Show News From St Helen's jj I Catholic Church By J Father Pellegrino Last Sunday little Catherine Jean received the Holy Sacra i ment of Baptism in Helens Catholic Present for the ceremony were the parents of the and Mrs John the and Edward and Gordy who served as Altar Boy for Father Next Sunday the Altar Society will attend the o'clock Mass which will be offered for the repose of the soul of Josephine who died Tuesday evening the Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary met at the Besides their spiritual activities and educational the group is planning a winter party together with the in the near future The will prepare a spiritual bouquet for His Holiness Pope Pius XII The Holy Father will be 81 year old on March It will commemorate his anniversary as leader of the world's Roman His Holiness was born a Roman of the Romans March He was ordained to the Sacred Priesthood on April On May 1917 he was consecrated a In the on Dec he was created a His election as Pope came on March He is the first Pope to visit both North and South America He did this in 1936 He is the first Pope also to fly in an the first Pope to be elected to that position even though he was Secretary of State for the He blessed he Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco at the request of Mayor Rossi and Archbishop Mitty of San Francis co He is the first Pope to come from the city of Rome in His name before his election as Pope was Eugene meaning He wrote the famous letter against the Fascists He has seen more pilgrims and has had more audiences than any other Pope in Besides speaking eight languages he is a great admirer of all the classics in literature and in He is the successor of the Prince of the Peter the This is his message to Catholic wish to be the youth of the Very well We also wish to be the Pope of youth 1 Young and old do not measure their age by the number of their I years He is young and will retain his youth who and I has who acts with The future belongs to I but a youth who will know how to conquer it and dominate I it The now with great presents its needs to I you under the form of a triple requirement clear per- I and unbreakable union between religion and The Men's Club of Saint Helen's f met Wednesday evening They planned a dinner to be held on March 16 at the Frontier after which those present will enjoy an evening of card A chicken for adults will be and the charge is set for 50 per The group discussed the Holy Sacrament of One of the oldest Sacraments in the church is the one of Christ Himself gave it to the Coming to visit for a few days in the Parish are two classmates of Father Pellegrino the Pastor of j Holy Rosary Parish in Bingham the John and The Rev Lional assistant Pastor of Saint Francis Parish in Father Sullivan is a native hailing from Tooele Father is from San and is a member of the Franciscan He made his Philosophical and Theological studies at Santa February 18 is the feast of St Bernadette of She was from Lourdes in Southeaster France and was of the The Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to her 18 times from 11 to July She lived to an age of 35 and died in the Convent of Nevers of the Sisters of Charity She was a French Basque girl of poor a her body remains intact without any material corruption even after almost 80 Our Lady identified herself to Bernadette by am the Immaculate George Washington's birthday will be observed but it was not always noted on this In the first president of the United States of America was born 1732 in The difference is a result of the calendar reform by Pope Gregory XIII in the year which caused the date to lose ten days England did not accept the change until when George Washington was 20 years By this time the difference had increased to 1 1 and so his birthday became Feb The Catholic Comte De French commander in America was the first to recognize the day as a public He slopped all labor by his troops on because Washing ton's fell on a |