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COURIER-JOURNAL • Wednesday, May 29,1974 Pilgrimage Churches: St. Michael's, Rochester Those familiar with find By FATHER ROBERT F. McNAMARA ~ f the Rochester reminiscentof it in' its Substitute pilgrimage church for the domination of the horizon. Philip Drinding of j cathedral in Rochester's Northwest Region is Chicago, jthe architect, had a fine sense, of l St. Michael's Church on Clinton Avenue, architectural imasses and silhouettes. North < ! !r St Michael's interior is a period piece' of r j German-Wmerican' church { structure The This church is the second building that ,mairi altajr is[of gilded oak d'ecdrated with has served the" parish St. Mic.haef's parish polychrome sculptures, and crowned by five' was cut off from St Joseph's and Holy Goth'rc spires, dextrously carver! St. Michael Redeemer in 51872,1 and constituted, like the Archangel is represented oh the exterior them** a parish. Temporary by a copper statue oyer the ..main doorway; pastor was Father August Pin gel, I a and again inside/by a sjtained glass window Redemptonst from St. Joseph's Church He over jthe main altar- The windows were all entered actively into, the planning of the fijrst produced in Innsbruck, . In keeping ? church buildings, a brick structure 126 by't66 with {the angelic theme set by the church's feet in size (the present parish hall). The first patrcm, angels have been pictured in all tihe permanent pastor. Father Fridolm Pascal'ar,' other, window in the South- transept was named February 1, 18741 One month represents the Nativity of Christ:. The artist later the new church was dedicated !by has cleverly introduced Bishop McQuaid as Bishop Bernard J ,McQuaid. The parish one of the: Three Kings, kneefing in front of population at that time was stated as "about' the Ghild-j In the right-hand panel of the 15-1600 souls." i , '! window, ope of the shepherds has the face'of the founding pastor, Father Pascalar. This population! continued to grow, 1 i St. Michael's originally stood in the midst ijt is how an "inner city" church j and steadily, so in 1887 Father Pascalar began' to, of the very German | neighborhood / jof thus represents all the impoverished Catholic plarrfor a new church, the present one After "Butterhole/^seyeral blocks north of the l^ew churches in 'the city center the laying of the foundation stone on May 27-, York Centrjal tracks. Muc i has changed theVe "A fiW temple for the God of?heaven to 1888, the new structure of grey Lockport since] World War " most of the olid 11 dwelll inn' That is how Bishop Bernard J. sandstone and browp Medina stone rose parishioners are gone, reducing parish McQuaid described the present St Michael's quickly. Pojrshed granite columns held jup population! to 1500 Cwhere it was in ;i874)..Jln at its dedication on September 29;f890. Will the i lofty roof; and the whole structure fact, |St JVIichael's ha5 been chosen St. Michael's be able to survivje financially for as' I-a located on a rise of ground, with a graceful pilgrimage; church not only because it iis another feneration? Those who visit it [and spire 220 feet high, stood out ^impressively, handsome,! and because 1974 is the cen­ admire it as pilgrims in 1974 will certainly widely visible from the center of the city. tennial year pf its first church, but most of all hope so. I ' ' i Farley Awarded a Abortion Law Restricted La eta re Medal Albany [RNS] - NeJv, Yor....k. John T, Mid ileton, chairman^of PilgrimageSacred Heart Cathedral, Rochester Churches. Symbolizing the authorit y of State's) Right! to Life Committee the state right to life ;jroup, trje Bishop of