April 9, 1916 ~ NEGRO CATHOLIC MISSION.

April 9, 1916
NEGRO CATHOLIC MISSION.


The Rev. Theobald Chrysostom to Preach at St. Monica's Church.


The Rev. Theobald Chrysostom, O. F. M., one of the most noted of the missionaries of the Franciscan order in this country, will begin a mission in St. Monica's church, Seventeenth and Lydia avenue, tomorrow morning. The missionary will preach his first sermon at the high mass and will preach each evening during the week.

St. Monica's is a church for negro Catholics and is the only one of its kind in Kansas City. The membership embraces about seventy-five negro families. The Rev. Father Cyprian, attached to the Franciscan mission work in Kansas City, is its pastor.