Parish house as it is today.

Father Art is a very active and vocal member of an anti-pornography com- mittee. If pornography is allowed to proliferate, the effect on young and old will be devastating. All morality, respect and decency will disappear. The parish sup- ports him fully in his efforts against pornography. It is unbelievable to people who have respect for themselves and for one another, that such material is sup- posed to be entertaining.

The name ‘Pendergast’ is quite often associated with ‘sports’. Father Art is no exception in this regard as he is deeply involved in the project to put artificial ice in the North Star Arena. This is a big project and requires the cooperation of all the surrounding districts. A fund raising appeal in the Spring of 1986 has shown a wonderful unity of purpose by the whole area with the raising of more than one hundred thousand dollars toward the project. It is expected that the total project will cost aproximately $225,000.00 and the Building Committee is hopeful that it may be possible to raise even more funds to cut down on debt.

The people of today realize that priests are not a separate race. They are human like us. Like all individuals they are quite different, one from the other. In the last fifty years each of our parish priests has left his own particular mark on the history of our parish. We thank God for the priests who have served in

our parish and pledge to do our part to make our parish a community of faith and love.

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