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t eanc 0 VOL. 34, NO. 44

F ALL' RIVER, MASS.

Friday, November 9, 1990

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BISHOP DANIEL A. CRONIN and concelebrants at the opening Mass of the Catholic Education Convention.

Catholic educators convene' Story and photos' by Marcie Hickey About 250 educators from diocesan elementary and secondary schools gathered on Oct. 29 at Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River, for the annual Catholic Education Convention. Bishop Daniel A. Cronin and 16 concelebrants'celebrated the opening Mass, planned by a to-member liturgy comittee. Music was provided by Pauline Dumais, Jim L'Heureux, Elaine Saulnier and Kristin Voccio. A communion reflection was presented by Bill Breen. In his homily Bishop Cronin spoke of teaching as a vocation and the importance of Catholic' schools to the Church's salvific mission.

Referring to the day's reading from First Corinthians, the bishop noted that "to each individual the manifestation ofthe Spirit is given for some benefit," giving each indi.vidual a particular vocation for the service of the church. Thus, the bishop continued, teaching is "not merely an occcupation or career" but a vocation, "a gift of the Spirit by which the church's mission is fulfilled." Catholic school teaching, the bishop continued, fosters renewal and safeguards and intensifies the church's beneficial presence in the world. The Catholic school "forms within itself a community where the Catholic faith of the students is both taught and nurtured, inf~rmed

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Pope to visit Azores; Madeira in May With Catholic News Service reports Pope John Paul II will visit Portugal next May, with his trip including stops at Fatima and Lisbon on mainland Portugal, at Angra do Heroismo on the Azorean island of Terceiraand at Funchal, capital ofthe province of Madeira. His stop at Fatima on May 13 will commemorate the tOth anniversary of the assassination attempt against him in Rome. May 13 is also the feast of Our Lady of Fatima. The May to to 13 trip was announced Oct. 31 by the Portuguese bishops' conference and confirmed shortly thereafter by the Vatican. Several days before, the pope

anticipated the announcement by saying he hoped to visit Portugal in May. In a Vatican interview with Catholic Radio Renascenca of Portugal Oct. 27, the pope added that the trip might include beatification of two of the three shepherd children who saw Mary six times at Fatima in 1917. The church has recognized the validity of the apparitions and Fatima is one of the world's main Catholic pilgrimage sites. The pope was gravely wounded by gunshots May 13, 1981, in St. Peter's Square. Mehmet Ali Agca, a Turk, was convicted of the assassination attempt and is currently serving a life senten~.e in Italy. Turn to Page II

as well as formed," preparing young people to become active members of their parishes and contributors to the church and society, the bishop said. "Good citizens for society and good Catholic citizens are formed simultaneously by the formation Turn to Page to

WASHINGTON (CNS) - A East: the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait; few extra days in Iraq paid off for the crushing of a rebel Christian Bishop Michael H. Kenny of . force headed by Gen. Michel Auon Juneau, Alaska, and a Muslim in Lebanon; and the shooting of businessman as they secured release Palestinians at Jerusalem's Temof four American detainees from ple Mount by Israeli soldiers. Vatican Secretary of State CarIraq. .. B"ishop Kenny and the business- dinal Agostino Casaroli met briefly man, Tarek Mohammed EI Henei- with President Bush Oct. 31. A White House statement after dy of Rockport, stayed behind to negotiate for the detainees' release the meeting said, "The president expressed appreciation for the after a week in Iraq. Bishop Kenny arrived in Vatican support for U.N. sancAmman, Jordan, with the four tions against Iraq and reiterated detainees Nov. 3. Bishop Kenny, our position that nothing short of who represented the Catholic peace complete implementation of the U. N. Security Council's resolutions organization Pax Christi U.S.A. on the delegation, returned Nov. 5 is acceptable." The statement added, "Both to the United- States. Detainees were to come back via different leaders expressed the hope that a peaceful resolution to the current routes. The delegation, sponsored by crisis could be found." Cardinal Bernard F. Law of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, a religiously based pacifist group Boston, in an Oct. 28 speech at headquartered in Nyack. N.Y., had Seton Hall University in South delivered 1,000 pounds of vitam- Orange, N.J., said the United States ins and medicines and met with should join with France in seeking Iraqi officials and citizens in an U.N. help in "restoring calm" in effort at "humanizing the face of Lebanon.. "No one can deny that foreign the Iraqi people," said Chuck forces, Syrian and Israeli, have Quilty, a delegation me.!Jlber. The bishop's effort was one of invaded the country and compromised its territorial integrity while several attempts by Cat.holic leaders to bring Christian perspectives. the rest ofthe world has done little o~ nothing to help a people prosin the aftermath of three recent galvanizing events in the Middle . Turn to Page I I

Three new deans appointed

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Bishop' Daniel A. Cronin has appointed new deans for the Cape and Islands, New Bedford and Taunton deaneries of the diocese and has reappointed Very Rev. Armando A. Annunziato dean of' the Attleboro' deanery. The appointments were effective Nov. I. Rev. George W. Coleman is dean of the Cape Cod and Islands deanery, succeeding Very Rev. Edward C. Duffy; Rev. Manuel P. Ferreira is dean of the New Bedford deanery, succeeding Very Rev. John P. Driscoll.

FATHER COLEMAN

Rev. Msgr. Thomas J. Harrington is dean of the Taunton deanery, succeeding Very Rev. Gerald T. Shovelton. Msgr. Harrington's title does not change, but the other deans will be designated Very Reverend. Father Coleman Father Coleman was born Feb. I, 1939, in Fall River. He studied for the priesthood at the North American College in Rome, where he was ordained in 1964. Following ordination he served

as associate pastor at St. Kilian's parish, New Bedford; St. Louis parish, Fall River; and Our Lady of Victory parish, Centerville. He served as diocesan director of education from 1977 to 1982, when he was named pastor of St. Patrick's parish, Fall River. He assumed his present pastorate in 1985. . Father Ferreira Father Ferreira is a native of Provincetown. Born January 24, Turn to Page II

F ATHER FERREIRA

MSGR. HARRINGTON


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