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THE ATHANASIAN
A publication of Traditional Catholics of America t Editor: Fr. Francis E. Fenton, STL
Volume IV, No. 7 t October 15, 1983
The Virtue of Charity
T he three greatest virtues are faith, hope and charity
– and the greatest of these is charity, that virtue
whereby we love God above all things for His own sake
is it possible for one person deliberately to hate another
if he sincerely prays for that individual.
and we love our neighbor as ourselves for the love of And who, of all of the saints of the Church, might be an
God. Charity, then, is the supreme, the principal, the appropriate patron to whom to pray for grace in this mat-
paramount virture. A synonym for charity here is love. ter of charity in the spoken word? How about one of the
We speak, of course, of supernatural love. (One of the greatest of them all, Saint Joseph? He was the foster
most abused words of our day is "love" – another is father of Christ and the spouse of the Blessed Virgin
peace." How often the word "love" is used when what is Mary. He is both the patron of the universal Church and
meant is lust, infatuation, passion.) the patron of a happy death. And yet, as noble as person
and as great a saint as he was and is, how remarkable
The ways in which the virtue of charity may be violated that the entire New Testament does not record so much
are numerous, one of which is through the spoken word as a single word spoken by Saint Joseph! A most appro-
(unkind remarks, sarcasm, words motivated by pride, priate patron indeed for those who would sincerely seek
jealously, resentment, etc.). And how often so many the grace of God to observe charity in speech and to
speak uncharitably, in an un-Christlike manner- and how practice custody of the tongue.
easy it is to talk in this way. Indeed, the frequency with
which this sin is committed is due in part to the ease, the Charity, then, is the greatest of all the virtues and so its
facility with which one can speak unkindly so that lack of observance should be a distinctive trait of every tradi-
charity in speech is habitual with many. tional Roman Catholic. But perhaps in no way is this vir-
tue more frequently violated than in the spoken word. It
The solution is the obvious, but difficult, one: custody of was the motto of some saint and it might well be taken
the tongue, silence in speech. So difficult is this, how- as a motto by most of us: "Let thy speech be better than
ever, that Sacred Scripture tells us: "He who offends not silence, or be silent." t
in speech, that same is a perfect man." As with all else
involving the moral law though, and our duty to obey it,
whatever God commands He gives the grace to accom-
plish. One spiritual writer tells us that silence is the first
step to sanctification, to holiness. If this be true, then we
cannot even begin to become holy unless we master the
difficult practice of custody of the tongue. Pray
And so, should not charity in the spoken word be an out-
standing mark of the genuine Roman Catholic? Yes, it
the Rosary
most certainly should be – but is it? "By this shall all men
know that you are my disciples," said Christ, "if you
have love for one another" – and the highest form of love
Daily
is supernatural charity. Love the sinner; hate the sin. Nor
Father Victor Mroz, O.F.M., Conv.
– Fr. Francis E. Fenton
H ow many truly and unreservedly traditional Roman
Catholic priests are there in this country today?
· While I am unable to give an exact figure, my guess
lain with the Polish underground army during World War
II to his dedicated priestly labors for 18 years in Japan – I
will not attempt to detail the story of that life in this article.
would be that there are somewhere around 35 at the Suffice it to say that it is a life which in countless ways
most, a pitiably small number indeed. These are priests proclaims Father Mroz' deep love for God, his staunch
who have taken a public, uncompromising stand on be- dedication to the Church and his steadfast fidelity to the
half of traditional Catholicism; who are unwavering in priesthood of Christ.
every respect to the one, true and eternal Church of
Jesus Christ; who believe and preach and strive to live For the past six years or so it has been my good fortune
in its entirety the same Faith possessed and taught by to be associated with Father Mroz in the traditional Ro-
the Roman Catholic Church since its birth some 191/2 man Catholic apostolate. Currently he serves our TCA
centuries ago. These are priests who totally reject the Mass circuit locations in Rochester, Minnesota; Essing-
Conciliar Church, refusing to have any part of it under ton (Philadelphia), Pennsylvania; and Buffalo, New York.
