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VOL. 48, NO. 40 • Friday, October 22, 2004

FALL RIVER, MASS.

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Diocese readies to observe World Mission Sunday ~

Parishes this weekend will call attention to the Church's missionary activity.

FALL RIVER - Catholics in the Diocese of Fall River, like others worldwide, will recommit themselves to the Church's missionary activity through prayer and sacrifice, as they celebrate World Mission Sunday October 24. This year's theme is "So that all the nations may hear the Gospel" (2 Tim 4: 17), says Msgr. John J. Oliveira, diocesan director of The Society For the Propagation of the Faith. In a letter to all pastors, Msgr. Oliveira, who is also the pastor of St. Mary's Parish in New Bedford, said, "I am requesting your help in encouraging prayer and generous support for the missionary work of the Church." He said that those "are essential to the work of more than

1,100 mission dioceses dependent on the Propagation of the Faith," and he cited the Diocese of Marsabit in Kenya. There, the men in seminary training are from ethnic nomadic tribes. "A great contribution you can make is to encourage your people's generous and enthusiastic participation in this most important Eucharistic celebration for the whole Church," Msgr. Oliveira said. "Your voice - telling about the Church's worldwide missionary task can make a significant difference." Annually, World Mission Sunday is celebrated on the next-to-last Sunday in October. As described by Pope John Paul II, it is "an important day in the life of the Church because it teaches how to give; as an offering made to God, in the Eucharistic celebration and for the missions of the world" (Redemptoris Missio 81). The offerings that will be colThm to page 13 - Mission

BISHOP GEORGE W. Coleman addresses the large congregation that gathered at the National Shrine of Our Lady of La Salette in Attleboro for a Rosary Celebration that concluded the diocese's centennial observance. More photos on page 16. (Photo by Eric Rodriques)

Bishop Coleman says _,Eucharist, Mary are prominent signs offaith in diocese ~

Thousands attend Rosary Celebration closing the diocese's centennial observances.

ATTLEBORO - Saying that the Eucharist as the center of Christian Life and devotion to Mary, the mother of God, have been "like pillars" and "signs of the faith of people" since the Fall River diocese was founded in 1904, Bishop George W. Coleman presided at a Rosary Cel-

ebration at the National Shrine of Our Lady of La Salette, closing centennial activities. Thousands attended the October 11 event at the well-known Shrine that included music by a choir comprising members of many parishes, and Benediction. The assembly included retired Hartford Archbishop Daniel A. Cronin, who was bishop of Fall River from 1970 to 1991; members of the clergy; religious Sisters and Brothers, and representatives from parishes and organizations across the diocese.

Father George E. Harrison, pastor of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish in Seekonk, and chairman of the Rosary Celebration committee, was very pleased with how the event unfolded. "It met and exceeded all of our expectations," he told The Anchor. "It was prayerful, celebratory and inspiring. The day was a true reflection of the multicultural nature of our diocese. 'This event was a true celebration of what has been in our diocese and a wonderful prayer askThm to page 13 - Diocese

Regis College president to speak at Education Fund's Fall Dinner FALL RIVER - Dr. Mary Jane England, president of Regis College, will be the featured speaker at the 10lh annual St. Mary's Education Fund Fall Dinner, to be held October 28, at White's of Westport, with a reception at 5:30 p.m. and dinner served at 6:30 p.m. Proceeds from the evening support the St. Mary's Education Fund which provides needbased financial scholarships to

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students at Catholic elementary and middle schools in the Fall River diocese. England became president of Regis College, which is a Catholic liberal arts college for women, in 200 I, although her connection with the school began years ear~ lier as an undergrad student. She graduated from the school in 1959, and then went on to earn a medical degree from the Boston University School of Medicine.

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From there she launched a national and international career as a child psychiatrist, the first commissioner of the Department of Social Services in Massachusetts; associate dean and director of the master in public administration program at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University; president of the American Psychiatric Association, president of the Tum to page three - Dinner

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