Texas Gulf Coast Register (Corpus Christi, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, June 7, 1968 Page: 4 of 8
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TEXAS GULF COAST REGISTER
The Restless Friar
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happening the arrival of
an expedition was eagerly
expected. Then came the
day. It was April 4, 1721.
It was a pleasant day to
arrive. Spring was in the
air, and everywhere there
was the galaxy of flowers
in bloom. The inhabitants
of San Antonio could not
Aguayo rode into the small
settlement. There were
several thousand horses,
about oh hundred mules
loaded with supplies and
baggage, great numbers of
cattle, sheep and goats.
All the priests present in
the pueblo were at the
church door of Mission
Valero, the Alamo, to re-
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quis de Aguayo, and Fa-
ther Espinosa who was
with him. With great joy
Father Margil and all his
confreres welcomed their
friend and benefactor. First
they went into the small
chapel and sang their
great hymn of praise and
thanksgiving known as the
Te Deum; then as they
gathered in ^Military Plaza
for refreshments, there was
spirited conversation tell-
ing all of what had hap-
pened along that long trek
which started at Monclova,
through Saltillo, to the
presidio of San Juan Bau-
tista, and thence across the
Rio Grande to the San
Antonio. It was good to
rest, for man and beast.
The pueblo had taken on a
new life. This time surely
Texas would come into its
own!
THERE WERE many
conferences held at the
mission by the Marquis
and the priests. Aguayo
was found to be more con-
genial and practical than
Alarcon had been, the
leader of an expedition
four years previous.
Marquis de Aguayo was
most anxious to reach East
Texas but at the insistence
of Father Margil he de-
layed the departure from
San Antonio until the
Feast of Easter had been
celebrated. During Holy
Week the Fathers were
very busy in conducting
the old ceremonies of this
sacred week, and all the
soldiers, nearly one hun-
dred in number, had the
pleasure of attending the
services, encouraged by the
presence of Aguayo person-
ally. He visited San Jose
mission during these days,
and waj pleased.
There was an anxiety all
the way around to get
going when the order was
made public that on May
13 the soldiers were to be
ready to start the march.
Some of the settlers and
the Indians along the San
Antonio river were on
hand already at dawn to
watch the long parade of
soldiers and animals go by
towards the Guadalupe
river. There was no longer
any difficulty in finding
the route to the mission
field. Several expeditions of
time past as well as the
travels of the natives had
established a well worn
road through the wilder-
ness. It required almost
two months to make the
trip across Texas. There
were the rains, the swollen
streams and the approach-
ing summer heat to cause
delays. The animals suf-
fered a great deal. The
soldiers from the inland
region of Queretero and
Zacatecas, accustomed to a
higher altitude, began to
mind the heat of the day.
When finally the mission
of St. Francis de Tejas, the
first stop was reached, dur-
ing the first week of Au-
gust, the route they had
followed could now be
traced; departing from San
Antonio, going thence to
New Braunfels, to Austin,
to Waco, to Weches. to
Alto, they reached Nacag-
doches.
Dies in Yugoslavia
Vatican City — Arch-
bishop Mate Garkovic of
Zadar, Yugoslavia, 85. died
May 26, it was reported in
L’Osservatore Romano,
Vatican City daily.
Prepares Communion Class
Miss Eva Lara of Pawnee, Texas, shown with the First Communion
class that she prepared during the past ' ear. Miss Lara is a student at
Beeville Junior college. Pawnee is a mission of Three Rivers, Texas. Rev.
Tom McGettrick, pastor.
Adjusts Robe
Helping a student with his First Communion
robe, _
H.Q.
to D.C.
announcing the move, "will
bring closer contact with
other inter-American oper-
ations and lead to even
closer and easier coopera-
tion among all elements of
the Latin America Bureau,
whose purpose is to cooper-
ate with and serve the
People of God in Latin
America.
The new PAVLA Nation-
al Office is at 1401 K. St,
N.W., Washington, D.C.
20005, headquarters of the
Latin America Bureau.
Over 250 laymen and
women are currently work-
ing as Papal Volunteers
throughout Latin America.
PAVLA
Moved
Washington, D.C. — The
National Office of the Pa-
pal Volunteers for Latin
America (PAVLA) has
moved to Washington, D.C.
as part of the recent con-
solidation of the Latin
America Bureau of the
United States Catholic
Conference (U.S.C.C.). The
PAVLA National Office
was formerly located in
Chicago, 111., where it was
established as a depart-
ment of the Latin America
Bureau in 1961.
"Ti e transfer of PAVLA
headquarters to Washing-
ton, D.C.,” Rev. Raymond
A. Kevane, PAVLA Na-
tional Director, said in
%
p«.
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Youth Club Officers
Corpus Christi — St Theresa’s Youth Club Of-
ficers for 1968-69. Pictured left to right are: Mary
Ann Celum, secretary; Earlene Smith, vice-presi-
dent; Debbie Snapka, president; Arthur Dornak,
treasurer. Installation will be held at St Theresa’s
•church June 9, 1968.
