Sports
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Brothers With Sports Shirt Collars
Seven New Guineans from the Roman Catholic Vicariate of Wewak took their vows as Brothers of the Sacred Heart of Wewak on May I, and thus became NG’s first native religious brothers.
HHHEY are the “foundation” mem -*• bers of the new religious con gregation which was founded three years ago by Divine Word missionary Bishop Leo C. Arkfeld, SVD. He became interested in the idea about 1954 and got the go-ahead signal from the Vatican two years later.
The Vatican granted a special sub sidy for the erection of six permanent buildings, including classrooms, dormitories and a novitiate, which were erected by the young men themselves under the supervision of Brother Seraphicus Schmale, SVD, a Divine Word missionary Brother.
Bishop Arkfeld says that the purpose is to produce skilled trades men and highly qualified teachers for the Wewak Vicariate and for other areas of NG.
The religious habit of the new order is white with a thin black cincture, and was designed by the Bishop himself. One special feature is a sports shirt collar suited for the tropics in place of the conventional high cassock collar.
New Brother Dominic Kalegori—and sports shirt collar.