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But the most pressing
need of this early period lay in the education of the parish
children. Father Corcoran, as a former superintendent of education,
was concerned about this problem; but for the time being he knew
that he would have to wait to build the school. So instead, he
and his assistants poured themselves into the newly-founded program
of the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine. In 1927, a handful
of children started attending catechism lessons on Sundays in
the wood-frame house, but by 1930, the group had grown to sixty
children in regular attendance. One admirable parishioner deserves
special notice here, Miss Mary Ford, who from the beginning gave
herself to the work of educating children in their faith; she
saw the program grow from its modest beginnings to a well-staffed,
smooth-running program that reached hundreds of youngsters. |
