FALL RIVER, MASS.
VOL. 44, NO. 45 • Friday, November 24, 2000
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La Salette Shrine will host Jubilee Year Mass Editor's Note: This is the final story in a 10part series on the pilgrimage churches in the Fall River diocese that has been running since January when Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, OFM Cap., designated St. Mary's Cathedral and nine other churches as pilgrim churches in the Jubilee Year of the new millennium. Featuring one of the churches each month, The Anchor sought to assist diocesan Catholics in making pilgrimages to those sites. According to guidelines published by the diocese, those who travel to St. Mary's Cathedral or any of the designated churches and fulfill the simple conditions of the indulgence, will receive for themselves, or for a soul in Purgatory, the same indulgence as if they have traveled to Rome or the Holy Land for the Jubilee Year.
• The Mass will be celebrated by Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, OFM Cap., at the Shrine Church of Our Lady of La Salette on Sunday, Dec. 3, at 4 p. m. By JAMES N. DUNBAR
ATILEBORO - Nearing three months since the beautiful new Shrine Church of Our Lady of La Salette was dedicated, the house of worship, a des-
ignated pilgrimage church, will· welcome parishioners from around the diocese for a Mass in observance of the Jubilee Year. Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, OFM Cap., will be principal celebrant of the Mass Dec. 3 at 4 p.m. Since Dec. 3 is being observed in Rome as the Jubilee for Persons with Disabilities, that theme will also be expressed during the liturgy at the Mass at La Salette, said Lisa M. Gulino, diocesan director of Adult Education. As part of that, ramps have been installed at the church allowing those with handicaps to be able to lead the intercessions as well as present the gifts. Father Andre "Pat" Patenaude, program director of the Shrine, said that the music for the Mass will come from the choir of St. Cecilia's Church in Pawtucket, under the direction of Bert Masse. Although the church was completed and dedicated on Sept. 19, Catholics from across the region for over a half-century have flocked to the shrine, drawn by Our Lady of La Salette, the reconciler of sinners, who appeared to two children in a mountaintop apparition in France 154 years ago. Staffed by the Missionary Order of Our Lady of Salette in Attleboro since 1942, the Shrine has over the years become a beacon of mercy, love and forgiveness to literally millions of visitors ranging Tum to page eight - La Salette
.'.. l.~ Cause for Father Peyton, 'Rosary Priest' sought • Announcement comes Sunday as new headquarters of Holy Cross Family Ministries in Easton is dedicated by Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, OFM Cap. EASTON - Bishop Sean O'Malley, OFM Cap., dedicated and blessed the new 22,700-square-foot Father Patrick Peyton Center, a pilgrimage and
visitor center and the new international headquarters for Holy Cross Family Ministries, founded by and/or furthering the work of the famous "Rosary Priest" and Catholic media pioneer. Near the end of a dedication Mass, at which Bishop O'Malley presided and preached, Father Hugh Cleary, superior general of the Congregation of Holy Cross, Rome, announced to the apTum to page 16 - Peyton
PROCESSING WAS difficult through the crowd that jammed St. Julie Billiart Church in North Dartmouth for the annual Marian Medal Awards ceremony.
Marian Medals awarded NORTH DARTMOUTH - Hundreds of people filled St. Julie Billiart Church here on Sunday to witness 94 men and women from across the diocese receive the coveted Marian Medals for service to their parishes and the diocese. Tum to page 16 - Medals
The Anchor puts on a new face • But much more than color is in the foreseeable future. By JAMES N. DUNBAR
FALL RIVER - In the wake of last week's first edition of The Anchor sporting color, the sweet smell of success has become infectious in the newsroom. While it is always a congenial place where, with the proverbial smoke and mirrors, the staff manages to get out "the weekly edition without much hooting and hollering, the marvelous science of color print has added a new buzz. Msgr. John F. Moore, editor of The Anchor, said the capability of the newspaper of the Diocese of Fall River to offer pages in color opens up "exciting "new vistas. "It is launching pad that takes us in new directions and new missions, not only with color, but with new layouts, design, content and the possibility of expansion," he said. "It brings us into a whole new manner of bringing the Good News to the people ofthe diocese."
Msgr. Moore said the reality is that The Anchor "is a local paper to bring the news of the local Church to the people and with that frame of reference we know where we are at and what our possibilities are in trying to fill our commitment." With the Cape Cod area becoming one of the fastest growing areas in the nation, and the increasing number offarnilies taking up residence in the areas of Mansfield, North Attleboro and Easton - all within the diocese - "shows us clearly that we have to effectively bring the news of our diocese to everyone," Msgr. Moore said. "So many people who have moved into our diocese, especially from Boston, still think they are part of the Boston Archdiocese," Msgr. Moore said with a grin. "We are not. We are the Diocese of Fall River. We are The Anchor, the anchor of the soul to these new people and we must continue this as our mission." Msgr. Moore was quick to praise General Manager RoseTum to page 13 - Anchor