any circumstances. These are priests who have re- To say that he serves them faithfully is probably an un-
mained faithful to the vows and promises they made on derstatement because his priestly ministry is one which
the day of their ordination and who, by the grace of God, extends itself beyond the mere call of duty, a fact to
are determined to remain faithful until death. which those traditional Catholics who know him well
would readily testify. For Father Victor Mroz the writer of
Father Victor Mroz is one of those priests. He is a Fran- these lines has considerable admiration and respect.
ciscan, a real one and so a rarity indeed among those Would that the noble cause of traditional Catholicism
who still profess to be members of that formerly great had even.a few more priests of his character and calibre!
order of Roman Catholic priests. While his life has been May the good Lord grant Father Mroz many more years
a fruly eventful one – ranging from his exploits as a chap- in the service of the Church which he so ardently loves! t
An Interesting Award
r'
T he one individual perhaps most influential in the
preparation of the Conciliar Church bishops' paci-
fist pastoral letter dealing with nuclear weapons and war
The fact that a priest would accept an award from such
an organization, and one given as a memorial to the likes
of Mr. Letelier, reflects very poorly on such a priest, to
is Father J. Bryan Hehir. Recently he received the Letel- say the least. But when that priest happens to be the
ier-Moffitt Memorial Human Rights Award from the Insti- chief foreign policy advisor of the Conciliar Church bish-
tute for Policy Studies (IPS). So what? Well, the IPS is a ops and the individual bearing much of the responsibility
pro-Communist organization in Washington, D.C. which, for their notorious pastoral letter, is not this a very con-
according to the late Congressman Lawrence crete indication (and there are many others) casting
McDonald, has, for many years now, "supported the grave suspicion upon these bishops? And so, a ques-
Soviet position on every issue." The award bears the tion posed in previous issues of this newsletter, on
names of two men who were formerly associated with whose side are the American Conciliar Church bishops,
the IPS, Orlando Letelier and Ronni Moffitt. But Mr. the side of the USA or its enemies? Many knowledge-
Letelier was, in the words of Congressman McDonald, able Americans would have no difficulty answering that
"a Soviet agent … (whose) job was to serve as an agent question. t
of influence … to promote Communist goals in the
Western Hemisphere." Father Hehir has been quoted
expressing his "respect" for Mr. Letelier.
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Congressman Lawrence P. McDonald
– Fr. Francis E. Fenton
O n Wednesday, August 31 , 1983 a Russian Com-
munist fighter plane shot down a South Korean
civilian airliner flying over Russian territory. All 269 per-
murdered to get the congressman. The Communists
have liquidated millions of human beings over the past
several decades and have millions more imprisoned in
sons aboard the civilian aircraft perished, the innocent their slave labor and concentration camps. Human life
victims of Communist barbarity. means absolutely nothing to barbarians.
Congressman Lawrence P. McDonald of Georgia was In the untimely and tragic death of Congressman
one of the passengers on that ill-fated plane, a man Lawrence McDonald, the USA has lost one of its finest
known and respected by countless informed and patriot- citizens, a man of courage and integrity, a true patriot, a
ic Americans for his extraordinary dedication and tire- statesman. "Man proposes, God disposes." So be it.
