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Title Date
Theology on Tap to Meet in Two Locations  8/31/2010 
Veteran Educators in New Leadership Posts at Diocesan Schools  8/27/2010 
New All Saints Catholic School in New Bedford Ready to Open August 30th  8/26/2010 
August 26th Mass will Celebrate Centennial of Mother Teresa's Birth  8/19/2010 
All Invited to Evening Prayer with Bishop and Seminarians  8/6/2010 
Fall River to Host Teams of Our Lady U.S. Conference; Local Couple to Begin National Leadership Role  7/9/2010 
Catholic Charities Appeal Raises $4.29 Million  7/2/2010 
Bishop Announces Appointments of Parochial Vicars, Hospital Chaplain  6/29/2010 
New Bedford Church to Welcome Relics of Blessed Mother Teresa  6/18/2010 
Bishop Appoints New Pastor, Announces Changes in Assignments for Others  6/17/2010 
Catholic Charities Appeal Hits $3 Million; Last Day for Donations is June 22  6/14/2010 
Retirements of Three Pastors Announced  6/11/2010 
Diocesan Priest Installed as National Scouting Chaplain  5/27/2010 
Catholic Charities Appeal Reaches $2 Million  5/25/2010 
Sixteen to be Admitted as Candidates for the Permanent Diaconate  5/24/2010 
New Diocesan Website Feature Offers Video Reflections on the Priesthood  5/20/2010 
Saturday Vigil Mass to Inaugurate Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Parish  5/19/2010 
Diocese Collects over $53,000 to Assist Victims of Flash Floods, Mudslides on Madeira  5/14/2010 
International Statue of Our Lady of Fatima to Visit Assonet Church  5/11/2010 
53 Teens to Receive Pope Saint Pius X Youth Award  5/11/2010 
2010 Catholic Charities Appeal Begins May 1st  4/23/2010 
St. Mary Parish, Norton, to Celebrate Opening of New Church  4/21/2010 
Series of Holy Hours for Vocations Will Feature Traveling Monstrance  4/9/2010 
Annual Holy Hour for Vocations Planned for April 11  4/5/2010 
March 30 Chrism Mass Postponed  3/30/2010 
New All Saints Elementary School to Open in New Bedford  3/26/2010 
Holy Week 2010 Begins March 27-28; St. Mary's Cathedral Schedule Announced  3/23/2010 
The Spirit is Alive in the Priesthood of the Laity is Theme of New Bedford Lenten Mission  3/19/2010 
Diocese Raises over $700,000 for Earthquake Relief in Haiti  3/17/2010 
Diocese to Again Host Reconciliation Weekend; Parishes to Offer Extended Schedules for Confession  3/4/2010 
Bishop Authorizes Special Collection to Assist Victims of Flooding on Madeira  2/25/2010 
Sacred Hearts Father Tom McElroy to Preach Fall River Lenten Mission  2/23/2010 
Taunton Deanery Lenten Mission is February 28 through March 3  2/18/2010 
Bishop Coleman to Celebrate Rite of Election  2/17/2010 
Live As Children of the Light: Bishop Coleman's 2010 Lenten Message  2/17/2010 
Ash Wednesday is February 17th; Marks Beginning of Lent  2/10/2010 
Noted Catholic Musician Tony Melendez to Perform at New Bedford Church  1/27/2010 
Open Houses, Special Activities to Mark Catholic Schools Week in Diocesan Schools  1/26/2010 
Special Collection in Parishes Will Support Relief Efforts in Haiti  1/14/2010 
Marian Medals Ceremony Available on Video  1/8/2010 
"The Manger Reveals to Us the True Meaning of Christmas": Bishop Coleman's 2009 Christmas Message  12/18/2009 
2009 Religious Retirement Appeal is December 12-13  12/7/2009 
Advent Mass of Consolation Planned  12/1/2009 
Bishop Accepts Recommendation to Join Neighboring Attleboro-Seekonk Parishes Into One  11/23/2009 
Bishop Coleman to Present Marian Medals to 87  11/16/2009 
High School Placement Exams Scheduled  11/4/2009 
Marriage Enrichment Seminar to Look at "Making Hapiness a Habit"  11/2/2009 
St. John, Mount Carmel Parishes to Share Pastor; St. John's to Begin Process to Determine Viability  10/26/2009 
Boston Red Sox CEO to Speak at St. Mary's Education Fund Fall Dinner  10/23/2009 
Red Mass Set for November 1st; Five to be Recognized with St. Thomas More Award  10/15/2009 
