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SECTION FOUR
A Catholic Paper is a
Perpetual Mission--
Pope Leo XIII
"The Guardian" in
every home---our Motto,
The Official Organ of the Diocese of Little Rock, Arkansas
Little Rock, Arkartsas, Saturday, July 31, 1920 . NumBer 7
ELEN.A
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A Progressive 0000rkansas City
The Gate Thru Which Civilization Entered Arkansas
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HELENA
Thriving Parish Set on Banks of the
Mississippi Rejoices in Fine Church,
Rectory and Academy.
Now, in truth, can the people of St.
Mary's Parish view with pride their
nmch checkered career since the date
of their first foundations in 1865.
Bishop Byrne's purchase of the Biseoe
estate has proven to be but one of
the many providential and masterly
enterprises of his energetic and cap-
able management.
Seeking Pinacle.
Too long has Helena been pitched
and excused for her apparent lack of
progress in circles religious; too calm-
ly has she accepted this mete of con-
dolence and pardon, not looking with-
in herself for the. cause, but in cool
complaisance she assumed that to the
Civil War can be traced all her de-
creptitude. For years and Years, the
annalists of ecclesiastical achieve-
ments in this vicinity have sighed at
the mediocrity of advancement. But
no longer will the state of the church
of our flourishing little city evoke
words of sympathy and tiresome ex-
planations. For aroused to her pos-
sibilities, Helena will not stop until
the pinnacle is attained. What
though the past has been slow and
unmarked! Does not the poet assure
us that:
"The heights by great men reached
and kept
Were not attained by sudden flight,
But they, while their companions slept
Were toiling upward in the night "
Catholics Awake.
Catholic Helenians are now awake
to what can and ought to be done. In
the light of the present, they see and
appreciate what has not been done in
the past. Much chagrined do they
revert to the days'when beloved Pas-
tors, such as Fathers Shanahan,
Botezkes, O'Reilley, Enright and
Higgins labored so ardently among
them and yet were sadly disregalled.
Now like the Celts of okt they seemed
determined to swear that "Never, no
never their standard shall yield." It
is not strange then to find so much
effected within the current time. Per-
haps no Arkansas Parish boasts of
better equilament than St. Mary's.
Here the simple, neat brick Church,
i built by Father Botezkes, has been
well preserved and adorned. The
Ladies of the Altar Society are ever
at hand to put the touch of nicety and
beauty, to appropriate decorations,
I Parish is the handsome new '$12,000
rectory which firmly assures the peo-
ple that now at last the Pastor is
properly housed. Certainly this
parish-home must be a source of real
joy and pride to all who have aided
in its erection. Its opening was cele-
brated and made memorable by a
visit from belovea Bishop Morris, of
Little Rock. His Lordship is ever:
loud in his commendations of Catho-
lics in Helena.
Zealous Pastor.
Side by side or rather deeply un-
derlying this material progress is the
spirit of Catholicism springing up in
the hearts of the people. This is due
in a great measure to the zeal of its
presen t pastor Rev. J. J. McGrath,
who besides his own unstinted ef-
forts in behalf of his flock has ar-
ranged for two missions during his
short pastorate. The exercises this
year were conducted by Reverend
ST. MARY'S CHURCH.
while the choir is so fine that a far Polk, a Redemptorist Father, whose
more pretentious congregation might discourses were both practical and
glory in its possession.
New Rectory.
The crowning monument of the
I
RECTORY OF ST. MARY'S CHURCH.
REV. J. J. McGRATH.
bIAKES
S;tci d Hea]:t Academy
THE CADEMY CONDUCTED BY THE SISTERS OF NAZARET
KENTUCKY, SINCE 1879
A school of the best--trains the hand, heart and head to a unison
of service.
Splendidly graded Day School embracing both Grammar and
Academic Courses.
Boarding Department conserving home training.
Commercial Course including Book-Keeping, Business Arith.
metic, Commercial Law, Commercial Correspondence, Penmanship and
Spelling.
School of Music--Piano, Organ, Violin and other instruments.
Theory, Harmony and Composition.
For terms and additional particulars address
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SACRED HEART'S ACADEMY.
eloquent.
Boy Scouts.
Troop 3, of the Boy Scouts, with
Father McGrath as Master and Mr.
Will A. Etoch as assistant are plan-
ning a delightful camping party near
Chicot Lake. These recreations are
of the purest and best type, and the
parencs are more than glad to trust
their boys to Father McGrath's keep-
ing, for while lambs remain close to
the shepherd they are indeed safe. •
"It might be well to comment here
that a nation wide movement is in
progress to organize Catholic Troops
of Boy Scouts. Several ecclesiastical
officials acting for the Holy Father
are strongly urging the promulgation
of this association. Helena, in this,
as in many other affairs has t/&cn
a lead.
May the success of this year echo
through the future ages Of St. Mary's
Parish, Helena.
ST. MARY'S CHURCH.
Helena, justly called, "The City
Beautiful," by reason of its natural
location on the bank of the great Mis-
sissippi its wonderful background of
tree-clad hills, and its many truly
handsome homestemls, was chosen as
one of the first places in Arkansas to
receive the light of Catholocity. In
1865 Rt. Rev. Andrew Byrne, Arkan-
sas' first Bishop, purchased the Biscoe
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