Cape parish to host Year of Faith series
BREWSTER — The parishioners of Our Lady of the Cape Parish, 468 Stony Brook Road in Brewster, invite everyone to attend a series of four presentations on people whose lives “profess, celebrate and share the faith.”
During this Year of Faith, these lectures will present people from the Scriptures and from Church history as examples of individuals who have traveled and journeyed the difficult walk of faith. They will include people like Abraham, Jonah, Mary of Magdala, Peter, Thomas, Paul and contemporary examples of faith-filled persons.
Bereavement ministry helping those dealing with grief
By Becky Aubut, Anchor Staff
FALL RIVER, Mass. — When Rose Mary Saraiva’s 23-year-old daughter passed away in a car accident in 2006, her life turned upside down.
“When Rachel died, I basically stopped living for a year,” said Saraiva.
Drowning in her grief, she left her job as a district sales manager when it became too difficult to work.
Vermont assisted suicide law ‘very troubling’ for Mass.
By Christine M. Williams, Anchor Correspondent
BOSTON — Last fall, Massachusetts voters rejected physician assisted suicide at the ballot box. Last year, Vermont, too, defeated an effort to legalize death by prescription — only to see another measure signed by the governor this May. Some opponents of such laws in the Commonwealth wonder if the news up north foretells their fate.
Anne Fox, president of Massachusetts Citizens for Life said in a May 18 email to supporters about the Vermont law, “The death lobby hopes this will open the floodgates, at least in the northeast.”
Cape Cod parish hosts festival series for Year of Faith
By John O. DellaMorte
Special to The Anchor
EAST SANDWICH, Mass. — Are you missing the mark? Have you encountered the transforming power of a viable relationship with Christ?
Do you want to move from a boring obligatory faith to a life-giving, healing faith centered on a relationship with Christ, through the power of the Holy Spirit?
Deacon Ralph Poyo, founder of New Evangelization Ministries, recently helped parishioners at Corpus Christi Parish in East Sandwich to answer these important questions during a “Faith Festival.”
Diocesan health facilities presents annual awards
FALL RIVER, Mass. — The Diocesan Health Facilities held its annual Scholarship and Awards Banquet on May 7 at the Venus de Milo Restaurant in Swansea.
The diocesan-based system of health care consists of five skilled nursing and rehab care facilities, along with an adult day health care program and a care management consulting program.
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