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His Excellency, the Most Reverend Daniel A. Cronin, Bishop of Fall River, announced today the arppointment of the Reverend Peter N. Graziano as Diocesan Director 'of Social Services and Coordinator of Special Apostolates. In this capacity, new in the ordering and administration of Diocesan social endeavors, Father Graziano will coordinate a wide variety of programs and activities, acting as a specialized extension of the Chancery Office, the Episcopal and Diocesan executive headquarters.
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Msgr. Sullivan To Retire From Fall River Parish Following a recommendation of the Second Vatican Council, Rev. Msgr. George E. Sullivan is tending his resignation from the pastorate of St. Joseph's Parish in Fall River to be effective on Sept. II, 1974, just five months short of his 75th birthday: The genial priest is well 'known throughout the Fall River area and the Diocese of Fall River for the efforts of his 49 years in the priesthood. An eloquent and witty speaker and an enthusiast in organizing and implementing all forms of parish activities, Msgr.
MONSIGNOR SULLlVAN
Sullivan was born Feb. 8, 1900, in Fall River, son of the late John P. and Mary Kenney Sullivan. Educated at Fall River's Durfee High School and Holy Cross College in Worcester, Msgr. Sullivan then pursued studies in theology at St. Bernard's Seminary in Rochester, N. "(. He was ordained in St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River, on June 6, 1925, by the late Bishop Daniel Feehan. Msgr. Sullivan on ordination served as assistant on Nantucket and in St. Joseph's, Fall River, and in Falmouth. Then from 1933 to 1946 he was assistant in Holy Name Church and. St.' Mary's Cathedral, Fall River. At that time he became pastor of Corpus Christi Church, Sandwich, for 10 years, and then, in 1956, pastor of St. Dominic's Church in Swansea. In September of 1961, Msgr. Sullivan became pastor of St. Joseph's in Fall River. From 1932 to 1943, Msgr. Sullivan served as moderator and moving spirit of the locally famed Berchman's and Epsilon Clubs whose members included many now prominent in business and professional circles in the Greater Fall River area. He was Regional and Diocesan Director of the Guild for the Blind. Turn to Page Four
Our Lady of Health Parish
Cardinal Medeiros to Offer Jubilee Mass in Fall River Our Lady of Health Church on Cambridge Street, Fall River, is festively decked this week as members prepare for the parish's 50th anniversary. The celebration will climax at 10:30 A.M. Sunday when Humberto Cardinal Medeiros, ·for a brief period a curate at Our Lady of Health, will celebrate an openair Mass on the church grounds, with Bishop Daniel A. Cronin presiding. A banquet at White's restau-
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rant will follow the ceremony. Our Lady of Health parishioners have received a souvenir booklet commemorating the anniversary and detailing parish history. In a foreword the present pastor, Rev. Manuel Andrade, notes: "Each of us can take a few moments to look back and see what has been accomplished to the present day, because what we see may serve as an incentive for us to keep doing our best, since only our best can do justice to the memory of so many wonderful and dedicated people, to whom we express our gratitude." Our Lady of Health was originally a mission of Espirito Santo Turn to Page Three
FATHER GRAZIANO
Father Graziano, most recently Assistant at Sai:lt Thomas More Parish in Somerset, will be relieved of parish duties and will devote his full time and attention to his new responsibilities. Associated with Father Graziano in the reorganized program will be the Reverend John R. Foister. ·Fathers Graziano and Foister will assume thE~ir new responsibilities on Wednesday, September II, 1974. Father Graziano, ordained in 1963, received the Licentiate in Sacred Theology from Catholic University in Washington. He completed studies in Community Organization and Social Planning at the Boston College Graduate School of Social Work and received the Master's Degree in 1973. He also has the Master's Degree in Arts, majoring in History, from the Boston College Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. He has had experience working with the Federal Department of Health, Education and Welfare in Washngton during graduate studies. Father GmzianQ will reside at Saint Mary's Home in New Bedforo, where he will serve as Director and Chaplain, thus participating intim'lttely in the Diocesan Apostolate of Residential Child Care Facilities. He will coordinate, in the unified Social
