" HOODLUM SAINT" Prison Chapel Dedicated to Good Thief

1)rincAILD to the ,Saint " who stole Heaven itself "—St. Dismas, the " Good Thief "—a church within CllitIon prison at Darmeniera, New York, is being erected by the inmates themselves. under the direction of their prison chaplain Some years ago a writer in the Chicago Daily News also had a great devotion to P. Dimas, deplored the scarcity of churches dedicated to the Good Thief, and said: " T here are so MOH y better advertised Saints. all specialists, that few mortals bother with this hoodlum Saint who roams the outfield of eternity. making shoestring catches of souls—a Saint who has no following to speak of, no medals, no propaganda."