"C'alled by Name" coming to Fall River/New Bedford I
"Called by Name," a national vocation program initiated last October in the Attleboro and Taunton deaneries of the diocese, will take place this October in the Fall River and New Bedford deaneries. , With the assistance of the Diocesan Office of Vocations, the program will ask priests, religious and laity to recommend individuals
OBITUARY 'Brother Finnegan
they feel possess qualities fitting them for the priesthood and religious life. Such persons will then be contacted by priests in their parish to explain the program and ask permission to send their names to Bishop Cronin so that he in turn can invite them to an informational program on vocations. Priests of the Fall River and New Bedford deaneries are asked to attend a meeting at 2 p.m. Sept. II at Cathedral Camp, East Freetown, at which time "Called by Name" will be explained in further detail by Msgr. John J. Smith, diocesan director of vocations.
Brother Augustine Finnegan, FSC, 53, who taught at Bishop Feehan High School, Attleboro, from 1984 to 1987, died Aug. 25. At the time of his death he was assigned to St. Raphael Academy, TOLEDO, Ohio (CNS) - The Pawtucket, RI. His Mass of ChrisFarm Labor Organizing Committian Burial was offered Wednestee, meeting recently in Toledo, day at St. Joseph 'Church, Pawresolved "to work for collective tucket. contracts" for farm workers in a 'A New York native and a son of number of states and to strengthen the la~e James and Mary (Cull) ties with farm worker unions in Finnegan, he made-final vows as a Mexico. The organization at its' Brother of the Christian Schools fifth triennial convention also markin 1964. He held a bachelor's degree ed successful contracts it reached from Catholic University, Washing- , in 1990 to end a "sharecropping" ton, DC, and master's degrees in system throughout Ohio and Michitheology and social studies from gan's pickle industry. Manhattan College and New York President Baldemar Velasquez, University respectively. 44, who founded the Toledo-based He taught in New York and farm workers' union, known as Connecticut schools in addition to FLOX, with his parents in 1967, his assignments in Massachusetts said the labor group aims to create and Rhode Island. either one organization of workers He is survived by a brother, nationally and internationally or Thomas Finnegan, and a sister, "an alliance of unions in order to Mary Matthes, both of New York. negotiate common or coordinated contracts with multinational companies for whom we work."
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The Disaster Response Office of Catholic Charities USA is cooperating with Catholic Social Services of the Fall River diocese in assisting persons on fixed incomes, especially the elderly, to replace refrigerated and frozen food supplies lost due to lack of electricity in the wake of Hurricane Bob. A media advisory from the national office in Alexandria, VA, notes that restoration of electricity may take many days in some locations and adds that although the Fall River Diocesan Catholic Social Services office has a food voucher program to assist elderly and low-income persons, its funds are limited. The national office is therefore appealing for assistance from throughout the country, noting that donations are tax-deductible. The appeal is part of the office's function of providing leadership, technical and financial assistance and resource development to local agencies, such as Catholic Social Services, that meet community needs after disasters. Within the diocese, donations may be sent to Catholic Social Services, PO Box M, 'South Station, Fall River 02724. From other areas, they should go to Disaster Response Office, Catholic Charities USA,I731 King Street, Suit 200, Alexandria VA 22314.
Sept. I 1985, Rev. Jorge J. de Sousa, Pastor, St. Elizabeth, Fall River Sept. 3 1912, Rev. Thomas J. McGee, D.D., Pastor, Sacred Heart, Taunton Sept. 4 1864, Rev. Joseph P. Tallon, Pastor, St. Mary, New Bedford 1894, Rev. John J. Maguire, Founder, St. Peter, Provincetown Sept. 5 1948, Rev. Napoleon A. Messier, Pastor, St. Mathieu, Fall River
AT MADONNA MANOR luncheon for new nurses' aides, from left, Lisa Cadime, RN, director of staff development for the nursing home; nurse's aide Gloria Garner; Rev. Edmund J. Fitzgerald, executive director of Diocesan Health Facilities; and nurse's.aide Susan Savill. The ceremony had special significance for Ms. Garner,. originally from Scotland, and Ms. Savill, from Wales. Both said that such recognition would be unusual in ~heir native countries.
57 aides certified at M'adonna Manor Fifty-seven employees at Madonna Manor, North Attleboro, have achieved state certification as nurses' aides. They received certificates and pins at a recent luncheon ceremony. They are, from North Attleboro: Carol Balut, Lorry Blasetti, Lynn Buchanan, Eloise Carley, Shirley Cooper, Roberta Chapin, Grace DaSilva, Julieta DaSilva,· Cindy Farquharson, Gloria Garner, Karen Gookin, Paula House, Judith Lareau, Karen Slaney, Jannette Medina, Ann Nisil, Catherine Parker, Evelyn Pellow, Gary Poholek, Carol Reed, Susan Savill, Bonnie Schofield. From Attleboro: Thelma Allard, Geraldine Boucher, Rose Ann P1amand, Bonniebelle Geary, Louise Hagerty, Cynthia MacLean, Anne Teixeira. From South Attleboro: Deborah Cote, Kathleen Hayward, Mary Lou Houle, Marilyn Vezina. From Plainville: Louise Carvalho, Charlene Harrison, Barbara Stowell. Eleanor Wilfert. From Norton: Susan Fernandes, Annette Waite, Donna Waite.,
Allard, Shirley Barker, Donna Burgess, Elizabeth Edwards, Kristine Medeiros, Corrie Pavlovsky, Robin Hockhousen. Also Deborah Langille, Attleboro Falls; Beryl Collins, Seekonk; Sharyn Haskell, East Taunton; Lisa Sutherland, Swansea; Susan Wanamaker, Rehoboth; Teresa White, North Dighton; Doreen
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His Excellency, the Most Reverend DanIel A. Cronin, Bishop of Fall River .!tas accepted the nomination of the Very Reverend Mark L. Curesky, OFM Conv., Minister Provincial of the Conventual Franciscan Ftiars of Saint Anthony of Padua Province and has made the following appointments: Reverend Walter Mruk, OFM Conv., Pastor Holy Cross Parish, Fall River. Reverend Charles Porada, OFM Conv., Parochial Vicar Holy Cross Parish, Fall River. . Reverend Cyril Augustyn, OFM Conv.,-Pastor Holy Rosary Parish, Taunton. Effective August 20, 1991
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