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PAGE 8-HONGKONG DAILY "PRESS

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CHURCH & GENERAL.

CATHOLIC NEWS & NOTES British And Foreign Soc.

FEASTS OF ST. AUGUSTINE · AND PUBLIC AUCTION. ST. BEDE: CHURCHES BOMBED

THE Undersigned have received instructions from The Official Administrator, Supreme Court,

to sell by

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Tuesday, the 27th May, 1941.

commencing at 10.30 a.m.

at No. 182. Prince Edward Road,

First Floor (Kowloon) «

A QUANTITY OF VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE

(effects of the late Mr. J. Bickerstaff)

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TWO SAINTS CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH THE GROWTH OF CHRISTIANITY IN ENGLAND, Augustine and Bede, have their feasts during this week, St. Bede on Tuesday and St. Augustine on Wednea- day. St. Augustine was the Apostle of England and the first Arch- bishop of Canterbury. By birth he was a Roman, and he was a monk at St. Andrew's on the Coellan Hill when he was sent to England by

whom St. Gregory the Great. With the help of the monks brought to the country he preached the Christian Faith through all parts, and in a short time baptised the king and more than ten thou sand people. %

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The establishment of the See of Canterbury is generally dated from his arrival in England, in 542 It was his intention to estab- bishopric had been lish another metroplitan see in York, where a founded two centuries earlier, St. Augustine ruled in Canterbury till 605.

St. Bede, a great historian and ana sword of La Valette. founder Doctor of the Church, was an Eng-or the city of Valetta several ishman, born at Jarrow in 673, people were killed when a heavy He was a member of the Benedic bomb struck the building. tine Order and the most learned The sanctuary and nave of the man of his day.

Basilica of Our Lady of Victories, His works comprise ali the honoured and enriched by succes knowledge of his time, for he wrote sive Grand Masters of the Knights completely en Grammar, Rhetorte, Mathemajo: Malta, have been tics, Natural Philosophy Astro- shattered. It is feared that many nomy. Music and Poetry, while he of the archives have been lost, ulso wrote commentaries the The celebrated statue of Christ) One Westinghouse" Refrigerator Scriptures and compiled Lives of the Redeemer, known locally as

and

One G. E. C." Radiogramı Two Radio Sets

Óne Gas Stove

On View on Day of Sale

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on

Saints

CATHOLIC CHURCHES

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Had Difficult Year

In spite of dnparalleled difficulties brought about by the war, never before in the history of the BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY in China have so many doors been open to the missionary distributing bibles and tracts, said the Rev. W. H. Hudspeth yester- day, when addressing the annual meeting of the Holigkong Auxillary of the Society, held at St. Johns Cathedral Hall.

Twenty-five years ago, Mr. Huds- However, despite the difficulties, peth said, on a visit to Kwelchow opportunities confronting the Bible he was distributing tracts in a city Society were so incomparably called Kweinin when one of these greater than the difficulties to se got into the hands of a Chinese met with, Mr. Hudspeth concluded. teacher who gave it to his son to The Rt. Rev. R. O. Hall, Bishop read, The chlid took it for some of Hongkong. was in the Chalt, reason and died and this mis-supported by Dr, K. L. Relchel, Dr. fortune resulted in an attitude J. A. Montgomery, Hon. Treasurer, being taken by the people of the and the Rev. Frank Short, Hon. city that saw every tract and bible Secretary. being burnt,

In Introducing the speaker. That was 25 years ago. A "few Elshop Hall remarked on the days ago in Yunnan he had learned, necessity to have published in the Mr. "Hudspeth said, that Kweininnear future a book on the Acts of new God since the New Testament. was now the centre of a motor-road development scheme this to be a popular book in Chi- and the junction of an important nese dealing with the lives of rallway. A Christian primary saints and missionaries. school was in operation, and a Christian middle school was being büllt.

PEDDLER READS BIBLE

MONEY NEEDED

Wanted also wus a sum of $20,000 in National currency, to be ad- vanced by someone at an interest | the "Redentur." escaped damage.

In Chungking he had met "a of two per cent, per annum."

