The Jeffersonian (Jefferson, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 8, Ed. 1 Sunday, April 1, 1951 Page: 4 of 12
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Flanked by a special statue of
Our Lady of Fatlma from the
Emerald Isle, two members of
the clergy and 11 altar boys,
Sister PetronlUa, superior of
Marshall's colored Catholic
school, is shown above helping
to break ground St Patrick's
Day for the >20,000 church now
being built at'. Daiagerfield, Tex.
as. after the clergy present had
shovelled the spade, the super,
lore of the two orders of nuns
in attendance were called on.
The special groundbreaking;
ceremonies were held St. Pat.
rick's Day on the 6 acre tract
purchased Jan. 29 by the Catho.
lie Church. The statue of Our
Lady, purchased In Dublin,
Ireland, wan placed on a pedes,
tal. near the spot 'where the altar
will be in the new church.
Sister PetronlUa, one of 300
colored Sisters working for the
conversion of the Negro race In
the many schools maintained by
her order, is one of 3 Negro Sis.
ten who, with one lay teacher,
staff the Holy Spirit School in
Marshall. At present 120 pupils
are enrolled/in the school.
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TOMMY WILLIAMS TAKES THE 8PAOE _ Little Tommy Williams, Holy Mass. Tommy, the son ef a railroad worker Is an nth I
altar boy from Hughes Springs, above. Is bavin* his tura breakingaltar boy of the mission ef Our Lady of Fatima aii aSt,
the ground for the Catholic Church li which later be will serve staff photos.
$2,612.54:
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FRIENDS FROM JERUSJ
AMONG 20 WHO GAVE S|
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"COMPLETION FUND PROQIL,
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states frankly that the mission chul!
of God now under construction t dJI
of the alms of its many kind frl %3
celved during the last month — they
October — great progress MU8T B8
months in order to have the (2,(ml
meet pressing financial obligationi. |1
above the $4,000 responsibility which «fl
pride by the members of the tlnymjl
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tributed $166.50 last month is in4«jjj
is that there weren't 120 others to cod
alms to hplp complete a mission ntJ
Fatima. These, however, yet have tinTS
reminded by this April issue to getdJ
Our Lady, c/o Box 705, Jef'erson, Tal
Among our 20 contributors thiiJ
great pleasure, the names of Fitlitri,
menian Catholic priest in Jerusalea, il
of Athlone, Ireland. In the midst oil
John asked us to withhold $3 from 1
offerings which we would send him 1
his little offering to help complete (
from St. Patrick's Isle Mrs. Patrick k
s it my appeal for the shrine, ma!M
bill. The little Irish mother of Slsterj
of the T & P Hospital, Mai shall, rend i
in THE JEFFERSONIAN, which *e(
With the generosity of the Irish shedJ
a little chapel dedicated to the great!
BVM.
The sacristy and priest's room arj
ed with the chapel. To complete th!i|
for it the sum of $2,612.50 yet to be J
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which Sister PetronlUa Is a
member has been in existence
in the United States 'or over a
hundred years. It was founded in
New Orleans back in 1842. For
109 years it has given Negro
Catholic women the opportunity
to serve In the great cause of
Jesus Christ, King, 1>y accept,
lng the Master's invitation to. a
1%) of special c^meecration in
the service of God.
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O'Rourke, John G. The Jeffersonian (Jefferson, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 8, Ed. 1 Sunday, April 1, 1951, newspaper, April 1, 1951; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth293190/m1/4/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.