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Show 2 dren cross the torrential river. The ideal of being ready to help a fellow-man, irrespective of race or clan and without hope of reward is still to be learned by many of us, Navajo or white. The Gospel message has been carried to far parts of our area as well as to the surrounding parts; every Sunday the morning service with preaching in Navajo language is held here at St. Christopher's, and the radio program follows; in the afternoon Mass is .sung, with another sermon, in· one of the four outstations, 16 to 35 miles distant. For ten days we had a Vacation Bible School here, with Mrs. Philip Berton, of Lombard, Ill., in charge, as in previous Summers. A secondary objective of Summer workers is to leave some permanent memento - in this case there was the completion of the mortuary by our cemetery, and the hauling of stone and making of cement blocks, cutting and bringing in of log rafters for the west wing of our projected building which has been so long standing in a partly built state that it is popularly referred to as "the ruin". This we.st wing will provide, in time, a residence for the Pontious family, of whom we wrote in our Spring issue. Wayne Pontius is a middle-classman at Nashotah House, his wife a eraduate nurse. On his graduation and ordination they hope to devote their gifts to God in this field. Although Mrs. Pontious plans to work this winter in a hospital near Nashotah House, much help is still needed to see the family through the next two Winters. The Summer has been a fine testing period for them. One real test of a vocation to priesthood is a concern for people, and many an expert in ritual and ceremonial could learn from Wayne's example. I y Iou who have ordered copies of Fr. Liebler's book "When We Look Around Us" are sharing our disappointment over the delay in its appearance. Page proofs have now been corrected and returned to the publishers, and it would seem that within a week or so of your getting this N ew.sletter, the book should be ready. If you have not |