FALL RIVER DIOCESAN NEWSPAPER FOR SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS CAPE COD & THE ISLANDS '
t eanc 0 VOL. 27, NO. 39
FAll RIVER; MASS., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1983
$8 Per Year
World Synod opens
VATICAN CITY (NCr-As the and priests who Me members of . stressed the church's role in seeking "·reconciliation betwee:l sixth general assembly of the the synod. world Synod of Bishops got un Focusing on the synod's theme, men and societies . . . overcoJm derway, Pope John Paul II in a . "Reconciliation and Penance in ing the destructive powers of surprise move let it be known the Mission of the Church," P'lpe hostility, hate and the will to destroy." that he was willing to give the John Paul called it "a most ur In one of the first interven synod more power. gent theme" and one of the most tions in the synod itself on the fundamental ones facing the The pope was open to letting theme, Cardinal Carlo Martini church. the synod's decisions have bind of Milan, Italy, said the synod Citing Christ's call to "repent ing "juridical authority.... as well must probe the relation between and believe in the Gospel" he as moral force, Archbishop personal sin and moral evilc; in Jozef Tomko, general secretary said that for Christians the man society. date of conversion through the of the synod, announced Sept. The cardinal said that the 29 at the first business session power of the' cross and the Gos synod's theme could be boiled pel's "saging word" is the central ,of the g~thering of more than point in "that eternal batt!e of down to three basic points: 200 Catholic bishops. "the relationship between sin good versus evil." and the tensions and divisions in Earlier that day the pope for The pope emphasized the sac mally opened the synod with rament of reconcHiation as a the contemporary world; the Mass in St. Peter's Basilica, '''particular responsibility" of the need for change of heart to effectively overcome them; the which he concelebrated with the church in helping people be rec cardinals, archbishops, bishops onciled with God. But he also Tum to Page Fifteen
Rosary can combat evil
FATHER'O'REIUY
Changes announced
Bishop Daniel A. Cronin has announced a retirement and as signments and appointments af fecting 10 priests of the Fall River diocese. Retiring as of Oct. 12 is Fa ther William H. O'Reilly, pastor of Immaculate Conception par ish, Taunton. Father William P. Blottman, assistant at St. Mary parish, South Dartmouth, will become pastor of St. Rita parish, Ma rion. Father Paul E. Canuel, assist ant at St. Jacques parish, Taun ton, will become pastor at St. Joseph parish, Attleboro: ,Father Colement E. Dufour, pastor at St. Michael parish, Ocean Grove, will become pas tor of St. George parish, West port. ,Father Roger J. Levesque, pastor of St. Joseph parish, At tleboro, will become pastor of St. Michael parish, O,cean Grove. Father John J. Steakem, ad ministrator of St. Rita parish, Marion, will become pastor of Immaculate Conception parish, Taunton. ,Father Normand J. ,Boulet, as sistant at St. Anthony parish, New Bedford, will become assist ant at St. Jacques parish, Taun ton. Father William F. O'Neill, as sistant' at Immaculate Concep
tion parish, Taunton, will be come assistant at St. Mary par ish, South Dartmouth. All assignments are effective Wednesday, Oct. 12.. Tribunal Appointments The bishop has also made three appointments to the dioce san marriage tribunal. Father Armando Annunziato, pastor of St. Mary parish, Mans field, and ,Father John R. FoIster, pastor of St. Anne parish, Fall River, are named pro-synodal judges. Father Lucio B. PhiHipino, pastor of Immaculate Concep tion parish, North Easton, is named a defender of the bond. The appointments were effec tive Oct. 1. Father O'RellIy Father O'Reilly, a native of Fall River, was born Jan. 21, 1910, the son of the late John F. and Ellen Perkins O'Reilly. HQ graduated from DiMC Durfee High School in Fall River and from Providence College, then entering St. Mary's Seminary, Baltimore, to prepare for the priesthood. Ordained May 22, 1937 by the late ,Bishop James E. Cassidy, he served as an assistant at Nan tucket, Cape Cod, Fall RiveramI Taunton parishes before b~ing Turn to Page Two
VATICAN Cofi'Y (NCr-Reci tation of the rosary is needed to fight the "spirit of error and evil" in the world, said Pope John Paul II Oct. 2 at a Mass dedicated to Ma,ry. Speaking to 100,000 peopt~ during an open-air Mass in St. Peter's Square on World Maria:l
Day, the pope said the rosary had taken on a new. significan-:e during the Holy Year of Re demption. "The rosary is full of greater purposes than in the past. It's not a matter of asking for great victories, Jike those at Lepanto and Vienna, but rather of ask·
ing Mary to make us brave com batants against the spirit of error and evil," the pope said. The rosary, the pope added, is not "simple repetition." "The words addressed to Mary by God himself and pro nounced by the divine 'messen Tum to Page Sixteen
8th annual procession
Members of the Fall River diocese will l?articipate in the eighth annual Columbus Day candlelight procession and Mass for peace on Monday evening. Gathering at St. Mary's Ca thedral, Fall River, at 5:30 p.m., they will proceed to Ken nedy Park, a distance of about a mile, carrying candles, reciting the rosary and singing Marian hymns in Portuguese, ·French, Spanish, Italian, Polish and Eng lish. At the park 'the Mass for peace will have as its principal concelebrant Bishop Daniel A. Cronin. U will be distinguished in this Holy, Year of Redemp tion by being an event at which the Holy Year indulgence may be gained. Those unable to participate in the Mass and procession due to illness or age will be eligible to gain the Indulgence by uniting themselves spiritually with the diocesan celebration. Holy communion will be dis tributed at the park Mass; and in view of the special nature of
the program, those who received . ria with altarbreads for each communion earlier In the day parish group. The ciboria should will he able to do so again. Tum to Page Sixteen Sick people in wheel chairs, invalids, or disabled persons should proceed directly to the park where a special area will he set aside for them close to the altar. Other than in diffi cult cases, only one person should accompany each sick person. Candles for the occasion will either be available at parishes or may be brought by partici pants. Each parish group should be accompanied by a priest or lead er who will direct recitation of the rosary and singing of appro priate songs. Each group will sing and pray individually in the language of its choice. All priests are invited to con celebrate, each providing his own alb and stole. Those 'lead ing groups In the procession may vest in the basement of St. Louis a special s~ction church as soon as the proces begins on page 3 sion arrives at the pMk. Priests are asked to bring labeled cibtl
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