This pamphlet was conceived in enthusiasm by men and women who are bristling with PEP to build a Beautiful Church in St. James Parish. They are impatiently waiting: they are clamoring for action. They want YOU to know what they propose doing. They hope you will be with them. Don't look for a seat in the Grand Stand -- People who do things move -- the disinterested sit and watch -- Our Parish Big Drum is beating a marching tune -- "LET'S GO."
The Church Collections have reached a new low. They dropped almost $100 one Sunday in February.
A sure sign that the earnings of the wage earners in the congregation are less than they have ever been.
Thirty percent of the parishioners are JUST EXISTING. We are not asking these to contribute, one cannot get blood from a turnip, but we do
with regularity as much as he can possibly afford.
It is the many contributions and not the few big ones that give the Church its independence in financial affairs.
You are asked not to excuse yourself lightly from contributing, St. James is the poor man's parish. Perhaps there are Poorer people than You supporting the Church and School.
If you spend a dollar a week for such pleasures as games, shows, cigars, cards, etc., you might cut your bill for non-essentials and give a trifle to the Church. Don't use the other fellow's misfortune as an excuse fornot doing your bit.
During this month of March we are requested to honor St. Joseph as the patron of the universal Church. Pope Leo XIII (in his Encyclical "Quamquam pluries," August 15, 1889) suggests the reason why St. Joseph is thus honored: he was the husband of Mary and the guardian and protector of her Son. We, too, are beloved children of Mary, begotten on Calvary's Mount. We are all brothers of Christ by adoption and redemption. We all therefore have a peculiar claim to the patronage of St. Joseph as his foster-children and brothers of Jesus. We all belong to the Holy Family, whose head, protector and guardian is St. Joseph.
The author of the "Imitation of Christ" warns us of the folly of comparing Saint with Saint in glory, but there can be no valid objection to calling St. Joseph the greatest Saint in Heaven next to Mary. His mission on earth is clear proof of his supreme dignity and glory. From all eternity he was elected by the Omniscient God from among the sons of Adam to the exalted dignity of foster-father of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
He alone was worthy to be the guardian and protector of the Infant Saviour. None but he could hold the office of loving husband and constant companion of the Immaculate Virgin Mary. To him alone was entrusted the direction of the Holy Family, that bright and glorious human image of the August Trinity. He, after Mary, was the first of men to learn from an Angel of God that the Incarnation had taken place, that the Desired of the eternal hills had come. He, after Mary, was the first to see the Son of God made Man. He, after Mary, was the first to adore the new-born Saviour.
No man on earth was more closely associated with Jesus Christ than His foster-father. Never was such an office and such a privilege bestowed on any creature. No man but Joseph received the filial obedience of Jesus Christ. St. Joseph stands alone, incomparable in glory and power among the Saints of God. We need no formal definition of the infallible Church to teach us this dogma, for it is written indelibly in the hearts of all Catholics throughout the world and through all time. Enter any Catholic Church in the world and you will find the image of of Joseph next to Mary's in the position of honor. Thus the universal practice of honoring St. Joseph next to Mary above all the Saints, proclaims the glory of the foster-father of Jesus.
The whole liturgy of the Catholic Church confirms the primacy of St. Joseph among the Saints. In all prayers in which he is mentioned together with other Saints, his name heads the list. The Catholic practice of commonly choosing his name as a Baptismal and Confirmation name, manifests his place in the hearts of the people. St. Thomas Aquinas, who is not given to exaggeration, proclaims him the first Saint in Heaven after our Blessed Mother.
St. John the Baptist was sanctified in his mother's womb and filled with such abundance of Divine grace - that our Lord could say of him "For this is he of whom it is written: 'Behold I send My Angel before Thy face who shall prepare Thy way before Thee.' Amen I say to you there hath not risen among them that are born of women a greater than .John the Baptist" (St. Mathew xi. 10, 11). If such sanctity were required in John who was to baptize Jesus, what must have been the sanctity of Joseph, His foster-father? The evangelists say little indeed of St. Joseph, but they tell us that he was of the Royal House of David, the husband of Mary, the reputed father of Jesus, and a just man. These few notes about our great patron are sufficient to inspire us with a lively appreciation of his sanctity, burning filial devotion to his paternal heart and unbounded confidence in his patronage.
This statement was made over the radio on Ash Wednesday night by Rev. Walter A. Maier, D.D., Concordia Seminary, in the course of a Lenten lecture.
