Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1954-05-13
Catholic Groups Elect Officers for Coming Year

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Election of officers of ST..
Mary's Parish Council, Altar
and Rosary Society, and Study
Guild was held at st. Mary's
parish, Tuesday, May 4, follow
ing a dinner meeting and a
short business meeting, presid-
ed over by Mrs. Frank Fink,
president of the Parish Coun-
Gil. Mrs. John Boyle, Parish
Council secretary, presented a
brief resume of the years &C
tivitieS.
Two days Of recollection were
sponsored by the women of the
Parish, a spiritual banquet was
presented to our pastor, Father
James E. Maher, and t h e
Bishops and moderator of our
Dioscese, and MonSignor, VIM.
J. GalIiua, Dean. The prayers
of the parish were added to the
spiritual banquet to be present
ed to His Hollines Pope Pious
XII as a gift of the women
of the Dioscese by His Excel
Iency Archbishop Edward F.
Hoban.
The Study Guild sponsored an
International Relations Institute,
with Mrs. Fred Meigle of
PaineSville speaking on t h e
Point Four program, and Mrs.
Gerald Klyn Jr. of M n t o I
speaking on the United Nations
and its functions. Topics studied
by the various clubs included
Teaching Honesty, Obedience
and Religion in the Home, +"
international Relations" How
to Study the Bible" ''LegiSla-
ton, THE Mass" and Truths
of the Catholic church"
Voluntary contributions of
the women of the parishes pro-
viding for the budget of the
year covering gifts to the Ge-
auga county T.B. Association,
Heart Fund, Red Cross, March
of Dimes, Cancer Fund, Geauga
county Hospital Women's Asso-
citation, Hospital for Crippled
children, st. Josefkangregation
Bovavia, Opportunity h |
of Geauga county, children in
foster homes and at Hudson
Bay Farm, and Catholic Serv-
ice Bureau Christmas F n d,
two holiday gift baskets, For
eign Missions, therapy depart
ment of Cleveland State hos
pital, religious training litera-
ture for pre- school child for
200 families, America" mag
azine for Public Library, pam
phlets and books for st. Mary's
Parish Library, flowers a n d
gifts for the Altar.
Volunteer workers contributed
1875 hours making cancer dress
ings, assisting with the sales
of articles made by unny
Acres patients, fund solicita-
tions, and 1900 pounds of
clothing collected and packed
for shipment to Korea.
Through the efforts of t h e
parish women, new equipment
was obtained for the church
kitchen and $3,250.29 was add
ed to the Building Fund by
serving monthly fish dinners,
selling doughnuts, and refund
ing tax stamps.
The Mariateens, our young
peoples club, under the guild
ance of youth chairman, Miss
Florence Hangach, sponsored a
Family Communion Sunday, and
Maundy Tuesday Holy H 0 u r,
assisted in organizing OF h +
similar groups in Deanery, en-
tertained parents with a Gay
COS Skit, and financed their ac-
tivitieS with bake sales and a
candy sale. They assisted in
Building Fund activities of the
Parish Council.
The president, Mrs. F = a n K
Fink, announced that members
of the Cleveland DioSceaSan
Council, with both civic n d
other religious groups, are pro-
testing the showing of the film,
condemned by the M 1t i on
Picture Movie Code, ''T h e
Moon is Blue"
The biennial conference OF