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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1978
Page
8
A tongue in cheek streak appears as students classify themselves religiously with satire. A New York campus survey finds with the line East Indian Southern Baptist Jew illustrating the playful attitude toward religion among college students.
Hiawatha woman and Franciscan Sister of Perpetual Adoration elected president of the 813 member order headquartered in La Crosse Wisconsin. Sister Lucille Winnike to be installed and move to St Rose Convent with Sister Rosemary Hemesath named vice president.
University readers note odd student religious labels including First Fundamentalist Christian Church of the Prolonged Suffering. Martin Marty remarks on anti-institutional mood and nondenominational trends. National Lampoon ends religion ridicule under pressure from Citizens Against Sacrilege in the Media and protests by Catholic groups.
Spanish consul general Rafael de Los Casares and FBI Special Units Chief Joseph J. MacFarlane inspect the 14th century retablo Gozos de la Virgen during a press conference in New York. The painting, missing from Abella de la Conca church since 1972, was recovered and returned to the Spanish government.
Campers and guests at Lake Macbride will again worship outdoors this summer. The Lutheran Inter-Parish Ministry sponsors Sunday services at 10 a.m. from June 11 to August 27 in the shelter above the swimming beach led by Rev. Richard Osing and Rev. William Hilker. John Bachman of WMT-TV will speak July 16. Services alternate between the pastors with Osing starting in two weeks.
In London a 53 minute documentary The Silent Witness funded by Americans and directed by an Englishman examines the Holy Shroud of Turin. It relies on photographs rather than the relic and shares insights from U S Italy and Britain. Researchers propose a radiation imprint hypothesis while dismissing direct examination of the cloth.
Area churches publish summer and Memorial Day service updates. Catholic St. Jude’s holds memorial mass at 9 a.m. Monday at St. Joseph’s Cemetery. Our Savior’s Lutheran adds a second service at 8 and 9:30 a.m. from June 4 through Labor Day. Kenwood Park Methodist moves to 10:30 a.m. for all ages. Central Park Presbyterian offers adult church school at 10:45 with no Sunday school until Sept. 10.
Karen Voegtlin of Andrus Blackwood and Company will give a concert Sunday at 6 p.m. at Cedar Hills Evangelical Free Church in Des Moines area. The program will feature her keyboard performances with the Nashville group alongside Sherman Andrus and Terry Blackwood.
The Good Life Singers of St Paul Lutheran Church Anamosa will lead worship at the Lutheran Church of the Resurrection Marion with services at 8 and 10 30 a m The high school group will use the theme Light shine for its services.
The Central Assembly of God Church at 3030 F Ave NW will host revival services from Sunday through June 11 led by Rev. B P Carroll of Denton Texas. Services are at 730 each night except Saturdays with host pastor Ramon Booth inviting all to attend.
Calvin Oyler a Kansas City soloist and Shirley Wicks local pianist will present a gospel concert at the First Assembly of God Church 2531 42nd St NE Sunday at 7 pm Oyler trained with Arthur Newman long time New York City Opera baritone and Kirsten Huen formerly of the Berlin Opera He has recorded three albums the latest The Secret of Thy Grace The program will cover a cross section of musical styles.
The article notes the slim odds of a collision with Halley’s comet, which Earth passed through on May 19, 1910 without effect. It mentions Halley’s nucleus weighing 30 million tons and refers to claims that comets formed a 34 mile crater in the Arizona desert and sparked the 1908 Siberian explosion that warped railroad tracks hundreds of miles away.
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