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St. Cloud register (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1938-1955

December 19, 1952 · Page 9 of 12

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. N K REGISTER CLOUD ST. THE Marked Makes Indians Monsignor New ’ A of Faith Profession When Christmas Was Illegal Such Fears on Grimm " a l CHRISTMAS KARLEK BY JOAN illegal it time when At was a in Christmas New celebrate to Indians, the spir- under England, i Jesuits, of the direction itual the birthday of observing were of New isolated Christ in parts Indian And France. to con- so, MONARCH credit the for should verts go probably the first what was con- INSURANCE lIFE Christmas observance of sistent ' World. in the New V COMPANY their strict Puritan Because of beliefs, Pilgrims did cele- the not brate Christmas in New Eng- I To avoid the land. excesses asso- ciated with the feast which Life, health, accident'and‘ OR FOR MINUTE were A MAY we, STOP Old England prevalent in that at oun insurance. EXTEND TWO WITH YOU AND- group celebration time, the of Christ- Massachusetts in made AND WISHES SINCERE GOOD mas was . . . penal This offense in 1659. law a row FOR YOUR SAY, ‘THANK TO later repealed but it was was "Jeff" Hennes J. C. PATRONAGE FINE before Christmas many years » in observed New England. was 11¢- Riverside N.E. 7.12 In French settlers 1604, under the leadership of De Monts made Cloud, Minn. St. PARAMOUNT HAYS 8. THEATRES St. settlement temporary a on Croix Island, off the of coast MONSIGNOR Maine. When Christmas came Domestic Prelate by Co- investiture Peter his THE RT. REV. to St. Cloud as a they held religious services in the Bartholome.—-(Bob Peter W. Bishop adjutor % Cathedral, of St. Mary’s rector Lorsung, After,Mass chapel they built. had Molitor photo) prior making his profession of faith is shown the of the day in rest spent was and much it, games sports, as Christmas of would have Glory been home. But 1st at , before another Christmas had greatcioy, I “Fear behold, for, bring good the settlement‘was aban- tidings not; of come, you doned. I which shall be all people.” Records to Early Jesuit §§§\\\\illlllllll//// Aside from the said Mass Kailer hoofbeatsl of the Magi, belongs the (The Rev. William sound of A on to group Croix St. Island, the first of cavalry, Latino. the Pontifical mission from the Arab legion Dunn regu- a: lar Christmas observance in flying long describes banners from for Palestine his first _ Parish Ceremony North‘America probably that galloped the (1.951) in the Holy into Christmas was spears, The Parochial Mass in “our” Jesuit missionaries of and their preceding the of Land.) cars square, fix little church Beit Sahour at Indian vicinity in the of converts the Patriarch and his on entour- Weeks sadness of preceded my Christmas morning had fasci- Quebec. a fbfia age. first Christmas Holy in the Land. I ill." nation its all At Bethlehem '2 own. ‘% Jesuit of their first The gray—clad Patriarch (he accounts x As member Pontifical of the . \t\ a all had been "441 Pontifical, inter— \ ' g in America tell is alighted, of the de- Franciscan) put Mission . for Palestine, had I been years a national; Beit Sahour, the at I In peo- ‘ votion that the Indians had the and for visiting refugee in Leban— on purpc cuppa magna, camps 7 ple of the parish, all Arabs and L offi- the anniversary received the homage the of the birth of of Transjordan, and “’7 0 dispensing on r/ . of them Palestine refu- many k;th our In Our cials. Then the Lord. it procession 1644, is recorded, alms the the Holy Father of and 2'4 3 a]? re- had their Christmas. gees, own ll . turned the Basilica. The to they fasted Christmas the Church Universal the _ to ’v, en- on eve, .1! kit" . Don Veglio had explained to a'door this edifice is tragic trance and small chapel victims the to of cedar Palestine. and of a that his people of most went me only about- four high. It manger feet fir branches ... housed the war. Bethlehem to midnight and at in constructed past of the Infant Jesus. Many was ,so ages Ten days of driving wind and pern- Body From Shop then their church to came were Moslems from riding to prevent own performed in rains indeed, blessing ances prepara- to were, a and Communion, for Mass begin- Basilica into horseback. the tion for receiving Christ in Com- on the but farmers, they had ning arrive to around 3:30 Standing beside this ,last door a.m. munion His birthday. Those brought destruction the to tents on Since they‘were tired and there Christmas Greek Or- lived who than days’ two eve were a disintegration and of