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MARYS MARY'S CHURCH NOTES COMMENTS I Sunday March 14 was the second In lent The cold morning kept back some I of the the congregation which saw a drop In tl the tho o previous Sundays Sunday's attendance but was still tip up p to average average for tor this time tune of the year Lent is la now advancing so stress in inthe In Inthe I the sermons was laid on the necessity to toI attend the Lenten Devotions held on I Wednesday and Friday of each week at pm p.m. These services are common to all churches throughout this dio diocese ese and Indeed all over the states so St. St Marys Mary's Is In line with the multitudes of serious minded Catholics wishing to work for tor our Lords Lord's honor and glory In Inthe inthe inthe the Holy Season The severe strictures of lent In earlier days may be relaxed Our parishioners ale e alenot are not called upon to endure so much today to today today to to- day but still the spirit of lenten regulations regulations regulations regula regula- do call for extra prayer more gO good d works and attendance at the Devotions Our youth Is caught up In an endless round of activities Monday through Saturday Saturday Saturday Sat Sat- they are nie conspicuous at our weekly service by their absence but poor indeed In their enjoyments they must remain unless God receives His proper share of worship during the week To To- young and old we extend u a. a kind invitation Invite Invite- i tion to come along to church during our present period of preparation for Easter Sunday i I However much we dread the fear of or another W World War we cannot close pur our eyes to the pertinent dynamite dang dangers ra of an outbreak of It It at short notice perhaps The pit cock of wars was once the Balkan States of Europe Now it seems to have veer veered d to the Middle East which begins with Egypt and the countries countries coun coun- tries ries on the eastern shores of the Mediterranean Mediterranean Mediterranean Medi Medi- Including Turkey Having lived ived In Egypt f for r eight years from 1939 I to o 1945 I saw the last war being waged from to Casablanca and one one must admit the vast importance of IN I N North rth Africa Afric in that terrible conflict The victories of Allies at and Tunis were turning points in favor of American and British forces Now it can be ae seen today that the Middle East Is boiling with social discontent angry nationalism and futile warfare All these turbulent times have an important important important im im- bearing on our lives here In America It means peace or war if things go o well or not No man Is an Island wrote the poet John Donne three centuries centuries centuries cen cen- ago What happens In Ankara Cairo or Teheran has a a. way of affecting Americans Time was when immense distances from the United States hid In the Orient from our eyes the doings of Oriental Sultans Maharajahs and Khedives In Egypt mattered little littleto to o Uncle Sam But today the world has become a parish as it were where every element hits the well-being well of i the he community at large The very existence exist ex- ex stence nce of the Suez Canal Conal controlled b bj France England and Holland h has S been beena a sore spot for other nations having no no say In the direction of the Suez nor a ashare ashare ashare share in its its fabulous fat profits Again I. I the Middle Middle- East including the Arabian was discovered recently enough to have vast oil resources to meet the Twentieth Century's demand for fuel but jut als also leading to trouble and more m more re trouble for oil supplies so huge are the sinews of future war The Middle East then ihen is a most important rich oil-rich power but frightfully poor in the squalor disease hopeless po poverty erty and starvation of Its millions of Inhabitants The system system system tem of gover government ment in other days tended tended tended tend tend- ed to enrich beyond measure a favored minority and keep a majority pauperized and penniless These conditions in the Middle East I would be Nirvana to Soviet Sovie propaganda spreading Its fake doctrines fast as I Egyptian cotton on fire British supremacy supremacy supremacy I macy that might have be been n a curbing I power on Russian Infiltration has as now I passed forever Our only hope nope must be placed ed on the might and resources s of the I United Stat States s. s Its comparative freed freedom m from Imperi Imperialism In the past has given i it the initiative In the resistance to to Soviet aggression against the Middle East and Indeed against the world A AI I material interest In this vast area would be the reminder that American oil interests interests In Interests in- in are also very important as the a mighty oil well In the Red Sea But this Is 18 so tied up in knots that It Is highly unlikely that any American America policy will have an impressive impressive impressive im im- im- im success in the near future since tho the saying runs Whom the gods wish to destroy they first make mad and indeed Arabian politics often pass our western understanding In the Holy Bible says our Holy Father the Pope Christ is present to all It is the serious duty of the faithful faithful faithful faith faith- ful to make free and holy use of this treasure Just as our churches are made beautiful to to to- glorify our Saviour we believe believe be believe be- be lieve that the Bible the Bible the word of God God God- should also be made the most beautiful book In the world For example the very large Illustrated edition of Father OConnell O'Connell is a splendid acquisition for every home and family but for some of our people Its cost coot may be prohibitive