aug 14, 1945 - Special Thanksgiving Mass

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On August 14, 1945, Msgr. Stimac, pastor at St. John’s, telephoned parishioners requesting that they call relatives and neighbors to a special thanksgiving mass. The church was filled to the walls as parishioners prayed and wept in realizing that the war was finally over. Source: Strawberry Hill: A Neighborhood Study,

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