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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1954
Page
7
About 150 attendees and guests heard Rev. John A. Macdonald of St. Gabriel's Monastery Brighton discuss restoring God to daily life. He warned of secularism and materialism, urged lay Catholics to lead reform in business and community, and urged putting God in His place in modern society.
Members of the Acton Catholic Women's Guild attended 7:30 mass at St Elisabeth's of Hungary Church in Concord for their annual communion. Breakfast followed at the Colonial Inn with Msgr Matthew Stapleton as guest speaker on Sacred Shrines in the Holy Land.
A group from the Christian Endeavor of the Church of Christ traveled to Philadelphia this weekend and visited Atlantic City. They were accompanied by Mr and Mrs Nerval Mathers of Davis Road. Participants included Jane Isnor Marjorie Isnor Carolyn Snealls Jacqueline Harrison Thelma Mathers Henry Isnor Norman Voigt John Keith Jack Atwood and Richard Atwood.
In Concord two first anniversary masses are planned at St. for the families of parishioners observing the milestone this Saturday. Services will honor loved ones with prayers and community remembrance.
The sermon recounts Jeroboam's altar worship at Bethel and Dan as a flawed attempt to woo idolaters after the kingdom split. It notes Ahijah’s warning of ruin, the king’s downfall, and the people’s scattering by the Assyrians, urging leaders to trust in God amid Cold War fears.
The Concord Evangelical Free Church Longstreet committee reported a successful first fund drive held at the church last Friday. A full dining hall, a chicken dinner, speeches, music, and Dr Vernon Gross’s chalk drawing accompanied by a list of speakers and musicians. The drive netted about 1000 dollars for immediate placement in the church fund.
The Mission Rosary Circle elected officers for the coming year led by President Mrs A Loretta Poleo and Vice President Mrs Louise Rogers. Other posts include Secretary Mrs Marie Joy Treasurer Mrs Elaine McDonald and Friendship Committee members Mrs Katherine Sullivan and Miss Helen Sherry. The meeting at Mrs Ann Daigle’s Evans Avenue drew 32 attendees with plans for a communion breakfast. Hostesses Mrs Josephine Genetti Mrs Mattie Domenichela and Mrs Daigle served refreshments. Next meeting is set for May 17.
Acton Catholic Women's Guild met at St. Elizabeth's of Hungary Church Sunday for their annual Holy Hour conducted by the pastor Rev Daniel F Riordan. Benedictine celebration followed as friends and guild members attended.
CNRTST scientist concord Sunday services 2 at 0 45 San day school 20145 Pestimonial cheeting Wednesdays evening 8 Reading Room Newdam 24 Main street Howts 10 am 56 p m week days excepted Wednesday 7 30 pm Fridays 9 pm Cordial invitation extended to all to attend church services and use Reading Room Nursery provided for children too young for Sunday school whose parents may wish to attend services.
West Acton Baptist Church invites worship and study this Sunday with services at 7:30, 9, and 11:30 oclock and a daily mass at 7 oclock. Rev Ronald Noble, pastor. Mrs Allan Gamberon organist. choir director Mrs Anthony Hill. Also program notes for April 25 9 30 a m Sunday School 10 45 a m Morning Worship Sermon The End and the Beginning 12 09 p m Twelve Niners 7 p m Wachusett Baptist Association Buffalo Project Rally at First Baptist Fitchburg Friendship Society meeting in church vestry April 26.
The meeting will be held at the home of Donnell and Elizabeth Board man 489 Main St Acton Center. Clerk Winifred Barrett Acton 3 4360.
The Acton Center Evangelical Congregational Church lists events for May led by Rev. Eric W. Grimshaw including May 2 worship at 9:30 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. services with communion and sermon, Pilgrim Fellowship at 7:00 p.m., May 4 church work project, May 6 trustees meeting and Woman's Church Aid luncheon in Framingham, and May 7 annual supper with business meeting and officer elections.
Congregational Rev. Marvin L Derby pastor. Residence 27 Great Road Bedford. Mrs Letia M Blake organist residence 52 Great Road. Sunday school meets at 9:30 a.m. Sunday worship at 10:45 a.m. sermon by the minister.
Interim Minister Rev. Dr. Oscar Hawes leads at 11 o'clock with special music. Sunday school meets at 9 45. Adelaide Newcomb is the organist.
