VOL. 45, NO. 37 • Friday, September 28, 2001
FALL RIVER, MASS.
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Lecture series to inform laity of medical ethics
ST. THERESA OF THE CHILD JESUS CHURCH, ATTLEBORO
Attleboro parish celebrates 75th • anniversary By
DAVE JOLIVET
EDITOR
ATTLEBORO - The parish family of St. Theresa of the Child Jesus will celebrate a Jubilee Mass here on Sunday, closing the parish's 75th year of service to the Fall River diocese. Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, OFM Cap., and Father James W. Fahey, pastor of St. Theresa's will concelebrate the 11 a.m. Mass. A breakfast buffet will follow in the church basement. In addition, a commemorative anniversary booklet will be made available to parishioners beginning at the 4:30 p.m. Mass tomorrow. A dinner dance at Venus de Milo Restaurant in Swansea on October 27 will conclude the celebrations. St. Theresa of the Child Jesus was founded in October of 1925, but the 75th anniversary celebrations were deferred until the end of the Jubilee Year so not to conflict with the 125th anniversary . celebrations of its Attleboro sister parish, St; Stephen's.'. The roots of St. Theresa's Parish can be traced to 1923 when then bishop Daniel F. Sheehan purchased a parcel of land in South Attleboro for the future establishment of a parish to serve both French- and English-speaking Catholics in the neighborhood. On October 1,1925, Father Joseph LaRue was appointed pastor of this new parish. Since it was the year of the canonization of the Little Flower of Carmel, and the opening of the parish coincided with the feast of the new saint, Father LaRue requested the new parish be called St. Theresa of the Child Jesus. Until a new church could be built, Father LaRue and the faithful searched for temporary quarters. Eventually, Charles O'Connor generously donated space in his restaurant for Sunday services. It was there that the firsiMass in South Attleboro was celebrated on October 4, 1925. In the summer of 1926 a temporary chapel was erected housing the congregation until extensive renovations were initiated in 1947 under the direction of the new pastor, Father Anatole Desmarais. New altars and pews were installed, the interior was painted and decorated, a new parking lot was cleared and the parcel was smartly landscaped. Father Stanislaus Goyette was named the new pastor in 1950, faithfully serving St. Theresa's until 1954. Father Gerard J. Chabot became pastor in 1954, and it was under his pastorship that the current St. Theresa's Church building was planned and built. . In the spring of 1954, with the parish continuing to grow, Tum to page 13 - Attleboro
By DEACON JAMES N. DUNBAR and Pre-Marital Relations" with Dr. Christopher FALL RIVER - A four-part free lecture se- Klofft, prof~ssor of Moral Theology at Assumpries "Catholic Teaching on Medical Ethics" spe- tion College; - November 13, "Undercifically dealing with what lastanding Hospital and Cliniity should know in order to cal Issues: Pain, Proxies, and make informed decisions, Trauma" with Ann Baker, will be held in October and RN., consultant on ethics at November. Norwood Hospital. Sponsored by The Order "The lecture series is basiof Malta, Saint Anne's Hoscally an undertaking of the pital, the Diocesan Office of ' American Association of the Adult Education and DiocSovereign Military Order of esan Health Facilities, the Malta, Boston Area," extalks will be held at Bishop plained John V. McManmon Connolly High School in Fall Jr., of Centerville, who is a River from 7 to 8:30 p.m. member. The following are theHe said some of the good dates, the topics and the works by sister chapters was speakers: to do adult formation work - October 23, "End of , in the general area of CathoLife Decisions: Myths and , lic theology for the laity. It Realities" with, Father James subsequently became clear O'Donohoe,_ professor of that one of the most unfulHealthcare Ethics and Justice filled areas was in biomedical at Boston College; ethics. Following a successful - October 30, "Moral program in Connecticut, a and Spiritual Concerns: Digcommittee explored bringing nity of the Human Person" biomedical and ethics courses with Jesuit Father Edward for the laity by first-rate scholars Vacek , professor of Christian Ethics and Theology at Weston Jesuit College of to Massachusetts, Rhode Island and three other northern states, McManmon reported. Theology; - November 6, "Human Sexuality: Procreation Tum to page 13 - Lecture
St.· Vincent's children reach out to kids .in New York By DEACON JAMES N. DUNBAR FALL RIVER - When many were asking what they could do to alleviate the recent tragic- events in New York, the, children of St.Vincent's Home in : Fall River already had plans underway to raise funds to help their young counterparts in the Big Apple. The local youngsters are already holding car washes and donating all of the funds raised to "Save the Children's Fund for Children U.S. Crisis." The fund in is L..
ally as a result of the terrorism at~: WashiIigt<in, D.C.; and in 'pennsyltacks at New York's former Trade vailia. Center Towers, at the Pentagon in "During this difficult time in our country's history it is important that we work together to help those in need," said John T. Weldon, executive director at St. Vincent's. "The mission of St. Vincent's is to give children in need what they need most. It is our hope that, by raising --'__"" these funds, the children of St. Vincent's can help the children in need in New York." ........... He said that directed at helping CHILDREN AT St. Vincent's Home in Fall River wash many of the youths children who are cars to help raise funds to help children in New York Tum to page 13struggling emotion- who were affected by t.he September 11 attack. St. Vincent