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Friday, November 10, 1995
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.I"" . . FROM LEl"f:. Bishop Sean O'Malley addresses the first annual Catholic Schools Scholarship Fund dinner at White's of Westport. Rev. John F. Moore was m~ster of cere~omes; Adam Chapdeleine, a student at Bishop Stang High School, No. Dartmouth, shares his thoughts about Catholic education; Father
RIchard Beauheu presents Grace Taylor a surprise gift for her 45 years of service to the diocesan Department of Education. (Jolivet photos)
Catholic Schools Scholarship Fund dinner a big success By Dave Jolivet The first annual Cat holic Schools Scholarship Fund dinner held last week at White's of Westport. raised ov;:r $110.000 to provide financially needy students with partial __II"
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scholarships to diocesan schools. Dinner chairman Thomas J. Flatley of the Flatley Company said that 400 children will benefit from the event. "How good it is we're able to III_ _ III.!Il1I1:.U ....
affect a young person's life. So many people have helped in this diocese. it's fantastic to see... ·said Flatley. He went on to say that our children are the future of our communities. country and church.
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Bishop O'Malley Missions Committee nominee
Bisho]~s' meeting ~o WASHINGTON (CNS) - The U.S. bishops will have an unusual II-candidate list to choose from when they elect a new president and vice president of the National Conference of Catholic BishopsU.S. Catholic Conference at their Npv. 13-16 meeting in Washington. The list is ordinarily made up of the 10 bishops who receive the most nominations from their fellow bishops around the country, but this year two bishops tied for the 10th spot. Eleven committee chairmanships and two committee member posts are also up for election. Nominees for the Missions Committee are Bishop Sean O'Malley and Orlando. FL, Bishop]'\ orbert Dorsey. Conference elections usually begin on the second day of the bishops' fall meeting. Nov. 14 this year. The list of presidential candidates includes an unprecedented number of bishops who are not archbishops - fiv(:. For only the second time. it includes an AfricanAmerican, Bishop Wilton D. Gregory of Belleville. Ill.
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Other bishops :on the list are BishopsJoseph A. Fiorenza, Galveston-Houston;· Anthony M. Pilla. Cleveland; Donald W. Trautman, Erie. Pol.; and Donald W. Wuerl, Pittsburgh. Archbishops on the list are Archbishops Daniel M. Beuchlein, indianapolis; Harry J. Flynn, St. Paul-Minneapolis; James P. Keleher, Kansas City, Kan.; William J. Levada, coadjutor of San Francisco; Theodore E. McCarrick, Newark, N.J.; and Thomas J. Murphy, Seattle. Completeing a three-year term as president is Baltimore Cardinal William H. Keeler of Baltimore. Bishop Pilla. as vice president for the past three years, is the most likely presidential candidate if the bishops follow past practice. Only once in NCCB-USCC history has the vice president not been elected president - in 1977. when St. Louis Cardinal John J. Carberry was vice president but was due to retire before he would have completed a three-year term as president.
"It's so good to be here tonight for this purpose." he added. , The evenin.g. guaranteed to end by 9 p.m .. began with a 6:00 p.m. reception at which Bishop Sean O'Malley greeted guests. Father J oh n F. Moore. Secretary for Communications. welcomed the diners and Msgr. George W. Coleman gave the invocation. Several area Catholic colleges were represented at the dinner. Rev. Bartley MacPhaidin. CSC. president of Stonehill College. North Easton. was among his school's attendees. Also present were representatives of Provid.ence College and Salve Regina University. Many area businesses and
Under NCCB-USCC rules. a bishop must receive a simple maj ority.of ballots cast to be elected president. If no one has a majority after two ballots, the third ballot is a runoff between the two with the most votes in the second ballot. After a president is elected, the same.procedure is followed among the remaining nominees on the list to elect a vice president. with one exception: if the vice president has not been elected president, he is WASHINGTON (CNS)- Votstricken from the list because no ers as well as candidates must conference officer can hold the share responsibility for making same post for two successive the 1996 elections address the values terms. of the American people. the U.S. Nominees for NCCB committee bishops say in a new political chairs are: responsibility statement. .:.- Migration: Bishop John S. The statement. released Nov. 5. Cummins of Oakland. Calif.. and· exactly one year before the 1996 Archbishop John C. Favalora of elections. quotes from Pope John Miami. Paul lI's encyclicals as well as - Pastoral research and practifrom his remarks during his Octoces: Bishops Stephen E. Blaire, ber U.S. visit. when he called on auxiliary of Los Angeles, and Americans to use their freedom to Joseph L. Imesch of Joliet. III. serve truth and protect society's - Permanentdiaconate: Bishops most vulnerable groups. including Charles J. Chaput of Rapid City. the unborn .. the poor and immi;,;; gra nts. Turn to Page 13
parishes were also represented and many diocesan Catholic school teachers attended. Following the meal, Patrick Carney of the Claremont Company was introduced as chairman for the 1996 dinner. "The greatest gift we can give to our children is an education, and the greatest education we can give them is one based on morals and responsibilities." he declared. Father Richard Beaulieu. Director of Education for the Fall River diocese, expressed his thanks to all who made the evening a success. In a surprise presentation. he gave Ms. Grace Taylor. secretary for Turn to Page 13
Bishops state '96 elections should address values It cites the U.S. bishops' recent statements on crime. abortion. communications. peace. social and econo!T\icjustice. health care. immigration and violence. and sets out broad questions for the coming campaign while pointedly remaining nonaligned with either the Democratic or Republican parties. The statement. a J2-page booklet. asks how the United States can best help vulnerable children. combat racial prejudice. support families. pursue justice and peace in a violent world, address a growing "culture of violence" and get the most from a market economy and Turn to Page 13