VOL. 46, NO. 3S
• Friday, September 20, 2002
FALL RIVER, MASS.
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St. Mary's Education Fund Fall Dinner slated for October 30
PROCESSING INTO Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, New Bedford, for its centennial celebration Mass are, from left, Nathan Macedo, altar server; Bishop Robert Mulvee of the Diocese of Providence; Father John J. Darcy, secretary to Bishop Mulvee; Bishop Januario Ferreira of the Diocese for the Military Services of Portugal; and Father John J. Oliveira, pastor.
Our Lady ofMount Carmel faithful celebrate centennial NEW BEDFORD - More than 400 parishioners and friends of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish, New Bedford spent Sunday night reminiscing about the life of their parish as they marked its centennial with a dinner at White's of Westport. Earlier, at a Mass in observance ofthe 100th celebrated in the church, Bishop Robert E. Mulvee of the Providence diocese and Bishop Januario Ferreira for the Diocese of the Military Services of Portugal, were concelebrants,
along with pastor Father John J. Oliveira and several other diocesan priests. "While this stone church is made up of so many beautiful things like the stained glass windows, it is you, the parishioners, who are the living stones that comprise this church because you are the Church," Bishop Mulvee said in his homily. "You should be very proud of your parish and we are very proud of you," he added. Founded in 1902 and with Father Jose Tum to page 13 - Centennial
MATIAPOISETI - The St. Mary's Education Fund eighth annual Fall Dinner is set for Wednesday, October 30, at White's of Westport, and with about a month and a half to go, the push is on to make the yearly scholarship fund-raiser the most successful ever. Dinner chairman Carl W. Taber and his area committees are hard at work inviting businesses, community and academic leaders, and individuals to support the Fall Dinner and the hundreds of children who will benefit from it. Proceeds from the dinner go to St. Mary's Education Fund, which provides tuition assistance to needy students attending Catholic elementary and middle schools in the Fall River diocese. Taber has been involved with the Fall Dinner for the past six years, serving for many of them as chair of the New Bedford area committee. At the conclusion of last year's dinner Bishop Sean O'Malley, OFM Cap., tapped him to become overall chairman. As the senior vice president of New Bedford's Compass Bank for Savings and the man responsible for the company's entire
mortgage lending operation, Taber is obviously a busy man. Yet he said he makes time for things that are important to him. He is drawn to the work of the St. Mary's Education Fund by a combination of things he noted, specifically, his commitment to ,his faith, his other involvement in diocesan initiatives, and, most importantly, his interest in helping children. "What endeared me to the St. Mary's Fund is that it gave to children who wanted a Catholic education the means to achieve a Catholic education," he said recently. "In particular, it's a real resource for inner city kids." He explained that four area committees have been meeting since last spring, first to identify prospective donors and then to , discuss the best approach to edu'cate them on the St. Mary's Fund and'to solicit their participation in the Fall Dinner. "Labor Day marks the real turning point though," he said, "since then committee members - a great group of really committed folks - have been really Tum to page 13 - Education
Our Lady of' Carmel Church New Bedford, Mass.
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BISHOP SEAN O'Malley, OFM Cap., addresses the congregation gathered at St. Lawrence Martyr Church, New Bedford, at a Mass observing the anniversary of Mother Teresa's death. MotherTeresa had visited the church in 1995. (Bruce McDaniel photo)