Dr. Maier is an astute scholar, a logician, and a courageous thinker, and a man who has made a favorable impression upon a vast audience of radio listeners. We thought him sincere and fair and too big a man to stoop to ugly, uncharitable, sleight-of-hand methods of handling truth. There is not much use in having Seminars when men of his class make an appeal to prejudice.
He opened his discourse by reading in part, what evidently was a copy of the Lenten Regulations issued by Archbishop Glennon. He bewailed the fact that the custom of fasting in Lent had become so prevalent in the United States that the Pennsylvania Railroad has issued a booklet entitled, "Suitable places for a vacation during Lent." He gave many other instances of the existence of a custom of associating Lent with a period of mortification and self-denial, and condemned it in no uncertain terms.
In the standard fashion of bigots he reviewed history and went back a few centuries to resurrect typical exhibits of stocks, racks, and blood splotches. The Church. he said, put people to death, in the dark ages, who refused to comply with the laws of fasting; soldiers were compelled to eat rotten fish, and people were led to believe that they could do what they liked the rest of the year provided they mortified themselves at this time; as a result, there was indulgence in vice and terrible wickedness in preparation for, and as a sequence to Lent.
He made the astounding statement that Our Lord did not approve of fasting and that there is not a passage in Scripture that recommends it.
Fasting and abstiuencc are as old as Creation itself. God commanded Adam and Eve not to eat the fruit of the "Tree of Life."
The Jewish Law prescribed a weekly, monthly, and yearly fast. "The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth shall be to the House of Judah, joy and gladness and great solemnities." Zach. 8-19. The Prophet Joel pleaded with his people to reconcile themselves to God by fasting and prayer. "Be converted to Me with all your heart in fasting, in weeping and mourning." Joel 11-12. Fasting is the happy source of the psalmist King's restoration to God's friendship. His words registered the experience of a tried soul. I have humbled my soul, he said, with fasting, and my prayers shall be turned to my bosom. Psalm 34-13. The holy Tobias affirms that prayer is good with fasting and alms more than to lay up treasures of gold. To. 12-8.
John the Baptist and Christ opened their mission by a rigid personal fast and each began his first instruction in these words, "Do penance for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand." Math. 3-2 and 4-12. To the Jewish mind penance meant not only a turning away from sin but an external manifestation of repentance. When the men of Nineveh repented they proclaimed a fast and put on sack cloth from the greatest to the least. Jo. 3.5.6. Christ taught the necessity of external acts of self denial and made mortification an almost essential requirement of Christianity when He said, You cannot be my disciple unless you deny yourself. Take up your cross and follow me.
In the law of Grace, fasting and abstinence became the prolific source of sanctification. Let us exhibit ourselves, says St. Paul, as ministers of God in much patience in fasting. 2 Cor. 6-4. When the Apostles failed to cast out a devil they returned to Christ for an explanation and He informed them, This kind is not cast out but by prayer and fasting. Math. 17-20.
This emphasizes the importance attached by Him to fasting as a means of fighting Satan. Had He not already said He would dispense His Disciples from fasting whilst He was with them, "Call the children of the bridegroom mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them?" "But the days will come when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them: And then they shall fast." In His serman on the Mount he admonished them not to do their good works to be praised by men as did the hypocrites. But thou when thou fastest, He said, anoint thy head and wash thy face that thou appear not to men to fast but to thy Father who is in secret, and thy Father who seeth in secret will repay thee. Math. 6-17. Would the Reverend Doctor say The Father will not repay you for your fasting? He seems to set up all authority greater than Christ to cancel all checks that are made out in credit of fasting.
Did the early Christians fast? See the Acts of the Apostles, Chapter 13. "In the Church of Antioch there were prophets and doctors and among them Barnabas and Simon; ... and when ministering to the Lord and fasting the Holy Ghost spoke to them." Acts 13, 2 and 3. Evidently the doctors and prophets to whom the Holy Spirit spoke were not Lutheran Doctors. They were as prone to asceticism as most of our Monks.
The New Testament directs attention to many other occasions when fasts were performed after the custom of the Church at present. No sacred office was undertaken without recourse to prayer and fasting. "When they had ordained to them priests and had prayed with fasting they commended them to the Lord. Acts 14, 22 and 13, V3.
