J.F.X. Walsh

Smallwood, William J. "bridgeport", Walsh, J.f.x.

United States, Connecticut

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zrencnt a Lri. eJort
431irious Life in
.t. reterfn 'rch Amcl,wooe
Interview wit' PPV T
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1 aske( the :cv. Mr. elsh alAmt te reliAole teliefn of the church,
nne 10 tolc Ikat it was pre onan '.;atholic like all othe,-t, of that
'chief.
T:Le church ir n t composed of an arlstocratie class. 1 e people are
.11 mid(le-class vorkiry peo„de, an so -e of the poorer class,
&-.11 eh 1.1e. a seatinp capacft:: of b00; ite Wentership is 4,100.
te atteaa_ce is nrolf:_-:- 3020.
a7-0 .as seeral oriar zations dcsiuned to keep t c c,i-nrch se
social ns ,r :elirlous f;enter. ese orgextiations include the
7!entr League, for oler -en; t:.0 oly- sory o- onte•Ltscue, ftr the women
of t':o c'tyzrch; te itholic Iout 41.r..) for young married
couples aro .usiness people; the VII :chool lut4 *tone ni- in to keep
rellr.ion in mind an to hate a social ceAer; aid the _:unda.7 f-che.o10 for
Lungstern. FJ.'he atterdance at the :Ainda7 SAO Ittovt 400,
,lf ell the people who atten thin clx.rch, there are cr1 ter colored
Tis IiaTIcful of people corprincs two families. Three-quarters of
te people eh re? ore of IrinL-Ameelleeit elctractiol-., with a
5prrfrhin. o: itnlians, 1-,:vaks and iungarians. The eh,rch Is conducted
in an Arlerican Lannert Clot Iss tt t e rejol'it7Tet tose 1 Ettencenoe
speak '-nrlish„ The youn people of foreign extraetiOn are r-est17 rlerloan
TYr: finC th,ii. h t -e ttera- tl-As chv;rch, teir piVents attene churches
w' -ere tcir wn 11r;tuac is -ore ,.,nerally used.
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