Show St. St Marys Mary's Church Notes Comments Once again it was a sharp morning snow threatening from the hills hUls the fourth S Sunday in lent at St. St Marys Mary's attendance did not fail faU although Saturdays Saturday's Saturdays Saturday's Saturdays Saturday's Sat Sat- bazaar had run parishioners short on sleep The opening word of the Introit was Laetare or rejoice hence the I name of Laetare Sunday marking midI midway mid mid- way iway In lent The vestments of the mass j I were were of a rosy hue to throw a little cheerIness into this halfway halt giving I us a chance to ask ourselves What about it Watchmen what of the days 1 and nights through which we have passed passed passed pass pass- I I ed on our way to Easter Have we prayed for a resurrection of renewed spirit within within with with- Ith-I Ith in ourselves or have we simply drifted lUke like flotsam on the going easy-going tide of time A good start to get more zeal and I piety into our souls can yet be made by bya I a determined will to p progress spiritually to have more real happiness in life unless unless unless un un- un- un I less we seek God in everything all our I j endeavors are in vain The Psalmist II I postulates They who work without the Lord labor in vain The sick and dying j I in their last moments realize how foolIsh foolish foolish fool fool- ish have been all their quests in life except those directed heavenwards as they worsen in condition in a flash I comes to light the folly of much of their material striving it led nowhere and now their last cry becomes Stay with us 0 O Lord for the darkness gathers as the vital spark of life Just flickers tUckers comes and goes Next Is Passion Sunday April 4 4 when our our ur Lord will wUl be heard in the gospel arguing with His bitter opponents the Jews of Jerusalem who could not see any good In the son of ot God because He made claims that were so extravagant to them Our Lord forgave sin He wanted sins taken away away- from men on earth after His de death th until the Ithe end of time To accomplish this He had to give this same power to His apostles through them to their successors down the ages For It was expedient that He our oui Lord should go and send down the Holy Ghosts o on HI His newly founded church at Pentecost People who in present days reject the sacrament of penance its power to remove sin would have without without without with with- out doubt sided with these same enemies enemies enemies enem enem- ies the Jews of Jerusalem against our Lords Lord's claim to be able to forgive sin to say to sinners Go and sin no more To refresh the weary and those who bear the gnawing burden of sin of 01 Ideals long I since fled the household gods of virtue broken in smithereens and to salve all these wounds of soul mind and spirit a a. God od would walk this earth blessing as asHe asHe asHe He went up and down the roads of Palestine But alas I It was merely Magoria fleeting bye no permanent permanent permanent per per- manent saving of the wrecks of humanity humanity humanity human human- ity no cure for ills 1118 of the Inner man no sacrament in which sinners and Just would hear those healing words of the Master Go I Thy sins are forgiven thee No Nol No God could not be so unjust to all of us who have come in the Twentieth Twentieth Twentieth Century or to all who will wm foll w us down through the corridors of centuries centuries centuries cen cen- to come Search the scriptures Jesus told His enemies to learn of me and then do the works of my fathers father will which are to keep the Ten Commandments Commandments Commandments Com Com- the one salutary section of the old law for all ages and includes going to church professing a faith doing dally daily works of charity keeping the golden rule towards all fellowmen irrespective irrespective ir irrespective ir- ir respective of color creed or class no color debars from reception of sacramentS sacraments sacraments sacra sacra- ments nor praying morning nOon noon and night to a God who Is Is' no respecter of persons The sacraments and prayers are the two chief means of salvation for all of us Catholics let us keep them up Merely reading the Bible is useless we must live our religion in order to benefit benefIt benefit bene bene- fit by Biblical store of wisdom m. m With pleasure we note that little Thelma Ann took part in the musical recital held at St. St Marys Mary's Academy Academy Academy Aca Aca- demy Wasatch Salt Lake City on Sunday Sunday Sunday Sun Sun- day last March 28 which began at 2 pm p.m. Thelma Ann we are Informed is an adept pianist we wish her all success Mrs Rhoda Berry her grandmother has m made de good progress towards r recovery overy since her recent indisposition caused by bya a sip alp on icy ground very much to the fore in the past stormy weather The Tribune of March 26 notes that 1 two students Mr Alfred Caputo and Miss Mary Gini walked off with the two top prizes for essays on Americanism I Both are students of Judge Memorial I school a little place with high scholastic scholastic scholas scholas- sCholas 1 tic distinctions Alfred Caputo was also one of the ten selected students to be I awarded recently a scholarship to Utah University These scholarships are spon- spon by the Rotary Club of Salt Lake City Alfred is the son of Mr James Caputo our genial