Religion: Dial-a-Saint

Recorded prayers and messages of inspiration for the spiritually hungry have been part of the weaponry of big-city churches for a long time. Now the Redemptorist Fathers of the Holy Ghost Church in suburban Houston have devised a new telephonic treat: "Dial-a-Saint."

By dialing MOhawk 7-8383 a maximum of 220 callers an hour can hear a message tied to the saint whose day it is. Sample: "Too many of us have never learned the love of solitude in today's busy world. Our hero for today, St. Bruno, rebukes our ceaseless activity in the midst of...

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