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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1974
Page
3
A long list details worship times and ministers for numerous churches including Sacred Heart, Congregational, United Methodist, Our Lady of Fatima, and St. James Episcopal. Also notes Quaker meeting, Jehovahs Witnesses, and independent Baptist services with mass times, Sunday School, youth groups, confession, and prayer meetings.
In Seoul two Irish Catholic priests Rev Oliver Kennedy and Rev Maurice Foley were detained by the Korean CIA amid a crackdown on opposition to President Park Chung Hee. The case follows the arrest of Bishop Dan Chi Hak Soun and signals renewed tensions between the government and the Catholic Church, with local priests reporting harassment and renewed Catholic sentiment about martyrdom.
The Rev. John R Carlson of Stratford Connecticut has accepted a call to pastor the Missionary Alliance Church of Bennington and will begin August 4. A Brockton Massachusetts native and World War II naval veteran, he and wife Marion attended Nyack College and he earned a Th.B. in 1951. The Carlsons, long active in ministry, will reside at a new parsonage at West Side Drive and Prospect Street.
A quiet Landgrove Community Church scene unfolds at a sunlit doorway with white daisies, clapboard walls, and a bee in a yellow lily. From the distant valley, a deep lowing of an unseen cow adds a rustic sound to the moment.
The second Ecumenical Summer Vacation Church School runs Aug 5 to 16 from 9 to 11 30 a.m. at Second Congregational Church Hillside Street. Bennington Religious Education Foundation sponsors participants from First United Methodist Second Congregational St Peter's Episcopal Congregational St Francis de Sales Sacred Heart St John the Baptist and Redeemer Lutheran. Ages three through sixth grade are invited with pre registration recommended via participating churches or Kathleen Phillips or Lotti Tobler.
The Woman's Society of the First Baptist Church of Bennington hosts open house on Sunday August 11 from 3 to 5 p.m. at Colgate Hall to honor Rev Floyd I LaBombard and his wife on their 25th wedding anniversary. Rev LaBombard has led the church since November 1 1970 and they live at 335 Elm Street with their three sons.
Vacation Bible School begins at Crescent Blvd church from 9 30 a m to noon Monday August 5 through 9 for children age four and up. Aline LaFlamme Kathy Rice Miriam Chase lead younger group with Debbie and Cindy Galusha as helpers. Barbara Wagner Ruth Galusha and Nancy Lenehan teach older children. Child evangelism materials used. stories songs refreshments and recreation offered plus a closing program August 11 at 7 p m. Open to any community children.
The Most Rev. Stanislaus J. Brazana will lead pilgrims from New York and New England to the National Shrine of North American Martyrs in Auriesville on Polish Day August 4. A program includes outdoor devotions at 1 30 p m and a Pilgrimage Mass at 4 15 p m with Polish clergy, plus cultural ceremonies and an exhibit.
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