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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1968
Page
5
The Rev. Robert Trendel argues ministers should blend social involvement with core duties. He stresses personal conscience guides action, and private citizen rights exist alongside pastoral duties, with community needs shaping the extent of activism.
A Church of St. Mary Aldermanbury, moved from London stone by stone, nears completion on Westminster College campus in Fulton Missouri. The structure forms the heart of a Churchill Memorial and Library honoring Sir Winston Churchill who spoke in 1946.
Combined youth groups from First and Grace Methodist Churches Carbondale spent work days making toys and decorations for Bethel AME Day Care. They built a puppet theater play house and crafted items such as play dough puppets bean bag toys and parachutes.
The 68 Summer Octet of St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary in New York will perform Orthodox sacred music in Royalton Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Orthodox Catholic Church of the Protection of the Virgin Mary. The program aids the seminary’s fundraising and features eight seminarians including Donald Augusta and Boris Nicoloff.
Local Catholic leaders react to last week's papal statement on birth control. Some call it unrealistic while others praise the Pope for courage. Several priests say they want to read the full text, while many emphasize that Christianity is more than birth control. A Marian woman and a engaged young woman offer personal perspectives, with a Marion widow noting individual family circumstances. Father Ignatius Estes notes uncertainty about pills and abortion, and says the Pope addressed abortion rather than methods.
The Townmount Baptist Church in West Frankfort marks its 1868 founding with a Sunday centennial event after a 12:30 p.m. covered dish meal. Rev. Harold Conroyd of Mt. Vernon will speak. founder leaders included John A. Rodman and T. B. Warren.
The 17th annual Outdoor Novena at the Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows in Belleville continues this week with 8 p.m. services. Tonight honors members of religious orders and diocesan clergy. Saturday features Children’s Night with Scouts and other groups in the procession.
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