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...Calumet, Mich, last week Rev. Joseph Alderic Paquet of St. Ann's Roman Catholic Church declared that during mass he had unlocked the tabernacle on his altar, uncovered a ciborium to distribute Communion. To his amazement three fresh roses fell out, moistly spotted with what appeared to be blood. Father Paquet called the occurrence "mysterious" if not "miraculous...
...fleet its first batch of mail. Later, with the St. Yves plying between the Banks boats and St. Pierre-Miquelon and Godthaab in Greenland, Father Yvon will bring more mail and necessary supplies. Officially the St. Yves is a hospital ketch, equipped for surgical operations. It also contains an altar, but many a day Father Yvon packs up his holy vessels, pulls on rubber boots beneath his Capuchin robe, sets out over rough seas in a dory to different fishing boats. Passing out cigarets to seamen, fishermen, cabin boys, he changes into his priestly vestments, celebrates mass on an altar...
...York City's Harlem, white Promoter-Preacher-Spiritualist Don Platt used an old candy store for a church and got three Negroes robed in white cotton over their street clothes to go into a doze on three cots set up before an improvised altar. He called it a "trance marathon." invited newshawks to ask the subjects what they saw in the spirit world. Subject John Epps reported that "George Washington says the New Deal is all right except for so much taxin' of the people. He's in favor of changin' the Constitution in favor...
...reward, attempting to drown his remorse in a night of mighty and generous carousal, and finally, confronted with the incontrovertible fact of his treachery, fleeing the vengeance of his pal's friends, only to be shot down and to die a bewildered repentant at the foot of an altar, is a source of wonderment. One can only regret that his histrionic ability has not been utilized before. With his powerful physique and mobile, ugly countenance he is excellently adapted to this tale of an inexorable destiny marching with ever increasing rapidity to brutal resolution...
...Union, remarked: "It's going to be a great meeting although the Devil has sent ice and snow to try to thwart the Christians." So when Evangelist Wright brought his exhortations to a shouting climax, pale, pious Shirley Tapp was among the first to hasten up to the altar, burst into prayer. "Oh, Lord," cried she, "I will always praise You and never be afraid to bear Your name!" Then & there she collapsed...