Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 289, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 December 1915 — St. Augustine’s Church Notes. [ARTICLE]

St. Augustine’s Church Notes.

Tomorrow, Dec. Bth, is the feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. This is not only a holy day of obligation throughout the universal church, but is also the paitronat feast of the United States. Services at the Catholic church here will be as follows: First mass at 8 o'clock. The young ladies’ sodality will receive holy communitn. Rosary, highmass and sermon at 10. At 2:30 devotional exercises, solemn reception of the candidates into the sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. Next Tuesday morning requiem high mass will be chanted in memory of Lucy Healy. This mass is the sodalities’ mass, and every member is urged to be present and to receive holy communion in memory of their member and friend. The ladies of the parish will hold their final meeting Thursdy afternoon at the home of Mrs. Matthew Worden. At this meeting all arrangements will he perfected for their bazaar, which takes place on Dec. 14, 16 and 16. The bazaar will 'be held at the parochial school hall. In order to gain additional space, desks will be removed from one of the school rooms and the room utilized as a -dining room, it being on the first floor, and can easily be reached by everyofie. The ladies will serve chicken the first, oysters the second and turkey the last evening. The different booths at the bazaar will be of great attraction, as the ladies haye been working strenuously to make them beautiful and enticing, as well as profitable. The children', too, have been co-oper-ating with their parents for the success of the affair, having been very busy for several weeks making articles for their booths at school, under the direction of the sisters. Don’t fail to visit the bazaar at the Presbyterian church dining parlors next Wednesday and Thursday, Dec. Bth and 9th.