Rochester, this is the chief Holy Year pilgrimage ha%d 'passage by the legislature described the egislative'action as church Catholics in each diocesan region are being urged tosend at ' New Vark [RNSJ - Th,e- of *T bill restricting Newj||York's a "real breakthrough on (behalf ofc least a token pilgrimage to the Cathedral. , University of Notre Dame, foufeyear-old; liberalized abortion children, irrespective of the ''presentedMts highest award, the; law^ calling rt a "victory jfpr the method of their birth " Alternate Pilgrimage churches. These have been designated by , Laetare ktedal, to the New Deal innocent, helpless 'child-"! |l| (Democratic), polit cal leader; the Bishop as substitutes for the Cathedral „ 't i James A Farley at a dmner in the' The rneasure, known as the Aid I * Waldorf-Astoria Hotel' here ' * to Live Aborted Fetuses Bill, was The bill mandates that, in Monroe County regions* St. , Irondequoit St. [ - I i passed, by the Senate 43^1^,1 after abortions involving fetuses 20 Michael, Rochester Holy , Webster St. Louis, Pittsford St. "Today,Twhen Am shea's faith1; ft had jearlier been approved by weeks or older, a second Pius X, Chili , _ __ ' > in its political institutions anq the Assembly, 81-3'1 The bill is physiciarLmust be in atter dance expected to be signed into law by solely to attetript io save the. fetus Yates-Ontario Region- St. Francis de Sales, Geneva s persbnalitiel is challenged as- 1 "never before, you stand as a Gov Wilson who supported it if lit survives I 1 ' I beacpn of integntyjl said the ' Hi. Seneca-Cayuga Region* St. Alphonsus, Auburn ,{ * . ' citation "Your public life, as well j ! as your business career, are on t Tompkins-Tioga Region- , Ithaca St. record for,all to see'] * TOTAL NEW CONCEPT IN THE Paltrick, OA/egrx i •- ; i • ' Father Theodore Hesburgh, Chemung-Schuyler Region Ss. Peter and Paul, | Elmfra ,'Mount president of Notre [}ame, read' CARE Of THE ELDERLY Saviour Monastery, near Elmira. Monastery of St. John of the Cross, jthe legation and made the New York State Board of Social Welfare Operating Permit Waverly Hill " , i T f"« presentation ! > ' 'i • Varied activities and recreation Arts and Grafts Room Steuben-Livingston Region: St. Columba, Caledonia StjJMary, JACK KENNY • Scenic Dining Room Inter-denoijninational Oiapel Corning. St. Ann, Hornell. | ( j MEMORIAL HOUSING • Personal {Care Supervisfon Beauty and Barber Shop ' 'I li 3 Sponsored by District 3 • Cocktail Lounge ^ Personal Laundry Care |J| IUEAFL CIO(FHA HUD236) • Lounges and Multi-purpose *, Transportation Available Official Days of Pilgrimage Sr. Citizens Low .Rooms All Sundays and holy days of obligation (atjhojurs apart from & Middle Income re^ulan scheduled services)' j | ' GARDEN APARTMENTS Suites'for Couples & Singles The feast day of the church or monastery '[ ,' I 'I Reasonable Rates — S S.I. Acceptable V2 BEDROOM APARTMENTS 'rivate & Semil Private Room Accomodations II ,' also 12 UNITS for HANDICAPPED Other feast days. Official opening,May 31 (Visitation) Jijne 21 MONTHLY RENTAL ( of ) June 22 (St John Fisher, didcesan patron) 1 BR |136-2 Br $154 June 29 (Ss Peter and Paul) July 26 (Ss Joachim and| Anne); Aug. 6 A Fair & Eflual Mktg Housing Proi (Transfiguration), Aug. 15 (Assumption) Aug. 20 (St Bernard) Sept. 140-2G0 GARLAND AVE. 9 dSt Peter Claver) Oct. 7 (Our Lady of the Rosary) Oct. 19 (fs Isaac DIAL 235-2645 P Jo?ues and Companions) Oct. 25 (Feast of the dedication ojtSacred [ Heart Cathedral) Oct. 28 (Ss. Simon and Jude). Nov. ?3 (St frances Norman McGovern, ResJ Manager Cabrini) Dec. 12 (Our Lady of Guadalupe) "W Nboneast I*'

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