Bronze Reporter [Volume: 5, Issue: 25]

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Men call him father ~ Father
DuKette ~ and whether t?:
words ring from their lips in
confession, on their death beds,
in a parish chat or on the street,
they refer to an elderly priest
who. has left his mark of influence on souls both living and
dead, in hearts both sad and
laughing, in homes both merry
and filled with gloom,

Father DuKette was called to
the prieesthood when he was just
a child, and when;sttill only sixteen, he entered college and
graduated some four years later
from Loras college, the school
from which he _ received both
classical and theological training. He was the first Negro ever
to attend and graduate from: this
school. Having joined the R.O.
T.C., he became a Ist Lieutenant,
arid before his ~military career~

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was ended, he held the. post of
Batallion Adjutant.

After graduation, he Sook a
summer course at the University,ef Miehigan. Then his health; failed. This. being the frist of; | two~ occasions when Father Du
Kette stood near death~ himself.
After his illness, he entered St.
Paul~s Seminary from which he
later graduated with his S.T.B.

~Tie then ~became an ordaineé
priest and his first assignment
was to establish a church in Detroit ~ the Church of St. Bene~dict The Moor. After spending a
few years in the Detroit area, he

pose of establishing another par.
ish, He remains at: the Parish of
Christ The King to this day.

Flint people have known Father DuKette for twenty nine
years. During this time he has
wen the hearts of men and women both Catholic and non-Catholic alike,

~As a boy, I wanted to be a
priest so that I might - serve
Christ and my people. It seems
as if. this desire was a natural
instinct. There were four sets of
twins in our family and I was
in one of the last sets. My twin
brother died as an infant so perhaps God saved me for ~ something,~ said the Priest, as if he
had not as yet discovered what
God might have saved him for.

~T had seventeen brothers and
eight sisters, and there are four
brothers left and one sister.~

In addition to having lost so
much on the earth, Father DuKette has purposely denied himself many of the material things

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ple, when he.was asked -why
Priests wear black clothing, he
replied, ~One reason is because
it prevents our picking up too
much of the worldly idea. We
' separate ourselves from ~most cf
the worlds material. things ~because they can interfere with the
Spiritual development which we
hope to cultivate in ourselves
and in others. A car, however,
is a necessity so we use things of
this. kind.~

Speaking ~of the material and
the immaterial, father was asked,
What is a soul? He replied,
~Man~s soul is that guiding spirit within him that tends toward
God. When it is free from sin, it
finds contentment in contemplating God. What is more, it is this
guiding spirit which trancends
what we call death, and experiences eternal life, free from. pain
and sineness and it is this also

ing God... face to face. It
goes on then to participate ac_tively in a life of happiness ~ a
~life far more full than what we
lean ~possibly know on earth for
the soul divested of its body in
heaven enjoys a perfect: existence
with God.

~Therefore,~ he continued,~
the meaning of life rests in our
constantly striving to effect a
more perfect spiritual state. It

~therefore follows that man should

Father Norman Dukette es he looked when. he e
29 years ago, and as Flint knows him today.

FR. NORMAN. pucKa 1

transferred to Flint for.the. pur-.

~that has the experience of meet-|

use the material taings: at
in such a way as to leat
closer to God. They are. Rot:
be used to satisfy -pleasut Pes:
the flesh. Life was not given to
us so that we might have a-big
time, but for the purpose of
spiritual development.~

As evidence of this; Rather Baw
Kette gave a typical days |
ity: He rises at six o'clock and

lowing this, he ~ ergages rea
in keeping appointments in either the Parish or the hospital....
then comes office pnd book work.
Later in the day, there is Cathetical Instruction. He usually has
dinner around six o~elock. '
On other days, Thursday for
example, there is, perce at, seyen-thirty. On Saturdays;! iWithade!
tion to his regular duties, there
is Confession in the morning,
mid-morning; aftergont lle att
ernoon and at night.

His work, however, see!
to have taken: him 4p e
duced him ta-less tha
was ~ as isthe fae
of us, On the contrary, He lamas
to have simply gone iran e
out~ to ~within: 9%, ~| ian tt | &; i

That is, when one leoks at him
today, sone seesva nmelderly
a~ -headl -filled hit ore 9 one Hinks
lined face, the usual rounded |
shoulders, and all of the other

things that happen to us with
passing of the years. But one

from without. A. clésér ~léok
shows. that. their, has, been. y ~~
not deterioration | ~but~a metamorphosis. Looking at the two
photographs, ane discovers that
the appearance of eg
quiet in his youthfisl: fa
come to rest inside ~him.

