SERVING SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS
t eanc 0 VOL. 22, NO. 38
CAPE COD & THE ISLANDS
FALL RIVER, MASS., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1978
Respect Life Efforts Urged
Return to Parish Urged ~y NCCC
Respect Life Sunday will be observed by American Catholics this weekend and in this diocese it will be marked at St. Anne's Hospital, Fall River, by a twoday Natural Family Planning teacher training program, to be held at St. Anne's Hospital, Fall River. Father Thomas L. Rita, diocesan director of pro-life activities, said that every New England state will be represented at the meeting, which will include instructional workshops presented by Mrs. Mariette Eaton, RN, director of St. Anne's natural family planning program, and addresses on the theological, ministerial and psychological aspects of the natural JIlethod. On the regional scene, a "CirTurn to Page Seven
NEW ORLEANS (NC) - A movement back to the parish was seen as the key to the renewal of the charity system by the National Conference of Catholic Charities at its 64th annual meeting in New Orleans last week. Father Peter N. Graziano, diocesan director of social services, represented the Fall River diocese at the meeting. In a statement on "Parish Community Social Ministry," the conference called a movement back to the parish essential to a renewal of the charity system rooted in Catholic tradition, and called on charities agencies on the national and local level to strengthen the parish as the primary point of outreach. A NCCC statement on womTurn to Page Seven
Mother McAul·ey Bicentennial Celebrations this week in England and I~land marked the 200th anniversary of the birth of Mother Catherine McAuley, founder of the Sisters of Mercy, who was born in Dublin Sept. 29, 1778. Ceremonies included issuance of a commemorative postage stamp by the Irish government and the celebration of Mass by Cardinal George Basil Hume in Westminster Cathedral, London, and by Archbishop Joseph Cunnane in Tuam, Ireland. In the United States, Sisters of Mercy of the Providence Province, which includes the Fall River diocese, will hold their annual "Mercy Day" this Saturday, with special emphasis on the work of Mother McAuley. A multimedia program, "Mercy: Our Heritage, Our Call, Our Future," will be presented by Sister Marianne Postiglione of Fall River. Individual Mercy convents will also have anniversary celebrations, provincial officials said. Mother McAuley founded the Sisters of Mercy on Dec. 12, 1831, to further welfare and education works she had started in Ireland with her own money. On that date she and two friends were professed as the order's first members. Her motto was: "The poor need help today, not next week."
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EUGENE RAUNER of St. Patrick parish, Somerset, was one of 17 candidates for the
permanent diaconate instituted last Sunday as a Reader at St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River. He holds Bible proffered by bishop a3 a symbol of his new responsibility. :Torchia Photo)
Charismatics To Meet More than 12,000 persons, including some New England bishops, are expected to attend the first New England General Conference on the Catholic Charismatic Renewal, to be held Nov. 10-12 at the Providence Civic Center. The conference will be the largest convention ever held in the city, according to the Greater Providence Convention and Visitors Bureau. Speakers for the three-day meeting will include Catherine de Hueck Doherty, director general of Madonna House in Combermere, Ontario; Rev. Bob Mumford, evangelist, lecturer and author; Redemptorist Father Thomas Forrest of Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico, former member of the National Service Committee of the Charismatic Renewal and a leader of the Renewal in Latin America. Father Francis Martin, professor at the Ecole Biblique in Jerusalem; Sister Ann Shields, an associate of Father Michael Scanlon at Steubenville College; and Sister Linda Koontz, who works among housing Mexican dump scavengers.
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The theme of the conference, hosted by St. Patrick's Church, Providence, is "Jesus, Kindle in us the Fire of Your Love." It will be preceded by a Priests' and Bishops' Day beginning the evening of Thursday, Nov. 9, during which conference speakers will address the clergy. Talks at the general sessions will be given in English with simultaneous Spanish and Portuguese translations available. Some 30 workshops on such topics as ecumenism, healing, marriage and music will be offered on Saturday afternoon. The New England General
Providence Conference, new this year, is an outgrowth of the Eastern General Conference, which formerly included New England but last year outgrew facilities in Atlantic pty's 40,000-seat Convention Hall. . Music will be provided by the music ministry of St. Patrick's Church, which has frequently been heard in Atlantic City. The conference registration fee is $13. Registration forms and housing information may be obtained through local charismatic prayer groups or from New England General Conference, 38 State St., Providence, R.I. 02908.
Marriage Encounter Meetings Marriage Encounter information nights for married couples will be held at eight diocesan locations at 8 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 1, it has been announced by Leo and Paulette Gadoury of Fall River, area coordinating couple for the organization. The meetings will be at St. Anne's School, St. Anthony of Padua and St. William's churches and the Catholic Mem-
orial Home in Fall River. In the New Bedford-Freetown area couples will meet at Our Lady of Fatima Church, in Taunton at St. Jacques and in Somerset at St. Thomas More. Marriage Enoounter, say officials, is a "movement that invites a good marriage on a journey to greatness." Nearly one million couples, as well as Turn to Page Five
United Way Cites Msgr. Gomes Monsignor Anthony M. Gomes, director of the diocesan Catholic Charities Appeal and pastor of Our Lady of Angels parish, Fall River, is among six outstanding volunteer workers who will be honored Friday, Oct. 6 by the United Way of Greater Fall River. Involved with the United Way since 1967, Msgr. Gomes has served since that time as a member of its speakers' bureau. He has also been a member of the budget and executive committees and is currently chairman of the nominating committee. "In selecting Msgr. Gomes and the other volunteers for this community recognition, the United Way is honoring individuals whose involvement is not only that of raising funds to support member agencies but also of seeing that those funds are allocated fairly, that the United Way message is communicated and that the organization is operated effectively and efficiently," said A. Newell Robb, president of the fundraising organization. Msgr. Gomes and .oS colleagues will be recognized at a volunteer awards luncheon which will also be a kick-off for the annual United Way appeal. It will be held at China Royal restaurant, Fall River, at 12:15 p.m. on Oct. 6.
this is respect life month