Catholic Rev William E Kerrigan pastor. Benediction after 8 30 mass. Masses at 7 30 8 30 10 30 a m with organists John Fitzgerald and Bernard Flannery. Residency listed as £54. Great read for Bedford residents.
West Concord Union church schedules a church school board meeting for Tuesday evening May 4 at 8 o clock. The junior and senior high young people's groups meet Sunday and the senior choir rehearses Wednesday May 5 at 7 45.
New Church of Christ members announced by Rev. Marvin L. Derby include Joyce Clark Betty Ann Cole and Diane Cole, joining the Bedford congregation.
A devotional excerpt emphasizes knowing and understanding God the Father and Jesus Christ. It urges prayers for greater spiritual knowledge, faith, and strength to follow Christ and be drawn to the Father for eternal life.
Maynard congregation announces Sunday morning children’s Sunday School from 9 to 12 at Maynard Sholom on Acton Street.
Mt Calvary Ev Lutheran Church on Maynard St Stow line begins Sunday April 25 with 9 am Divine Worship 10 am Sunday School and 11 am English Worship service A nursery class is available during the worship service Welcome Rev Edwin V Gorts pastor.
Readable church notices list May 2 rally at Rollstrong Congregational Church Pittsburgh with transport help from Paul Sawyer and Armour. youth nominations Jane Sawyer for President Betty Boeske for Vice President. Junior Endeavor meeting April 29. church council May 3. mid May meetings for Middlesex Union Association women. May 6 program by Hill side School Morthorough with two one act plays The Constitution Play and A Comedy.
Pastor Eino Hamalainen leads midweek devotional Thursday at 7 20 p m followed by table. Saturday May 1 regular monthly business meeting at 7 30 p m all members urged to attend. Sunday May 2 Sunday School 9 30 a m Christian Endeavor 7 30 p m Worship English service 11 a m. Tuesday May 4 Friendship Society meets at Mr and Mrs George Osmo 19 Dartmouth Street at 7 30 p m.
Monument Square Catholic Church lists Rev. John A. York as pastor with Rev. Edmund M. Higgins and Rev. James H. Connolly as curates. Miss Esther Costello is organist. Sunday masses at 7, 8, 10 and 1 30. Sunday school after the 6 o’clock mass. Benediction at 4 30 p m.
West Concord Rev. Lewis F. Kvarn pastor Misa Helene Wonahue organist Sunday Masses at 7 8 30 10 15 and 11 30 o clock Sunday school after the 8 30 mass Novena services have been suspended.
Reverend Robert H. Barber presides at morning worship on May 2 with sermon titled Gods Golden Chain. Junior Choir rehearsal at 9, Church School at 9 30 led by Mrs. Ralph Hemeway, followed by 11 o clock service with Whitredge Clark at organ.
Trinity Church on Elm Street lists Rev. Wm H. Clark as rector with Mrs. Margaret Rideout as organist. Service times include 8 am Holy Communion, 9:30 am Holy Communion and Church School, 11 am Holy Communion and sermon. Evening events include Y P F at 8 pm and a Confirmation Class for adults at 5245 p.m.
Rev Edward P Daniels D D of Lexington Road preaches at 11 during morning worship at First Parish N Concord. Organist Philip W Trumbull leads music with church schools at 10 50 a m. Sermon titled Three Concerns and a Possible Fourth.
Rev Hyland Richmond leads the program with Bible school at 10 15 a m for all ages. Morning worship follows at 11 15 a m with a sermon by the minister. Evening gospel service is set for 7 30 p m.
Rev Edwin B Nylon presides at West Concord Union Church with Nina Lind at the organ Services include church school for all grades led by Henry W Harmon with Cyril King and William Damon as superintendents Nursery for small children while parents attend sermons delivered by the minister.
Carlisle First Religious Society announces Sunday school 9 30 to 10 30 a m morning worship 9 45 led by Mr Brandoch Lovely Student Minister Supt Sunday services at 10 45 and 7 p m with Rev W Walter Hall as minister Mrs Herbert A Lee organist St Elizabeths Catholic Mission under Rev Fr York holds Sunday Mass at 9 30 a m
Reverend Hugh Weston leads Sunday worship at 10 30. Adjacent service at Emmanuel Thompson Church starts 9 30 with a sermon by the minister. An adult discussion group meets in the afternoon. Also advertised: Buy U S Savings Bonds.