Today his eyes depict an inner
calm: The smoothness has moved.
from where it could, be seen to
where it is.no lo isible ~
except in his eyes. ~The brightness, the glow. of. his. youthful. |..
face has changed~ places*-and

of which the*soul is mage. ' ~
magnificent abstraction has
veloped and stands ~ready ata
meet the mind that created it.

it seems.

Men go to Father DuKette- toreceive Teligious ainstruction, to:
confess their sins, to find help
with their problems. They. go-to;
save their souls and to seek
strength whert the blows: of life
have been too many: w

| This, we feel, is wisdom. For
there is a little more of God at
Christ The King Parish than ene
usually runs into. ~

Alfonso Sherman. served as.
stage manager of- the-Floria#*
A&M University Playmakers
Guild production of ~The. Mah
ock

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and a consultant during the
ninth annual Florida Interchol
astic Drama and Speech.
Ciation conference held
ly at Florida A&M. Mr. Sherman joined the A&M~ speech
2 ae com are Be last

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has Mass at seven. Around eight-.
thirty, he has crete snd

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cannot use this man by looking

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transformed itself.into the stuff.

FAMU STAGE MANAGER | ~

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ice points be agi
ay Safe driving in life.
2. ~Dependability-God depends

lox ws and requires ~that we be

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aon his subject was

% ge army and victorious |

Judges ''7:24-25. We \were
well-.entertained - by Rev. ba

tj and. Lily Baptist. ~~

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D | ~We are now looking cward

to: our big day Men-Women and

day in June. The groups are
working hard to make that ~a
Manner Day. Watch this column
-fot tlie weekly events. See your
~next week in~the B.R.

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* Beateh me, O God, and
know tay heart; try me, and
~know my thoughts.~(Psalm ~

~ When we truly siirrender
our lives completely to Our |
Heavenly Father, through~
His Sen Jesus Christ, we
"| Will net try to hold onto oF
hide even the smallest evil. thoughts. They cannot be hidden from Him ~ but He will
forgive us when we are really
repentant, when we. really
love Him.

oe | VERNON CHAPEL A. M. &.

Young~ People~s Day the 5th Sun-[
The Family. Hour will be held

M4 | from 7 to-8 p.m, Sune=1. The |
~}Pamily Hour is under the direc- |

tion of the Sunday School and
is designed for parents to see
=rhat their childpen are doing in
Sunday school and what is taught,
There will also be a panel discussion: Mrs. Thelma Busbee is
general superintendent.:
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|i. PAUL MISSIONARY

BAPTIST

Saturday, June 7th, the. Young
Matrons ~are sponsoring a weiner
roast at the church from 5 to 7
p.m. Proceeds will go to the,
building fund. Mrs, Essie Haynes
is president.

The Sunshine Band, under the

direction. of Mrs, Daisy Brankley,

will have a variety show and

family dinner ~on June 8th.: * Eo

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BETHEL METHODIST

Rev. and Mrs, Paul Smith and
<. H. Hobson attended the Lexington Annual Conference of the
Methodist Church May 13 to 138:
at ~R. E, Jones Temple Methodist
Church, Louisville; Kentucky,.
Bishop M. W. Clair, Jr., resident
bishop.

The congregation is happy to
learn that Rev. Smithh was feturned to Bethel Methodist for
another year. ~

GOLDEN LEAF BAPTIST
| A bar-bq was given. at the

Aid Club. Proceeds will go to
Rev. W. A. Vaughn, pastor of the

~church, for his artificial leg:
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MT. OLIVE BAPTIST

The congregation observed the
19th anniversary cf. Rev. and
| Mrs. Turpin~s service with the
church.~ Rev, Ira Watkins. was
guest minister and the Commun
ful musical selections.
~ SS fae: _

athyys

~On this side and that men

see their friends drop off

aoe leaves of autumn.~
~Blair

KELLEY ~ Perry Kelley, 1427
Florida, age 54, passed Wednesday, May 21,:1958. Funeral, services were held at 1 p.m., Monday, May 26, 1958 from New
Zion Baptist Church, Rev. J. S,
Smith ~officiating. Burial in Forest Lawn Cemetery. Relatives
and friends assembled at the resdence at 12:15 p.m. Monday. Arrangements by the Greene Home
4 for Funerals, St. John at Garfield.

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Moci seria ~ Benjamin McClellan, 1066 E. Baltimore, age
75, expired Thursday, May: 22,
1958, at the residence. Body was
shipped to Cedar Town, Georgia
Monday, May 26 for service and
burial. Arrangements by the
House of Spencer, 1204 Lapeer,
CE 8-7750.,

RELIGION IN OUR SCHOOLS
There~s a topic boiling underneath the surface these days
that I~d like to see brought out inte the open. That~s religion-and

education.
From what I can gather, it~s a'|
highly explosive topic in many
> communities and predictions are
4 im it~s eS.
_ ing to explode
one of these!

