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Show Martha Circle met at the home of Mrs. Bessie West on Wednesday, Wednes-day, March 18. A delicious one o'clock luncheon was served after af-ter which a business meeting was conducted by Pres. Mary Zac-caria. Zac-caria. Afterwards bridge was played with prizes going to Mrs. Helen Watson, Mrs. Myrtle Thomas Tho-mas and Mrs. Myra Larick. Next Circle meeting will be on April 1st at the home of Mrs. Zaccaria in Copperton. Mr. and Mrs. Chris Griego of Bingham are the parents of a baby boy born at Cottonwood maternity hospital, March 14. Mr. and Mrs. Gumcrrindo est friends in Heaven. And because be-cause they did so much for God, for their neighbor and for their own sanctification, we can humbly hum-bly pray to them to put in a good word for us before the throne of God. Feast of St. Gabriel March 24th is the feast of Saint Galviel the archangel. Pope Bene diet XV (15th) appointed his feast and Mass in the Roman Missal. It is placed close to the annunciation., of our Lady to whom he announced that she had been chosen to be the Mother of God. In the Old Testament he is mentioned in the Book of Daniel. Dan-iel. He was the archangel who appeared to the High Priest, j Zachary the father of St. John i the Baptist in the temple at , Jerusalem. ; March 25th March 25th the ancient feast of the anunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, like the feast of Christmas was considered a feast of Jesus Christ our Lord rather than of the Blessed Virgin both by Greek and Latin Catholics for centuries. It has been fixed on the date of March 25 since before the 7th century. Our glorious glor-ious prayer to Mary was first spoken by the archangel Galviel. He greeted her in the name of (kd and said "Hail, full of grace the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women". He told Mary not to be afraid for she had found grace with God. He said that she was to have a son who would be called Jesus. Galviel said "lie will be gTeat and will be called the Son of- the Most High and the Lord will give unto Him the throne of David his father. fa-ther. He will reign in the house of Jacob forever and of His kingdom king-dom there will be no end. Jesus Christ in His Holy Humanity was conceived and born of Mary by the power of the Holy Spirit of God. Mary answered the archangel arch-angel '"Behold, the handmaid of the Lord be it done unto me according ac-cording to thy word". St. Patrick's Dance HOLY ROSARY CHURCH by Father Pcllegrino Feast of St. Benedict Saturday, March 21, is the feast of Saint Benedict the abbot, lie was of the Roman nobility, being born at Nursia, near Spo-l. Spo-l. to in Italy about the year W0 A. D. He left the world for the retreat of a hermit at Subiaco. lie received the monastic habit and took his vows to God. After three years he was made abbot of Vicovaro. He founded 12 mon-astaries mon-astaries at Subiaco and later the greatest abbey called Monte Cassino. famous for many centuries. cen-turies. He wrote his famous Benedictine Rule here. In 543 he died. In the Middle Ages Rome alone had 80 Benedictine Mon-astaries. Mon-astaries. They sang the Divine, office in the Holy Cities major Basilicas. St. Gregory the Great spread devotion to St. Benedict, lie preserved and handed down St. Benedict's Rule of Perfection or '"Regular Monachorum". Saint Benedict and his holy sister Saint Scholastica are two of God's clos- Very Successful We would like to thank all those who helped to make our annual St. Patrick's,. Day dance a great success. Winners of the prizes given away during the evening ev-ening were: William Palmer, 727-B 727-B Copperfield, the set of silverware; silver-ware; Mrs. Joseph Lopez, Alexander Alex-ander Apts., the deep fryer; Mrs. Evelyn Prigmore, Bingham, the woolen blanket. The door prize went to Juan Menendez Rivera. Little Betty Zdunich pulled the lucky numbers from the basket. |