FALL RIVER DIOCESAN NEWSPAPER FOR SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS CAPE COD & THE ,ISLANDS
t eanc 0 VOL. 26, NO. 46
FALL RIVER, MASS., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER ~6, 1982
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St. Anne's Hospital
Carrying on, Christ's healing mission
By Pat McGowan "The Dominican Sisters of the Presentation founded St. Anne's Hospital Jin 1906 to carry on Christ's healing mission and to manifest his mercy and compas sion." That declaration, lettered bold l~' on the wall of St. Anne's new entrance lobby, beautifU'I'ly en capsulates what the Fall River hospital is all about, as does the slogan "A better St. Anne's a better Fall River." The years since 1906 and those that lie ahead will be celebrated and saluted on Thursday, Dec. 2,
when Bishop Daniel A. Cronin will be principa,l celebrant at a 4:30 p.m. Mass and Benediction service in the hospital chapel. The liturgies will mark com pletion and dedication of an $8 million renovation and recon struction project at St. Anne's. Of that amount $1.8 million was raised in a successful '75th anni versary community fundraising campaign begun in 1980. The remainder was borrowed and will be amortized in future rates. What did $8 million buy? Wrapped up 'in f~esh paint and
sparkling trim, the package in cluded renovation of the former third filoor maternity suite into a 33-bed patient area, demolition of the original hospital building and installation and landscaping of a new parking area. An addition to the north side of the hospital has expanded the former emergency room facilities and added a new short term stay suite, employee health offices and renovated and expanded pediatric accommodations. An addition to the hospital entry, combining renovation and new construction, includes a
new lobby and communications center, an oncology clinic and cardiac testing and radiology areas.
The block of Oliver Street that used to divide St. Anne's from Clemence Hall, its former nurses' residence, now used for offices, has been closed off by the ser vice building: On the South Main Street side, the street will afford additional parking area, whHe on the Forest Street side it will be 'landscaped and pro-' vide a warm weather lunch area for employees.
Dietary services, housekeep ing, maintenance and a supply, processing and distribution ceri ter are housed in a new service building; whHe a west addition to the service building connects the main hospital to the chapel. Included in the addition are the A visit to St. Anne's last week pharmacy and physical therapy left a kaleidoscopic impression departments and various admin istrative offices. T.he pastoral .of bright colors and efficient haste as workers put finishing care department is located ad Turn to Page Six jacent to the chapel.
The bishops shepherd the church
Refiectlons on last week's Washington meeting of the U.S. bishops as observed and reported by Anchor Editor Father Jolm F.
Moore. The preparations seemed end less. Lighting technicians, tele vision cameramen and press per sonnel in record numbers sV{elled the population of the assembly room. For a very important mo ment in history, the eyes and ears of ttte media focused upon the Catholic bishops of the Uni-
ted States at their faU meeting in Washington. The bishops came together to discuss many issues pertinent to the shepherding of the church in this country but one issue, one item drew the attention of the world. The bishops were to re flect upon one of the most press ing issues of our time, nuclear war. All other items before them were routinely handled. liturgi cal items ranging from a revised
rite for the anointing of the sick to a proposed "resource book" of prayers were voted upon. Mat ters such as a pastoral letter on campus ministry, the new Cath olic Telecommunications Net work of America (for which Bishop Daniel A. Cronin became a board member) and house bud getary reports were handled with dispatch 'in order to clear the way for the feature event, the bishops; views on the lOS-page draft document entitled The
media presence in Washington. Challenge of Peace: God's Prom For some it would seem that ise and Our Response. From the media viewpoint the taking a stance on these issues bishops' reply to this challenge would be divisive. Indeed, some was important. If accepted, the media personnel, seeking sensa tionalism, portrayed the assembly document would place the bish ops in direct opposition to the of bishops as divided lind frag~ mented. present administration. In fact, this was far from 'real Questions of war and peace ity. Veteran reporters, .ong used have long haunted moral theo logians and biblical scholars. The .to the bishops' meetings, were bishops' views on the subject amazed at the change that had taken place. Gone was the desire were not taken lightly, as evi denced by the unprecedented Turn to Page Fifteen