E together
all over. this coun and discuss it.

The almost backroom anete
sions of. are taking all
of forms. In some sacra
~undertone fight a relea
time for religious instruction.
others, it~s the use of public..,.funds for transportation of paro
[> ~chial school children. Elsewhere

4it comes out. as town protests

or faiths were at the meetCatholic, a Jew and a
Protestant. ea | ed his |
| ~Spoint of view and the meet- | |
ing was thrown open to discus-.

and everybody learned a great
deal. I doubt if any minds were
changed but I believe quite a few.
were opened to the other fellow's
point of view. i
One of the reasons that teli-~.
gion and education continues ag ~
a thorny problem is that there is
so little discussion of it in the
open. I dori~t believe a discussion |
of it should be forced if no problem exists. But in those commun-.
ities ~where the problem is very

real, 1 suggest that the le involved stage a full-fi, open
agape or series of a,
on the topic..

petit never ~atistae
to anyone on - an
pretend the mine m doesn~t

exist. Piecemeal aotati ons to
avert a crisis and to keep everyone quiet if not happy aren't
dow ihe to prove~ valuable in the

on
Hy selved a mind =
~orum ra a ~
that this:

BRONZE RATORTER, SATURDAY, WAY, ait 1068

church on~ Memorial Day by the~

ity Chorus from ~Macedonia Batt:
~ltist Church rendered the bea \i
Akette: Public /is weleome,

Ffousiney E ride |

1159 Foss Avenue
Rev. A. Aldridge, pastor

MT. CALVARY BAPTIST

~ CHURCH ~

3017 Industrial Avenve
Matthew. Montgomery, pastor

Galilee Baptist Church
4418 Industrial
Rev. J.-L. Mactan, Pastor.
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Macedonia Baptist " Chins
1116 Hickory ~
Rev. Ira Watkins, Pastor
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Metropolitan Baptist Church
3939. Industrial
Dr: s. D. Edwards, Pastor.

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Rev.

_| Mt, Olive Baptist Church

Libert~ and Kennelworth
Rev. R. R. chs Pastor

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New Zion Baptist Church
4311 Selby St.

Rev. J. S. rey Pastor -
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Shiloh MERA Church
St. John at Massachuseiis aye
Rev. n, Pastor. * @ A
St, Paul Baptist Church
1073 E. Pierson Road
Rev, R.-R. Gordon, Pastor
Sunday school: 9:30 a.m. Worship: 11 a.m.
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~: GREATER HARVEST
MISSIONARY BAPTIST.
CHURCH ~
3908 Industrial
Serves. 2.560. 11:00, A.M.
Rev. C, R. Neal, pastor
2 *. 2 ~
Trinity Baptist Church
1661 Clifford St. * ~
Rev.~ A, F. Thomas, Paster

CATHOLIC SERVICES
Church of Chris: The King
) Thirteenth: and Clifford Sts,
Sunday servites 8:30 and ue
am. Rev. Father Norman Du-..

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Chareh'e Of, God aie
8020 St, John St.

Rev. John Smyers, Pastor |;
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~St. James Church of God ~

in Christ~3613 St. John St.
gry iii 12: ~Noon. ~Sunday
school: 9:30 a.m.
Rev. S. C. Coles, Pastor
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CHURCH. OF GOD
12th at Harrison Sts,
Rev. G. ~Williams, Pastor
cd * s
2801 North St.
Elder J. S. Lester, Pastor |
Sunday School, 10 a.m Morn-.
ing Worship, 11 a.m,.All are

welcome. ~

DISCIPLES OF SBT
SERVICES

Vermont Christian Church
1201 Lippmcott Blvd.
Rev. Thomas Courts, Pastor

METHODIST SERVICES
Bethel Methodist Church
Liberty at Twelfth Sts,
Rev. Paul V. are, Pastor

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Seonse Chapel c. M. x.
1142 Campau
Sunday services: 11 a.m.
Rey. Bishop, Pastor
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Quinn Chapel A M, E.
2101 Lippincott Blvd.
Rev. James 8. & M:tchem, Pas.,

St. Luke A. B ~Zion,
~North at Addison ~
Service: 11:45 a.m.
Rev. D, Baldwin, Pastor
tot. 2.
Vernon bisa A. M. E,
North at Addison Sts,
6; B nigh as 10:45. anaday school,

Lewis L. Lawrence, rise D.
D., Minister
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BLACKWELL AME ZION
1234 Central Ave,
Services, 11 a.m. Rev. Zellner
Clemmons, minister,

oJNITARIAN S SERVICES
e0a. Clifford St.

Sunday school and services. 11:00
a.m. Public ~is welcome.

Rev, Karel Botermans, - Minister

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