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Newspaper
Texas Catholic
Location
Dallas, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1958
Page
9
The Texas Catholic expresses gratitude to advertisers carried over into the second issue of its seventh year and to readers for continued patronage. It notes that readers should mention they saw ads in the paper when trading with these firms.
The Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, founded by Father Eugene De Mazenod in 1816, now number over 7,000 priests and brothers across 29 countries. In Texas since 1849 they staff about 70 parishes and 175 churches, run seminaries in San Antonio and Mission, and work to serve Latin American communities through churches and schools, especially in the Rio Grande Valley, West Texas, and major cities.
Father Walter Arnold sent Father John Ward to recruit Benedictine nuns for Mary Immaculate in Farmers Branch in 1957. Sister Amelia of Lisle promised four nuns when teaching and convent space were ready, with more to follow as classrooms expanded.
Mary Immaculate Parish celebrates its altar boy unit trained by Jim Henry, Bob Schmeltz, and Jack McGuinness. Father Robert Vretteau offered Latin pronunciation guidance and duties for Mass. Trained servers include Kenneth Burt Cecil Dobecka Raymond Jolissant Billy Morris Ronnie Morris Bobby Perkins Kenneth Tracy Richard Tracy Tony Morgan.
Father Walter A. Arnold O M L was the first pastor of Mary Immaculate Parish which began as a fast growing yet sprawling area including Farmers Branch Carrollton parts of Dallas city limits rural areas to the Denton County line and west to the Trinity River use Temporary Quarters.
Mary Immaculate Parish expands Confraternity of Christian Doctrine work teaching catechism to public and non-Catholic school children. Under Father Arnold, with Mrs. Perkins and Mrs. Mazzola, classes ran Saturdays January to May with 61 children instructed. A temporary brick building, funded by Grady Cates and M M Hennen, served until permanent plans by Harper Kemp for a parish plant including grade school, church, rectory and living quarters for Sisters.
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