If there were not a single text in the Old or New Testament recommending fasting, the practice has justification in the example of our Blessed Lord. He fasted forty days, and who will deny that he taught not only by word, but also by example. Would Lutherans be scandalized if it were known that the Reverend Mr. Maier followed the example of Christ not only for forty days, but during the whole course of his life? Perhaps Christ can be only safely followed in matters that have not Papal approval.
Lutherans say they take their religion and practice from the Bible. It is very questionable how much they take and how much they make. If a man of Dr. Maier's great erudition can see nothing in the passages of Scripture I have quoted, I say without hesitation that no man should be entrusted with the interpretation of God's Word: there necessarily must have been Instituted by a wise providence a Supreme Court on whose official and inspired interpretation we can rely for an accurate understanding or what the words convey.
The Catholic Church encourages her children to fast and mortify themselves as an external expression of repentance. Mental conditions need expression. If we hadn't a flag we'd make one and florists could not exist and Santa Claus would go out of business unless the custom prevails of giving expression to our thoughts by gifts and flowers.
Temptations are not overcome by indulgence but by restraint. Catholics are taught to exercise temperance and restraint from their earliest childhood because the Church knows that the spirit is willing and the flesh is weak.
P.J. O'Connor, Pastor
Mrs. Catherine Manion, age 68, widow of the late Peter Manion, died at her home, 6515 West Park Ave., on February 16th after a few days' battle with pneumonia which came on quite unexpectedly. She had been at Church the week preceding her death and had been in comparatively good health till the attack came. Her medical attendant diagnosed her condition as being critical from the start and her daughter Theresa was called home from Michigan, and she and her sisters, Mrs. W. Dulany Heese, Mrs. J. Kelley and their brothers, John and Thomas Francis, had the consolation of being at her bedside till the end.
Mrs. Manion resided in St. James Parish almost half a century. She was born in Bushtown, County Galway, Ireland, and came to St. Louis at an early age. All her married life she was an active church worker and was well and favorably known to Pastors and parishioners. Her manner was markedly thoughtful, her words deliberate and prudent, and her whole personality kindly and prepossessing. She was free from the petty jealousies that frequently arise among women who work for the Church. Her ambition to serve was not shaded by selfishness. She was equally happy whether she was director or dishwasher, and her willingness to work was an assurance that whatever she attempted to do was accomplished with satisfaction and success.
She was charitable and helpful to her neighbors, especially in times of sickness and sorrow. Her wake and funeral indicated the extent of her popularity. The Church was crowded at her requiem mass. There were nine priests in the sanctuary and several nuns among the attendance.
Father O'Connor, pastor, celebrated the Mass, assisted hy Rev. John Kelley and Rev. Jos. Sullivan as Deacon and Sub-deacon. Rev. N.E. Pohl was Master of Ceremonies. Other clergy present included Monsig. W.P. Sloan, Springfield, Ill., Rev. Joseph English, Rev. Daniel Donovan, Rev. John Lyons, Rev. John Hedderrnan.
She was buried in Calvary Cemetery on February 19th. May she rest in peace.
Eamon DeValera is in Ireland what Hitler is to Germany. He represents the extreme opinion of Irish agitators and has frequently declared a policy of renouncing the treaty made with England, and other agreements entered into later by the Conservative body who have governed the Free State. He has been opposed to the partition of Ireland and appears to have the complete sympathy of three of the counties that were, against their will, made subjects of a hostile Orange Parliament.
In the recent elections his party, the Fianna Fail or Republicans, were given more votes than were received by those who ran on a Free State ticket. He will have a majority in the Dial Erin if the nine labor members become his allies. Associated Press reports indicate a bond of sympathy exists between these parties and it is generally conceded that Mr. DeValera will become the President of the Irish Government. Thus he has achieved by the ballot what, ten years ago, he failed to secure by the bullet, but it remains to be seen how much he has modified his views about an Irish Republic and how far the country will agree to his programme of wrecking the Free State.
Freedom is a magic word in Ireland. It means independence, opportunity, prosperity, honor, race efficiency, and sentiments which patriots, orators, poets and idealists are accustomed to portray. For three hundred years a consistent propaganda in the cause of Freedom has been maintained. Babies have been fed on it at their mothers' breast; youths have wooed it and forgotten other romance; patriots have regarded striking a blow for Ireland a claim to immortality. In the annals of Irish history Owen Roe O'Neill, Sarsfield and Robert Emmet have been enshrined in the hall of fame and have received the constant homage of youthful idealists; and, the Fenians are the names of a heroic band whose memory quickens the pulse and stirs the blood of all who have the character, the aims and the ambitions of the Gael.
