Bishop Confirms Large Class at Hoosick Falls
In Hoosick Falls New York Bishop Edward A Maginn apostolic administrator of the Albany diocese presided at the confirmation of 163 youngsters 84 boys and 79 girls along with a small adult class at the Church of the Immaculate Conception. The rite was assisted by priests and nearby clergy including Father Scott master of ceremonies and Very Rev Charles Hart OSA. Several priests from nearby towns attended as did Sister James Theresa and Sister Robert Daniel who prepared the children for confirmation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick Falls
N. Y
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Edward A. Maginn
D.D
Albany Catholic Diocese
Father Scott
Charles Hart
O.S.A
Troy
Paul Lynch
Greenwich
Frederick Ryan
Cambridge
John del Conte
Callaghan
Joseph Laverty
Schaghticoke
Charles A. Bauman
John Gabelle
Pittstown
Gerald T. Buckley
Arlington
Thomas Baffa
North Bennington
Thomas Autch
Mechanicville
Paul Cronin
Waterford
James A. Griffen
O.S.S
James Theresa
Robert Daniel
Sis
Beaumont
Laity to Participate in St John’s Church Activities
St John the Baptist Church in North Bennington introduces lay participation across parish committees under Rev. Walter F. Miller. The executive board includes Dailey, Shea, Powers, Delaney, and the priest. The lay committee, led by Powers, includes Delaney and Dwyer, with wider planning through deanery and cemetery groups. A Confraternity of Christian Doctrine team guides teaching, while a Holy Name Society and Catholic Youth Organization are planned for fall alongside a new parish hall to expand activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Bennington
St. John the Baptist Church
Walter F. Miller
William E. Dailey Jr
George E. Shea
Lawrence F. Powers
George J. Delaney
Father Miller
Richard H. Dwyer
M. Leo Keough
John Laslo
Powers
Bennington Deanery
Col. N.Y. DuHamel
John Flood
John Billey
St. John’s
William E. Dailey Sr
Louis Moriarity
James McGovern
Willard Eddy
Mrs. Keough
Robert Flynn
Philip V. Roach
Helen Flood
St. John’s Sodality
Lew Levin
Keough
Flynn
Robert J. Baffa
Holy Name Society
Edward Legacy Jr
Charles Toomey
Bernard McCarthy
E.A. Riley
Henry Gratton
Daniel Fager
Bernard Leamy
Father Baffa
Bennington Area Churches Schedule and Services
Bennington area churches publish a dense schedule including FIRST METHODIST CHURCH Shaftsbury with morning and evening services led by Rev. H. Glenn Payne and choir director Eleanor J. Lawrence, nursery for preschoolers, Sunday School in session, and multiple weekday choir rehearsals and MYF meetings. SECOND CONGREGATIONAL and Sandgate cover worships, Sunday School, and youth activities. Bereavement and social events noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Methodist Church
Shaftsbury
Eleanor J. Lawrence
Theologian To Speak Tuesday at Castleton
Dr Frederick Hudson of Colby College will present lectures at Castleton State College on The Age of Broken Symbols a Godless theological approach. He will address When and How did God Die and Is God Dead Forever followed by a Vermont theologians panel at 1 30 and 7 p.m. The public is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castleton
Castleton State College
Frederick Hudson
Colby College
Waterville
Maine
Hudson
Colgate Rochester Divinity School
Columbia University
God
Anniversary Film Seen By WSCS
The Woman's Society of Christian Service met at the Old Bennington Schoolhouse. Mrs. Roy Sullivan led devotions before viewing a color film titled Portrait of a Woman commemorating the WSCS 25th anniversary. The program highlighted Christian education for women in Korea, Brazil and Rhodesia. Nominating committee reports and officer elections were presented. Installation planned at the next meeting. Circle memberships rotated forming two daytime and three evening groups. New Circle meetings will be scheduled. The gathering ended with a social hour and refreshments by Circle II led by Mrs. James Merunowicz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Bennington
Roy Sullivan
WSCS
Korea
Brazil
Rhodesia
Circle II
James Merunowicz
How Do We Worship Panel Draws Interfaith Crowd
Almost 200 attended the Bennington District Vermont Council of Catholic Women spring meeting at Fisher School Arlington for a model interfaith dialogue on worship. Panelists from St. Margaret Marys St Peters Episcopal Quaker Baptists Methodists Congregational Church of God and Roman Catholic shared church practices and attitudes toward prayer unity and music, while the audience pressed on with lively questions and a social hour followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington Inter-Church