Annual Candlelight Procession & Mass for Peace to Take Place on Columbus Day Holiday  10/2/2009 
Five from Diocese to be Honored by Massachusetts Citizens for Life  9/4/2009 
Ministry for Separated & Divorced Catholics on Cape Cod to Expand  9/3/2009 
Father Mullaney to Retire After 47 Years  8/31/2009 
Bishop Issues Statement on Death of Senator Kennedy  8/26/2009 
In "The Year for Priests," Two Events Planned to Mark Anniversary of Death of St. John Vianney  7/24/2009 
July 19th TV Mass to Air at Special Time  7/16/2009 
Parish Totals Announced for 2009 Catholic Charities Appeal  7/10/2009 
Catholic Charities Appeal Raises Near-Record $4.28 Million  7/3/2009 
Retirements of Two Priests, New Assignments for Seven Others Announced  6/12/2009 
June 23rd is Last Day for Charities Appeal; Reaches $3 Million Entering Final Weeks  6/9/2009 
Diocese to Welcome Two New Priests  6/5/2009 
Theologian & Popular Speaker Dr. Scott Hahn to Conclude Pauline Year in Diocese  5/22/2009 
Catholic Charities Appeal at $2 Million  5/19/2009 
Teens to be Honored With Pope St. Pius X Youth Award  5/12/2009 
Diocese Begins 2009 Catholic Charities Appeal This Weekend  4/28/2009 
Bishop Coleman's 2009 Easter Message:The Ultimate Hope of the Resurrection  4/9/2009 
Easter TV Mass to Air at Special Time  4/7/2009 
St. Mary's Cathedral 2009 Holy Week Schedule  3/31/2009 
Rite of Election Ceremonies to Take Place Sunday  2/26/2009 
Diocese to Host Reconciliation Weekend March 20-21  2/24/2009 
Ash Wednesday is Feb. 25th, Marks Beginning of Lent  2/18/2009 
Catholic Social Services Food Pantry Serves Record Numbers in Final Months of 2008  2/12/2009 
Seminarian to be Ordained a Deacon  1/28/2009 
Special Mass Celebrates Year of St. Paul  1/20/2009 
Catholic Communication Campaign Collection Supports TV Mass  1/14/2009 
Diocese Issues Statement on Case Against Teacher Albert Vaillancourt  1/9/2009 
Bishop Issues 2008 Christmas Message  12/20/2008 
Gift of Giving Program Brightens Christmas for Area Families in Need  12/18/2008 
Local Christmas Masses to Be Broadcast  12/17/2008 
Religious Retirement Appeal is December 13-14  12/9/2008 
Family Ministry Program Offers Help Facing the Holidays Without One's Spouse  11/17/2008 
High School Placement Exams Scheduled  11/13/2008 
83 To Receive Marian Medal in Ceremonies on Sunday  11/10/2008 
Program to Look at Managing Conflict in Marriage  11/5/2008 
Sunday Mass to Celebrate New St. Andrew the Apostle Parish in Taunton  10/22/2008 
Family Ministry To Host Marriage Enrichment Evening  10/9/2008 
Annual Candlelight Procession & Mass for Peace to Take Place Oct. 13  10/3/2008 
Patriots' Mike Vrabel to Speak at St. Mary's Education Fund Fall Dinner  9/16/2008 
Four to Receive St. Thomas More Awards at Red Mass  9/12/2008 
Dighton Churches to Unite as One New Parish  9/10/2008 
St. Mary's Education Fund Fall Dinner is October 14  8/28/2008 
Legal Community to Gather for Red Mass; Notre Dame Priest Administrator to Be Homilist  8/26/2008 
Cape Cod-based Brazilian Priest Placed on Leave  8/18/2008 
New Class to Form for Permanent Deacons  7/15/2008 
Area Catholics to Contribute Talents to World Youth Day Program  7/11/2008 
2008 Catholic Charities Appeal Raises Just Under $3.4 Million  7/11/2008 
Two To Be Ordained Priests for Diocese  6/20/2008 
New Assignments Announced for Parochial Vicars, Bishop's Secretary  6/13/2008 
2008 Catholic Charities Appeal Enters Homestretch; Surpasses $3 Million  6/9/2008 
New Appointments Announced for Six Priests  6/6/2008 
Three Pastors Retire This Spring  6/4/2008 
St. Theresa Chapel in Sagamore, Mission Church of Corpus Christi Parish, will Close in November  6/2/2008 
Holy Rosary Parish, Fall River, to Join Cathedral Parish; Church to Remain Open  5/27/2008 
2008 Catholic Charities Appeal Hits $2 Million  5/23/2008 
Massachusetts Bishops Support Increased Funding for EACDC Program in State Budget  5/20/2008 