even on installment rates Its sale has run Into thousands already To suit more humbly-circumstanced humbly I l parishioners parishioners' the new Catholic Family Bible Is now being put on the market at nt a cheap price It is the Gutenberg edition named after the original Gutenberg Gutenberg Gutenberg Guten Guten- berg Bible which won reposes In the United States Library of Congress and Is valued at over a million dollars This present replica copies topics the original binding binding binding bind bind- ing has richly illuminated Initials re reminiscent reminiscent reminiscent re- re of the Middle Ages is ex exquisitely exquisitely exquisitely ex- ex done in the the family record pages s where the lettering hand-lettering Is imitated Imitated Imi imi- from that of a Q Fourteenth Century Benedictine Monk stirring Soul-stirring Bible scenes from the Inspired work of talented talent talent- ed Monks and artists have been reproduced reproduced reproduced In all the ra radiance of full colors including gold Of ot course Gutenberg Inventor of printing in 1454 was a Q Catholic Catholic Catholic Cath Cath- olic himself and his first printed Bible Eible was also Catholic to th the core core but few rew realize this fact tact So completely has the history of the Catholic Middle Ages been distorted by bigoted propaganda that to most people It was an age when darkness covered the face of the earth the Catholic Church in league with the evil I powers had oppressed the Europeans reducing them to Serfdom buried burled in ill ignorance superstition and awe of the 1 church The whole policy of the soI so- so I j called reformation was to blacken all that remained of previous periods in I history on on the diabolical doctrine of I throwing blots on the past no matter how white the tho wall some of them would stick We wonder at the evil misinterpretation of the today of truths well known to us but they may maywell maywell maywell well be bo copying a Q great deal of the mud- mud throwing Indulged in ln by Europe from j 1 the Sixteenth Century till modern times i The Spring Bazaar falls on March 27 It is the usual function held yearly to aid St St. Marys Mary's Church Preparations are arenow arenow arenow now under way to make it a success Committees to run refreshments from tho the kitchen to put in order the fancy fancywork fancywork fancywork work stall candy booth and to efficiently efficient efficient- ly conduct the games are now being listed Cooperation of all nIl our parishioners ers Is kindly sought In spite of lean days It is felt that they will rise to the occasion as they have so generously done in the past The spirit of ot Park City is something that excels experience of ot any other kind in any other parish It Itis Itis Itis is warming heart-warming beyond the eloquence of human speech With income taxes paid the basketball tournament successfully successfully successfully success success- fully terminated for our town the bazaar night of March 27 next should be bea a topper in success success Thursday y March 18 at 1 o'clock the first me meeting of the newly-established newly sewing society meets at the home of Mrs C C. C Lloyd We are thankful Indeed for tor this use of the Lloyd home La Casa Canal CasaI We hope to report a glowing suc success ess from this gathering of willing helpers from St. St Marys It should fulfill a a. long felt need to keep church linen up to the required complement It too will be a avery avery avery very worthy lent lenten n duty for our parishioners parishioners pari parl- to ably carry out with sacrifice of time with work done for a great cause and giving of self for Gods God's temple On Sunday last in C. C Y O. O league I the Juniors traveled to Judge Memorial gym where they played Midvale le at 6 pm p.m. I Mr James Jennings Indisposed for the game owing to Illness Ulness made a splendid coach who directed the boys to a victory of 33 to 27 The Berriochoa Mawhinney-Berriochoa combination was striking in the play little Danny Krizman Krizman- got two beautiful baskets from along way out and Michael Martinez sent home a dinger of a good goal The lads have now DOW seven wins and retain third spot In the league Next Sunday they meet Mission at Judge I around 6 Our Seniors gave a good game as I usual to Midvale but were oU off on their shooting especially in foul shots so so lost I by 60 50 to 58 Provo plays them nex Sunday Sunday Sun Sun- day in Salt Lake City at 7 p.m.- p.m. last Thelast t contest will be at Park March 28 to O wind Win up a late league season against I Cathedral parish I It Is reported that ran on TV TVa I Ia a little account of conditions In our ourtown i town on Saturday night last lost Pictures I Ithe of the dishevelled mines and town were flashed as also accounts from citizens on present prolonged hard times tunes The Record of last week also carried a fine letter from our commissioners It is to tobe tobe tobe be hoped that improvement may come of It all to drive away dull despair from the minds of many of our folks We are not as a people abandoned and without hope of a better day to transpose scriptures a little somewhere somehow and by somebody a beginning of good times must be made I if W a ai i I I II I R I d y S I 2 1 I II I i I d x I g o on n w 1 f r 6 I o 2 r i tN Sf 25 i Ff a k no Q vt A r rY Y 4 d. d d fy 9 x s Q A a kF I BETTER GOVERNMENT To To promote better understanding of Utah's state and 1 local Kal government Io George Geore S. S Eccles left president First Security Bank of Utah pre presents copy Op or of new book to Elmer K right assistant state superintendent of or public Instruction II Henry cn R U. U Pearson executive director Utah Foundation looks on |