Educational Missionary To Speak At Bennington Church
Robert H. Grant United Church of Christ educational missionary to Japan since 1947 will speak at Second Congregational Church Bennington at 8 p m Friday May 28. Grant professor of American literature at Doshisha University Kyoto notes its 22 000 student body and status as a leading private Christian university. Grant author of three English textbooks for Japanese students. former assistant English professor at University of New Hampshire. Bowdoin College and Columbia University alumnus.
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Robert H. Grant
United Church of Christ
Japan
Second Congregational Church
Bennington
North Bennington
Far East
Kyoto
Honshu
Grant
Board of Commissioners For Foreign Missions
Congregational Christian Churches
University of New Hampshire
Durham
Kittery
Maine
Bowdoin College
Brunswick
Columbia University
Union Theological Seminary
Catholic Universities To Be Studied
New York NORC will study Roman Catholic colleges and universities to learn why some achieve higher intellectual standards. A $65,000 Carnegie grant funds the project with 11 other institutions sharing $813,000 in support. Rev. Andrew M. Greeley will direct the research, examining lay versus clerical faculty and administration and how Catholic schooling compares with other U.S. higher education.
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New York
National Opinion Research Center
NORC
United States
Carnegie Corporation of New York
The
Educational Foundation
Andrew M. Greeley
Carnegie
Greeley
NCRC
Andrew Carnegie
Lecturer To Speak On Personal Reform Ideas
Otto Bertschi of Zurich Switzerland will lecture on The Meaning of Reformation at 8 p.m. Thursday in the First Church of Christ Scientist, sponsor. The Christian Science Board of Lectureship member, previously with the Bureau of Standards of the Swiss Machine Manufacturers, now devotes full time to Christian Science practice as an authorized teacher.
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Otto Bertschi
Christian Science Board of
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Bertschi
Zurich
Switzerland
Bureau of Standards
The
Society of Swiss Machine Manufacturers
Bennington Area Church Events at Second Congregational
The two worship services at 9 30 and 11 a m feature interim minister Rev Charles D Myers with the sermon The Town That Was Forgotten Nursery provided at both services Church school for Three to 12 will run 9 30 and 11 a m Senior Pilgrim Fellowship at 7 p m Officers to be elected Monday The Casual Club meets at 7 p m for its monthly discussion
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Charles D. Myers
Pilgrim
Wll
Church For Fathers and Sons
New Englander
William Abernethy
North Bennington
Sourcliffe
Monroe Park
Mission Church Begins Regular Sunday Services
Wilmington area religious listings note St. Mary's in the Mountains in Wilmington now holds 11 a.m. services on Sundays as a new parochial mission of St. Peter's Bennington, with Rev Donald A Webster leading and guest preacher Rev Max H Webster. Organist Mrs William Thomson and soloist Mrs John H Mason slated for May 30 organ dedication and vesper. Also coverage of First Baptist Church and St Peter's Episcopal sacraments, Sunday schools, choir rehearsals, and midweek activities, plus Unitarian Bennington Free Library sermon by Dr Edwin H Wilson at 10:30 a.m.
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Wilmington
St. Mary’s In the Mountains
St. Mary’s
St. Peter’s, Bennington
Our Lady of Fatima
East Main Street
Donald A. Webster
St. Peter’s
Bennington
Max H. Webster
Vermont Conference of Congregational Churches
William M. Thomson
John H. Mason
Holy Cross Seminary
St. Peter’s Episcopal
Unitarian Bennington Free Library
Edwin H. Wilson
Catholic Women Plan Biennial Convention at Lake Morey Inn
The Vermont Council of Catholic Women will hold its biennial state convention at Lake Morey Inn in Fairlee on June 19 and 20. Theme is The Committed Christian. Keynote speaker is Robert Fouhey of Worcester. Bishop Robert F. Joyce will celebrate Mass and address delegates. A panel on The Apostolic Catholic features Rev Charles Davignon, Wendell Cook, and Ruth Holmes among others.
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Fairlee VT
Virmont Council of Catholic Women
Lake Morey Inn
Robert Fouhey
Diocesan Council of Catholic Men
Worcester
Mass
Robert F. Joyce
Burlington
Apostolic Catholic
Omer Dufault
Graniteville
Charles Davignon
St. Michael’s High School
Montpelier
Wendell Cook
Holy Name Society
Springfield
Ruth Holmes
St. Johnsbury
VCCW
Congregationalists Workbee At Camp Wihakowi Northfield
More than 50 Vermont Congregational men and women will labor at Camp Wihakowi in Northfield May 21 through 23. Volunteers will paint, carpent, plumb, roof, and wire 24 cabins, bring their own tools, and stay on site with meals provided. The event includes devotions, a Sunday Mass, and a 2 PM banquet where National President Mrs. Marcus Kilch will discuss The Emerging Catholic Woman.
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Northfield
Vermont
Wihakowi
John DeBoer
Francis Berard
St. Sylvester’s
Graniteville
Thomas Beary
University of Vermont
Cathleen Going
Loyola College
Montreal
John Hayes
St. Mark's Parish
Burlington
Marcus Kilch
Youngstown
Ohio
Maureen McNamara
John Foley
Rutland
Leo Cherbonneau
Manchester
Arthur Cole
Bennington
Robert Ryan Montpelier
Bernard Messier
Catholic Daughters of America
Daughters of Isabella
Presbyterian Parley Names Lay Moderator
In Columbus UPI William Phelps Thompson of Wichita Kansas was elected moderator of the 177th General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church USA. He won on the second ballot 459 to 350 over Dr W Sherman Skinner with 387 to 360 on the first ballot. Thompson urged tapping laity as key to church goals. New Catholic Dictionary reflects Vatican II changes and issues 10 000 entries in a 700 page Maryknoll dictionary edited by Father Albert J Nevins MM.
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Thompson
Skinner
E. G. Montag
Beaver
New York
UPI
United States
Canada
Father Albert J. Nevins
M.M
13th Century French Play At Williams
Williams College in Massachusetts schedules two performances of The Play of Saint Nicholas in Thompson Memorial Chapel on Saturday and Sunday at 8 30 p m The drama by Jean Bodel dates from around 1200 and centers on a pagan king who hides treasure under a statue of St Nicholas three thieves are halted by the saint and the king is converted to Christianity.
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Williamstown
Mass
Saint Nicholas
Thompson Memorial Chapel
Williams College
Jean Bodel
St. Nicholas
Archbishop backs legalizing homosexual acts in private
London reports the Archbishop of Canterbury and Lords debate reform of vice laws. Dr. A M Ramsey argues reasonable consideration of homosexual acts between consenting adults in private while condemning fornication as wrong. Earl of Arran cites estimates of up to one million homosexuals in Britain, urging protection from blackmail and persecution.
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London
Canterbury
House of Lords
A. M. Ramsey
Church of England
Lords
Wolfenden Committee
Earl of Arran
British Isles
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