Fall River Woman to Perform Her Original Piece on Mother Teresa  5/20/2008 
Family Ministry Workshop Aims to Help Downsize Marital Stress  5/16/2008 
Diocesan Teens to be Honored with Pope St. Pius X Youth Award  5/14/2008 
Catholic Charities Appeal Begins May 1  4/22/2008 
St. Dominic's Apartments Dedicated  4/11/2008 
Diocese to Take Part in Upcoming Papal Visit  4/4/2008 
Our Lady of Guadalupe Image to Tour Diocese in April  3/27/2008 
Diocesan Pro-Life Mass Set for March 31  3/27/2008 
Bishop Issues Easter Message  3/20/2008 
Retired Priest Restricted From Ministry  3/17/2008 
St. Mary's Cathedral 2008 Holy Week Schedule  3/10/2008 
New Bedford Parishes to Host Lenten Mission  3/6/2008 
Seminar to Look at "How to Be Married and Stay Engaged"  3/4/2008 
Lenten Mission Planned for Fall River Deanery  2/28/2008 
Taunton Area Lenten Mission to Take Place Feb. 17-20  2/12/2008 
Rite of Election Ceremonies Set for February 10th  2/6/2008 
Bishop Says Lenten Goal Should Be Deeper Level of Personal Holiness  2/6/2008 
Mass to Highlight Role of Religious in Diocese  1/30/2008 
Ash Wednesday, Feb. 6, Marks Beginning of Lent  1/30/2008 
Bishop to Celebrate First Cape-wide Catholic Schools Week Mass  1/24/2008 
Catholic Communication Campaign Supports Local, National Projects  1/16/2008 
Changes Planned for Fall River Catholic Schools  1/11/2008 
Bishop Coleman Issues Annual Christmas Message  12/21/2007 
Christmas Masses to be Broadcast  12/17/2007 
Annual Gift of Giving Program Underway  12/13/2007 
Allegation Made Against Maine Priest Who at One Time Worked in Fall River Diocese   12/10/2007 
Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary  12/5/2007 
Workshop to Look at Downsizing Marital Stress  11/20/2007 
91 To Receive Marian Medal in Ceremonies on Sunday  11/13/2007 
Dartmouth Parish to Start Young Adult Group  11/7/2007 
Advisory Board Formed for New Bedford Area Catholic Schools  11/5/2007 
Family Ministry Announces Schedule of Marriage Enrichment Programs  10/30/2007 
Boston Globe Sportswriter to be Speaker at St. Mary's Education Fund Fall Dinner  10/16/2007 
Study to Look at Fall River Catholic Schools  10/12/2007 
Three to be Honored with St. Thomas More Award at Red Mass  10/1/2007 
Peace Procession & Mass Set for the Columbus Day Holiday  9/28/2007 
Thirteen to be Ordained Permanent Deacons  9/26/2007 
Area Banker to Chair St. Mary's Education Fund Fall Dinner  9/21/2007 
Evening Program to Look at Spirituality & Married Couples  9/12/2007 
Red Mass to be Celebrated for Legal Community  9/7/2007 
Benefactor Endows Catholic Charities Appeal with $4 Million  9/6/2007 
Mass to Remember Mother Teresa on 10th Anniversary of her Death  8/30/2007 
New Diocesan Directory Available  7/31/2007 
Family Ministry Offers Workshop to Help Move On in Face of Adversity, Downturns  7/25/2007 
July 22nd Television Mass to Air at Special Time  7/16/2007 
Parish Totals Announced for 2007 Catholic Charities Appeal  7/6/2007 
Diocese to Welcome New Priest  7/2/2007 
2007 Charities Appeal Raises Record Amount  6/28/2007 
Bishop Appoints Parochial Vicars, Chaplains  6/15/2007 
Catholic Charities Appeal Enters Final Week  6/12/2007 
Appointments of New Pastors, Transfers of Others Announced  6/8/2007 
New Parish Will Form in Taunton's Whittenton Section  6/8/2007 
Four Pastors to Retire  6/1/2007 
Two Seminarians to be Ordained Deacons  5/31/2007 
Charities Appeal Reaches $2 Million  5/29/2007 
49 Teens to be Honored with Pope St. Pius X Youth Award  5/18/2007 
Bishop Coleman to Travel to the Azores; Invited to Preside at Santo Cristo Feast  5/7/2007 
Bishop Announces Diocese Prepared to Accept New Cape High School  5/7/2007 
Christian Leadership Institute for Teens to be Offered in June  5/4/2007 
Superintendent of Schools Office Statement Regarding the Bishop Feehan Prom  4/27/2007 
Holy Hour for Vocations Set for May 6  4/27/2007 
66th Catholic Charities Appeal Begins May 1st  4/25/2007 