Mr. DeValera is the concrete shape and expression of these dreams, hopes and ideals. His statesmanship, practical judgment and prudence are secondary considerations with most of his admirers. He comes on the stage dressed in military uniform whilst the orchestra is playing the National Anthem and tho Irish flag is unfurled. He plays an emotional role in the presence of an audience whose blood is afire with the spirit of Freedorn and whose aspirations are complete separation from England.
How far the country is willing to follow him in the pursuit of this ideal is questionable. He has a precarious majority in the Dial but as head of the Government he is free now to start where he last left off. The treaty supplemented by the London Conference gives his Government a lawful right to secede from the association of Nations that make up the British Empire; but, there is a practical side which he cannot overlook, ninety percent of Irish export trade is carried on with England. At present Irish goods enjoy a freedom from tariff in the English market, a boycott or a hoist in the tariff would undoubtedly destroy Irish trade. This brings the whole question of relationship between England and Ireland to a practical test, and the burden of responsibility falls entirely on DeValera and Fianna Fail.
lt will be interesting to watch Irish affairs during the next few months. They are apt to be as wild as the proverbial march-hare or as indefinitely tame as the domestic dove. DeValera will be compelled to show his true colors. He cannot be true to his idealism without wrecking the Free State and if he wrecks the Free State the people who elected him will have to face the consequences.
The Irish elections are an assurance that constitutional measures are more democratic than rebellion.
Had Mr. DeValera bided his time he might have spared his country the deplorable destruction of life and property which took place in 1922. He has now the key to the prisons, the arsenals, and the legislature. He has a glorious opportunity of proving his ability as a statesman. We wish him the gift of prudence. There is no doubt about his courage or patriotism.
We cordially commend and encourage increasing reverence being shown everywhere toward our Blessed Saviour on Good Friday in the practice now quite general of closing places of business and ceasing from work as far as it may be conveniently done - at least during those three dread hours from noon until three o'clock when is commemorated by the Faithful throughout the world the great tragedy of the crucifixion.
And we earnestly urge the Faithful, so far as they may be able, to spend a portion of Good Friday in church praying: (a) in sympathy with the agonizing Christ who asked for this service; (b) in gratitude for the glorious redemption He wrought as He was nailed to the hard wood of the Cross; and (c) in petition after the example of the Holy Mass of Good Friday that the supreme act of God's love will for no one have been in vain.
John Alfred Wood, 6437 Wade Ave.
Mary Jane O'Keefe, 6144 West Park Ave.
Mrs. Delia Glynn, sister of Mrs. Maurice Cooper, 1515 Tamm Ave., died at St. Mary's Hospital Saturday, February 6th, at 9 p.m. and was buried from St. James Church the following Tuesday.
Mrs. Glynn died as she lived and made the last page of her life as exemplary and heroic as she did all that went before. She lingered in great pain for several days after she underwent an operation for a tumor and during the time she was fully conscious of her critical condition. She did not murmur nor try to delude herself with a hope of recovery. She got ready for the dread ordeal by a prudent preparation carried on during her whole life and a fine resignation and fortitude as she approached the end. Her faith sent its rays around about her and dispelled all the gloom. By her deathbed the greater part of the time knelt her two children, one a priest, Father William Glynn, assistant pastor of St. Roch's Church, the other a nun, Sister Norbertine, Pueblo, Colo. She encouraged them to be brave and rebuked in a firm but kindly manner any inclination they showed of grief, as befits a person who after leading a good life is about to enter eternity; she was to meet Him whom she loved and she had no fears. Where there is much love there is no fear. She seemed to be glad that she was given the opportunity of suffering as Our Lord did, and though she was too humble to expect an immediate reward she apparently placed herself entirely in God's hands and with complete confidence disposed herself to say farewell to her children and to her many dear and loved ones. Those who surrounded her bed in the hour of her extremity felt they saw a saint die.
