Nuns Embrace Global Convent Role and Civil Rights Stance
Nuns emerge from cloisters to serve in urban teaching, counseling, and poverty programs as Vatican encouraged modernization. In Selma protests, Cardinal Suenens urged viewing the world as a convent while NASA and archbishop debates highlight evolving roles and public controversy over nuns marching for civil rights.
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Belgium
Cardinal Suenens
Vatican Council
Job Corps
Washington, D.C
M. Francetta Barberis
Webster College
St. Louis
Chicago
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Jane Edmund Callanan
Fordham University
Selma
Alabama
Martin Luther King
Viet Nam underplays civilian plight, pastor says
White Plains pastor Rev. Gordon Cathey criticizes American press for underplaying Vietnamese civilians in the war. He argues that thousands die weekly and that Americans should learn about loyal Vietnamese citizens and their struggle for freedom, observing their culture and wartime frustrations. He notes religious influence in politics has driven some away from temples while Protestant Christianity grows.
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White Plains
N.Y
International Church
Saigon
Gordon Cathey
Christian and Missionary Alliance Church
Friends
America
Viet Nam
Cathey
Priest Returns To Church In Native State
A former Vermonter returned to his native state to lead St. John The Baptist Episcopal Mission as priest in charge on Palm Sunday. Father Cuthbertson, ordained in 1951 by Bishop Horace W B Donegan of New York, previously served Trinity Church Huntington W Va and St. John's Eau Gallie Fla before moving to the West Virginia parish two years ago.
Lay World In Africa To Speak Here At Bennington Troy
A young Methodist layman with six years in Congo and Southern Rhodesia will speak at the Bennington Troy District Woman's Society spring meeting on April 27. Coffee at 10, meeting at 10:30, followed by a 25th anniversary luncheon and speaker John Stevenson from Greenville, Pa. He is on a yearlong U.S. furlough from missionary service. Stevenson worked at Lodja Press in Congo from 1958 for three years, then Central Mission Press in Southern Rhodesia in 1961, and later LECO Press in Leopoldville serving Protestant Christian literature needs. He holds a BA from Bridgewater College. previously worked in Wilmore, Kentucky. The gathering ends with installation of new officers by Mrs. Lawrence Larrowe.
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Congo
Rhodesia
Bennington-Troy
Woman’s Society of the Methodist Church
Bennington Society
John Stevenson
Greenville
United States
Stevenson
Lodja
Lodja Mission Center
Central Mission Press
Methodist
Leco Press
Leopoldville
LECO
Bridgewater College
Bridgewater
Wilmore
Lawrence Larrowe
Bennington
Troy District
First Methodist
Carol Santo
Cindy Mattison
Maureen Mattison
Jeanne Prouty
MYF
Carol Watkin
Doug Watkin
Alan Hollister
Gary Hamilton
Barbara Mason
John Mook
Bennington - Troy
Women’s Society of Christian Service
First Methodist Church
Methodist Mothers’ Fellowship
Ida Gage
Woodward Drive
Rhoda Comi
Philippines Catholic Leap A Jubilee For Legaspi Landing
A Manila report traces the 1565 Legaspi Urdaneta landing in Cebu to naming the Philippines and introducing Christianity. It notes Catholic growth, schools, and a Cebu celebration April 25 to May 2 to promote mission work and a Vatican jubilee. New York reports Protestant boards join a pilot overseas mission recruitment project on college campuses with several denominations involved.
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Manila
UPI
William Shakespeare
Armanda
England
Philippine Archipelago
Cebu
Miguel Lopez de Legaspi
Andrew de Urdaneta
Spain
Philippines
Legaspi
Father Urdaneta
New World
Mexico
Pacific Ocean
Philip II
Christ
Magellan
Juan de Camus
Urdaneta
Harvard
United States
Portugal
Netherlands
Britain
Japan
China
Cebu City
Vatican
Bennington Area Church Events and Services
Bennington area churches schedule multiple services with sermons, Sunday school for various age groups, choirs rehearsals, and youth activities. The First Methodist Church lists morning services at 9 and 11 with nursery, classes, and evening programs. Sandgate and Old Stone churches reopen with morning worship. Unitarian events include lectures, sermons, and interfaith meetings. Christian Science and CongregationalChurches outline weekly activities and special sermons, choir events, and youth groups across Bennington district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles D. Myers
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Open House Postponed At Falls Church Manse
Falls Church open house for the repaired First United Church manse is postponed to Sunday May 2 from 3 to 5 p.m. Rev. Wesley Miles and church officials announced. Church school meets at 9:45 a.m. A morning sermon series on The Grace of God begins. A Christian ethics seminar is set for 8 p.m. Circle II and III plans noted for Monday at 130 Church Street and 46 River Street with Call to Commitment discussions.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
First United Church
Wesley Miles
United Women’s Society
Circle II
Church Street
Circle III
Hugh Dorr
River Street
Elizabeth O’. Connor
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Scotia
Ala
Hanson
Walbridge
Bennington and
Arlington
Africa
Mission Boards
New York
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United Presbyterian, Methodist and
Evangelical United Brethren Churches
United Board For Christian Higher Education In
Asia
Church World Service
Pfanuts
B.C
Blondie
Steve Canyon
Heart of
Juliet Jones
Berwick
Julie
Jackie Blake
Isolde Coyne
Vale
Dagwood
By Charles M. S
Johnny Hart
By Chie Young
The
Viet Cong
Milton Caniff
Steve
Sgt.lakewood
Taipei
By Stan Drake
Sonny
Sandgate Methodist Church
Granville Greenwold
York
Second Congregational Church
OLD Stone Church
William Stone
New England Bible Institute
Young People’s Unit
Unitarian Bennington Free Library
Harry Meserve
OLD First Church
Church Bible School
Monument Circle
Matt
William M. Thomson
John Mason
School of Religion
Shaftsbury
Lawrence
Congregational Church
Eugene Kosche
First Church OF Christ Scientist
Hillside St
WBTN
Christian Science Churches
Mary Baker Eddy
Missionary Alliance
Cornelius W. Clarke
Jesus
Peter
Alliance Youth Fellowship
Falls Church
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