New Approaches Suggested For Observance Of Lent
Lent may be understood in several ways from mortification to modern charity. A Bennington Manchester Quiet Day at St Peters Church on Feb 28 invites clergy and laity for interior prayer and silent meditation with a bring your own lunch. A diocesan series aims to enrich lay participation in Lent and asks sacrificial acts for others such as relief for starving children in Biafra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington-Manchester
St. Peter’s Church
Robert L. Clayton
Manchester Missionary District
Zion Parish
Manchester Cemeter
Diocesan Committee On Christian Activity
Jesus Christ
Biafra
Richard John Neuhaus
Una Sancta Magazine
Christ
Film Depicts Moral Problem at Church Event
The Youth Fellowship of the North Bennington Baptist Church will screen Far From Alone at 7 p.m. Saturday Feb. 28, followed by a bake sale. The Methodist produced film portrays a star athlete torn between acceptance and a Christian conscience over a radio broadcast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youth Fellowship of the
North Bennington Baptist Church
Fellowship
Dr Flory speaks on cancer at Shaftsbury WSCS meeting
Dr Curtis M Flory chief pathologist at Putnam Memorial Hospital spoke on cancer and the film Dr Pap at the Shaftsbury First United Methodist Church WSCS meeting. He linked smoking and heavy smog to cancer and urged education to deter youth from smoking. The WSCS planned its Dec 5 6 Christmas Bazaar and appointed booth chairmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaftsbury
Curtis M. Flory
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Dr. Pap
Women’s Society of Christian Service
First United Methodist Church
American Cancer Society
Flory
Alvan Lawrence
WSCS
Bennington Area Churches Spring Schedule Highlights
A dense listings page details Sunday School, worship services, and choir rehearsals across Bennington area churches including North Bennington Baptist, Congregational Wilmington, St. Peter’s Episcopal, and more. It notes midweek Lenten services, confirmations, youth groups, and special sermons by named pastors, with nursery and child-care provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parlor
Roy Sullivan
Elm Street
William Abernethy
North Bennington
Second Congregational Church
Einar Michaelsen
Ethel Vance
Charles Bennett
First Baptist Church
H. Glenn Payne
Friendly Circle
Congregational Church
Old Stone Church
Ndependent Baptist
Elwin M. Ellis
Mexican-American Priests Propose Bishops for Mexican Areas
Fifty Mexican-American priests forming PADRES propose to appoint Mexican-American bishops in Brownsville San Antonio and East Los Angeles. They urge lay input in bishop selections and call for reforms in deacon roles schools and social programs while backing farm workers and immigration reforms. A four-day PADRES session ended with a walkout over Anglo leadership concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucson
Ariz
Catholic Conference of Bishops
San Francisco
Padres
Bishops’ Conference
Brownsville
San Antonio
Tex
Los Angeles
Ralph Ruiz
United States
United Farm Workers Organizing Committee
California
Chicano Youth Movement
Marcos grants reprieves to 352 death row inmates
President Marcos ordered a study on abolishing capital punishment in the Philippines while granting reprieves to 352 prisoners awaiting the electric chair. A West Coast coalition of California-based Padres allies debated forming a national Mexican American rights group, but tensions led to a retreat to their original concept as Father Ruiz criticized overgrouping yet pledged inclusion while condemning poverty in the Southwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
UPI
Ferdinand E. Marcos
Marcos
Philippines
West Coast
California
Padres
Father Ruiz
Southwest
Court To Hear Arguments in School Prayer Dispute
The Third Circuit Court of Appeals will hear both sides over the legality of classroom Bible readings and prayers in the Albert Gallatin school district. Plaintiffs led by Edwin Mangold challenge an injunction that briefly halted the practice. the district seeks to uphold a stay pending appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Federal Court of Appeals
Louis Rosenberg
Federal District Court
Pittsburgh
Albert Gallatin
Pennsylvania
Supreme Court
Gallatin School Board
American Civil Liberties Union
Edwin J. Mangold
Rosenberg
Mangold
Court of Appeals
Third Circuit
ACLU
American Humanist Association
American Jewish Congress
Greater Pittsburgh
Kushner
Also Mentioned on This Page
Episcopalians
Shaftsbury Wscs
Dr. Flory
A. Banney Galusha
Wayne Timmerman
Angus MacDonald
Howard Stevens
Richard Browe
Eugene Kosche
Russell Mack
Forest Montgomery
Harold McDonald Sr
Timmerman
Stella Hawkins
McDonald
Tueseday
Church
Browe
Virginia Dooley
Wisconsin
Arvel M. Steece
First Congregational Church
Old Bennington
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches
Racine
Wis
Spiritual Resources Commission
Taunton
Mass
Congregational Church Fellowship
New World
England
Holland
Spilsby, England
Eric Ranby
Ranby
Bennington
Manchester
Jerome J. Hevey Jr
Chancel
MacFarlane
Pilgrim Fellowship
Baptist Church
Alfred Scott
Women’s Fellowship
First Church OF Christ Scientist
Church OF Christ West
Howard B. Ford Jr
Kingdom Hall
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Watch Tower
Congregational Bible Study
Missionary Alliance
Cross
Richard Lenehan
Alliance
James Scarey
Venezuela
Woman’s Missionary Prayer Fellowship
Mildred and
Jane Ross
Knapp Drive
Wilmington
Henry A. Peck
Our Lady OF Fatima
Vermont
W. Earle Forman
Seventh-Day Adventist Church
George C. Mills
Pownal
United Church
Dorset - East Rupert
Hal C. Miller
Church OF Christ
United Methodist Church
David Hubbard
ST. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Edward B. Geyer Jr
ST. James Episcopal Church
C.G. Belcher
St. James
Manchester Center
Society OF Friends
Quakers
Bennington Free Library
North Pownal
Leonard Perrault
Berkshire Christian College
Lenox
First Church OF God
Church OF Jesus Christ OF Latter Day Saints
Masonic Temple
Main St
Federated Church East
Methodist Church
West Arlington
John E. Geer
ST. Mary’s IN the Mountains
Llasm
Russell Gale
ST. Francis DE Sales Catholic Church
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
ST. John the Baptist Catholic Church
Angus J. MacDonald
Beethoven
UMYF
Zion Episcopal Church
Church School
Guild of St. Margaret
East Dorset
Lester Tufts
Paul
Gael Alcock
Barn
Ladies Aid Society
William B. Abernethy
Bradford House
Adams Clothes Shop
New York Times News Service
Monument Plaza Shopping Center
By Donald Janson
Save Way
Mammoth Mart
Save Melee House
Monument Plaza
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