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Title: The Catholic churches of New York City, with sketches of their history and lives of the present pastors : with an introduction on the early history of Catholicity on the island, and lives of the most reverend archbishops and bishops
Year: 1878 (1870s)
Authors: Shea, John Gilmary, 1824-1892
Subjects: Catholic Church Catholic Church Church buildings
Publisher: New York : L.G. Goulding
Contributing Library: School of Theology, Boston University
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Library Consortium Member Libraries

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ly a most happy, and willever be to you and to your children a most memorable day.You have, in Gods providence, been enabled to build uphere a beautiful temple to His honor and glory. Youhave offered it to Him. You have witnessed with whatceremonies the Holy Church, in the presence of her bishopsand ministers, has blessed and consecrated it, and thenoffered it to Almighty God, begging Him to accept theoffering of His loving and devoted childi-en. And Hehas accepted your offer. The church was thus opened for the worship of God,but the Association of St. Agnes, formed to create a fundfor the building, was continued to aid in extinguishingall debts incurred in its completion. The clergy, since the organization, have been: Rev. H. C. Macdowall, Pastor. Rev. Anthony Catoggio, Assistant in 1873. Rev. Henry Pratt, Assistant, 1873 to the present time. Rev. P. J. McCloskey, Assistant, 1876. Died Decem-ber 2, 1877. Rev. A. J. Keogh, Assistant, 1877. Rev. William J. )\IcClure, Assistant, 1878. I
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CHURCH or 8T. AUNES. Hg REV. HARRY C. MACDOWALL, PASTOR OF ST. AGNES CHURCH. THE Rev. Ilany Cummings Macdowall, the activePastor of St. Agnes fhurcli, is a native ofWashington, District of Cohimbia, and is of a familywhich has aheady given New York City a priest ofmark, in the person of liis uncle, the learned and brilliantDr. Jeremiah W. Cummings, so many years identified withSt. Stephens Church. The Rev. Mr. Macdowall was born in 1841, and wassent at an early age to that great seminary of the Ameri-can Church, Mount St. Marys, Emmittsburg. After hiscourse there, having devoted himself to the service of Godin his church, he completed his divinity studies in theCollege of the Propaganda at Rome. At the conclusionof his studies he received minor orders, and the subdia-conate and diaconate, and was ordained priest on the13th of June, ISd?, in the basilica of St. John Lateran,by his Eminence Cardinal Constantine Patrizi, Bishop ofOstia and Velletri. On his return to the United States, he

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