less efforts on behalf of our nation. While he labored But good often comes out of evil – and so it could be in
long and hard on many issues relating to America's wel- this case if the murder of this great congressman serves
fare before and during his terms in Congress, his pri- to alert the American people, at long last, to the very real
mary concern was the conspiracy of Communism and and present danger which the diabolical conspiracy of
the increasingly grave threat it posed to America's sur- Communism poses to our nation and to the remainder of
vival as a free nation. Being thoroughly convinced that the free world. They must not settle for the deceptive
the defeat of Communism demanded the exposure of its rhetoric of the "conservative" actor in the White House
satanic nature and objectives to as large a segment of and the temporary and weak sanctions being imposed
the American populace as possible, he worked inces- upon the Communist enemy in retaliation for its dastard-
santly towards that end. Indeed, in the life-and-death ly deed. Rather must they, the American people, de-
fight against atheistic Communism which he waged , mand and force, in every morally lawful way possible,
there is no man or woman in either the U.S. Senate or the American government to initiate action without fur-
House of Representatives today comparable in con- ther delay to bring-Communism to its knees. Such action
viction and courage and dedication to Lawrence is so very long overdue. But, even at this late date, there
McDonald. Nor has there been, I venture to say, since is still time for the USA to stand up against the Red
Senator Joseph R. McCarthy of Wisconsin 25 years devils, telling them in no uncertain terms that their plans
ago. for the conquest of America and the world are at an end –
and that we are ready to back our words with whatever
And, with the invaluable aid, to be sure, of numerous appropriate action is necessary. Please God, the day
other knowledgeable and patriotic Americans, Con- may not be far distant when the USA will speak out in
gressman McDonald was getting through to more a.rd such unequivocal terms, and act accordingly. May the
more of the American people despite the leftist, noble and tireless efforts for our nation to which
"liberal," pro-Communist powers that be in the govern- Lawrence P. McDonald devoteq so much of his life be
ment and the Churches and the mass media. His influ- an inspiration to the American people to hasten that
ence was steadily growing among the rank and file of day! t
God-fearing and moral and basically patriotic Ameri-
cans. Were this situation to continue, it might well be that
the prize goal of Communism and its nefarious allies in
the Master Conspiracy to conquer and enslave the USA
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would not be realized. Clearly, Lawrence McDonald had "The natural law enjoins us to love devotedly
to go if the diabolical Communist plans for world domi- and to defend the country in which we had
nation were not to be thwarted, perhaps irrevocably. birth and in which we were reared, so that
And so, while it is something which we may never be every good citizen hesitates not to face death
able to prove, it is the firm conviction of many, including for his native land."
this writer, that the South Korean aircraft was ruthlessly
destroyed by the murderous Reds because Congress- (Pope Leo XIII)
man Lawrence McDonald was a passenger on that tttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt
plane. Never mind that 268 other individuals were also
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Arianism
and the Council of Nicaea
– R. Lance Lohr, M.A.
I t is a common human experience to seek advice a-
bout a condition or situation that we do not feel en-
tirely competent to decide about ourselves. Admittedly,
and even to vote. But soon the tradition of only bishops
voting became the rule.
in modern times some tend to be too dependent on ex- One of the major reasons for these assemblies remain-
perts, i.e., psychiatrists, psychologists, political scien- ing essentially local was the fact that the Roman perse-
tists, sociologists, doctors. But in the good sense it is cution of the early Church prevented bishops from
often prudent to seek the advice of a true authority. safely travelling very far from their dioceses. The Edict
Sometimes the advice of one advisor is not sufficient – of Milan, issued in 313 A.O. by the joint Roman emper-
and so throughout the history of man those who have ors, Constantine and his brother-in-law, Licinius,
had to carry great responsibility have had a number of changed this. The document stated: "We decree that
advisors. The history of the Church is no exception. anyone wishing to practise the Christian religion should
be able to do so without the slightest fear of being ha-
In the Old Testament we read that Moses had a council rassed because of it." Thus the bloody persecutions of
of seventy wise men to guide him in governing the nearly three centuries ended. And it is from this time on
Hebrews. Some time later the kings of Israel were that Ecumenical or universal Councils became possible.
known to · seek the advice of consellors. In the years
49-50 A.O. the Church was still centered in Jerusalem in The Church has had only twenty-one General or Ecu-
that St. Peter still lived there. It was a time when most menical Councils in its 19V2 centuries of existence. And
Christians were still Jewish. A controversy arose as to if one studies the crises that forced the assembly of the
whether or not the new gentile converts of St. Paul world's bishops these meetings have all been justified.
would have to accept the Law of Moses before being In recent times the word ecumenical has taken on a de-
baptized. To settle the dispute St. James, the Bishop of rogatory meaning for many good Catholics because it is
Jerusalem, and St. Peter called together the leaders of associated with the post-Vatican II trend toward unity
the Church. At first St. Peter was influenced by those with Protestants and others at the expense of the true
who, in effect, were Christian Pharisees and who in- Faith. But the Greek word from which we derive the
sisted that the gentiles be circumcised. But St. Paul's term ecumenical simply means universal.
firm opposition changed Peter's mind (Acts 15:1-21 ).