Mrs. Glynn was a widow over 30 years. Her husband, Robert J. Glynn, who was a police officer met with an accident that resulted in his death. When pursuing a criminal he struck against a post and was unconscious of any injury for a few day till peritonitis set in. After his death his young wife and her helpless little ones scarcely knew where to begin. Mrs. Glynn found employment and each evening on her return from work was met by two happy children. She taught them the lesson of service. She would have them serve God as she was serving them. As they grew older her acquaintances expected she would send them to work and take a rest herself, but this was not her plan. She would send them to earn a reward that was eternal. She would have them instruments in the work of redemption. Her life was a life of sacrifice but also one of great peace and happiness. Her faith changed her sorrows to gains. She was a firm believer in the adage, "No cross, no crown."
In her mind there was nothing worth striving for that did not touch the spiritual. Other things to be sure had their values, but one thing only was necessary. She had chosen the better part and played it well. She was one of that faithful band who might have stood with Mary when Christ was on His way to Calvary.
Her son, Father Glynn, was celebrant of the Solemn Requiem Mass and was assisted by Rev. Chas. Maxwell and Father Eichenauer as Deacon and Subdeacon. Rev. P.J. O'Connor spoke the funeral sermon.
There were more than twenty-five priests in the Sanctuary and there were many nuns among the congregation. Altar boys and a choir from St. Roch's Church also took part in the services. May she rest in peace.
Mrs. Mary Balvin, nee Noonan, age 42, wife of Joseph Balvin, 1410 Sulphur Ave., and mother of Joseph, John, Loretta and Grace, the youngest of whom is 12 years old, died at the City Hospital on February 24th as the result of a heart attack, and was buried from High Mass at St. James Church February 27th. She had been ill for several weeks and received the last Sacraments with great devotion. May she rest in peace.
Two senior students of St. Louis University School of Law will debate the question - "Should the State of Missouri legislate to Provide for Compulsory Unemployment Insurance" at the quarterly meeting of the Holy Name Society on Monday evening, March 14.
A former parishioner, Dr. Patrick W. Thibeau, associate professor of St. Louis University, will preside.
All the men of the parish are urged to attend.
That Martin Coad, 6433 Lloyd Ave., was operated upon at the Missouri Pacific Hospital and had his appendix removed. The day after his operation he was in a critical condition and a report spread through the parish that he was dying. He looked like he might turn either way and formed his decision when Father O'Connor arrived and told him of an arrangement that Ray Dolan and himself had made to go trout fishing early in March. "When are you going?" "The eighth of March," was the reply. Mr. Coad smiled a seraphic smile and looked refreshed, "I'll be with you," he said.
Mr. Clarence Gesell, 1103 Louisville, is also a patient at the Missouri Pacific Hospital and had his appendix removed. Uncle Henry says the Missouri Pacific has cut salaries so much there's nothing left to cut over the skin, so they have to go under it.
Mr. Gesell suffered one of those accidents that are apt to follow the taking of ether or gas. One of his lungs collapsed causing a pus formation which is very annoytng.
Miss Mae Collins, 6214 Berthold, is expected home from St. Mary's Hospital, Clayton Road, where she underwent a major operation. She appears to be very well.
Mary Claire Duggan, 6156 Victoria Ave., also underwent a major operation at the Deaconess Hospital. She continued to have pain for several days which made it doubtful that the operation was a success. A specialist was called and after a few days treatment decided she might go home.
Mrs. Jirauch, 1111 Central Ave., who was a patient several weeks at the old St. Mary's as the result of a broken hip, is now home. Efforts to put her foot under her are very painful.
Margaret Harris, 6217 West Park Ave., has spent the past few weeks under medical observation at St. John's Hospital. There seems to be indications that she has an infected gall bladder.
Mr. Val Saling, 6122 Clayton Ave., whose store is at Clayton and Berthold Ave., is a patient at St. Mary's Hospital as a result of an infected foot. Though his condition is not serious it is very painful.
William Kirby, 6154 West Park Ave., was operated upon for hernia at St. John's Hospital and is convalescing at home.
Mrs. Stephen Burch, the mother of all the little Burch children, 6509 Nashville Ave., is, we are informed, a patient in St. John's Hospital again suffering from malaria.
Mrs. Chevalier, 1029 Tamm Ave., has been confined to her home during the past four weeks with an attack of grippe.
Mrs. John Doering, 6432 Wade Ave., is suffering intense pain from an ulcerated stomach and may have to undergo an operation. A week ago her husband lost the job he held over the past quarter century.
Mrs. Cullen returned home from Chicago where she has been on a visit to her daughter. She has a bag full of stories which should prove of great interest at the next meeting of the Mothers' Club. They deal mostly with the romance of a merry widow.