Dr. Montgomery, in presenting and, together with the statue of Our Peddler who he saw was reading Lady. It has been transferred for a large book, which turned out to the financial report for the past year, said that the sum of $2,000 safe keeping to the Church of be a large-type bible.

As detalls of air raid damage are gradually divulged it "is seen that the list, of destroyed or serl-St. Helena, in the village of Bir- There was a great demand for aimed at by the Hongkong Auxi

the book throughout both Free and lary, as a donation to the Society:

kirkara. some distance inland,

ously damaged Catholic churches. The treasures of Malta Cathe-cccupied China and the supply had been realised despite the many

is steadily mounting. The South- wark diocese alone. to take one dral have been placed in under- example, has suffered damage, to ground chambers. Among the vie church buildings estimated

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tims of the bombing is Canon' Theuma Relf, à member of the so Basilica Chapter.

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The number of churches severely damaged as to be

CATHOLIC ACTORS counted destroyed now runs into A famous musical comedy actor hundreds. Fourteen Catholic Chur- of the beginning of the century, ches in London are among them. Mr. Joseph Coyne, dled recently Many of the churches that were in a nursing thome.. at Virgmla only partially damaged have been Water, Surrey, aged 73.

could not meet the demand.

CATHOLIC

CATHEDRAL

The following are the forthcomi ing services at the Catholic Cathe dral, Caine Road:

May 25-Sunday octave of the Ascension, Closing Feast of the Month of May.

within

the

THE Undersigned have received repaired and put into use again. He first appeared on the stage Morning services:-1st Mass at '6 That of SS. Anselm arid Cecilia, at the age of sixteen in 1907, in with sermon in Chinese; 2nd Mass on Kingsway, took several months THE MERRY WIDOW, and after-Solemn High Mess; 3rd Mass at to prepare for use again, but it wards visited the United States 10 with sermon in English. was at last re-opened at the band Australla. He made his last Evening services: At 5.30 Re- ginning of March. Owing to the appearance at the Vaudeville citation of the .Holy Rosary, fact that part of the building was Theatre, London. in 1931, in Solemn Procession in the Cathedral completely destroyed it will hold APRON STRINGS.

Compound. sermon and Benedic- only half, the former congregation,

The stage gained another titled ton.

'on

Wednesday, the 28th May, 1941. commencing at 10.30, a.m.

at No. 11A. Jordan Road, Kowloob

A QUANTITY OF VALUABLE

HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE.

On View from Tuesday, the 27th May, 1941.

Terms Cash on Delivery.

difficulties of the past year...

ENGLISH METHODIST

CHURCH

"Queen's Road East. Opposite the Royal Naval Hospital

REV. W.H. ALTON TO CONDUCT ·

EVENING SERVICE Preachers. Morning Rev. E. Moreton; Evening Rev. W.A. Alton.

Morning Parade Service at 10.15 a.m. Hymns: 583, 244, 613, 431, 386; Evening Service at 7 p.m. Hymns:

22, 92, 810, 667.

$

SATURDAY, MAY 24, 1941.

NEW LAID LEGHORN EGGS fresh daily FROM

FAT MING LEGHORN FARM UN LONG, NEW TERRITORY Sole Agent:

HUNG CHEONG

66 Nathan Road,

KOWLOON.

Telephone 37108

KIRIN

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The E Choice of R

The Multitude

Sole Agents

H.' HONDA & CO.

Tel. 20790.

40, Johnston Road, Hong Kong.

Lt. Col. Lord On Need To Salvage Human Waste

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Speaking at the annual general meeting" of the Singapore After- Care Association, Lt. Col. H.A. Lord of the Salvation Army drew atten- NOTICES FOR THE WEEK Following the Evening Service ation to the difficulty experienced in finding employment for those Social Hour will be held at the who had held fairly responsible positions previous to their going to The Jesuit church in Farm St. member a short time ago, when May 27: St. Bede the Venera-S & S Home at 8:30 p.m. All Ser-prison,

,vicemen and civilians warmly wel- Although they were able to was due for re-opening a month Gyles Isham, the distinguished ble, Docter of the Church. later. It has had to be atted with Shakespearean actor became a

May 28 St. Augustin of Can--comed: Monday and Thursday at obtain employment for 174 men he 7 p.m. Badminton Club at the S& would say that it was really dim- temporary roof. Many of the Batonet through the death of his terbury, Bishop.

