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Show 4 The first Sunday of the month it is Mexican Hat; the second, Kayenta; the third, Aneth; the fourth at our little Church of San Juan Bautista at Montezuma Creek. Besides this, the first Wednesday takes us to Oljeto where our little Hoghan Church of St. Mary of the Moonlight stands; the third Saturday means Navajo Mountain. How our young priests can resist volunteering for this fascinating work is a mystery! The mention of all this traveling brings up another subj ect: a group in some parish may want to work just to pay the gas for one or two such trips each month. fOUR radio program is now in its fifth .. year - in fact we are one of the oldest - perhaps the oldest continuous account - that the radio station has. Our program reaches the greater part of the Reservation, and although it is almost entirely in the Navajo language many whites tell us they always tune in on it. '"glo FAR we have mentioned mostly the ~I "glamour" side of our life here. 'There is another side. There are dishes to be washed, ditches to be dug, tin cans to be taken to the town dump, and man must be fed. Sister Mary Faith and Ruth Palmer have taken over the cooking which I had been doing for years; this frees me for other important work. Last month, short though it was, saw over 1900 meals served at the Mission. Then there is laundry, and the many little things for the Navajos who drop by - "You got 'ny mail for me?" "Help me make nlY income tax return" "Read me this letter from my boy in school" - and of course, when that is done "write a letter. to him for me." Oh for more hands to help! Perhaps this would be a good time to mention that there have been changes in requirements for Summer workers. The age limit has been raised to 20, the number reduced to five. |