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FALL RIVER DIOCESAN NEWSPAPER FOR SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS CAPE COD & THE mSLANDS

t ean FALL RIVER, MASS., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1984

VOL. 28, NO. 49

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AT MARIAN MEDAL AWARDS, left, Bishop. Daniel A. Cronin and Msgr. John J. Oliveira congratulate recipient Antone Mathews, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel parish, New Bedford, Msgr. Oliveira's confirmation sponsor.

(I ~ Right. Mrs. Gratia Dupuis of St. Theresa's parish, South Attleboro, is sur­ rounded by her proud family. (Gaudette Photos)

Changes m·ade

Diocese responds

to famine need

An altar boy in an inner-city parish gave three of the four quarters he had planned to spend on video games. Employees of a Cape Cod off­ ice sent .the money they would have spent on a Christmas gift exchange. A speaker at a parish women's guild turned over his stipend. What aH had in common was their concern for the starving of ' Ethiopia. Their donations were part of the check for $103,250 which ·Bishop Daniel A. Cronin an­ nOUllCed today. he has trans­ mitted to Catholic Relief Ser­ vices headquarters in New York. eRS, the overseas aid arm of the U.S. bishops, is the largest voluntary agency providing dis­ aster relief in Ethiopia. The present donation is the second from the FaU River dio­ cese. At the beginning of Novem­ ber, immediately upon learning of the gravity of the circum­ stances in Ethiopia, Bishop Cro­ nin had sent a $10,000 grant to CRS from discretionary funds available to him. The second gift was coIlected in diocesan parishes and at the

chancery office in response to a

plea from Bishop Cronin. Point­ ing out that he was not ilequest­ ing a special .coIlection, he ask­ ed parishes to contribute what-.., ever they could "as a manifesta­ tion of our solidarity with the poor souls who are presently experiencing such dreadful suf­ fering." The outpouring of generosity followed. As a member of the eRS' board of directors, Bishop Cro­ nin has been in direct communi­ cation with workers coordinating relief efforts in Ethiopia and other famine-stricken, African countries. As a young priest the bishop served in the papal nunciature in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital, and he has alluded to his personal bond with the fam­ ine sufferers on several occa­ sions during the present crisis. In announcing ,transmittal. of the new donation to CRS, Bishop Cronin noted that gifts· for Ethiopia continue to 'arrive ·at the chancery office and t~li,t they will be forwarded. promptly, 'to the reli~f agency headqua~ers.. Commenting on :the., "over­ whelming generosity" manifested' Turn to Page 1?i~:.·' '.

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Father Coleman to Sandwich;

Father Beaulieu education head"

FATHER COLEMAN

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Bishop Daniel A. Cronin an­ nounced today that Father George W. Coleman, presently pastor of St. Patrick's parish, Fall River, will assume the pas­ torate of Corpus Christi parish, Sandwich, on Feb. 2, 1985. Father Coleman, also diocesan director of education, will con· tinue in that position through next June 30. He will then be succeeded by Father Richard W. Beaulieu. Corpus Christi is the oldest parish in the .FaIl River diocese; and with increasing population in the Cape Cod area, it is also one of the most rapidly develop­ ing. Bishop Cronin noted that Father Coleman's eight years of experience in directing the edu­ . cational apostolate of the dio­ , cese will aid him in meeting the administrative and pastoral chlll­ lenges o( his new assignment. The Corpus' Christi ,pastorate was vacated ,earlier this year when Father, ,James F. Kenney resigned t~e position for rea· sonsol health., ' . Father Coleman, a 'native of

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graduated from Coyle High School, Taunton, and attended Holy Cross College, Worcester, before entering St. John's Sem­ inary, Brighton. He c.ompleted his studies for the priesthood at the North American College in Rome and was ordained there Dec. 16, 1964: After ordinat.ion he served as associate pastor at 51. Kilian's parish, New Bedford, St. Louis parish,Fall River, and Our Lady of Victory parish, Centerville. He was named to the education directorship in 1977 and to the pastorate of 51. Patrick's in 1982. As of Feb. 2 Father William W. Norton, present associate at St. Patrick's, will become the parish administrator pro tem. Father BeaulIeu Father Beaulieu,. a native of St. Francis Xavier parish, Acush­ net graduated from St. Joseph's School and St. Anthony High School, both in New Bedford, and attended Providence Col­ lege before entering 51. .Thomas Seminary, ,Bloomfield, Conn., to begin his studies for the priest­ hood. . Turn to Page Six


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