S Home; Tuesday at 8.30 p.m.cult to find employment for a man buildings around it have been des-father..

May 31-Vigil of Pentecost. troyed and it now has a new entry

On week days Mass at 6 and 7.30, Meeting for "Prayer and Fellowship who had had a fairly responsible from Berkeley Square.

Confessions Morning and Even-at S & S Home; Wednesday at 5.30 positions prèvicus to his downfall,

pim. Coneral Committee at the declared the speaker. &S Home.

- Business men owed a respon- sibility-to-their-own-firms-and to- If-New-York's Chinatown is mov-

Sir Gyles joined the Catholic Church in 1925, when still at Ox MALTA RAID HAVOC

ford. He held there. the offices Narrow streets and centuries-of Editor of the ISIS, President old houses in the harbour area of of the Q.U.D.S., and President of Malta have suffered terribly from the Oxford Union. His father was the German dive-bombers, and Regius Professor of Modern Fils two of the island's famous "Chur-tory at the University. The baro- ches have shared their fate.

netcy dates from 1627.

In the Church of St Lawrence The new Baronet, who the Martyr-where there hangs. been Chairman of the LAMMERT BROS.. the nearby oratory, the hat Stage Guild since 1935

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Thursday, the 29th May. 1941,

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at No. 4, Conduit Road.

A QUANTETY OF VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE.

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One "Philps" Radio (model 1940)

and

Fine Peking Rugs

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ST. JOSEPH'S CHURCH

ST. JOHN'S

is 37, has Catholic

Ing.

ST. ANDREW'S CHURCH

NEW YORK'S CHINATOWN - MAY DISAPPEAR

ROSARY CHURCH the public and dared not take un-ed, as has been suggested, the wise risks, but if they could some-most picturesque neighbourhood in The following are the forthcom-how co-operate in giving these peo-the city will disappear, Sunday after Ascension, 8 aiuing services for the following week ple employment in humbler post- Situated near the squalld. Bow- Holy Communion. 10. Young Peo- May 25. Sunday within the Oc-tions with a chance to work backery. Chinatown has four harrow, ple's Service, 10. Junior Sunday tave: At 5.30 am. Mass with ser-it would save them from complete twisting streets named Fell, Mott, School, 11. Confirmation Service.mon in Chinese; 7.30, English: 8.30. despair, and thus enable them to Doyers and Bayard. Freacher: The Right. Rev. R.O. Portuguese; and 9.30, English, fol- re-establish themselves in society. It courts the tourist trade with Hall. 6.15 p.m. Evensong and Ser-lowed by the Exercises of the The speaker, next referred to a souvenirs and chop suey restau- mon: Preacher: The Acting Vicar. Month of May: Exposition, Rosary case of a person who had served a rants, and a dragon dance at the May 26. 10 4. Medical War and Benediction of the Blessed period in the prison and who was Chinese New Year. Working Party for China. 8.45 p.m. Sacrament; 2 pm: Catechism in pestered with anonymous letters The more prosperous merchants Club games night. May 28 5.30 p.m. Chinese: 2.30 p.m. Benediction of on three occasions after he had ob are given claborate funerals, and CATHEDRAL

Wolf Cubs. 5.45 Choir Practice. 8.30 the Blessed Sacrament.

tained employment on a decent the expensive comin is usually ship- May 27: 6 p.m. Meeting of the salary and made good in a job, and ped to China. Sunday within the Octave. First Sunday After Ascension: 8 am. Fellowship: "Five-minute Discus- Mass and General Communion at Holy Commuflen and in the Peaksion." May 29, 10 am. Medical War Altar Boys.

asked whether it would not be pos- May 28, 5.30 p.m. Meeting of the sible to expunge such a man's rer 8 a.m. Second Mass at 10 a.m., tol- Church; 11 a.m. Mattins and Ser- Working Party for China. 8.30 p.m.

