Uintah Basin Standard | 1959-11-19 | Page 1 | Catholic Convent Free from All Encumbrance

Catholic Convent free From all encumbrance After four years of effort on the part of St Helen's Church in Roosevelt and St. James' the two-parish convent located in Roosevelt has been entirely paid It was built In 1955 for the Catechetical Sisters who since then have served the Northeastern part of the At the time of the construction of the Father Ignatius ws pastor of St. Helen's and Father Alfred Harding was pastor of St. Three Franciscan of Atonement from N. under Sister came to the Uintah Basin on Assisting Sister Rita were Sister and Sister Madeline They have been succeeded by Sister Mary Sister i Carmelita and Sister I The present superior is Sister l and helping her are i Sister Mary Beata and Sister r The nuns instruct 60 youths in St. Helen's Parish and 60 in SL James Besides this they conduct a kindergarten in Roosevelt and travel j more than 80 miles weekly to reach some of their isolated members in Hanna and Bon- The high school students released-time classes 1 weekly are instructed by the who also conduct summer school sessions for Catholic youngsters in Uintah and Du- chesne The present pastor of St. Helen's is Father Francis B. f He has been in Roosevelt since The appointed pastor of St James' in Vernal is Father John