Show catholics set Recep reception tiou for bishop federal the most reverend joseph lennox federal D D 1 roman catholic bishop of the diocese e of salt lake city will be the guest of honor at a public reception to be held in vernal father john doyle of st jamew james church announced this week bishop federal will be in 4 vernal to confer the sacrament tnt of confirmation fir mation on a croup of local catholics i the public reception will be held in st james parish hall sunday at 5 p m during the last several months a group of catholic men have completely remodeled the hall in preparation for the bishops visit the improvements include now new ceiling cel ling walls and flooring and a new lighting system this visit will mark bishop federals first trip to verrua vernal since he succeeded daane G hunt as the spiritual leader of catholics bishop hunt who was waa well known in the vernal area died jn in march of last year the visiting als lulng prelate who i has been a catholic priest for 25 years Is the first and only native of north carolina to become a bishop of the catholic church his studies for the priesthood were completed at the north american college rome italy after working for fifteen years in his native state I 1 lie he came to utah ten years ago to assist bishop hunt inthe administration of thop the salt bait lake city diocese ca at the confirmation ceremony which will precede the reception loTi bishop federal will be assisted by rev thomas Mee raman cathedral of the madeleine salt lake city rev frands francis pellegrino le st helens roosevelt and father doyle pastor of the local catholic church the candidates for the sacrament dressed in red and white confirmation robes will be presented to the bishop by the sisters ot of the atonement of roosevelt their training has been canned out under the direction of father doyle clergymen civic leaders and townspeople from all walks walka of 0 life will be present at the reception to welcome the catholic bishop to the vintah basin the affair will be dh directed eeten by mrs mada dudley of jensen who will be assisted by mrs dale meagher and mrs claudette Clau dete mele 4 afterwards the bishop and his priests will be guests at a dinner prepared by the catholic ladles ladies of bonanza amri mr frances dewey of bonanza ta Is the chairman of this clergy dinner |