News Briefs
Diocesan Press Service. November 8, 1963 [XV-13]
SENIOR FILIPINO PRIEST DIES
The Rev. Albert Masferre, senior Filipino priest, died in Manila on October 30, 1963 following a cerebral hemorrhage. The son of a Spanish coffee planter who suggested the site of our mission center in Sagada, he was ordained in Manila in 1939 with Eduardo Longid, now Suffragan Bishop of the Philippines and Mark Salven, an Igorot priest who died early in his Ministry. The Rev. Albert Masferre served as Priest in charge of the Mission in Bontoc, Chaplain of St. Luke's Hospital in Manila and as Tutor of St. Andrew's Theological Seminary.
WCC FUNDS HOUSE DISASTER VICTIMS
On October 18 an entire new village - a total of 306 homes - was dedicated in Iran. The new community of Esmatabad, built at a cost of $450, 000, is a gift of churches around the world given through the World Council of Churches. All the villagers who will live in the new houses are Muslims. Among those present at the dedication was the Rt. Rev. Hassan Debqani-Tafti, Anglican Bishop of Iran.
The World Council of Churches also plans to help rehouse victims of the tragic dam disaster in the Italian Dolomites and has already ordered ten houses which will form the nucleus of a new village to be constructed as funds are made available. The new village will be situated at Cimolais on the opposite side of the mountain from the disaster area.