Pennsylvania Highlands Community College - Cambria City Church Project

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In the Johnstown neighborhood of Cambria City are located five historical, ethnic churches. In 2009, the Altoona/Johnstown Diocese closed four of the churches and renamed the fifth church. Each of these churches has celebrated a centennial and one has celebrated a quasquicentennial. Before the churches were de-sanctified, each one was photo-documented and a description developed to explain the location and history of realia contained in the church. In addition, print materials were digitized related to each church (e.g. church newsletters, event flyers, bulletins.) The ethnicities of the churches were German, Slovak, Irish, Polish/Hungarian, and Croatian.
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Souvenir of the First Holy Mass of Rev. John H. Dowling
Churches -- St. Columba's Church
A commemorative card for the first mass celebrated by Rev. John H. Dowling at St. Columba's Church. The front has a black and white image of hands holding the Host and Chalice with words in Latin beneath. The back reads: "Souvenir of the First Holy Mass of Rev. John H. Dowling, celebrated in St. Columba's Church, Johnstown, Pa. Sunday, June 21st, 1896. Ordained Priest at the Cathedral, Baltimore, Md., June 19th, 1896, by His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons."
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