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St. Aloysius' third home PDF Print E-mail

 

hickory_3rd_staloysius_nd_websmallBeginning in 1963, Masses were offered here until the construction of the current church

 

Fifty years ago on May 10, 1963 the third church for St. Aloysius parish in Hickory was dedicated by Bishop Vincent Waters. Msgr. Michael Begley (who would later become the first bishop of the Diocese of Charlotte) preached the sermon at the dedication Mass.

 
Dedication of St. Leo Hospital PDF Print E-mail

greensboro_st_leo_hosp_web_smallThe former St. Leo Hospital in Greensboro

 

 

On April 26, 1906 the Vicar Apostolic of North Carolina, Abbot-Bishop Leo Haid, O.S.B., dedicated St. Leo's Hospital in Greensboro. Staffed by the Sisters of Charity, this hospital later closed and the building became the home of Notre Dame High School.

 
Pilgrimage to the Grotto PDF Print E-mail

 

belmont_abbeygrotto_students_undated_websmallBelmont Abbey students pray at the grotto shrine in this undated photo

 

Clergy, religious and laity from across the Southeastern USA made a pilgrimage to the Lourdes Grotto Shrine on the campus of Belmont Abbey on March 25, 1908. The pilgrimage honored the 50th anniversary of the appearance of Our Lady in Lourdes, France. The shrine, from the beginning, was intended to be a place of prayer for vocations to the priesthood.

 
Abbot McCaffrey elected PDF Print E-mail

 

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On March 2, 1970 Fr. Edmund McCaffrey, OSB was elected Abbot of Belmont Abbey. Abbot McCaffrey, who was born in 1933 and ordained to the priesthood in 1959, was the fourth abbot of the Monastery. He resigned from this position in 1975 and went on to serve as a priest for the Diocese of Charleston.

 
Bishop Navagh and Our Lady of Consolation PDF Print E-mail

 

clt_olc_navagh_apdelegate_1957_websmallApostolic Delegate Amleto Cicogani (left) with Bishop James Navagh at dedication of Our Lady of Consolation in 1957

 

On February 12, 1963, Bishop James Navagh was appointed Bishop of Paterson (New Jersey). Bishop Navagh was ordained to the espicopacy in 1952 to serve as Auxiliary Bishop of Raleigh. During this time he became the first pastor of Our Lady of Consolation Church in Charlotte. He was transferred from the Diocese of Raleigh in 1957 when he was chosen by Pope Pius XII to be the seventh bishop of Ogdensburg (New York).

 
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