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THE YEAR 1859 |
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The
first Catholic Church in Camden was opened October 9, 1859, and
dedicated by Bishop Bayley on November 20th. This building was situated
at 5th Street and Taylor Avenue. Previous to this time services were
held and masses said in the old City Hall, in Starr's Hall, and in
private houses by visiting priests. The original church was used as a
chapel until the completion of the Church of the Immaculate Conception
at Broadway and Market Street. This building was formally opened on July
27, 1866. The Parochial School was erected in 1874; and the Catholic
Lyceum opened January 18, 1897.
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The
North Baptist Church was organized on November 15, 1859. The church had
been in existence as a mission school for four or five years already.
The church building at 2nd and Pearl Streets was dedicated on February
25, 1865, and the church on Linden Street below 4th was first used for
public worship on May 29, 1894.
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The Second Presbyterian Church was started in a
chapel erected at 4th and Benson Streets with money contributed largely
by members of the First
Church. The church was formally organized by the
Presbytery on March 1, 1860, and the main church dedicated September 2,
1866. The congregation combined with the First
Church on March 25,
1923.
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