Neighbors; studies in immigration from the standpoint of the Episcopal church (1920) (14578176477)

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Title: Neighbors; studies in immigration from the standpoint of the Episcopal church
Year: 1920 (1920s)
Authors: Episcopal Church. Dept of missions and church extension Sturgis, William Codman, 1862- ed
Subjects: Home missions
Publisher: New York, Domestic and foreign missionary society
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress



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tive of re-sults, but the principal reason for any congregation isthe fact that there is a minister who can marry themand baptize their children, this sacramental tie beingthe main bond to the church in Bohemia. Anothervery prevalent reason for sending their children toProtestant Sunday Schools has been to learn the Eng-lish language and learn American customs. The bulkof these people here, however, remain untouched byreligious work. Social service will not coax them intothe Church, for in almost every group of fifty or morefamilies they supply themselves with a neighborhoodcentre and build their own community house, withgymnastics and calisthenics for both boys and girls,and gatherings for singing and other social exercises.In the large cities they even have their own movies.Sunday is the great family gathering day, and one oftheir chief grounds of opposition to the children goingto Sunday School, is that it takes the children awayfrom home just when the grandparents are making a 174
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