Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 May 1914 — St. Augustine's Church Notes. [ARTICLE]

St. Augustine's Church Notes.

Thursday, the 21st day of May, the church celebrates the feast of the ascension of our Lord. It is a holy day of obligation. The order of services at St. Augustine’s church will be as follows: Early mass at 8 o'clock; rosary, highmass, sermon and benediction at 10 o’clock, next Sunday, the sixth Sunday after Easter, the early mass with a short instruction will be at 8 o’clock; high mass and sermon at 10 o'clock. At 2:30 Christian doctrine, May devotion and benediction. Divine services each week-day morning at 8 o’clock. Wednesday and Friday mornings during the month of. May, devotion to Mary, the Mother of our divine Savior.

Members of st. Rose’s Sodality are conducting most satisfactory rehearsals of the religious drama, “May Brooke’s Trials,” which they will present at the parochial school hall, Friday evening, May 22nd. The Holy Name Society at their last meeting decided to give their first annual picnic on the 10th of June in the Kanne grove, southwest of town. The different committees in charge of the affair will meet next Sunday after late services in the school hall.

A Junior League of the Holy Name will be established on May 31st All boys of the parish, under the age of sixteen are eligible to membership. The parochial school will close on the 3rd o.f June. The work of the pupils will be on exhibition in the, school hall on the 31st of May and on the Ist, 2d and 3d of June. All are invited to visit this exhibition. J