Word: riting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Imitating an old Hopi Indian fertility rite, 300 eager, but determined Wellesley seniors weathered competition from outsiders and other obstacles to take part in the annual May Day hoop race yesterday...
Nowadays, there are few cases of Satan's direct "interference" in human affairs. The rite of exorcism is still authorized (in the Greek Orthodox as well as the Roman Catholic Church) for the purpose of driving out the Devil from a possessed person. But almost no cases of a real "possession" occur. Contributor Joseph de Tonquedec, S.J., designated as the Grand Exorcist of the Archdiocese of Paris, has not come across a case of pure possession in 20 years...
...prohibition of "Black Mass," the rite of devil-worship at the University of Chicago has caused the student government to consider a resolution criticizing the University for "unjustified suppression of religious freedom...
Though married men are permitted to become priests in most Eastern Rite Roman Cathohic churches, such permission has been otherwise extremely rare since the 12th Century...
...until they were rained out." This afternoon, the Committee is featuring the St. Williams CYO Band on the City Hall Plaza. "They'll all be dressed as the Pifferari and playing bagpipes...or at least they sound like clarinets. It's an old Italian custom. Also a Bavarian rite of lighting four candles, one each week of advent. The mayor lights them; really great to see. The Camp Edwards Choral Arts Society will sing at that one. We even have Mme. Melba McCreery with a group of church soloists in the evening. She sang over forty times at La Scala...