the mud more w would be confeSsions to thodox and Armenian priests, many journey the from chapel an huts, met at and had flooded the caves Ervin M. Prom, Street Prop. 2115 Division hear, he hoped that be ‘ would I that violation of to given place sing see regu- to carols. Deep no the refugees. Christmas of in a patient. lations occurred. and Bethlehem, cold could for not snow severe was me, a ray Phone Cloud 5460 St. gasoline A in the motor keep At o’clodk in the, the Indians from 9 evening I from coming the sac- to stars. risty—Don Veglio finds it cheap- returned St. Catherine’s adore their Lord. To to them the to left Jerusalem Bethlehem I for his electricity— make to assist the hearing Confes- er own in of small chapel seemed like little via the Arab a road through new started, and soft lights sions. About was 2,000 be packed neon paradise. can territory the of morning on all through went church. the on into this church: 7,000 some Christmas be the The Jesuit chronicles describe to guest eve, The altar from the old church, The wanted in. Francis- to get Don Veglio, the of of in detail the Christmas celebra- pastor carved from local by stone two attempted had control to cans church Beit Sahour, about tion in including at 1645, small a even brothers the of village, of is the crowd by issuing tickets of one half mile outside Bethlehem. mishaps which occurred. Bells the loveliest things in Holy the (In told, admission. 1942, I was This vil- is the traditional home announcing Midnight Mass be- Land, and it had been taste- when soldiers in the very many were lage of although the shepherds, Following ring o’clock. to 11 at A usual gan fully custom decorated by “Sisters Arab our Middle East, 12,000 had tried to the where they exact spot THE half hour later the congregation ToooE‘nv were the Rosary.” o'f in. Diplo other offi- get ats and first feeding their flocks that ' began sing French Christmas to on ‘ The cials 1i rally carried in— first .Nocturn of the Yuletide were Christmas be clearly st- cannot each hymns, “Chantons Noel” eve and Season. the shoulders of police.) Christmas Matins the we chanted in on established. was “Venez, Dieu.” Monsieur St. mon Arabic, the Common the Mass of Pontifical During the Midnight The Catholic ,Wel- Martin played Near East the violin, while J‘Eddie” “Joe” Terrahe Schmitt Ahmann Mrs. Leo of the Angels in Latin Mass Bethlehem is the Proper was sung at take this Ferte fare Monsieur society hasbuilt there de la bass. to to a sang means by the say you congregation, the and chant in and the Common in lovely church, Someone with else pla ,ed rectory, German a Proper of Christmas in Arabic. four-part harmony, all school, hall, sung as parish and flute which convent, of out tune. was soon The schoolmaster, seated the at, only those of Latin descent can athletic shrine large field.” A a Sacrisl-an Forgot Signal little foot-pumped in the There cute... do it. boy organ were sopranos, Lady Our of Fatima and to to front the of church, both but their voices accom- the not The hymns finished were. St. Therese Lisieux, of ,it Were a repre- panied and directed the singing. light with which type little before midnight “Te when we are gifts Catholic sents the of 5,000 8. The church all is of stone, and, familiar; they like Deum” A shot dedicated were more Americans and at was sung. cannon was with 200 singing with all Woodwind instruments. At the some midnight Christmas, at announced the be- Of the 1950. 250 their might, their voices must intonation the Gloria, of tre- children ginning Mass. the school, a of By order of the attending have been heard Bethlehem in mendous electric‘star the over about I the sacristan 50 cent governor, per were, sup- was itself. Almost all of those and. lighted all the "Thanks sanctuary and pres- too. was learned, Moslems. posed give signal the Ele- to at we say. a a received ent Holy Communion. bells Bethlehem of in out Services Catholics rang Latin for vation when the to was cannon How forcefully these two salute the Infant King. to Bethlehem held, be prin- be fired again. the at must But sacristan dawn hours‘_at Beit Sahour million” for con- Mass, cipally, After indulgence the ancient Basil- in not forgot give the signal. At the to your an was many trasted with the midnight splen- published. Then the ica of Constantine (later restored procession end the faithful of the Mass, re- Barry dor and ritual the hill Beth- at up the by Justinian) in adjoin- formed image of the but the to ceived Holy Communion, then lehem. There the of presence past courtesies. Infant Jesus ing and quite large Church the Manger to not remained hear Low Mass. to as a representatives of the nations Grotto beneath St.