2007 Easter Message from Bishop Coleman  4/5/2007 
Easter TV Mass to Air at Special Time  3/30/2007 
Bishop to Celebrate Chrism Mass April 3  3/27/2007 
St. Mary's Cathedral Holy Week Schedule Announced  3/26/2007 
Diocesan Pro-Life Mass to be Celebrated on Feast of the Annunciation  3/21/2007 
Bishop Says Crisis in Wake of Immigration Raid Calls for "A Response From the Heart"  3/9/2007 
Lent a Time to Prepare for Renewal of Baptismal Promises, Says Bishop in 2007 Lenten Message  2/21/2007 
Ash Wednesday is February 21st; Marks Beginning of Lent  2/15/2007 
YES! Retreat Set for March 16-18  2/9/2007 
Catholic Schools Week Celebrated in Diocese  1/25/2007 
CCC Collection to Benefit TV Mass, Communication Projects  1/17/2007 
Changes Planned for New Bedford Area Schools  1/12/2007 
Campaign Heightens Efforts to Promote Vocations  1/3/2007 
2006 Marian Medal Ceremony Airing on Cable TV  12/22/2006 
Christmas Message of Bishop Coleman  12/22/2006 
Christmas Masses to Be Broadcast  12/15/2006 
Retirement Fund for Religious Collection Set for Dec. 9-10  11/30/2006 
89 To Receive Marian Medal in Ceremonies on Sunday  11/13/2006 
Fall River Seminarian Ordained Deacon in Rome  10/13/2006 
Statement on the Father Bernard Kelly Case  10/13/2006 
Diocesan Youth Invited to Gather  10/6/2006 
Religious Education Convention Planned for November  10/5/2006 
Annual Candlelight Procession & Mass for Peace  10/2/2006 
Four to Receive St. Thomas More Award at Red Mass  10/2/2006 
New Director of Faith Formation in Place in Diocese  9/20/2006 
TV Weatherman John Ghiorse to Emcee St. Mary's Education Fund Fall Dinner  9/6/2006 
A Cappella Group Performance to Benefit Diocesan Mission  8/7/2006 
Parish Totals Announced for 2006 Catholic Charities Appeal  7/25/2006 
2006 Catholic Charities Appeal Raises More than 3.9 Million  7/14/2006 
Special Time for July 23rd TV Mass  7/14/2006 
Massachusetts Bishops Issue Statement in Support of Marriage Amendment  6/30/2006 
Bishop Updates Pastoral Planning Process (Spanish Language version)  6/23/2006 
Bishop Updates Pastoral Planning Process  6/23/2006 
Bishop Updates Pastoral Planning (Portuguese Language version)  6/23/2006 
NBC's Tim Russert to Speak at St. Mary's Education Fund Fall Dinner  6/22/2006 
Bishop Appoints Parochial Vicars, Hospital Chaplain  6/16/2006 
Special Mass Scheduled in Wake of Fall River Fire  6/15/2006 
Bishop Issues Statement Following Fall River Fire  6/15/2006 
Catholic Charities Appeal Enters Final Week, Total Nears $3M  6/14/2006 
Retirements, Transfers of Priests Announced  6/9/2006 
Teens Honored with St. Pius X Youth Awards  6/2/2006 
At Its Halfway Point, 2006 Catholic Charities Appeal Tops $2 Million  5/31/2006 
Diocesan Pastor Named to National Scouting Position  5/19/2006 
Confirmation Candidates Contribute to Diocesan Appeal   5/18/2006 
Diocese Seeks Director of Faith Formation  5/11/2006 
Catholic School Eighth Graders to Visit Cathedral  5/10/2006 
2006 Catholic Charities Appeal Begins in Parishes  5/1/2006 
Holy Hour for Vocations  5/1/2006 
Channel 10 to Re-Air Mass of Thanksgiving with Cardinal O'Malley  4/20/2006 
Bishop Issues Annual Easter Message  4/14/2006 
Mass & Reception to Honor New Cardinal  4/12/2006 
Principal Appointed for New Cape High School  4/11/2006 
Easter Masses to Air on TV  4/10/2006 
Holy Week 2006  4/5/2006 
New Cardinal to Return to Fall River to Celebrate Mass  3/20/2006 
Statement of the Diocese Following Decision by Catholic Charities of the Boston Archdiocese  3/10/2006 
Bishop Grants Dispensation for St. Patrick's Day  3/7/2006 
In Message, Bishop Says Lent Offers Opportunity to Grow in Faith Individually and as a Community  2/28/2006 
From Honduras, Bishop Coleman Issues Statement on Appointment of Cardinal-designate O'Malley  2/22/2006 
Ash Wednesday is March 1st; Marks Beginning of Lent  2/21/2006 
Vocations Office to Host Informational Day of Reflection  1/9/2006