Miss Mrus and Mrs. Kearney had a very narrow escape Friday a week ago when' about to enter the church to attend Stations of the Cross. An automobile that made a turn at Tamm and Nashville backed onto the sidewalk. smashed through the iron guards that protect the lawn and were they not quick in their get-a-way undoubtedly would have been severely injured. The young fellow who drove the automobile later gave his name at the Rectory and expressed his regrets for the incident. His brakes, it appears, were out of order.
Margaretta C. Adrigan, 6904 Magnolia Ave., daughter of Mrs. Joseph Adrigan, was married on Saturday, February 27th, at St. James Church to Carl P. Maus, son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Maus, 3819 N. 22nd St. The bride's sister, Mrs. Leo Hurley, and her husband, Leo, were the official witnesses.
Miss Delphina Jones. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Jones, 1209 Childress Ave., was married on February 7th to Mr. Joseph Harrigan, son of Wm. Harrigan, 5551 Maffet Ave. Rev. Joseph McGinley who has been a lifelong friend of the groom performed the ceremony which took place at Potosi, Mo. Miss Jones has been for many years an efficient assistant in Dr. Herbert G. Lund's office. Miss Jones has been, like the rest of her family, associated with all the activities of St. James Parish and the parishioners and pastors extend to her and Mr. Harrigan their congratulations and best wishes.
In the last issue of Let's Go an appeal was made to all who are out of work and need employment to send their names to the Business Bureau at the Rectory. There was not a single name sent in and there were two positions offered. The reply was, "it will take an effort to find the right person" and it happened that we hadn't time then, and later forgot all about it.
Last Sunday after the 10:30 Mass a lady who wanted a woman to do housework for a part of a few days each week stood with Father 0' Connor at the door of the church. They had the greatest difficulty finding a woman who was free to take the employment. They finally succeeded in getting one who does not belong to the parish.
The Catholic School Health Bureau has had two doctors and a nurse in the parochial school taking a medical examination of the children of the first, fourth and eighth grades to the number of 126, also children in other grades who need special medical attention. This service costs 75c a child and unless parents forward to the school this sum, the Rectory is apt to be dunued every month and future service not be given till the bill is paid.
There will be a procession on Holy Thursday and Good Friday mornings in which the children in the Klndergurten, 1st, 2nd and 3rd grades will take part. Mothers should prepare the suits for the occasion which are for girls - white dresses, white stockings and slippers or sneakers; boys - white washable suits, white stockings and slippers or sneakers.
Mrs. Edw. O'Gorman, mother to Katherine and Genevieve, died at the St. Louis County Hospital, February 20th and was buried from St. Luke's Church. The family have resided on Yale Avenue since they left St. James. May she rest in peace.
Miss Marie O'Gorman is now a professional in Contract Bridge. She has graduated from a training school and is qualified to teach. She proposes to give lessons by the hour to a class of four, rates 25c a lesson, call HIland 8340.
Phil Vaughn, local coal merchant, who resides at 1555 Tamm Ave., was on a fishing trip Sunday. February 28th, and caught the limit though he did not drive more than 40 miles out or St. Louis. Mr. Lindauer, 1465 Graham Ave., also was fishing on that day and as an evidence of his luck and goodwill sent a 2-pound bass to the Pastor.
A present of a neat fishing rod was made by John Ulrich to Father O'Connor. He intends trying it on trout very soon and says one day out of seven at least a man should go fishing that that he may cultivate a disposition to smile.
Clem Placke, accompanied by his mother, drove 650 miles in 22 hours to his uncle's funeral, Clement A. Hetherington who died at his home at Robinsdale, Minn., on February 14th. Mrs. Placke is now the last living member of the Hetherington family.
The Fathers of the Holy Family who resided at 6690 Oakland Ave., moved to their new home on February 17th, which is located at 8300 Clayton Ave. and was known as the Gray ranch, There is on a three acre plot of ground a big 12 room residence which is more suited to their growing requirements. We regret they had to leave the parish. They were the holiest family we had. Their new home is in Little Flower Parish,
The Masses on Easter Sunday will be at the usual hour but the 7:30 will be a solemn high Mass, There will be organ recital at all the Masses. A Jesuit Father will preach at the 3 hours on Good Friday and assist hearing confessions on the eve of Easter. School children's confessions from 3 to 4:30; others who are free, before supper; the time after supper should be left for those who work during the day.