Members of the lowed by Benediction of the Bless mon. Preacher: Rev. A. P. Rose; Fin Evening in aid of Bomber Committee

cord after a number of years. ed Sacrament. This Service will be 7 pm. Evensong and Sermon, Fund. May 30 5.30 p.m. Scouts. 6.30 C.YLA,

NOT TRUE broadcast. Sermon by Rev. Fr. R. Preacher: The Bishop of the Dio- P... Intercessions in connexion May 29, 5.30 p.m. Social gather-

It was not true, the speaker said, The rooms of St. ing of the members of the Little that the Police or other authori- Gallagher S.J on the text: "Forcese. The Social Hour will be held with the War,

The tourists who eat chow mein charity covereth a multitude of immediately after Evensong, and Andrew's Fellowship are open daily Flower Club and their children at ties tracked a man down or thin

the white-tiled restaurants sins." On week days, Holy Mass at all will be welcomed.

from 10a.m. to 11. p.m.

King's Park. Kowloon, for the dele-

terfered with his chance of em- never see the room above where the bration of MOTHER'S DAY.

ployment. His experience was that chinese gather at "a" communal May 31, Vigil of Pentecost.

the Police authorities and others table with their chopsticks. The Abstinence is dispensed. Closing feast of the Month of May: 5.45 gave them every help to rehabili- only hint of family life is the be- taté themselves in life, stated Lt.- casional Sound of Chinese music Holy Rosary, Procession, Sermon

Col. Lord.

from an upper floor and Benediction.

8 a.m. Confessions are heard every Holy Communion will be.. cele- day, before and after Mass.-On brated at 7.30 am. on Thursday Saturdays, the special time for and at 7.45 3.m. on Friday (in Confessions is from 4.30 p.m. to 8 Cantonese).

p.m.

CHRIST CHURCH

NOTICE FOR THE WEEK St. John's Cathedral Counc meeting in the Cathedral Hall it 8.45 pm on Monday, May 26.

Badminton at 8 pm on Wednes

day.

KOWLOON TONG Guild of Martha and Mary Dis- Peak Church Annual Meeting cussion Group Meeting.

the Cathedral Hall on Thursday. May 25, Sunday After the Ascen-May 29, at 5.30 p.m.

+ Services in English: 7.15 am THE CHRISTIAN & MISSIONARY Holy Communion; 9.45 am. Mat-

sion.

tins and Sermon. Hymns.

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Services in Mandarin: .8 a.m. Holy Communion; il a.m. Morning Prayer and sermon. Preacher:

ALLIANCE

(Hongkong Branch) CHAPEL

Rev. Peter Wong, of the Church of 25, Cumberland Rd., Kowloon Tong Christ In China.

Rev. John Bechtel, Pastor.

FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST

J.

31 Macdonnell Road The subject of the Lesson Ser- mon in all Christian Science Chur- ches will be: "Body and Soul."

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AT ST. PAUL'S CHAPEL, 185, Portland Street, Mongkok. May 25, 6 am. Mass with ser-

The Golden Text will be: "I pray God your whole spirit amd soul onto the coming of the Lord Jesus evening, and body, be preserved blamelesson in Chinese; No service in the Christ." (1 Thessalonians 5: 22).

ST. TERESA'S CHURCH

Amongst athers the following

Bible: "For in him we live and citations will be read from the

more, and have our being: as cer- Saturday: Empire Day: Special tain also of your own poets have Service for Girl Guides, Boy Scouts said, For we are also his offspring." and School Children at 9 a.m. (Acts 17:28)..

May 25, Sunday within the Oc-

"TONG" TRUCE But the real Chinese life is hid- den from the sightseers up fights of unlighted stairs in the warren

of old-fashioned houses.

"I do hope that in the salvage of About once a year the rival waste materials there might have "tongs”—the Hip sing ana on been presented an opportunity of Leong-dmuse themselves with a salvaging human waste." he said shooting fray. The New York po- Bir Percy McElwaine, the preslice call in the "long" leaders, who dent of the Association, in whose algo a truce with solemn formality chambers the meeting was held, associated himself with the re- marks of Lt.-Col. Lord, especially, in regard to the diiculty experi enced in finding employment for men who had been in confidential positions

OATH TEACHERS TAKE TO ADOLF HITLER

PORTUGUESE

PREMIER HONOURED

The committee's report and The following citations will also tave of Ascension: 6.30 am. Holy statement of accounts for the year