While this was a Council in the broad sense, it was not a Under persecution the faith of the early Christians was
General or Ecumenical Council. It did show the primacy strong and uncluttered by theological disputes. But free
of Peter over the other bishops, a primacy that wouldr be of Roman oppression the Church began to investigate
contested by schismatics and even Councils in later questions about its Founder. This was especially true of
centuries. the Church in the East, which included Greece, Asia
Minor, the Levant and Egypt. Two schools of thought
As the Church spread it modeled itself after the admin- soon developed. In Alexandria, a city in northern Egypt,
istration of the Roman government. Even terms like dio- the home and future diocese of St. Athanasius, scholars
cese, chancery and many others were taken from the interpreted Scripture in an almost mystical way. This led
Romans. And, of course, the Roman Senate became the them to take the spirit of the gospels and emphasize the
archetype for assemblies within the Church. As the divinity of Jesus. While at Antioch in Asia Minor, now
Church grew, regional assemblies of bishops became Turkey, scholars had a rationalistic view of scripture,
fairly common. The first record of such Councils is of tending to interpret it literally and emphasizing Christ's
local meetings in Spain and France. And as it became humanity.
necessary to settle disputes in doctrine, morals and dis-
cipline, Col!ncils appeared elsewhere in the Mediterran- In 318 A.D. a priest named Arius returned to Alexandria
ean world. In the Eastern part of the Roman Empire they from Antioch. He quickly became a popular preacher. In
were called Synods. In the West they were frequently his book, Thalia, he wrote that God the Father had made
called Councils. Until the third century A.O. it was not Christ the origin of all creation and had adopted Christ as
unusual for priests and laymen to attend such meetings His son. But if Jesus had been created by God the
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Father, as Arius taught, it would mean that the Blessed Spain, one from Italy and one from France. Since Arian-
Trinity was not composed of equal persons. It would ism was essentially an Eastern problem it was not odd
also mean that even though God the Son existed before that most Western bishops did not attend. It is probable
all other creation there was a time when God the Son did that the rules of the Roman Senate were used. These
not exist. So, logically then, God the Son was not allowed for anyone to speak, followed by general dis-
eternal. And if He was not eternal how could He be cussion and then a vote.
God? As confusing as this may sound the conclusion is
what is devastating. To accept Arius' teaching was to John Henry Newman in 1836 wrote very succinctly what
say that Jesus was not God! the work of the Council was to be:
… it must be borne in mind that the great Council of
Keep in mind that the Church had not yet made a defini- Nicaea was summoned, not to decide for the first
tive statement on the Person of Christ although most time what was to be held concerning our Lord's di-
Christians of that time did believe that Christ was God. vine nature, but, as far as inquiry came into its
That belief is what had carried the faithful through the work, to determine the fact whether Arius did or did
persecutions that had just ended. But now a crisis quick- not contradict the Church's teaching, and, if he did,
ly arose. Was Arius correct? by what tessera (test) he and his party could be ex-
cluded from the communion of the faithful.
Romans always prided themselves on their ability to
maintain .order. In the pagan world Roman emperors de- At first some bishops wanted to accept only scriptural
clared themselves chief priests and gods in order to sub- proofs of Christ's divinity, nothing philosophical. Others
due any disturbance that might arise within a local re- did not feel that any debate was necessary. Tradition
ligion or cult. Most pagans accepted this authority with held that Christ was God and that should be enough. Still
little difficulty. If you believe in a multitude of gods others said that the world would not accept Scripture or
already, then one more matters little. Jews and Chris- Tradition, so there must be an attempt to explain ration-
tians, believers in one God, rejected this feigned reli- ally the Person of Jesus for both believers and non-
gious authority of the emperor, but in many ways they believers as well.
were still forced to accept it. We have a parallel of this .