Sudbury Wayland parish lists Sunday masses 7 30 9 and 1 Daily mass 7 30 a m Baptisms by appointment Rev Alexander Ssent Ivany D D minister Mrs James Greenawalt organist 5 p m church service Sunday school 5 p m Rev Robert K Jones Jr pastor Youth Minister Rev W Hazarah Williams Organist Mrs Kenneth Mc Murtry Minister of Music Philip C Putnam Morning Worship 9 30 Lernon Elisha 10 45 Mr L Roy Hawes Superintendent Visitors welcome Methodist notes choir weekly Tuesday 7 15 p m annual church fair and supper May 6 Sudbury Town Hall parish supper 6 30 p m Carnival this Saturday at Town Hall box lunch social May 26 Couples Club meeting 8 00 p m at church
The Rev Rollin J. Fairbanks Minister in Charge Mr Richard Shacklett Student Assistant Elizabeth H Warren Organist Sunday May 2 10 00 a m Holy Communion 10 00 a m Church School 6 00 p m Young People's Fellowship Tuesday May 4 8 00 p m Special parish meeting in the Parish House.
Memorial listing for the South Sudbury church outlines services on May 2 and April 25. Includes 9 30 am Sunday School 10 30 am church service 11 am nursery at the parsonage and evening programs. The schedule features a Woman’s Chorus and a sermon titled Several Million Barbarians Each Day with evening Pilgrim Fellowship and Study Group sessions.
The First Parish Church Unitarian lists services with Paul E Killinger as minister and George Smith as organist. Union Evangelical Church led by Rev Robert Dempsey schedules Maundy Thursday Communion and Easter sunrise and breakfast services with Sunday school times across the holiday weekend.
Stow Union Church notes invite the town youth to attend the Voice of Clinton Youth Rally at the Wayside Chapel in Hudson. Rev Harold Burchett of Nashua will sing and preach. several new members will be welcomed at Sunday communion. a Christian film Jammy will be shown at 7 30 pm.
In New Haven Connecticut a defeated candidate protests an apparent loss shouting I was robbed. Soon after, gunmen fled with $30 from a service station following the polls.
Saint Casimir Church with Rev F S Miaskiewicz presiding offers Sunday masses at 4 and 1 o'clock and weekday masses at 8 am with confessions at 3 and 7 pm Saturday. Saint Bridget's Church with Rev William J O'Brien and assistants holds daily masses at 7 am with Saturday confessions 3-5 pm and 7-8:39 pm, Sunday masses 7, 9, and 11 am, plus Miraculous Medal novena Wednesdays at 7:30 pm.
Rector Dr. David R Covell oste rector Richard aremore student Jacob Viverette organist and choir director Edward Athity announce Sunday services Holy Communion 8 a.m on 2nd and 4th Sundays Church school 9:45 a.m Nursery 10:45 a.m. Morning prayer and sermon 10:45 a.m except 4th Sunday Holy Communion and sermon on 4th Sunday.
Religious notices outline May 1 10 0 a m Eastern Conference meetings in Quincy 7 30 p m evening service with Rev G Wuorinen English and Rev Wilbert Tormala Finnish May 2 9 00 Finnish worship 10 00 Sunday School 11 00 English worship 2 00 afternoon programs with Pistors Kuusisto Kansanen and Wilkmagn May 3 9 00 Bethany Sistere meetings at Nellie Salmi home May 4 7 30 men chorus rehearsal pastor
Very Rev Stephen Lyashevsky leads May 2 to 10 a m Divine Liturgy at Prospect Street Maynard. Annual Easter dinner follows in the parish hall with everyone welcome.
Rev. Robert K. Jones Jr. leads services with Youth Minister Hazatab William and music director Victor Salloway. Sunday School for intermediates, seniors, and primary dept at 9:45 and 11:00. Sermon Elisha with various anthems and organ works. Boy and Girl Scouts meet Friday and Saturday. Women’s Society to demonstrate Fashion Stitching May 3. Couples Club barn dance May 8. Choir rehearsals Wednesdays at 7:30.
Gleasondale CH Rev. Willard L. Ozborn leads Sunday services with Miss Delia Newman as organist and Mrs. Kenneth Robblee as soloist. Sunday school starts at 10 a m and morning worship at 11 a m.
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