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Bennington Banner

Location

Bennington, Vermont, United States of America

Date

Aug 02, 1969

Page

3

Many Accept Possibility Of Extra Terrestrial Life

UPI reports three American astronauts in a three week quarantine as a precaution after moon exposure. The piece surveys scientific and religious reactions to potential findings of life beyond Earth, noting no hard evidence yet and quoting figures like C S Lewis and Rabbi Norman Lamm on theological implications.

Houston Tex Moon Nixon Earth New York Times Mars Solar System Cc. Ss. Lewis Solar Systems Norman Lamm

Bennington Area Church Events Service Listings

Bennington area churches announce services in Manchester Old Bennington and nearby. Bennington area worships include sermons at diverse churches with choir and organ recitals, Bible school, nursery care, and midweek prayer meetings. Names of ministers and soloists are listed with times and locations.

Richard Lenehan OLD Stone Church Independent Baptist North Bennington Elwin M. Ellis First Church OF God W. Earle Forman

Episcopalians To Sponsor Panel on Generation Gap

A Town Meeting of the Air panel on the generation gap will convene at 7 p.m. Wednesday Aug. 13 in Town Hall Brandon Vermont. The Episcopalian diocese panel will be taped for Vermont Educational Television. Moderator Dick Noel former CBS and NBC broadcaster and now WHWB Rutland host leads a lineup including Donald Geddes Castleton Michael Wells Spring Lake Ranch Rutland Rob Connolly UVM Brandon Harvard grad Chris Arnold and a SDS member. Audience questions follow to bridge the gap between youth and adults in Rutland area. Public invited to attend.

Brandon Town Hall Department of Promotion of the Episcopal Diocese of Vermont Vermont Educational Television Dick Noel New York WHWB Rutland Noel CBS Lowell Thomas Michael Wells Spring Lake Ranch Cuttingsville Martin Freeman Rob Connolly UVM Chris Arnold Harvard SDS

Catholics Join In Sponsoring Bible Week

New York reports that the Catholic Biblical Association will co sponsor National Bible Week for the first time since 1941 joining the Laymen’s National Bible Committee and World wide Bible Reading as organizers. The observance runs Thanksgiving Week November 23 30 with aims to promote Bible reading scripture publications and readings worldwide. The Catholic University of America based association publishes Catholic Biblical Quarterly and promotes Bible study within the church.

New York Catholic Biblical Association Pearl Harbor National Bible Committee American Bible Society Bible Week The Catholic University of America Washington, D.C Catholic Biblical Quarterly Gilmanton Iron Works N.H UPC Sherman A. Stevens Stevens Japan Sweden Arizona Texas Evangelical Baptist Church

Thousands Leave Austrian Church Amid Defections

Vienna reports 8,889 Catholics left the church in 1968, a 35 percent rise from 1967, as defections grow amid disputes over church taxes and modern church policies. Authorities note 6.3 million of Austria’s 7 million remain Catholic, with long-term declines continuing.

Vienna UPI Adolf Hitler Austria Hitler Josef Zeininger St. Stephen’s Cathedral Franz Koenig Father Zeininger Rome Holy See Zeininger John XXIII Paul Austrian Office of Statistics

New England Congress on Religious Education In Hartford

The 23rd annual New England Congress of Religious Education Aug 22 24 at the University of Hartford features bishops leading seminars on inner city issues poverty humanism and Christian education. Keynote Rev Clarence Rivers opens the weekend with 40 seminars themed Celebrate My People drawing 5000 participants.

Hartford Conn New England Congress of Religious Education University of Hartford John F. Whealon Archdiocese of Hartford Christian Doctrine Inner City Peter L. Gerety Portland Maine New Haven Clarence Rivers Augustine H. Glusani CCD Congress Mary Kenneth O.P Thomas M. Malloy

Editor of Our Sunday Visitor Resigns

Washington United Press International reports Monsignor Vincent A. Yzermans resigned as editor of Our Sunday Visitor on July 23 citing conflict with conservative managers over liberal church reforms. The 42 year old, who led revamps and ecumenical efforts, will return to St. Cloud Minnesota for a rest before deciding his future, with no plans to leave priesthood.

Washington UPI America Msgr Vincent A. Yzermans Our Sunday Visitor Yzermans National Council of Churches Leo A. Pursley Huntington Ind Bureau of Information National Catholic Welfare Conference the Priest Campus Call St. Cloud, Minn

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Bennington First Congregational Church Manchester Jerome J. Hevey Forrest Munger Thiman Sowerby Old Bennington Arvel M. Steece Christopher Finckel Baptist Church North Alfred Scott Missionary Alliance Church Zion Episcopal Church Manchester Center Sue Tenner Joseph Stannard Episcopalians Tipton England Les Nadin Nadin ST. James Episcopal Church Arlington First United Methodist Church Shaftsbury Paul Riddle Ashford Deitrich Bonhoeffer First Baptist Church Joseph D. Huse ST. Peter’s Episcopal Church Edward Putnam Norris L. Tibbits Riverside Church New York City Second Congregational Church Thomas Steffen Congregational Church Wilmington Henry A. Peck Our Lady OF Fatima Baptist Church W. F.rle Forman Seventh-Day Adventist Church George C. Mills First Church OF Christ Scientist Pownal United Church Dorset - East Rupert Hal C. Miller Society OF Friends Quakers Faith Bible Baptist Church Woodford Hollow Kenneth Schwebel Methodist Church West Arlington John E. Geer Federated Church East ST. John’s Chapel Congregational Church East Dorset Lester Tufts Church OF Christ Jerry Moffitt Kingdom Hall Jehovah’s Witnesses Watch Tower Congregational Bible Study ST. Mary’s IN the Mountains Russell Gale Sandgate ST. Francis DE Sales Catholi Sacred Heart Catholic Church ST. John the Baptist Catholic Church Community Church Pownal Center North Pownal Earle Hewitt H. Glenn Payne Colgate Hall Church OF Jesus Christ OF Latter Day Saints Masonic Temple Main St Congregational William Abernethy By Frank Hitzenberger Hanson Walbridge N.E. Congress A&p Triple Grand Union Empire T. Worthmore Richard VY. Worthimore GSO Vermont National Gtatc Street Bank Qa0 Trust CO Boston Bank America Service Corp Benningtons Busiest Artery Arcade North Adams Carl Capella Real Estate & Custom Homes West Main St Bennington, Vermont
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