Arlington
Fisher School
Bennington
Vermont Council of Catholic Women
St. Margaret Mary’s Church
Marion Smith
Society of Friends
Flora Gerken
Marie Bergquist
St. Peter’s Episcopal
Walter Knights
Evelyn Petersen
Charles Lack
Jean Irons
Claire Santway
Mildred Forman
Church of God
Robert Roy
Frances Stockman
Vermont
Latif
Life in famine struck India fuels despair and hope
Life in India's famine belt ranges from despair to hope as hunger cripples village life. Desperate parents plead for mercy while farmers sell seeds, ploughs, and land to buy food. Two American churchmen recall grim scenes from a 150 mile wide central belt where monsoon failure and winds hinder crop growth and water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
New York
Funeral Notices and Famine Relief Appeals
Funeral services were held for William Guy ette of 111 River St at Mahar & Son and Sacred Heart Church with a Requiem High Mass. Edna M. Hurley’s burial followed in Oak Hill Cemetery. The article then details mass famine relief efforts in India, including Methodist and Church World Service appeals, warnings of malnutrition, and statements from Rev. Telfer Mook and Dr. J Harry Haines about hunger and relief measures in Rajistan and Orissa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Guyette
River St
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
Sacred Heart Church
Joseph F. Wiseman
C.S.C
Lawrence McAuliffe
Sacred Heart
Park Lawn Cemetery
Father McAuliffe
J. Harry Haines
Methodist Committee For Overseas Relief
Methodist Church
India
Pakistan
Haines
Church World Service
National Council of Churches
Rajistan
Methodist Women Hear Dr. Roy Nichols at Burlington Meeting
The Troy Conference Woman's Society of Christian Service of the Methodist Church meets in Burlington during the 134th Annual Conference May 11–15. Dr. Roy Nichols of New York City will speak in the afternoon after a morning business session at First Congregational Church. Nichols, Harlem pastor since 1964, holds degrees from Pacific School of Religion and Pacific University and has held church and education leadership roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Home
Melvin R. Mc Gaughey
Masonic Temple
Main Street
Marshall Knapp
Viet Nam
Circle V
David Berry
Morgan St
Florence Burke
Norton St
Troy
First Methodist Church
Burlington
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
The
Methodist Church
Earle N. Cooper
Nassau
N.Y
First Congregational Church
South Winooski
Buell Streets
Roy Nichols
Salem Methodist Church
New York City
Nichols
Harlem
Lloyd C. Wicke
Pacific School of Religion
Berkeley
Calif
Pacific University
Lincoln University
Penna
Board of Ministerial Training
Committee of Conferences
Will Dedicate Chimes Sunday Hoosick Falls Church
The First United Church in Hoosick Falls N Y will rededicate its renovated chimes during Sunday morning worship at 11 Rev Edith Craig Reynolds who financed the restoration and was a donor of the original chimes will attend and speak briefly The chimes were installed in 1951 and unused for several years until three weeks ago due to needed repairs
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
First United Church
Edith Craig Reynolds
Jessie Clark
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Fred Ellis
St. Mary’s Academy
Raleigh Tatro
First Baptist Church
H. Glenn Payne
Florence Carlile Payne
Church School
Edgar Killian
Pilgrim Fellowship
Board of Christian Education
Board of Deacons and Deaconesses
Unitarian-Universalist
Unitarian Fellowship
Bennington Free Library
Brooks R. Walker
Mount Kisco
Sandgate
Granville Greenwold
Vermont Soldiers Home
W. Earle Forman
Church OF Christ
Jesus
Caesarea Philippi
Charles Chandler
David
WBTN
Kenneth Nicholson
Louis Jones
Tyler
Texas
Christian Education
First Church OF God
OLD First Church
Old Bennington
John Murray Allison
Albany
Harold MacDonald Jr
St. Cecelia
John Mason
Ladies Aid Society
Church Barn
Monument Circle
First Church OF Christ Scientist
Christian Service
Missionary Alliance
Richard Lenehan
Tabernacle
Church
John Hill
Ladies’ Missionary Prayer Band
Alta Davis
Junior Alliance Youth Fellowship
Senior Alliance Youth Fellowship
Bellemare
North Bennington Road
Triple “‘S
Grand Union
Bennington, VT
Hanson
Walbridge
National
Joseph Latif
Mrs
Council
William C. Sennett
St. Paul’s Church
Manchester
St. Paul’s
St. Francis de Sales
St. John the Baptist
Edna M. Hurley
Telfer Mook
Southern Asia
United Church Board For World Mission
Khariar
Kalahandi
Orissa
N.Y.C
Fresno State College
Williamette University
University of California
South Street
Palmer
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