Chapter 1 THE CELEBRATION

HISTORICAL DISCOURSE

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HISTORY

OF THE

CATHOLIC CHURCH

IN

PATERSON, N. J.

WITH AN

Account of the Celebration of the Fiftieth Anniversary

OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF

ST. JOHN'S CHURCH

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HISTORY

OF THE

CATHOLIC CHURCH

IN

PATERSON, N. J.

WITH

An Account of the Celebration of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the

Establishment of St. John's Church.

By CHARLES A. SHRINER.

"Sanctuarium tuum, Domine, quod firmaverunt manus tu?; Dominus regnabit

in ?ternum et ultra."-Exod. xv.

PATERSON, N. J.

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