Sacred Heart School Graduates
Sinton — Graduation exercises were held at
Sacred Heart church during the 7:00 p.m. Mass,
Wednesday, May 22. A reception honoring the
graduates and also the seniors from the parish
graduating from Sinton high school, was given in
the parish hall by the Parent Teachers club,
immediately following Mass and graduation. Pic-
tured left to right are: Monsignor Frank H. Gron-
otte, Allan Schmidt, Rose Marie Jansky, Ronald
Juranek, Beth Ann Flinn, Harry Arroya, Deborah
Havelka, Gerald Mick, Christine Vanecek, James
Ruschkaupt, Kay Gerdes, Richard Richter and
Sister Alberta Marie.
Valedictorian
Abbot Alfred Hoenig, O.S.B., conferring diplo-
ma to John Bianci. valedictorian of CCA.
JP - &S&W
Graduation
Rites Held
At Premont
Premont — The St.
Theresa Kindergarten and
CCD classes held Com-
mencement exercises
Wednesday, May 15, 1968
at 6 p.m. in St. Theresa
church. Approximately 250
students accompanied by
their teachers participated
in the procession proceed-
ing the Mass. In the ab-
sence of Father Damien J.
Hayes, Pastor of St.
Theresa Parish, Father
Augustin Petru, O.M.I. of
the Oblate retreat house in
San Juan celebrated the
Mass.
Diplomas were presented
to 25 Kindergarten stu-
dents. 15 junior high stu-
dents, and 19 high school
seniors. Certificates of high
knowledge and achieve-
ment were presented to
throe seniors: Daryl Jani-
cek, Greg Ledet and Becky
Gonzalez. Becky Screws
received the award for jun-
ior high. Fifty-five students
received Certificate for per-
fect attendance.
Leona Siemonsma played
organ music for the service
and the students sang
hymns during the Mass.
Teresa Rivera, O.M.M.L
is the delegated directress
of the C.C.D. program in
St. Theresa parish. Christ-
iane Bourque, O.M.M.I. is
the Kindergarten teacher.
Following the Mass, the
St Theresa Women’s club
honored the 42 First
Communicants with a sup-
per. The Young Adults
club hosted the enti.o
Premont high school senior
class at a banquet.
Special guests were Fa-
ther Augustin Petru,
O.M.I., Father Alejandro
Rojas, assistant pastor of
St. Theresa chinch, Christ-
iane Bourque, O.M.M.I.,
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Ram-
bo, Teresa Rivera,
O.M.M.I., Mrs. Abelardo
Gonzalez, Mrs. D. L. Perez,
Mrs. Alex Saenz, Mrs.
Adan Salazar and Blanca
Garcia.
Saiutatorian
Abbot Alfred Hoenig, O.S.B., conferring diplo-
ma to Kenneth Spalek, saiutatorian of CCA.
C.C. Academy
Graduates 31
On May 28, 1968, at 8
p.m., Corpus Christi acade-
my held ts commencement
exercises at the academy
gymnasium.
Kenneth Spalek, Saiuta-
torian, gave the first ad-
dress, entitled "New Ge-
neration,” and Valedicto-
rian John Bianci gave the
second, entitled "Bridge to
Our Future.” Finally, the
main speaker on the agen-
da, Wallace Davis, assist-
ant superintendent of in-
struction in the Corpus
Christi school district, gave
the commencement ad-
dress.
Diplomas and awards
were then presented to the
graduates by Abbot Alfred
Hoenig, O.S.B., president
of Corpus Christi academy.
Mrs. Jamee George, organ-
ist for the exercises, played
"March of the Priests” for
the processional, and for
the recessional played
"Triumphal March.”
Recognition for the high-
est overall average, the
highest average in English
and in science went to
Chris Horak, who also
wen the Bell Telephone
Award for outstanding
achievement in science,
consisting of a bronze pla-
que and a $100 Savings
Bond..
The Alhambra Award,
for excellence in Religion,
in Service and in Scholar-
ship was awarded to Ed-
win Joseph Guernsey.
Those who graduated
were: John C. Bianci III,
Kenneth A. Spalek, John
Allen Baca, James Leon
Brannigan, Stanly Bunn,
Michael Raymond Burns,
Joe Richard Canas, Curtis
John Domingue Jr., Larry
Joseph Dugar, John Dulak,
Stephen Paul Espey; Eddy
F. Fernandez, Raymond
Garcia, Sylvester M. Gar-
za, Patrick Cleary Grant,
Edwin Joseph Guernsey,
Kenneth Ray Hatch, Rob-
ert Christopher Horak,
Charles Edward Hughes,
Gary D. Imhoff, Jar'°s E.
Kaspar, Leon P. Kolodziej,
George W. Lingenfelder,
James Thomas Lingenfdd-
er, Gary Longoria, Robert
Allen Mayne, Michael
Francis Nemec, Richard
Michael Rodriguez, Andrew
Richard Simons, Gary Lee
Weimer, and Gerald Pa-
trick Whitworth.
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