even in the United States. The government condones After long debate the bishops accepted the Greek philo-
and finances abortion; it mandates secular humanism sophical term homoiousios to describe Christ's relation-
and sex education in public schools; it even purchases ship to His Father. In English we say consubstantial. In
birth control devises as part of foreign aid – all this and short, this means that Christ exists separate from the
more paid for with Catholic tax dollars. And, while we Father. He is a unique Person. And yet He exists equally
have a moral obligation to oppose such measures, gov- with the Father in the Blessed Trinity. The bishops real-
ernment continues to finance them. ized that they could not fully explain this awesome
mystery. But they did rightly claim the authority to call-
The chaos caused by Arius' theories upset Constan- the theories of Arius in error. So, in spite of the efforts of
tine's empire. Roman order was disturbed. So the ep,- some friends in very high places, Arius was condemned.
peror felt it his duty to act. But this was not some local And the bishops, in order to try to prevent this heresy
cult in turmoil; it was the religion of the empire. The most from arising again, composed the beautiful Nicene
effective method to restore order was to call all of the Creed of the Mass:
bishops together to resolve the issue. So, as peculiar as I believe in … Jesus Christ, the only,begotten Son of
it may sound today, the first Ecumenical Council of the God, born of the Father before all ages. God of God,
Roman Catholic Church was called by the Roman em- Light of Light, true God of true God; begotten, not
peror. made; consubstantial with the Father, by Whom all
things were made.
It was in 325 A.O. that Constantine called the bishops of
the world to his summer palace outside the imperial The Council of Nicaea resolved several other problems
Roman capital of Constantinople, near the town of of the Church and issued twenty-seven canons, the first
Nicaea. Pope St. Sylvester was too old to attend but he universal Canon Law. They dealt, for example, with the
did send representatives. This all came as a great sur- readmission to the Church of those who had denied the
prise, especially to older bishops, some of whom were Faith. During the persecutions many Christians had es-
tortured themselves only a few short years before on the caped death or torture by a denial of their Holy Faith.
order of other Roman emperors! Tradition holds that 318
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bishops were present, but with only one bishop from
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Many of these people were truly sorry for their sins and
sought forgiveness. Although many Christians whose Mass Requests
bodies still bore the marks of Roman torture did not want
these people rorg1ven, the Council provided for their Since I presently have some 80 Mass intentions to
readmission to the Church. There were also conditions be fulfilled, I must ask that no further Mass requests
established for acceptance to the priesthood. And, be sent to me for the remainder of this year. I regret
finally, the date for Easter was agreed upon, that is, the having to do this but, if I don't, I'll be forever behind
first Sunday-·after the .fir_sf!_~II rnoon after the Spring in the fulfillment of my Mass commitments. While
~quin~x. _ the law of the Church merely forbids the priest from
accepting more Mass stipends than he can satisfy
Keep in mind that a true Ecumenical Council acts in the within a year's time, I personally would not be at
name of the Church and consistent with apostolic tradi- ease if I were to have a year's accumulation of
tion. The bishops are both teachers and legislators. Mass intentions to fulfill. So, I will be grateful if no
They act, in union with the Pope, in order to clarify the more Mass intentions were sent to me during the
truths of the Faith. St. Athanasius described this very remainder of 1983.
well some time after the Council of Nicaea, which he had
attended when only a deacon. Fr. F. Fenton
The fathers at Nicaea speaking of the Easter feast
say "'fVe have decided as follows." But about the
faith they do not say "We have decided," but "This tttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt
is what the Catholic Church believes." And imme-
diately they proclaim how .they believe, in order to
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HELL
A recent survey of Conciliar Church Catholics con-
ducted by the magazine, U.S. Catholic (a publica-
tion of the Conciliar Church), says, among other things,
though many who dislike the whole idea of hell argue
otherwise, this sentence of eternal condemnation is an
absolutely just one. No soul goes there unless it deliber-
that 83 % of those self-styled Catholics questioned ex- ately rejects God and thereby takes the consequences.