Service Apostolate which is envisioned, the work of the Catholic Welfare Bureaus in Fall River and New Bedford, succeeding in this area Reverend Monsignor John E.' Boyd, of the Fall' River Ofice, and Reverend' John F. Hogan, of the New Bedford Office, both of whom after long and devoted service to their respective offices, will be able to devote themselves more comfortably to large parishes which they administer. In this aspect of Father Graziano's new assignTurn to Page Four
FATHER FOLSTER
.Franciscan (are for Two (ily Parishes His Excellency, the Most Reverend Daniel A. Cronin, Bishop of Fall River, and the Very Rev>erend John-Marie Cassese, O.F.M., Minister Provincial of the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate Conception Province, announced today that Franciscan priests will assume custody of two Diocesan parishes next month, to enhance the pastorai care of souls in both locations and throughout the entire Diocese. . Two Friars will be assigned, beginning September II, 1974, to each parish involved in the experimental arrangement, Saint Kilian Parish in. New Bedford
and Saint Louis Parish in Fall River. The announcement was made at the conclusion of a series of meetings ar..d discussions between Bishop Cronin and Father Cassese and between Diocesan and Provincial officials. With the introduction of four additional priests into pastoral care of souls in the Diocese, it was recognized that a significant improvement in ministry to the Faithful, not only of the two parishes intimately affected, but of the Diocese at large, would be effected. Bishop Cronin has approved the appointments presented by Father Cassese of two Pastors
and two Assistants. The Reverend Albin Fusco, O.F.M., will become Pastor of Saint Kilian's Parish in New Bedford. Father Fusco, ordained in 1961, has served for many years in parochial ministry in Toronto, Canada, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and in New York State. Most recen.tly, he has been Associate in Mount Carmel Parish in Mount Vernon, New York. Reverend Paul Rotondi, O.·F.M., will assume the Pastorate of Saint Louis Parish in Fall River. Father Rotondi, ordained in 1956, has been active in Franciscan seminary apostolates, superTurn to Page Three
New Assignments of Diocesan (Iergy Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, S.T.D., Bishop of-Fall River, announced today the retirement of Rev. Msgr. George E. Sullivan from the pastorate of St. Jo-. seph's Church in Fall River, effective Sept. II, 1974. Four other clergy appoJntments are announced all effective on Sept. II, 1974. Rev. William E. Farland is transferred from the pastorate of St. Ann's Church, Raynham, to the pastorate of St. Joseph's Church, Woods Hole. Rev. Justin J. Quinn is transferred from the pastorate of St. Kman's Church, New Bedford, to the pastorate of St. Rita's Church, Marion. St. Kilian's Church is to be administered by the Franciscan Fathers. Rev. Gerald T. Shovelton is being transferred from the pastorate of St. Rita's Church in Marion to St. Ann's Church in Raynham as pastor.
Eventu'al construction of a new Rev. Paul F. McCarrick, assistant pastor at St. Patrick's S1. Joseph's Church at a site Church, Fall River, is being . more convenient for the pastoral transferred to St. Joseph's care of souls in the area is enChurch, Fall River,. as adminis- visaged. No date or time schedule for parochial changes In the Faltrator. In 'his pa.storal and administra- mouth 'area is established, since tive responsibility at St. Joseph's the plan must be carefully stud·in Woods Hole, Father Farland 'ied and experience in pastoral will p'articipate in regional activities must be evaluated bestudies with a view to eventual for a final determination would relocation of St. Joseph's parish be possible. Father Farland, the son of ina new section of the Town of Falmouth. Proposals for the re- Mrs. Mabel Phelan Farland and casting ·01' parochial boundaries the late Donat Farland, was born Turn to Page Two for all three parishes in the Town of Falmouth will be drawn up by a speoial committee consisting of Rev. Msgr. James E. HOLYDAY Gleason, pastor of St. Patrick's of Church in Falmouth, Rev. George E. Amaral, pastor of S1. AnOBLIGATION thony's Church in East Falmouth, Thursday, August 15 as well as Father Farland, and Rev. John V. Magnini of St. PatFeast of Assumption rick's Parish and Rev. Thomas L. Rita of St. Anthony's.