t ean VOL. 42, NO. 30 •
Friday, August 7, 1998
FALL RIVER DIOCESAN NEWSPAPER FOR SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETIS CAPE COD & THE ISLANDS FALL RIVER, MASS.
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St. Vincent's teens learning l~f~kiilsah~JtfHMSB~unty By MIKE GORDON
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FALL RIVER - For most kids, summers are spent chasing ice cream trucks down block or clamoring for a trip to the town pool or beach. But for some outstanding residents! of St. Vincent's Home, this summer has been the experience of a lifetime. !. Nine St. Vincent's teens, ages 15-18, are spending the summer aboard the Tall Sh~p HMS (Her Majesty's Ship) Bounty, an authentic reproduction of an 18th-century, fUU~ rigged vessel, where they've been learning about sailing firsthand and giving visitors historical walk through its legacy. Each spent over 60 hours in the classroom learning basi, . seamanship and preparing to meet the challenges he or she would face this summer ari, from the accolades given them at their official cadet graduation ceremony in Battleship,~ Cove, those challenges are being met and surpassed. . "This group has been extraordinary," declared executive director of the Bounty Founda~ tion Tom Murray who helped hand out diplomas to new cadets in the ship's galley. "You' guys have represented your community and city. Everyone ought to be proud of what you've accomplished." Teens from St. Vincent's, a residential care facility for over 160 children and adolescentS aged 5-22, visited the Bounty last year on a field trip, sailing from Newport to Fall River, and when Jack Weldon, the home's executive director, saw the excitement it generated, he wrote the vessel's caretakers, requesting information on the ship's summer training pro~ gram. From that letter came a partnership with the HMS Bounty Foundation to provide a unique program and learning experience. This summer's was the fifth class of cadets, but the first from St. Vincent's. "It's been quite a positive program," said Weldon. ''The kids have been learning teamwork, leadership skills, challenging themselves, building confidence and it's been great to SHIP AHOY! Residents and staff of S1. Vincent's Home, Fall River, see them be so successful." The cadets have learned how to tie knots, raise and lower sails stand aboard the Tall Ship HMS Bounty, docked in Battles~ip Cove. They and climb the rigging and all these skills are being demonstrated for the ship's visitors. earned the honor of serving as cadets for the vessel this summer following The cadets themselves were all smiles at the ceremony, even though the rain pushed the more than 60 hours, of trairlng.~deducatlon.. They have sailing the ship event into the belly of the ship. "I'm having a good time antH like working furlingthe sails. all summer and will give tours and history here from Aug. 7-12 and Aug. It's a lot of work to pull them up," said cadet Dan, who explained the aspects of the ship as 17-31. (Anchor/Gordon photo) if he'd been a sailor his whole life. Cadet Jorge added that although he's working hard, he is indeed having a good time. "I like to climb and work with the sails." His friend Peter explained that the cadets had had to go barefoot the previous day because they were part of a documentary on The Star Spangled Banner, being filmed in Newport and were dressed in period costumes for the shoot. . Another cadet, Christina, said she loves the time she's spent on the ship. "It was hard to do the sails yesterday though, because the wind was really blowing. ~e worked hard." . Tum to page 14 -Bounty .
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Sandwich parish gives fornter church a ,prayerful goodbye •
Candlelight procession with abandoned structure's gold cross leading, gives Corpus Christi parishioners a closure and visions of a modern new church. By JAMES N. DUNBAR
SANDWICH - Even the weather added to the nostalgia and history as members of Corpus Christi Parish gathered to say a prayerful goodbye to the former church that had served their community of faith well from 1901 to its closing on Labor Day in 1994. Approximately 120 parishioners, friends and clergy joined in religious services on the evening of July 29 that included prayer, song, witness and a candlelight procession at the . structure on Jarvis Street that had served them for 93 years. Just minutes into the service, rain forced the gathering inside the abandoned, dusty building for nearly 15 minutes until the rain subsided. "This wasn't planned but maybe it was God's plan to have us take another last look . inside here," said pastor Father Marcel H. Bouchard. Parishioners said the church looked ; s1l1aller than they remembered comParedtothe Parish Center in East Sandwich where they ;1 ,~g~~~~tl~~or~~sas p}ans fot a~e~<£o~~sSh~~tiChurch are currently on an architect's Jl pra~I,~g~R~~;:tt\;-:. '. ' ;~ ·'.t'il::,,,;, •• . . ,I " <~, 1.'..i'.'ft1~,~~m.~¥mo§t~ttJng:,~R~~I . ., OJhOT~ Ryan; a New Yorker. chosen as lIturgIcal ~:F§~s~I,~~.t.J?:lli~.piO~1:Ii' his,tpry; .s~?at~~:fX~g1Js~J~Q9, the c()ld, c~ur~h 's co~erst~ne ~~.atl~.g~I~~~;~~~~,1JI~,llf~ams,tor.~h''''<I\ •.maJly;<;::~thohS~5~e, and thefe ~as a delegatIon ;'. from each()fthtl.area~sProtestantcli1Jrches. ; '. .' . . , ii~s PartRf q1~r~~ent"c~re'mqnitf's,~pple came f?rward to touch the old cornerstone and ,i~le.~s them~~t;~:ils. t,he.b,ells tqlle?:<"il:~ '. '. .. ...., . .. If ·1, While onG~odFridayof 1901'theirJorbears gathered to witness theralsmg of the cross ij~9 ~l}. ~teepli:9f >tlltl,chu~c1:l, ~()se)n:!re recent ga~ering watched ~e gol~ cross bei~~ ;lr~1l1ovedfr()mjatoptherron~ entranceway. Itwascamed by Paul BernIer, a dIOcesan seml~"#,arlan~aS~,,2:i~~!~li~~$~~oce,s&~()n\y,9~~d,a!?un~lhe former house of worship while hymns
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I.PaWt~cke(w~ot()ldbftbeearlierhisi6ryof the parish since 1830 to ~ervice the growing f:Cape Cod'c'o'fQnlllnity:The parish'soop canie under the new diocese of Fall River (1904), fand Corpus Crrnstibecame the ~lde~t:~hurch in the diocese. I '; • 'On this occasion, parishioners Marie Hamlin, Bill Mulcahy and Dolores 0' Brien talked CORN.ERSTONE - of the abandoned Corpus Christi Church is inscribe~ lovingly of their memories. Hamlin, who initially spent summers attending Mass there, with the opening stanza of the hymn "Pange Lingua.nSet in place in Augu~t was later married in the church a~d her ~hildren were ~aptiz~d ,and grew ~p there. .. 1900, it marked the third church to serve the Cape Cod community in that Mulcahy remembers the growmg parish and eucharistic minIsters carrymg commUnIon area until spiraling parish growth forced its closing in 1994.
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