On Holy Thursday there will he High Mass and procession beginning at 7:30. This day is one of special honor to Christ in the Blessed Sacrament in memory of that sacred audience He gave to His Apostles at the Last Supper. The Blessed Sacrament will be retained at the Altar of Repose and donations of flowers or better, money for flowers are requested by the Sister Sacristan for the proper decoration of the altar on that day and the succeeding days. Ladies will accept those offerings in the vestibule of the church the Sunday before Easter.
Visits to the Blessed Sacrament and to many churches are customarily made on Holy Thursday and during thc night the Holy Name Society and other parishioners will keep a guard of honor before the Blessed Sacrament.
On Good Friday the local stores, following the custom of former years will he closed from 12 to 3. St. James Branch of the Holy Name Society propose to make a visit to each store and obtain a promise from each merchant that he will abide by this agreement.
On Good Friday the Mass of the Presanctified will begin at 7:30. It is thus named because there is no consecration. The Sacred Host is preserved from Holy Thursday. From 12 to 3 p.m. there will be the three hours in memory of our Lord's Passion.
There will be a sermon on the Sacred Passion of Our Lord at 7:45 on Good Friday at St. James Church.
The property owners on the Leahy-Stedlin Subdivision are justly indignant because of the tax that has been imposed on theirs and adjoining property for the opening of Lloyd Ave. to Hampton. The whole affair looks like a scheme to sell the Odd-Fellows Hall and other buildings on the right of way for a sum far in excess of their actual worth, and saddle the price on people who were given neither notification nor representation. The Odd Fellows Hall was purchased by the city for $9,500. No one in the locality knows how old it is. It is an old frame shack that was probably built for $5,000 fifty years ago. The Rectory property was assessed $112 for the imaginary benefits. The whole irritating affair cost about $26,000.
There is no need to make an appeal for an audiece to be present at the Mothers Club Show which will be given on St. Patrick's night, Thursday, March 17th, at Lambskin Temple under the direction of Mrs. Henrietta Uxa. In former years those who were present deemed themselves fortunate if they secured a seat. Every available foot of standing room also was occupied and many were turned away.
The Mothers Club players are greatly strengthened by a few who are "born actors". Mrs. Adele Conroy is a person who is naturally dramatic and comical even when she is doing tho ordinary household works or having a trivial chat with a neighbor. She says things in an original manner and is inimitable in expressiveness. Her features are broad and strong and her language at times is none too gentle. When she frowns it looks like a storm but when she smiles it's like a morning in Spring. One would think that all the birds are singing and the blossoms are in the meadows and woods. Yes! when Mrs. Adele puts her hands on her hips preparatory to entertaining or making a few suggesttons one feels that there is something going to be said that will have a tremendous influence towards hilarity. But where's the good in trying to describe her, you will have to see for yourself if you haven't seen her before, and St. Patrick's night will be an occasion when Lenten Regulations will give you a sufficient relaxation to laugh with, and laugh at Adele.
Unfortunately Mrs. Sam Gittins is not in the show this year. She is indisposed. She and Mrs. Conroy usually did team work. This year Mrs. Bess Wamhoff will be the second in the team. Other attractive players include Mrs. Barney Quinn, Mrs. Chas. Thompson, Mrs. Plengemeier.
Mrs. Gus Cramer, 6721 Clayton Ave., Miss Vancrucken, and Mr. Ryan will take part in the vaudeville specially arranged as St. Patrick's night offering.
Mrs. Uxa's Orchestra will make it a real Irish night.
Admission 35c, reserved seats 15c additional. Tickets can be procured from any of the cast which include Mrs. Ben Plengemeier, 1336 Tamm Ave., Mrs. R.E. Pierce, 1223 Childress Ave., Mrs. Chas. Klasek, 6212 Victoria Ave., Mrs. Geo. Boerckel, Mrs. W. Bosche, Mrs. Wack, Mrs. Mudd, Mrs. Weaver. Mrs. Boman, Mrs. Geo. Wiber, Mrs. Hugh Marshall, Mrs. Flood, Mrs. Bess Gallaher, Mrs. Sullivan, Mrs. John Lawrence, Mrs. Loretta Bisso, Mrs. Bovard.
