t eanc 0 VOL. 44, NO. 31 • Friday, August 18, 2000 .
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ROME-BOUND - Pilgrims from across the diocese, chaperones and Father Scott Ciosek, kneeling, far right, take time for a candid shot outside Bishop Stang High School in North Dartmouth before heading to a Boston flight taking them to World Youth Day 2000 celebrations with some two million others. More pictures on pages three and 16. (Anchor/Dunbar photo)
Rome awes area pilgrims ~
Young adults from Fall River diocese join Bishop O'Malley in Vatican Square for opening ceremonies. By MIKE GORDON ANCHOR STAFF
VATICAN CITY - Rome, a city usually known fo~ ancient splendor and timeless atmosphere, took on a younger face Tuesday moming as the first wave of pilgrims from the Fall River diocese arrived in the Eternal City to take part in the great Jubilee Year's World Youth Day 2000. The groups of 24 and 60 young people, chaperones and priests found themselves among an estimated two million pilgrims for a host of activities both spiritual and cultural. On Monday moming, after many months of fund-raisers, preparation and shared spirituality, parents and friends helped carry lilggage and checked last minute lists as a group of 24 that included Father Hernando Herrera of the Youth Apostles boarded a bus at Bishop Stang High School in North Dartmouth. After hugs and kisses the travelers motored to
Boston and then flew to New York for a stopover and then directly to Rome, arriving early Tuesday morning. Then, on Monday afternoon, the scene at Stang was repeated as a second diocesan group comprised of 60 pilgrims and including Father Scott Ciosek, headed by bus to Boston
Bishop offers condolences FAL.L RIVER - Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, OFM Cap., who is in Rome this week with young people of the diocese participating in World Youth Day 2000, has issued the following statement on learning of the death of Fall River Police Officer Richard G. Magan. "I join the citizens of Fall River in mourning the unexpected death of Officer Richard Magan and offer my condolences to his family Turn to page. three - Condolences
for a flight to Frankfurt, Gennany and then on to Rome arriv. ing Tuesday afternoon. Following the arrival of the second group at the Hotel Princess, the entire 84-member diocesan entourage traveled with Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, OFM Cap., to St. Peter's Square and St. John Lateran for the opening celebration wilt! Pope John Paul II. It included a "Presentation of the Continents" - a mutual exchange of typical gifts which will become an expression of a com~union of prayer and faith, of celebration and friend- . ship. It was followed by a prayer by the Holy Father and the theme of World Youth Day: "And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us," was proclaimed. After the ceremonies the local pilgrims attended a Mass celebrated by· Father Ciosek observing the feast of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary into heaven, the theme of the celebrations being: "Mary of the Magnificat." In an address to young people on the eve ofWorId Youth Turn to page 13 - Trip
Holy Name Society's regional convention set in Fall River ~
The all-day event on October 21 will be held at Espirito Santo School on Alden Street.
FALL RIVER - Hundreds of men from Holy Name Societies throughout the region are slated to gather for the fourth, New England Region I,.Holy Name Society Convention set for October 21 at Espirito Santo Parish School. The theme for the convention is "The Holy Name in the Holy Year," with 17 workshops planned in English, Portuguese
and Spanish and three meals on . the agenda. "We have also scheduled time for private devotions and will have daylong adoration of the Blessed Sacrament available and a closing Mass with Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, OFM Cap., as principal celebrant," reported Jose Sardinha of Fall River's St. Anthony.of Padua Parish, dioc-
esan president of the Holy Name Society and chairman of the convention. Sardinha made it clear that the convention "is open to all, and you need not be a member of the Society to attend." The co-chairman is Humberto Vieira of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Church, New Bedford.
The keynote address will be given by Father John J. Oliveira, pastor of St. John the Baptist Church, New Bedford. Deacon Joao A. Moniz of Espirito Santo Parish, a spiritual moderator for the Holy Name Society, will be the master of ceremonies. The regional conven~ion, held every two years, was last held in Springfield. The Holy Name Society is a parish branch of a worldwide confraternity founded to proclaim publicly Jesus as Lord. and savior. Charged Turn to page 13- Society