bedard of St. Jacques Parish, Taunton, a candidate for the permanent diaconate, talked about the efforts to allow everyone to worship. "Spiritual Explorations aims to make the handicapped active members of their parish community in whatever religious group they belong," said Bedard, the group's chairman. Welch is a committeeman. "We are an ecumenical committee of interested citizens, clergy, and staff from provider agencies and the Department of Mental Retarda-' BEDARD Turn to page J 3 - Bridge
ued members of their various faith communities and to participate to the fullest extent possible.
DEACON JOHN WELCH
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