14a solema ceremony belé re be read from the Christian Science Mass with Sermon in Chinese; & ended Dec. 31. 1940 were adopted.

cently at the University of Colm- May 27. Meeting of the Guild of Sunday Services. 10. a.m. Wor-Textbook, "Science and Health am. Choral Mass, Sermon in Eng-

bra; an Institution founded in Martha and Mary in the Vicarage. ship. Speaker, Rev. John Bechtel, with Key to the Scriptures," bylish, May Devotions with Benedic-

1288, Premier Antonio de Olivétra Tea 5 p.m. Committee 5.30 p.m. Subject: "What Do We Believe? Mary. Baker Eddy: "The error,tion; 10a.m. Holy Mass with Ser-

Salazar was awarded the degree Discussion: "Christianity and per- We believe in the baptism of a which says that Boul is in body, men in English; 11 a.m. Meeting

of Doctor Honoris Causa' of the sonal relationships" 6 pm. All the believer by Immersion as a token Mind is in matter, and good is in of 8.V.P. Conference,

On week-daya: Holy Mass at 6.30

University of Oxford, by three Bri- ladles of the parish and their of a previous work of regenera-evi, must unsay it and cease from

tish Professors who had come by. friends are welcome.

tion": 11 a.m. Worship (Canton- such utterances, else God will con- and 7.15 am.

May Devotions and Novena for Mr. Herwald Ramsbotham, Board plane from England espécially for May 28: Wolf Cub Pack at 4 ese); 3 p.m. Sunday School (Can- tinue to be hidden from humanity,

of Education President, told Burrey the ceremony. Embankment Road, 4.30 p.m. tonese); 6.30 pm. Evangelistic and mortals will sin without know- Pentecost at 6 p.m.

May 30, at 8,15 par Meeting of teachers at Burbiton that all Ger: In a speech which he made. in May 20, Holy Communion, 7 Service (English). Speaker: Rev. ing that they are sinning, will lean

man teachers had to swear this Latin, Dr. Salazar expressed the ST. PETER'S SEAMEN'S a... Guild of Martha and Mary J. Bechtel. Subject: "The Intelli on matter instead of Spirit, atum-St. Teresa's CYMS.

oath:-

disgust which filled all men of sewing meeting in the Vicarage, gent Ignoramous": 7.30 p.m. Evan-ble with lameness, drop with drun- CHURCH

FRATERNITY PRAYER ROOM

"Adolf Hitler, we awear, that we science and of law in the present 10 am.; Choir practice, 6 p.m. ingelistic Service (Cantonese). Verness, consume with disease, all NOTICES FOR THE WEEK because of their blindness, their

will train the youth of Germany times. Sunday after the Ascension 8.00 the Church.

Saturday, 8.30 p.m. Fellowship that they grow up in your ideology, "The world la changing under Wednesday, 7.30 p.m. Prayer false sense concerning God and a.m. Holy Communion; 8.00 p.m. May 30 The Vicar and the

The Science of being re- Meeting. Visitors Fellowship "At Meeting (Cantonese).

very wel for your"aims and purposes in the our eyes, but man himself changes Short Evening Service: Preacher Christ Churcht The Rev. Cyril Brown,

a.m. Com-direction set by your will. This less," he said. "Once again it is in Home," 8. p.m. in the Vicarage, Thursday, 7: p.m. Young People's veals man as perfect, even as the come. Sunday, 9.45 Refreshments will be served after May 31: Bale of Work and Day Meeting (English),

Father is perfect, because the Soul munton Service. 3 pm. Young is pledged to you by the whole the works of the mind that the

the Service..

of Gifts in aid of the Hongkong Saturday, 730 p.m. Instruction or Mind, of the spiritual man is Women's Bible Study Circle. 8.30 German system of education from peoples of the world hope to end School for the Deaf, in the Heep class-for candidates preparing for, God." (Belence and Health, Pages p.m. Intercession for the War. the primary school through to the their miserles and restore condi-

baptism (Cantonese).

20%, 3027.

Monday, 8 p.m. Prayer Meeting. university." Yunn School, 3.30 p.m.

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