St. James Alumni Dramatic Club will present the play, "Am I Intruding" on Wednesday evening, March 30th, at the Lambskin Hall at 8:15 p.m. sharp. Mr. Frank Staab the director, is quite familiar with the portrayal as he frequently took character parts as a student of St. Mary's University, Kansas. The cast consists of Misses Mae McCauley, Ita McCauley, Mary Catherine McGrath, Estelle Coad, Florence Wack and Dorothy McLaughlin; Messrs. Mathew McLaughlin, Frank Strathman, Joe Phelan, Jack Houlihan, Jerry O'Connell and Haymond Buescher.
Admission 50c, reserved seats 15c additional. Patrons are entitled to 2 reserved seats and their backing of the show will be appreciated. A good line of patrons frees the cast from the fear of financial failure. Membership $2.00, can be had by calling HIland 5548, HIland 2856, or any of the officers of the Alumni Association.
The Pastor sez:
"I have never been able to understand why it is that there are twice as many people late for ten-thirty o'clock Mass than for the early Mass at six o'clock,"
UNCLE HENRY'S LETTER
March ,1 1932.
dear Charlie:
we have been having such fine weather that the folks have decided spring is here, an everywhere they is intensive activity in getting things ready for a new season of outdoor life. jim O'Gorman passed the house last Saturday with a arm full of rose bushes; geo. Boerekels golf pants was hanging in the cleaners window, cleaned, pressed and the moth holes mended: and Dulany Reece came home with a new rake.
the Pastor has been getting restless too, an the other day he remarked that "the trout season is now open." an i herd he bought a new reel an a couple of flies. he neerly got hisself in trouble last week on account of he wanted to get a little casting practice before the season opened. so he went over to Forest Park an had the time of his life casting into Grand Basin. until a policeman come along and asked him what he is doing.
"Oh"! he answered, "i am trying my new reel and getting ready for the trout season". "that", says the officer "is just what we are locking people up for every day. dent you know it is agin the law to fish in the park"? he finally persuaded "the law" that he was only practicin an didnt catch eny fish, an so was entirely within his rights. as a matter of fact if he would use that excuse consistently he wouldn't need to buy a license. he never catches any fish enyway so he could tell the game warden he is "only practicin".
speaking of fish reminds me again that this is Lent. me an Father Pohl ought to go to Heaven for what we suffer during the "fish season". only of course, we fast out of different motives; He does it voluntarily for penance, while i go hungry because i cant stand fish, cheese and eggs. it wont do us eny harm though, as we are both inclined to flesh.
while we are on the subject of "flesh", the Mothers Club are giving another show on St. Patrick's Day an I hope you will be able to see it. the "girls" had a hard time renting a hall because the owner said the ware and tare on the stage was too great, so they got conscience striken and are making calisthenics the theme of there show.
if you want to think of sumthin funny just imagine adele Conroy and bess Wamhof doing a daily-dozen to the tune of "Bend Down Sister." according to those that has seen the rehearsels, the Minstrel Mothers are bigger and better than ever. They got all there jokes out of "Hooey" so you know they will be good.
the Pastor took me on a tour of inspection of the school yard the other evening, an i never seen him more proud of enything. you wouldn't know that big hole in back of the school if you seen how he is having it filled in, an leveled.
i was reminded of Mr. Hense, an it would do his heart good if he could see how the Pastor is carryin-on the work he started. the "old gent" got the money together to buy most of the ground because he wanted "the youngsters to have a football field." and it looks like they will soon have it. The Urn which is displayed on the alter during the Tre Ore was dedicated to the memory of Mr. Hense, but to those who know how he worked for the school, the new play ground will be a lasting memory.
i couldnt help noticing how nice an clean the school children have been the past week or so, an when i remarked about it i was told that they are all bathed up on acount of the doctors are expected any day, an there mothers dent want them caught un-awares. the kids are complaining about "too many Saturday nights".
by-the-way, i hope you will be able to attend the Tre Ore this year. St. James production of this Divine spectacle you know, is just about the best in the Diocese, and our Choir is especially well trained. you better stay over for the Three-hour Devotion on Good Friday, and maybe Mudd will assign you an hour for the Guard of Honor on Holy Thursday. henry Hugeback brought this devotion to the parish a number of years ago and it has been maintained by the Holy Name Society ever since.
your pertickler friend & uncle
HENRY.
FOH RENT - 1531 Buck Ave., 5 rooms, furnace. Call HIland 6637.
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