zealous manager of the C C. C Y 0 O. O basketball league In which St. St Marys Mary's has a s senior and Junior team entered I Making the rounds of the parish the theother theother theother other day I 1 saw a huge cake of homemade homemade homemade home home- made soap from leftover fats and grease and I wondered Just how common was this very economical practice It sure points the way to use up any surplus of oils that remain after cooking Back in I Europe they had in earlier times many useful home products Starch was m made de deI from potatoes coloring for butter from carrots and Easter eggs got their tan I from the outside skin of onions The dyes for tweeds made in the homes were from lichens and plants according I to the hues required In West Africa the people made soap of a greyish color from fromI I palm oil and ashes of the burnt soap- soap tree known to the natives there Pitchers Pitch PItch- ers for water oil and corn were homegrown homegrown home home- grown a certain creeping plant produced produced produced pro pro- bottle shaped tubers of all sizes which when emptied of ot their contents hardened to a brown or yellow appearance appearance appearance appear appear- ance known then as calabashes very cheap buckets Indeed Huge and lengthy creepers cover the trees of the forest cut these Manes llanes down work them a a. a little and you had all the rope you i needed The trees grew cotton which made very durable native cloth wore In sarong fashion for nature is a mother kind alike to all Africa looked after its own folks in the forests or on the sandy wastes of the Sahara desert some I three million square miles in area The birthday parties of the children are always interesting The neighboring I twins had one on Thursday last Little groups of friends some bearing gifts i could be seen been as they made for the Continued on Page Three St St. f Marys Mary's rys ry's Church Notes Comments I Continued from Pa Page e One rendezvous Its It's a n. gesture that aids good I fellowship helps the brotherhood of man manto to be developed in our youngsters The party gets set the host and buddies partake of the good things set before them Ulem which Is community spirit en e the scriptures say To partake of what 15 Is set get before jou you OU and then the happiness happiness happiness hap hap- becomes diffusive of itself On this particular occasion all wire were treated to a movie show show that's where dads dad's generosity generosity generosity gen gen- came In very handy bandy Next to the beauty of looking at a sleeping child Is the Ule Joy of seeing our children h happily gathered together Mr Albert Smith of our town has I j I always been to the fore in fostering I 1 activities for our youth summer and winter slater Recently he took on the coachIng coachIng coach- coach Ing tog of our Senior C C. Y 0 O basketball team He has done a good Job of It so so It Is with sincere regret St. St Marys Mary's heard of the accident to his arm on Saturday last March 27 We hope Abe will be with us soon again The boys found In Inspiration inspiration In- In on Sunday March 28 to go out ut and win their game game against a very highly placed Cathedral bunch the word rent ent round Let us win for Abe and andin in true Park spirit they did Mrs John Henrion In Holy Cross hospital hospital hospital hos hos- pital is doing fine a n. few more weeks of treatment and she will be with her family as good as ever Another patient t In n Holy Cross i L s' s S 'S t Jj I r t tk r s k r f ft 1 i t t h I U. U GIRL Recently re returned returned returned re- re turned from entertainment tour of GI camps in Korea Marilyn Monroe DI Dl Maggio l dons corselet and mesh stockings for tor movie role is la Mrs Frank Payne slightly Indisposed but In a few days she will be restored to health again Wo We are sorry to hear that Jack Galls Calla gas has had to return to hospital agatIn again agat In Salt Lake City Jack has had a n. apro- apro prolonged prolonged pro pro- longed of ot It but we wish him a athe all the best Our Holy Father Pope Plus Pius XII XU 1 Is recovering slowly from his recent serious Illness but seems to be well enough to celebrate mass which Is a big Improvement Improvement improvement Improve Improve- ment Indeed It was feared for tor sometime that he would not take his bis rightful place at the canonization of his predecessor Plus Pius X on May 29 next and Indeed that tha this would have to be be postponed to rater rate date But now It seems our Holy Father Fathe will be so strong In health as to personally personally personally per per- conduct th these e papal rites o ot of declaring Plus the Te Tenth th a saint of th the church I I In a former article attention w wa was s I called to the unsettled conditions In Egypt In the Muddled East As soldiers sold solders lers ers described It during the last war N Naguib gul once In the saddle of ot power then hen ousted for a n. few days Is back again gain but opponents claim he heads tho ho subversive subversive elements In the land of the he To be sure Russia is In there pitching to create all the trouble and nd torment she can to create chaos anc and contusion confusion In which the Red minions 01 of Satan atan seem to flourish With the dying ot of f Democracy in any nation Is s sure uro to rush In Her specialists In agitation