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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1971
Page
13
United States donors gave 18.3 billion dollars to charity in 1970, with religion receiving 8.2 billion or 44.8 percent. Individual gifts drove overall growth, while foundations rose slightly and bequests declined, as economic factors dampened philanthropy.
The 1971 Catholic Charities Appeal launches in the Cleveland Diocese with over 20,000 volunteers contacting wage-earning Catholics. United to fund 36 social services with a goal of 2,250,000 dollars. Last year programs aided 20,000+ people and 150,000 youths in Catholic Youth Organization. The drive runs through Sunday May 23.
The Rev. William F. Wright Jr. will depart Elyria on July 1 to become pastor of St. Thomas Church in Rawlins Wyoming. A former businessman who joined the ministry in 1969, he has served as curate at St. Andrew Episcopal Church and been active in Lorain County civic affairs. He is married with four children and has sat on local boards including the Mental Health and Retardation Board and Youth Services, Inc. The church has not yet chosen a replacement.
Fr. Charles Logue marked 35 years in the priesthood with a concelebrated Mass at St. Vincent De Paul Church. The Altar and Rosary Society sponsored a reception in the church hall after the service. He was ordained in 1936 in Cleveland and has served at multiple parishes and as hospital and police chaplain before becoming pastor in 1961.
First Congregational United Church of Christ announces a five lecture World Around Us series for 1971 72 with season tickets on sale. Tickets fund the Student Exchange program bringing a foreign student to Elyria. Lectures run Sundays 7 to 8 30 p m in the Great Hall with topics Pacific Mexico Malaysia Germany Old and New Four Fathom World and Our Glorious National Parks presented by Arthur Dewey Margaret Baker Ray Green Harry Pederson and Edward M Brigham Jr respectively.
Cleveland report reads the CAYOMAW Club a Catholic group holds a special session for single Catholics 21 and over on Wednesday May 19 at 8:30 p.m. in St Wendelin's Church Hall 2281 Columbus Rd. The club offers social athletic cultural religious civic and choral activities open to all eligible singles.
A New York publication of the United Church of Christ argues discrimination against women is deeply embedded in church life and will require drastic changes in liturgy hymns and ideas. The April issue written entirely by women calls male chauvinism the root of the problem and urges full participation for women in church leadership.
The East Ohio Conference United Methodist Women meet at Ashland College Convention Center with the theme There's a World Out There. The all day event begins at 10 a.m. featuring The World's Agenda by Rev. John I Buchanan. A panel on Church Union, officer installation, and program coordination by Gene Maxwell are planned.
Hong Kong dispatch says the Red China accuses the Soviet Union of pushing a revival of religion amid renewed hostility between the two Communist powers.
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