Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-01
JEWETT CITY CATHOLICS
 CONSECRATE TWO FLAGS Stars and Stripes With Service Flag Having 87 Stars - Address by Rev. William H. Kennedy, of GreeneVille.
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(Spec1aI to The Bullelln)
 Jewett City, June 30.-At St. Mary's church Sunday evening, an American flag and a service flag bearing eighty seven stars were dedicated. The pro- cessional, Fanfare Militaire, by Kern, was followed by the singing of Amer ica. The flags were carried to the altar by six girls, Verna Ritchie, Alice Sullivan, Irene Cyr, Irene Cadieux, Louise Cadieux, Lida Cariseau. and six boys, Origene Guillet, Hugh Sharkey, John Sadowski, Charlie Menard, Geo. Ritchie. Raymond Larone. These were sisters and brothers of some of the men in the service.
 The roll of honor was read by Rev. J. J, McCabe and was followed by the blessing of the flags. Father McCabe welcomed the soldiers of the G. A. R. and the invited guests. and spoke in words of commendation of the men in the service, and paid sympathetic tri- bute to the fathers and mothers of these young men.
 The choir sang The Service Flag, written by Rev. R. P. Donnelly, s. J., of Holy Cross College, Worcester.
 The sermon was by Rev. William H. Kennedy of St. Mary's. Norwich, who said in the course of his address:
 Father kennedy's Sermon.
 Our reason for assembling in this l temple of God tonight is to pay trib- ute to the gallant boys who are in l their country's service on land and sea ready to give a new glory to Old | Glory. We are doing nothing new or strange, for in all ages the admira- l tion of the people for their military 1 heroes has found expression in monu- ments erected to their honor.
 To love ones country is an instinct of nature-a passion of the human l breast If to love ones country, to be | loyal and devoted to it's interests is natural how much reason have we Americans to be faithful to our coun- | try and loyal to her flag and solicitous 1 for her honor. Do we not live in the | greatest, freest and most prosperous 1 country on Gods earth? This repub- | lie of ours is the most successful eX- pertinent in government of the peo- | pie. by the people and for the people | that the world has ever seen. Here everybody enjoys perfect liberty; all ! citizens are equal before the law and have equal privileges and equal op- portunities to advance themselves. 1 And we Catholics have every reason to be loyal; for here as in no other country do we enjoy liberty of con 1 SC4cuCe dHu p6ll6Cl lIGSuOH III LuS | practice of our religion. We may in- ] deed thank God that nowhere has the i church made more progress than here ! in the [. s. A. In fact. the progress of the church in America is the mar vel and wonder of the world.
 i Who can gaze on those broad stripes and bright stars without feeling his 1 heart beat faster and the blood move more quickly through his veins? Who can see it floating proudly to the | breeze, whether in the quiet of Q peaceful day or amid the battle smoke and not feel that his aspirations are moved to a higher level by the mean ] ing he gets out of it's majestic color ing? The red emblematic of the blood
 of heroes; the white, indicative of oul sincerity of purpose in all that we do the bright stars on the field of blue tokens of hope to the oppressed of al
 the world.
 Our God given duty may be summed
 up in two words-obedience and sac rifice. We fall in behind Old Glory
 that's obedience. We will exhaust ev .I cry nerve and sinew of our body tc help win the war; we pledge ever!
 dollar, every drop of blood to heI cause: that's sacrifice.
 A day is coming, let us hope it is not distant, when guns will be husheC
 on the battlefeds of Europe wher the slaughter will be over and peace will have returned. Some of our loved
 ones will be sleeping in the conse crated soil of dear old France. Bu
 some will return to tell of hardship! | bravely endured. sacrifices gallantly
 made, of lives willingly given, that WI
 might live. that the light of freedom might not be put out in this world
 But living or dead we must face then
 with proofs that our hearts have no forgotten, that our souls have no
 faltered. Their service flag is alst
 ours. Let's give them love for love
 honor for honor and hope for hope Meanwhile, as we lift up our eye
 and gaze with pride and reverence ol
 this symbol of heroes conservation
 look still higher. High above the fla, you will see the cross-the service fai
 of Jesus Christ. On it he gave tn proof of His greater love for man
 Without Jesus love is but mockery
 honor is only a name and hope is flu tile. Without Him their sacrifice and ours will be in vain. Wher
 Jesus is there is love. there Is honor and there is hope. Service withou the cross is vain and men withou Christ are helpless.
 Special Music.
 The choir sang Oh, Jesus! in Ac
 cents Burning! and Benediction of tn
 Most Blessed Sacrament followed. Tn closing number was The Star Span gled Banner. sung by the congrega
 tion. The recessional was Nationa
 Echoes.
 G. A. R. Veterans Attend,
 Resident members of the G. A. F
 were present in a body. Specia
 guests included MT. and Mrs. F. I
 Ballou, Mir. and Mrs. L. M Carpen
 ter, Dr. and Mrs. G. H. Jennings. M and Mrs. D. L. Phillips, Mr and Mir E. A. Forest. Rev. Frank White, MI
 and Mrs. B. R. Gardner, MT. and Mir
 E. H. Hiscox. MT and Mrs. Alex Nc Nicol, c. c. Palmer. W. R. Palme o. L. Johnson and Robert Johnson The priests who were present weh Rev. R. P. Morrissey, Voluntown Rev. H. F. Chagnon, Taftville: Re . F. R. DesSareault. Occum; Rev Ed
 E. Mccarthy and John Landry, Moo } sup, and Rev J. H. Seiferman, Jew 5 ett City.
 The roll of honor includes thes . names:
 Roll of Honor.
 Army: William Menard, Adrien Mt nard Lieut. Alfred LHeureux, EC
 mund Belisle, Arthur Belisle, Victt
 St. John, Deliphor St. John, Frederic = Bouchard. Joseph Bouchard, Alexar ! der Desjardines, Clara Desjardint 1 (nurse), Lieut.. William F. Drisco g Edward Asche, Randolph Auclair, P, = ter Bessette, John Blake, Jr., Hem Bicknell, Harold Brickley, Frederic 1 Couture, Arthur Cloutier. Henry c;
 dieux, John Dwyer, James Dugga