Show r I. I Father Matthew Catholic Father Takes Reins at St. St Pius Church i Father Matthew Pew new priest at the St St. Pius Plus X Catholic church arrived in Moab Friday replacing Father John Rasbach He was welcomed welcomed wel wel- corned by the parish Sunday Sunda evening with ith a potluck supper planned by the Altar Society Father was sent to Moab by Bishop Joseph L. L Federal of ot the Salt Lake Dio Dio- I cese He has served in St St. Josephs Joseph's Catholic church In Ogden as an assistant to Msgr Patrick Kennedy since August of 1962 He also served served served ed briefly In Roosevelt Born Dorn in n Thurles County Tipperary Ireland in 1936 Father studied at St. St Patricks Patrick's College there and was ordained in June 1962 for the Salt Lake Diocese He has two brothers and one sister sister sister sis sis- sis sis- ter a nun of the Presentation of Sisters order Asked his impressions of Moab Father stated he heIs heis ts is impressed with the climate compared to the dampness in rn Ireland He said Over there everywhere It is as green as your front lawn and you find moss all over the rocks The Tha green hills hIs of Ireland are greatly different from the desert rocks He also expressed his pleasure pleasure pleasure plea plea- sure at finding a friendly atmosphere atmosphere atmosphere at at- and a hope of soon meeting g more townspeople There is a touch of home for Father in Utah he pointed out as there are seven Irish priests In n the area all from the county of Tipperary Tipper Tipper- ary and two more coming this fall This he said fc rs due mostly mostly most most- ly to the interest of Msgr Kennedy Father plans to car cars ry on work begun gun by Father Rasbach who has been granted grant grant- ed an extended leave of absence ab ab- sence |