Diocese of Fall River, Mass.
F riday , August 21, 2015
Bishop da Cunha appoints Deacon Joseph Regali director of diocesan Office for Pastoral Planning
By Kenneth J. Souza Anchor Staff kensouza @ anchornews . org
Bishop Edgar M. da Cunha, S.D.V., was one of several guest speakers at the recent Pro-Life Boot Camp held at Stonehill College in Easton. Below, he shares down time with some of the campers. (Photos courtesy of the diocesan Pro-life Apostolate)
Learning to give culture of death the boot By Becky Aubut Anchor Staff beckyaubut@anchornews.org
EASTON — The Diocese of Fall River Pro-Life Apostolate hosted its fifth annual Pro-Life Boot Camp at Stonehill College in Easton. More than 50 young people and adults participated in the weekend event that included a visit from Bishop Edgar M. da Cunha, S.D.V, listening to local and national speakers, and many activities that also saw the group bring prayer shawls to residents at two nursing homes in Attleboro. “Fifty seems to be the magic number,” said Marian Desrosiers, director of the Pro-Life Apostolate. “We have had a few more but we have found a strong community of faith forms amongst the youth. They never want to leave and they want to gather during the year. If we were to expand the numbers Turn to page 14
NORTH ATTLEBORO — Deacon Joseph E. Regali has always sensed that God had a plan for him. “I believe everything that’s happened in my life up to this point has been because that’s where God wanted me to be,” Deacon Regali said. When he first moved to the diocese 19 years ago and bids on houses in Milford and Mendon fell through, those closed doors led him and his family to settling in Plainville and eventually finding a home at Sacred Heart Parish in North Attleboro. When he read an article in The Anchor about
a group of men being ordained to the permanent diaconate in 1997, it solidified his vocation to the ministry and led to his own ordination 13 years ago. So when he saw an advertisement recently in The Anchor seeking candidates for the position of diocesan Pastoral Planning Director, he didn’t hesitate to throw his hat into the ring. “I had been looking on CatholicJobs. com, but I didn’t see it there — I saw it in The Anchor,” Deacon Regali said. “I sent in my resume and came for an interview, and I had a final interview with the bishop and here I am.” Bishop Edgar M. da Cunha, S.D.V., appointed Turn to page 15
A reminder to new generations of sacrifices made for freedom Catholic chaplain aboard ‘Big Mamie’ was Spiritual and emotional anchor for crew
By Dave Jolivet Editor davejolivet@anchornews.org
anniversary at her home at Battleship Cove on the Fall River waterfront. In June of 1965, the BB-59 battleome see her as an instrument ship, with a little help from a fleet of of war and killing; others as a tugboats, sailed north up the Taunton piece of ancient history; and River to her others, when new home in they gaze the shadows upon her, of the Braga remember Bridge; a the sacrifices bridge named of men and after Charles women who M. Braga, gave their all, a Fall River some their native killed lives, to proin the Japatect the Unitnese attack on ed States and the world as An instrumental vehicle in the South Pacific during World War II, the Pearl Harbor, a whole, from U.S.S. Massachusetts, found a permanent home on Fall River’s water- Hawaii, on front 50 years ago. This photo was taken on the morning of her 50th tyranny. anniversary of being commemorated as a WWII Memorial in the Com- Dec. 7, 1941, that spawned Last week- monwealth. (Photo by Dave Jolivet) America’s end, the involvement in the war in the Pacific U.S.S. Massachusetts, “Big Mamie” as Ocean, where BB-59 played such an she was known to those who walked Turn to page 18 her decks in the 1940s, celebrated an
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