Sixty years ago It was a Joke In the old country when a very local newspaper The Skibbereen Eagle once pr prematurely and solemnly declared that It t had Its eye on Russia which was then referred to at times as The Th The steamroller Steamroller Steam- Steam roller of Europe T Today da It has has has' cruelly ci rolled oiled away the boundaries of ot many countries East East Germany Hungary Austria Austria Au Au- Latvia Estonia and other Baltic nations plus old Armenia In the south and no man can set a limit to Its onward onward onward on on- ward march all of course In protection of ot Russian borders How naive the Reds the world conquerors must consider our Democratic lands to be or is it all In contempt On Saturday March 27 our old friend Mr Mt Johnny Johnny- Leahy was married I Ito to Miss Margar t Kennedy In St. St Anns Ann's Catholic Church Salt Lake City by the Very Rev Father Butler pastor to whom the tho happy bridegroom was no stranger Father Butler having resided in Park City for many happy years 1 i lOur Our merchants have got going several letters to senators and representatives at Washington urging stockpiling or or enforcing of ot Section of the Defense Emergency Act to get our zinc lead-zinc mines going Anything that would help honest labor back to Park City would be bea a blessing and a boon to men unemployed unemployed unemployed for tor nearly two years Adam Smith tho tha economical expert who made a worthy aid to the study of economics by his famous book The Wealth of Nations In It he declares that the real riches of of any nation lies not in gold goldi bars In Fort Kentucky or In the mint but in the labor produced by the sweat of Its workers workers' Pov then has bee been the Western mining zone In the layoff of so many In our valley and first class miners at that May Maya a change In conditions come soon to keep our faith in God and man for prolonged l distress is not conducive to the well well- being leing of ot church hurch or community Sunday last saw our Juniors clinch A c cR I II I t i iI it iI I I iI R s I w wI I J I I I I s J POPE IMPROVES This U Ii sI I recent photo of Pope Plus Pius XII I who had recovered sufficiently from long illness to read messages messages mes mes- I II I II sages from all over the world on I his birthday March Z 2 the he trophy as runners up In the C. 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O league eague with nine wins In basketball games fames Now begins the tournament on Sunday Apr April l 4 n next x running through rough Saturday April 10 and finishing Sunday Sunday Sun- Sun day ay April 11 In Judge Mem Memorial gym We know our boys boys boys' will give a good account account of themselves themselves our our eye Is on them hem Unfortunately our highest st scorer Bob Mawhinney i Is Hors de de' Combat with a aast cast ast on his leg which Is a very serious serous loss oss to our our ur team Sunday St St. Marys Mary's humiliated the lordy Lourdes by y 67 to 60 50 it was a very welcome sur- sur prise Little Danny shook Lourdes to pieces with his 26 points followed by Berriochoa with 18 tailed by Jennings with 15 rest of the honors fell to M Martinez Marnez Mar Mar- r- r nez and Kochevar These boys one one and andall andall all 11 of them have work worked d hard all the season eason they deS deserve the greatest credit creditor for or faithfulness with a little luck they would have been champions again for foric forthe forthe the ic second y year in n suc succession We thank all 11 of the Junior players Our Seniors under new inspiration won on by 52 to 47 certainly a most pleasing pleasing pleas- pleas ing ng triumph that leaves them In the Salt alt Lake City gym for the big play off April 4 to April 11 The contest was to point until the last quarter the he highest scorer was Bob Brennan with ith 21 a very fine tine record in any gaIne game Joe oe had 10 while Bennie shot nine Ine Johnny Bilboa Caldwell and Leon had the rest We congratulate our ur Seniors on making the grade In the tournament 1 if the Brennan Bennie and brothers get going who knows what come of It We wonder 1 If now at atthe atthe the 10 eleventh hour houra a bunch un h of or friends and nd supporters from the parish could come Judge kindly come down to Judge to help our teams earns along the voice of St. St Marys Mary's cries to all to be there by Sunday next April 4 and again April 10 and 11 Many Macy got goto gotto gotto to o Provo why not to Judge gym too A thought for lent He who does not take ake up his cross and follow me is not my true disciple I Friday next Is the first of the month ot f April why not come to mass that morning In honor of the Sacred Heart In Lent nt and to St. St Marys Mary's at 7 30 p pm p.m. m. m next Saturday is devoted to Our Our Lady of Fatima Devotions In her honor in the evening at 7 30 So much can be done at ato atour atur o our ur r ease by the setting of the sun each day ay of or our lives I Sunday April 4 General Communion for or parishioners on this passion day and first of the month I St. St Marys Mary's spring ba bazaar ar was held on Saturday night last March 27 in the the Memorial building The crowd In attendance attendance attendance attend attend- ance fell much below that of the fall bazaar Owing to present conditions in town there were e e no drawings nor tickets sold |