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Confirmation ‘tour’ stops at Sacred Heart Parish
Original Publication Date: 12.30.1949
TAMPA | Bishop Thomas J. McDonough administers the sacrament of Confirmation to the boys of Sacred Heart Parish in Tampa.
During the recent Confirmation tour from Nov. 25 to Dec. 16, Catholics in 20 parishes scattered over the length and breadth of Florida were anointed with Holy Chrism as a sign of their reception of the Holy Ghost. Bishop Thomas J. McDonough, D.D., J.C. D, auxiliary bishop of St. Augustine, conferred the sacrament amid impressive ceremonies.
The bishop addressed capacity congregations at every parish. He spoke first of the new dignity that accrued to the souls of those confirmed, the new duty and the new dedication they had as soldiers of Jesus Christ. Speaking directly to those confirmed, he said, “You are now enlisted in army of Christ, and it is your solemn duty to promote the cause of Christ as zealously and even more so than the Communist promotes the teachings of Karl Marx.”
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Mass at ‘St.’ Jake’s Bowling Alley
Original Publication Date: 02.06.59
COCOA BEACH | The congregation of the new Church of Our Savior, Cocoa Beach, attends Mass in its temporary church at Jake’s Bowling Alley, where Mass has been held each Sunday for more than two years. Father Charles W. Spellman, pastor, is pictured as he was about to begin the Mass. This scene will be soon relegated to the pages of history, for a building fund campaign for the construction of a provisional church is now under way. Bids are to be opened Feb. 8 and the contract awarded soon thereafter for the construction of the new building.
Want to know how it feels to live in a “boom town” near the Guided Missile Testing Center at Cape Canaveral, Fla.? Go to Cocoa Beach some Sunday morning and attend Mass at Jake’s Bowling Alley.
As you take your seat in one of the spectators’ benches, not knowing whether to genuflect or just sit down, the first thing that meets your eye is a big sign: “Bowl away your troubles –– alleys open from 10 a.m. to 2 a.m.”
As you look down at the makeshift altar, set on the runways to the alleys, you see, stretching behind it, the neat alleys with all the pins in place.
Bowling balls are conveniently in place alongside the wall on either side. You begin to feel like taking off your street shoes to put on your bowling keds.
Your eye is again attracted to the altar, for, just above twhere the crucifix is hanging on the cheesecloth–covered backdrop, a very familiar sign not usually seen in churches: “Miller’s High Life –– the Champagne of Beers.”
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