FALL RIVER DIOCESAN NEWSPAPER FOR SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS CAPE COD & THE ISLANDS
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FALL RIVER, MASS., FRIDAY, AUGUST 5, 1983
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New St. John's
• IS dedicated
. ,Last Sunday saw the dedica tion of the reconstructed Church of St. John the Evangelist in Po casset, climaxing an undertaking which began last November, when Bishop Daniel A. Cronin ·blessed the project site. Speaking Sunday at the sol emn rite of Dedication of a Church and an Altar, the bishop congratulated Father James W. Clark, pastor of :5t. John's, upon completion of the undertaking. He recalled that two years ago St. John's parish center was dedicated and noted that it is already fully paid for, thanks to the generosity of St. John's parishioners. The bishop stressed the deep meaning of the rites of dedica tion, making special note of the significance of anointing 'the
altar for its preeminent place in the Eucharistic liturgy. . As descdbed in the Decree of Dedication of a Church and an Altar: "A church is the place where 'the ChrJstian community is gathered to hear the word of God, ito offer prayers of inter cession and praise. to God and above all to celebrate the holy mysteries; and it is the place where the holy sacrament of .the Eucharist is kept. "Thus it stands as a special kind of image of the Church itself, which ds God's 'temple built from living stones. And the altar of a church, where the holy people of God gather to take part in the Lord's sacrifice BISHOP DANIEL A. CRONIN dedicates altar of newly renovated St. John the Evan and 'to be refreshed by the heav .. gelist Church, Pocasset. From left, Father James W. Clark, pastor; the bishop; Msgr. enly meal, stands as a sign of Christ himself, who :is ,the priest, John J. Oliveira, vice-chancellor; Father Edward J. Burns and Father James W. Lowery, CSC, among designated concelebrants of the dedication Mass. (Rosa Photo) Tum to Page Three
Irish eyes
smile on Cape
Belfast, considered the center of Northern Ireland's unrest, said Scott Higginson; 11, represen A:nne -McKinstry, the children's ted 53 children. from Belfast, pretty young chaperone. Northern Ireland, in presenting But the subject of "the trou a gift from his hometown's l.ord bles" was taboo in talking to the Mayor to Governor Dukakis at youngsters. "They're here to for a recent State House ceremony. get them" cautioned Ellie Gou ,But his best memories of this ger, coordinator for the Cape summer are of Cape Cod's gold Cod Irish ChBdren's Program en beaches and of the sundae which is winding up its ninth "so big I couldn't finish it" that summer of bringing children celebrated his arrival for a six from Northern Ireland for six week -stay with the Edward weeks of Cape sunshine, sea and Flynn family. sand. Charlie Kell, 12, liked pizza In the Belfast they left at the and hot dogs (the latter so much end of June, preparations were he'll be taking some home with under way for "King Billy Day," him on Monday) even more than the anniversary of the Battle of his visit with the other children the Boyne in 1690, at which to the Kennedy compound in King William of Orange defeated Hyannisport on July 24. James II, thus 'barring the Ro And "better than meeting the man Catholic Stuarts from the throne of England. president" to all the 10 to 12 . "On King Billy Day," wrote year-oIds was their encounter last Sunday with Irish-American Rev. Philip C. Jacobs, vicar of stage, screen and television actor the Church of the Good Shep herd in Fairhaven, in the "Epis Barnard Hughes. All of which makes them copal Times" for September, 1981, "50,000 to 60,000 Protes pretty typical pre·teens, right? Right. But the different thing tants, many of them children, about them is that they come march four mBes through the from a far from typical environ city waving flags and banners, ment: the troubled stl:eets of Tum to Page Eight
By Pat McGowan
SCOTT HIGGINSON, 11,' of Belfast, discusses the mysteries of a New England lob ster pot with Fred Heyer of Sandwich, a Cape Irish Children's Program host.