CBabbin
August 13, 2018
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Did you know that during the time of integration the church census took a nose dive, as the Civil Rights movement reached it’s peak? The words of Malcolm X and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. fed the souls of all black Americans, including black Catholics, and some looked outside the their church for spiritual nurturing. Within the parish there was discontent, and some parishioners made the switch to St. Agnes or churches closer to their new homes.
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CBabbin
August 12, 2018
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Did you know that in the mid 1960’s many families refused to allow the doors of the old church to close permanently? Bishop Robert Tracy assured parishioners that as long as they stayed, the doors of St. Francis Xavier would remain open.
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CBabbin
August 12, 2018
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Did you know that when all seemed lost, the parish received a new lease on life? The vitality and keen organizational skills of Father Bartholomew Hines were the perfect medicine to cure St. Francis Xavier’s ills.
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CBabbin
August 12, 2018
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Did you know that in 1968 the Golden Anniversary of the church rekindled the Ancestral flame of hard work and sacrifice among the parishioners? Crowds of well-wishers flocked to the old church for the Anniversary mass, and later to the Catholic Life Center for a banquet.
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CBabbin
August 7, 2018
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Bulletin for the week of August 12, 2018, The Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
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