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Our Lady of Lourdes Dedication
DEDICATION BLESSING — Bishop George W. Coleman presided over the blessing and dedication of the new Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Wellfleet on Sunday, March 27, 2009. The newly-constructed church was...
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Priestly Ordination 2009
FRUITS OF THEIR LABOR — Fathers Peter J. Fournier and David C. Deston Jr. were ordained priests of the Fall River Diocese during the June 13, 2009 ordination Mass at St. Mary’s Cathedral. (Photos by...
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Bishop Stang High School’s 50th
GOLDEN YEARS — Past and present alums, staff and faculty members at Bishop Stang High School in North Dartmouth came together to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Fall River Diocese’s first...
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2009 Anniversary Mass for Married Couples
UNITED IN CHRIST — Bishop George W. Coleman celebrated the 13th annual Mass for married couples commemorating significant anniversaries at St. Julie Billiart Parish, North Dartmouth, on Sunday,...
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St. Damien Mass of Thanksgiving
PILGRIMAGE TO WASHINGTON — Fifty pilgrims from the Fall River Diocese recently traveled to Washington, D.C. for a Mass of Thanksgiving in celebration of the recent canonization of St. Damien of...
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Dedication of St. Mary’s Church, Norton
RESURRECTION — Bishop George W. Coleman presided over the blessing and dedication of the new St. Mary’s Church on West Main Street, Route 123, in Norton, Mass. on Sunday, April 25, 2010. The new...
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Blessed Mother Teresa’s Birthday
BLESSED BIRTHDAY — Bishop George W. Coleman and Sisters from the Missionaries of Charity, the order founded by Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta, participated in a Mass of Thanksgiving at St. Lawrence...
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2010 Anniversary Mass for Married Couples
WEDDING MARCH — Seventy-four couples met and were blessed by Bishop George W. Coleman at the annual diocesan Wedding Anniversary Mass held October 11, 2010 at St. Julie Billiart Church in North...
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2010 Rosary Rally
BEAD BY BEAD — Several Catholic schools from the Fall River Diocese participated in a Rosary Rally at Bishop Stang High School in North Dartmouth on October 27, 2010. Students formed a living rosary...
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2011 St. Pius X Youth Awards
FUTURE PERFECT — Fifty-eight outstanding youth from around the diocese received the 10th annual Pope St. Pius X Youth Awards from Bishop George W. Coleman for their service to the Church. The awards...
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2011 Blessing of the Bikes
HOLY ROLLERS — Sacred Hearts Fathers Al Dagnoli,and Tom McElroy stand amidst two lines of revving motorcycles during the 13th annual Blessing of the Bikes event in front of St. Joseph’s Church on...
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Maronite Patriarch Visit
HIS BEATITUDE — The recently-elected Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, Bishop Bechara Peter Rai, visited St. Anthony of the Desert Parish in Fall River, Mass. on October 18 for a special Liturgy...
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Bishop Coleman in Rome
Bishop George W. Coleman visits the Vatican in Rome along with fellow bishops from the northeastern region of the United States for his second ad limina meeting to report on the Fall River Diocese....
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St. Bernard’s Church Steeple
TALL ORDER — A brand new steeple was hoisted atop St. Bernard’s Church in Assonet with a crane on November 21. The steeple was designed by architect and parishioner Andrew P. DiGiammo and was...
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Diaconal Ordination of Jason Brilhante
POWERFUL MOMENT — Bishop George W. Coleman ordained Jason Brilhante of St. Michael’s Parish in Fall River as a transitional deacon inside the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption on Jan. 21, 2012....
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Presbyteral Ordination of Jason Brilhante
Father Jason Brilhante was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop George W. Coleman during a presbyteral ordination Mass at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Fall River on June 9, 2012. Father Brilhante’s first...
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2013 March for Life
Nine buses filled with pilgrims from the Fall River Diocese — many of them students and young Catholics — traveled to Washington, D.C. on Jan. 25, 2013 for the annual March for Life on the 40th...
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Bishop Connolly Basketball Champs
The Bishop Connolly High School basketball team, which won the 2013 MIAA Division IV state championship on March 12 in a nail-biter against Lynnfield at the TD Garden in Boston, was honored during a...
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2013 Permanent Diaconate Ordination
Bishop George W. Coleman ordained 15 new permanent deacons for the Fall River Diocese during an ordination Mass at a filled St. Mary’s Cathedral in Fall River on October 12, 2013. Priests, fellow...
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Mother Dolores Hart in Easton
Mother Dolores Hart, OSB, a former actress who appeared in two films alongside Elvis Presley, spoke to a standing-room-only crowd inside St. Joseph’s Chapel on the campus of Stonehill College in Easton...
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Diaconal Ordination of Chris Peschel
Christopher M.J. Peschel, a native of Annunciation of the Lord Parish in Taunton, was ordained as a transitional deacon by Bishop George W. Coleman on Jan. 11, 2014 inside the Cathedral of St. Mary of...
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2014 March for Life
Despite a severe snow storm, a small but dedicated group of pilgrims from the Fall River Diocese braved the elements to attend the annual March for Life in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 22, 2014. (Photos by...
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