-Catherine. the Basilica. of Ush- Early morning, the chapel next in repetition of was, sense, a a the arises Again occasion to the in ancient Turkish ThevBasilica itself is in costumes ers caught fire. It had been heated the adoration the of Magi. But (a relic the Ottoman rule) possession of Greek and of Arme- for Midnight Mass by great two down here the “shepherds’ in led procession. the rhythmic nian the Orthodox who allow kettles which no of fire, town,” were sup- the rough-hewn simplic- pledge. tapping of their iron-tipped Latin although services, Latin be removed the end posed to at renewing in unite ity and unadorned devotion ‘of our staffs Catholics the authorized to pavement announc- on are en- of the Mass., In the excitement these villagers like was more The ing its image of the main door hold and ter to progress. of kettles the the moment, what the Christchild had were known the Christchild, in silver crib, Manger Grotto services the in a forgotten and the floor under- the night' birth—— an of His will and good very earth of by beneath borne the Patriarch. The the High Altar. peace on was fire of them caught bells neath at Co. church resounding the'glo- one lighted o’clock clergy carried candles At that afternoon, 1 as o’clock 5 the morning. The in THIES-MAYMAN PONTIAC rias of the angels, grizzled faces went the procession through the into passed Bethlehem the for we cook, Pierre Gontier, who framed flowing in. veils, bodies was Basilica, illuminated by only welcoming Archbis ceremony a op toward fellow preparing breakfast kitch- in the clothed man. in brilliant-colored our once oil lamps. Albert Gori, Latin Patriarch of few flames below, noticed the and children dresses, St. Cloud barefoot in tat- en Jerusalem. At the main altar Greeks Some the 6,000 persons extinguished th immediately tered garments. e chanting Manger Mass, although assembled in were were a faithful After breakfast the fire. As these humble parishioners Basilica) their celebration is the Square (in of front the great on o’clock High assisted 8 at an approached the altar receive to May Epiphany. which each of The Latin choir, receive and the all ad- rooftops of many you on Mass. Communion, later and kiss to joining buildings. had announced the procession it “the rThe devotion of the Indians, Infant,” they with glorious The procession children, and of most were re-en- appro- a acting in this reported, increased throughout Judean is hill priate harmonization of “Adeste, seminarians from nearby Beit very Christ- during the fold blessings the By their devo- country, accurately than 1672, it Fideles,” “Jesu Re- singing Jala, and priests and in more years. canons was could possibly be done elsewhere tion that they Catherine’s great dcmptor Omnium,” between filed St. and out of was so con- copes the in world, the the tinued the singing of Christmas events of hear in striking the the could and passed far end of to verses one first Christmas night. until and hymns Easter. the Oriental chant of between of honor guard contrast songs square MOS season. a and piety In- The devotion of the Greek from the But Arab legion in full Mass. the adoration love of and dian restricted not military regalia. converts band from \Ve the Jesus A down stairs Christ manifested Beth- to in were went HOTEL the Quebec In Fa- 1679, neighboring Salesian to the boys’ the silver lehem Beit where and Sahour had star area. grotto a sup- the Jesuit mis- school plied ther Enjalran, SPANIOL played Christmas carols mark the of and altar another angle to Christ- spot an my Missilimakinac, and other appropriate sionary music. Our Lord’s birth. This. meditation. For at centuries re- too. mas letter his superior Greeks. in All officials of Beth- the the Catholic ported to civic is possession of in past nations of Eu- a lehem in villages and down Indians his also and adjoining little the right, had that the A sent and, to rope area men, money, St. Cloud three Catholic, Orthodox, and the for the all- times, military special is had esteem at protection to steps, manger — for- where laid and Moslem—were the Babe the birth in of and endearing mystery adorn the place present reverence was this, adjoining mal Suddenly, the with the Altar the attire. of Savior’s birth. Christ. of ‘ {KlflfiiéPfilfilélfiMMWK’QKWfiéHEMMWKKfiWEWKWWEKK REM enammemeemmmmeeweezewefizmmm a ,1 . g l—lou at" ‘ ‘ this of all the May joy / May be the this happiest Christmas have ever you. 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