Local Knights of Columbus Members from Gladewater Move to Longview Assembly
Twelve men from St. Teresa Parish Gladewater belong to Council 2771 in Longview under Bishop Lynch General Assembly. John B. Ward of Gladewater serves as Faithful Navigator and Deputy of District 8. Robert E. Parsons of Gilmer, Knight of the Holy Sepulchre, is State Secretary. The 1952 Grand Knight tenure of Council 2771 oversaw the construction of the Longview K of C Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladewater
St. Teresa Parish
Joseph P. Lynch
Knights of Columbus
Longview
John B. Ward
Robert E. Parsons
Gilmer
K. of C. Hall
St Teresa Altar Society Called Ladies of La Salette
Gladewater report notes 25 members of St Teresa s altar society called Ladies of La Salette led by Mrs Tom Sawyer. They care for the altar vestments and church interiors and sponsor an annual bazaar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Teresa
Altar Society
Ladies of
Gladewater
St. Teresa’s Altar Society
The
30000 Children to Attend Released Time Classes
Albany reports over 30000 public school children will join released time religion classes sponsored by the Albany diocese during the next school year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany, N.Y
Albany
Fire and Faith Drive Catholic Mission Appeals
A column by Fulton J. Sheen urges Catholics to match earthly missionaries like Communists and Muslims with zealous spiritual sacrifice. It cites Africa and Asia growth, compares per capita giving, and calls readers to mail a sacrificial gift and old jewelry to support the Society for the Propagation of the Faith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marx
Mohammed
Africa
Asia
John XXIII
Society For the Propagation of the Faith
Fulton J. Sheen
Fifth Avenue
New York
N. Y
Catholic Books list features clergy biographies and youth titles
A catalog of Catholic works for children and young readers includes bios of frontier priest Alois and Father Gabriel Richard, plus youth books on saints, explorers, civil law, and missionary tales. Notable entries include The Moon Tenders, Three Who Venture, and What Is Catholic Action from various publishers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alois
Gabriel Richard
S.S
Benziger
Bouyer
Louis
Newman
St. Bernard
William of
St. Thierry
Villa Nova plan offers six families own homes in months
A Des Moines article explains a self help Villa Nova scheme where six families hire a carpenter and work together to build three bedroom homes. Within six months each family occupies a finished house and, after paying rent to finish loans, owns a $15 000 home free and clear in about five years.
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Villa Nova Plan of
Des Moines
Iowa
Villa Nova
Father Duren
Catalpa
St Teresa of Infant Jesus Church Gladewater Serves East Texas
The St Teresa of the Infant Jesus parish in Gladewater draws Catholics from Gregg Smith and Upshur counties and nearby towns including Gilmer Big Sandy Union Grove White Oak and the oil fields to a planned program led by Father Thomas R Leary of the Missionaries of Our Lady of La Salette The church at 503 Melba Street also oversees St Michael Mission at Mt Pleasant offering Mass Sundays and Wednesdays in Lent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladewater
Farflung
Texas
Thomas R. Leary
Missionaries of Our Lady of
Melba Street
St. Teresa of the Infant Jesus Church
Gregg County
Smith County
Upshur
St. Teresa’s
Gilmer
Big Sandy
Union Grove
White Oak
Father Leary
St. Michael Mission
Mt. Pleasant
No More War Monument Blessed in Dixmude Belgium
A crypt for the community No More War monument in Dixmude Belgium was blessed by Bishop Emile De Smedt of Bruges. The crypt will anchor a new structure replacing the Tower of the Year once a WWI memorial to Flemish soldiers. Dixmude’s town, 3600 residents, was leveled in 1914 and the tower was later destroyed by vandals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixmude
Belgium
Emile Josef Marie de Smedt
Bruges
Seminarian From White Oak Will Be Ordained Next July
Gladewater notes seminarian Pat Hazel, a First Prefect at the North American College in Rome, will be ordained to the priesthood in July 1959. He is grandson of Mr and Mrs Jack Gillespie of White Oak, and has lived with them since infancy after White Oak High School, Tulane, La Salette Altamont and St. John's San Antonio education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Oak
Gladewater
Pat Hazel
North American College
Rome
Jack Gillespie
White Oak High School
Tulane University
la Salette Seminary
Altamont
N.Y
St. John’s Seminary
San Antonio
Thomas K. Gorman
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Gladewater Church
Gladevwvater
St. Theresa Church
St. Theresa
la Salette
Longview Council
God
You
Most Reverend
Young Communists League
Nasser
Christ
Hell
Fred J. Mosman
Propagation of the Faith
P. O
Dallas
Sheen
New Catholic Books
Briscoe
Robert
Little, Brown
Dublin
Buckley
Vincent
Young Christian
West Jackson Blvd
Chicago
Catholic Action
Carlson
Natalie S
Harper
Herder and
Herder
West 46Th Street
New York City
Connolly
Myles
Lippincott
Derleth
August W
Duell, Sloan
Francis of Assisi
St. Francis
Hanover House
Raphael Brown
Herron
Matthew
St. Anthony Guild
Jones
Evan
Nelson
Keller
James G
Christopher
Kurt
Antoninus
Father Luis Cancer
Florida
L’hommedieu
Dorothy K
Little Black Chaing
Farrar, Straus and Cudahy
McGivern
Maureen
William
Mombasa
Dodd, Mead
McWilliams
James A. Starman
Outer Space
Exposition Press
Methodius
Saint
Olympus
Jeremiah
Newman Press
Palazzo
Tony
Dean Quixote
Garden City Books
Pothacamury
Archbishop Thom
India
Maryknoll Publications
Maryknoll, New York
Rice
Francis O
Catholic University of America Press
Svenssop
Jon
Nonni
Manni
Arctic
Kennedy
Thomas
John L
Toal
M. S
Regnery
Werner
Elsa J
Simon and Schuster and Catechetical Guild Educational Society
Alice and
Martin Provensen
Parish Credit Union
Hubert Duren
St. Boniface
Westphalia
George Langenfeld
Peter Blum
Corner Pacific and Center
Gladewater, Texas
Mother Church
Saint Pius X
Texas Catholic
Catholic Press
Stoner’s Grocery & Market
N. Main
First State Bank
Bank of Personal Service
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance
Mrs
Peter Moossy
VOGUE
G. F. Wackers
Kidwell Street
P.O. Box
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