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Show ; News From St. Helen's jj Catholic Church jj jj - By - j; Rev. Francis Pellegrino Weill attended were the Card Party and Bake Sale at St. Helen's Rectory on August 27. The Ladies of the Altar Society express their thanks to all who attended and contributed in any way., On Aug. the 28th the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women held a day of Retreat at Saint Helen's Catholic Church. Those making the Retreat were Mrs. Gail Weilang, Mrs. E. H. LaCorse, Mrs. Gordon Harm-ston, Harm-ston, Mrs. Paul Stringham, .Mrs. Ned Coltharp, Mrs. Albert LaRose Mrs.. Mel Pearson, Mrs. Chivers, Mrs. Dan Crumbo and Mrs. Pete Deiler. Besides Holy Mass, the ladies "attended two conferences on Prayer and Confidence in God. The Stations of the cross were made in general, also the entire recitation of the Fifteen decades of the Rosary, spiritual examination examina-tion of conscience, spiritual reading read-ing at lunch, the angelus, A Holy Hour ended the day with Benediction Ben-ediction of the Blessed Sacrament. Classes for the High School students began on Tuesday Morning Morn-ing at 9:00. The New Testament will be studied in detail. On Wednesday Wed-nesday evening the men of the Parish met for their final plans concerning the three day Retreat at the Trappist Monastary at Huntsville. The three day's of Prayer and recollection" will be conducted by one of the fathers at Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity Monastary Mona-stary situated 11 miles northeast of Odgen. The Trappists (Cistercian (Cister-cian Order of the Strict Observance) Obser-vance) is one of the strictest orders or-ders of men in the Catholic church. The Trappists never speak. They take perpetual vows of Poverty, Pov-erty, Obedience, Chastity, and Stability Sta-bility (remaining in the one Religious Relig-ious House until death). . They never eat meat. They rise at 2:00 each morning to sing the praises of God. In the course of one week they chant or sing the 150 Psalms from the Old Testament. Some ten men of the Parish will make the closed Retreat. iNext Sunday the Forty Hours Devotion will begin at St. Helen's. It will begin with High Mass sung at 9:00 O'clock. Then there will be the procession of the Blessed Bles-sed Sacrament, followed by the Litany of the Saints. There will be Adoration of Our Lord Jesus Christ in the Blessed Sacrament of the Altar all day and a Holy Hour in the evening at 7:00. Rev. LaBranche will preach at the evening service. On Monday the High Mass will be at 7:00. There will adoration all day and a Holy Hour at night at 7:00. Fr. Meersman will address the congregation. con-gregation. The Forty Hours will end on Tuesday with High Mass at 7:00 Litany, and Benediction. Thursday evening the Instruction Instruc-tion classes , began on the Truths of the Roman Catholic Faith. Any one interested, please call Fr. Pellegrino Pel-legrino at 136 or stop in at the Rectory. Friday is the first Friday of September. The Masses will be at 7:00 A.M. and at 6:00 P.M. Communion calls will be made after the morning Mass. Try to attend Mass and receive . Holy Communion on the first Friday in honor of the Sacred Heart of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. There will be an Altar Society Meeting on Friday night at the Rectory at 8:00 O'clock. All members are asked to be present. pre-sent. The ladies committee for the Carnival in the fall held a workers meeting .Thursday afternoon. Plans for the fall festival are underway and many lovely articles are being be-ing prepared by the group. Recent visitors to St. Helen's were Mr. Paul Rendle of Price. Mr. and Mrs. Barny DeVietti and family also stopped in. Rev. James E. Poggi of Oakland spent three days in the Parish. Visiting the Sisters was Sister Philomenof of the Franciscan Sisters of the A-tonement A-tonement from Bingham Canyon. Kindergarten begins on Monday, Sept. 10. |