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RELIGIOUS SERVICES 
PACIFIC SIDE: D 1K w , 
Balboa Union Church (Protestant) on Balboa Road 
near Balboa Police Station. Sunday services at 10:40 
a. m. and 7:30 p. m. ■ . c 
Pedro Miguel Union Church (Protestant). Services 
at 10:45 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. 
First Baptist Church, Balboa Heights. Ancon Boule¬ 
vard just below Administration Building. Services at 
10:45 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. . . , 
First Church of Christ Scientist, Ancon Boulevard. 
Sundav service at 11 a. m. Wednesday service at 8 P* in * 
Cathedral of St. Luke (Episcopal) near Ancon Post 
Office. Sunday at 7:30 and 10:45. a. m, 
St. Mary’s Church (Catholic) near Balboa Police 
Station. Sunday Masses, 5:55, 7:30, 8:30, 9:30, 10:30, and 
11:30 a. m. Confessions on Saturdays 3:30 to 5 and 7 to 
8 d. m. Benediction each Sunday at 5 p. m. 
Sacred Heart Church (Catholic) Ancon. Sunday 
Masses 6 and 9:15 a.m. Confessions on Saturday, 4 to 5 
and 7 to 8 p. m. On Gorgas Road below the hospital. 
Church of the Assumption (Catholic) Pedro Miguel. 
Sunday Masses, 7:30 and 8:30 a. m. Confessions on 
Saturday at 7 p. m. . , 
Jewish Services. Services are held every Friday night 
at 7:45 at the Esther Witkin U. S. O. Club La Boca Road, 
Balboa. The Congregation Kol Shearith Israel, Cuba 
Avenue at 36th Street, Vista del Mar, Panama, welcomes 
Armv and Navy men to its Friday evening services, at 5:30. 
Mormon. A service for persons of the Mormon faith is 
held every Sunday night at 7:30 at the Esther Witkin 
U. S. O. Club. . 7 
Non-Sectarian vesper services Sunday at / p. m., 
Balboa-Amador Road U. S. O. Club. 
ATLANTIC SIDE: x 0 . 
Cristobal Union Church (Protestant). Services at 
10:45 a. m. and 7 p. m. . , 
Gatun Union Church (Protestant). Services at 11 a. m. 
^First* Church of Christ Scientist, Cristobal, 13th St. 
and Bolivar Ave. Sunday at 11 a. m. Wednesday at 
7:30 p. m. 
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Church of Our Saviour (Episcopal). Cristobal, opposite 
Washington Hotel. Sunday service at 11 a. m. # 
Miraculous Medal Church (Catholic) New Cristobal. 
Sunday Masses at 7, 8, and 10:30 a. m. Confessions on 
Saturday at 4 to 5 and 7 to 8 p. m. 
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Catholic) 
Colon. Sunday Masses ar 6:30, 7:30, &:30 and 10. Con 
fessions on Saturday at 2 to 5 and 7:15'to 8:30 p. m. 
Immaculate Conception Church (Catholic) Gatu . 
Sunday Masses at 7 and 9:30. . , . , 
Jewish Services. Services are held each Friday night 
at 7 o’clock at the Spanish and Portuguese Congregation 
3rd and G Streets,' Colon, and also at the Oriental Jewish 
Congregation on 8th Street. 
PANAMA CITY: 
Attend Mass in Panama City’s historic churches. (See 
the section “Sightseeing in Panama”, for the names an 
locations of these churches). Masses usually begin at 
5:30 a. m. and continue until 11:30 a. m. San Francisco 
Church on Bolivar Plaza, and Cristo Rey on Justo Arose- 
mena Ave. and 37th St. in Vista del Mar have 11 o clock 
Masses. If you are a Catholic, you will be interested 
the relation of the people to the church in a Catholic 
countrv, as expressed in their homelike use of the churc . 
Feast day processions are treats for the pious the camera 
addict and the casual observer. Good Friday in Holy 
Week, St. Ann’s Day in July, and Midnight Mass on 
Christmas Eve are notable events. 
• LIBRARIES 
THE PANAMA CANAL LIBRARY, located on the 
first floor of the Administration Building at Balboa Heights, 
contains 70,000 books and more than 200 periodicals. 
Soldiers, sailors, marines, and civilians are equally wekome 
and have equal privileges. Application blanks for library 
cards permitting you to withdraw books may be obtained 
at the desk. These must be signed by a commissioned 
officer or your department or division head. Library 
hours: 7:30 a. m. to 8 p. m., except Sundays and holidays 
COCOLI Deposit Library in Cocoli Clubhouse on west 
bank of Canal. (Branch of Panama Canal Library). 
Hours: 10 to 11 a. m.; 3 to 4 p. m.; 6:30 to 8 p. m. 
