Restoration
Plans for Old St. Thomas
Reviewed at Weekly Meet
Wilmington — Efforts are now in progress to restore St. Thomas
Church located in the downtown area of this city which is the chief
coastal port of North Carolina. The edifice was destroyed by fire
tufo years ago. It is located on Dock Street, two blocks from the Cape
Fear River.
A committee has been formed
for the preservation of the
building and weekly meetings
are held.
The exterior of the building
seems to have little damage but
a survey of the interior reveals
that the fundamental supports
of the building are beyond re
pair.
The Committee is composed of
Miss Mary Sheehan, chairman, R.
V. Asbury, co-chairman, D. A.
Lockfaw, treasurer, and Miss
Elizabeth Powell, secretary. Oth
,er members are Mrs. S. C. Kel
lam, Kelly Jewell, and Ernest I.
King, and Leon Pierce. The
project has the support of the
historic bodies of Wilmington.
Mrs. Kellam is Archivist of New
Hanover County, Mr. Jewell is
president of the Lower Cape
Fear Historical Society, and Mr.
Asbury is a member of the His
Teachers Group Asks
Equal Treatment
Montreal — (NC) — The Pro
vincial Association of Catholic
Teachers (PACT) issued a call
here for Catholic religious in
struction and Catholic teachers
to be provided on demand for
Catholic students attending Pro
testant schools.
PACT sent a brief to the Min
ister of Education containing this
request respecting the 3,120 Eng
lish-speaking Catholic students
across the Province who are cur
rently attending Protestant
schools.
The English-speaking Catholics
are attending the Protestant
schools in preference to French
speaking Catholic schools in
which they would experience a
language barrier. This has oc
curred in several areas where
English-speaking Catholics do not
have sufficient numbers to form
their own school system.
torical Society and the Historic
Wilmington Foundation.
A presentation has been pre
pared by Mr. R. V. Asbury, and
the Committee plans to con
tinue its efforts toward the
restoration of the historic
church dedicated in 1847 and
known as the “Cradle of Ca
tholicism in North Carolina.”
Ladies of Charity
Sponsor Charlotte
Bridge April 4th
Charlotte — The Ladies of
Charity will hold their annual
Silver Bridge on April 4 at 8:00
p.m. at St. Patrick’s Hall here.
The committee chairman is Mrs.
Louis Faquin. She is assisted by
the following committees: Tick
ets: Mrs. William Hall; Favors and
Decorations: Mrs. Robert Ma
her; Door Prizes: Mrs. Eu
gene Layman; Table Prizes:
Mrs. J. L. Smith; Refreshments:
Mrs. Roy Edgecombe; Advisor:
Mrs. Paul Poetzsch.
The benefit bridge is unique
in having all door prizes of sil
ver and is a popular social
spring event Hie major portion
of the proceeds will be given to
Sister Elizabeth, M.S.B.T. and her
staff at Catholic Social Services to
be used in their work of caring
for foster babies, unwed moth
ers, and family counseling.
Mrs. Frank J. Rodgers is pres
ident of the group and is active
ly engaged in plans to interest
groups of ladies in other cities
in the diocese to form a Chapter
of Ladies of Charity, which was
founded by St Vincent de Paul
in 1617 and is now active in 43
countries of the world.
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Catholics, Lutherans
End Talks to Study
‘Ministry Problems’
New York —- Lutheran and
Catholic theologians meeting
here on the subject of inter
communion declared at the close
of their conversations that any
consensus on the controversial
issue must await a deeper study
of the “entire problem of the
ministry.”
A joint statement issued by
the conferees said intercommun
ion was chosen as the topic of
the consultation because an
earlier report drawn up by the
group on the Eucharist “acknowl
edged intercommunion to be one
of the pressing and as yet un
resolved problems demanding
further discussions.”
The talks, held at the head
quarters of the Lutheran Church
in America, marked the begin
ning of the fourth year of the
ological discussion between mem
bers of the two churches. Co
sponsors of the conversations are
the National Committee of the
Lutheran World Federation
(LWF) and the Catholic Bish
ops’ Committee on Ecumenical
and Interreligious Affairs
(BCEIA).
Twenty-three participants took
part in the conversations.
In their six meetings over the
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Sponsored University Study
Raleigh — An initial gift of
Judge William Gaston memora
bilia was presented to the North
Carolina Catholic Historical Asso
ciation this week. Mr. and Mrs.
William F. Ward of New Bern pre
sented a heavy brass nameplate
of Judge Gaston which was or
iginally on the door of his log
office. The plate is 30 inches
long and four inches wide and
past four years, Lutheran and
Catholic theologians have de
voted a total of 16 days to doc
trinal discussions on the Nicene
Creed, Baptism, the Eucharist,
and inter-communion.
“We were reasonably certain
that the teachings of our respec
tive traditions regarding Bap
tism are in substantial agreement
and this opinion has been con
firmed at this meeting.”
Sessions held during 1966 and
1967 in Washington, New York
and St. Louis dealt with the “Eu
charist as sacrifice.”
These issues, the statement
pointed out, “have been particu
larly divisive in the past and are
involved in most of our disagree
ment on eucharistic doctrine
and practice. For this reason it
seems to us important to enun
ciate our growing agreement on
these two points even though
there are other aspects of the
sacrament of the altar we have
not yet discussed.”
the name is in raised letters
beautifully hammered.
The presentation was made
to Miss Elizabeth D. Horne of
Wadesboro, vice-president of "
the association.
The original law office build
ing was purchased some years
ago by the garden club of the
community and moved to a site
next to the city hall. It is pres
ently used as a law office.
The plate will be exhibited at
the next meeting of the board
of directors.
The association has promoted
a historical scholarship by
graiiting a student allotment to
the Very Rev. Francis M. Smith.
He attended a specialized series
of lectures at the University of
North Carolina from March 10 to
16. The program sponsored by
the Institute of Government and
the North Carolina Department
of Archives and History fea
tured professors from State Uni
versity here and from Harvard.
The lectures cited the plan
ning required for the preserva
tion of historical buildings, sites
and areas. Definitions were
given, evaluations of findings
were explained and reviews of
contemporary structural pro
cedures were studied.
The board of directors of the
association hope to promote a
scholarship in this' Held when
ever a suitable program is of
fered.
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