pected to go to heaven themselves and also believed God wills all men to be saved and no one is lost except it
that those who die with mortal sin on their souls will be through his own fault. There is not a single soul in hell
eventually get to heaven as well. So much for hell and today but might have been in heaven or well on the way,
its eternity as far as Conciliar Church Catholics are con- had it availed itself of God's grace, and lived according-
cerned. ly. One of God's greatest gifts to man is free-will, where-
by man can avoid evil and do good, whereby he can
I don't suppose that there is any more unpopular subject merit heaven or deserve hell. And even though a grave
on which to speak or write than the subject of hell. It is abuse of that free-will may mean the eternal and inde-
unpopular because it is disturbing and discomforting. scribable torments of hell, God will not interfere with the
There are many alleged Christians who do not believe in exercise of this wonderous gift. Man is the only creature
its existence. There are many Catholics who do not like of the Almighty who has this precious power and,
to be reminded of it. When they are, it sometimes upsets through its use or abuse, he can attain the joys of
them and perhaps causes them a few sleepless hours. heaven or the pains of hell, both fully in harmony with
And that's why it's unpopular, because it can disturb the infinite justice and mercy of God.
one's equilibrium.
In discussing the doctrine of hell, it is well to note a criti-
But popular or not, hell definitely exists, and we don't cism often leveled against the Church. It goes some-
have to apologize to anyone for this clear teaching of our thing like this: the Catholic Church secures obedience to
divine Lord. To believe in Him, and yet to reject or ignore her teaching through fear. Many of her members per-
one of the clearest doctrines He ever taught, is hardly form their religious duties because of the fear of hell
being Christian. Some Christians would rather recall and which their Church inspires in them. Now, while it is un-
stress Christ's gentleness and kindness and mercy, re- doubtedly true that some Catholics are motivated by the
membering only His words of consolation: "Come to fear of eternal punishment to keep the law of God,
me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I what's wrong with that? Fear of hell is not the highest
will refresh you."; "Let not your heart be troubled nor let motive in the world for doing the will of God, it is true, but
it be afraid." Yes, many of our Lord's words are very it is a worthy and an acceptable one, for Christ Himself
beautiful and tender and consoling. He was all-merciful, employed it. It wo~ld be far better if love for God were
but He was all-just too. He condemned as well as for- the reason why every Catholic did the will of God, but
gave; He threated as well as pitied; He was stern as vfell that does not mean that the Christ-given motive of fear of
as gentle. He certainly minced no words when He called hell is not a laudable reason for avoiding serious sin.
the Pharisees "hypocrites" and "whited sepulchres."
He made a whip and drove the money-changers out of It is good, then, that we have a keen awareness of the
the temple. And He clearly taught the existence of hell existence of hell and a rational, salutary fear of its eternal
as well as heaven. punishments. God is all-good, all-merciful, all-loving, but
He is likewise all-just, and in His justice He will destine to
Hell is a place of eternal punishment for those who die in everlasting punishment any creature who is, because of
mortal sin. Such is the teaching of the Roman Catholic mortal sin, at enmity with Him at the moment of death.
Church, and one which must be accepted by every one God made us to share with Him the unending bliss of
of her members. Its punishment consists in the privation heaven, but He will not bestow that priceless treasure
of the presence of God, called the pain of loss, and in the upon us at the expense of our free-will. Through its
suffering of dreadful torments, especially that of fire, proper use we must merit heaven by cooperating with
called the pain of sense. Moreover, this two-fold, un- divine grace. The alternative is hell. Let us ever keep the
imaginable suffering is of unending duration, beginning tragic reality of its existence before us. A keen aware-
immediately after death and continuing for all eternity. ness of its eternal torment has been the cause of many a
Those souls that enter hell abandon all hope, for the sen- sinner's return to God, and has kept many another from
tence they receive is irrevocable, beyond appeal. And, falling again. To be indifferent to the stark fact of hell is
surely the pinnacle of foolishness. t
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OUR LADY OF FATIMA CHAPEL Mass at 10:00 a.m.
(303) 348,5454 on fourth Sunday of each month
Mass on Nov. 6
UTAH
LOUISIANA SALT LAKE CITY
OPELOUSAS (Lafayette area) OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP
OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY CHAPEL Hilton Inn
Route 1, Box 195 154 West 600 South
(318) 94 2,90 53 (801) 278, 7501
Mass at 11:00 a.m. Mass at 11:00 a.m. Nov. 27
Oct. 23, Nov. 13
MINNESOTA
ROCHESTER
OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY CHAPEL
5820 Viola Road, NE
(507) 282,5163 or 289,8522
Mass at 10:00 a.m.
Oct. 30, Nov. 13
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