St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church Golden Jubilee Year Book, 1943View transcription
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The Origin of St. Joseph's Parish—Continued
As the number of East Camden Catholics grew, however, it became evident that a parish church and a resident priest were necessary for proper worship, instruction, and care of the people. In 1890 a meeting was held in the Boyce home on Cooper Street, now 27th, and those present approved a petition to the Right Reverend Michael J. O'Farrell, Bishop of Trenton, to aid them in building their own church. Advice was sought several times from the priests at the Immaculate Conception Church, and Staints Peter and Paul's Church, but the Immaculate Conception parish was trying to pay for the church spire at the time, and could not afford to erect a Mission Church; and both of the Catholic Churches then in Camden were handicapped by a shortage of priests. But early in 1892 Bishop O'Farrell directed the Franciscan Fathers on Spruce Street to establish and care for the Pavonia Mission.
Joseph Schneider, Sr., Joseph Widua, and Thomas Campbell, the members of the building committee, secured Wright's Hall at Marlton Pike and Federal Streets for services at the charge of $10.00 a Sunday. And on the fly leaf of the account book of the Pavonia Mission we read: "Said Mass in Wright's Hall, Wrightsville, New Jersey for the first time on Sunday, February 7, 1892, and thereafter every first and second Sunday of the
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As the number of East Camden Catholics grew, however, it became evident that a parish church and a resident priest were necessary for proper worship, instruction, and care of the people. In 1890 a meeting was held in the Boyce home on Cooper Street, now 27th, and those present approved a petition to the Right Reverend Michael J. O'Farrell, Bishop of Trenton, to aid them in building their own church. Advice was sought several times from the priests at the Immaculate Conception Church, and Staints [sic] Peter and Paul's Church, but the Immaculate Conception parish was trying to pay for the church spire at the time, and could not afford to erect a Mission Church; and both of the Catholic Churches then in Camden were handicapped by a shortage of priests. But early in 1892 Bishop O'Farrell directed the Franciscan Fathers on Spruce Street to establish and care for the Pavonia Mission.
Joseph Schneider, Sr., Joseph Widua, and Thomas Campbell, the members of the building committee, secured Wright's Hall at Marlton Pike and Federal Streets for services at the charge of $10.00 a Sunday. And on the fly leaf of the account book of the Pavonia Mission we read: "Said Mass in Wright's Hall, Wrightsville, New Jersey for the first time on Sunday, February 7, 1892, and thereafter every first and second Sunday of the
