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The first settlers in Goshen Township arrived circa 1805, [2]: 586 and Mechanicsburg was platted on 6 August 1814. [2]: 596 Organized religion was rare in the earliest years; the first churches were established by circuit-riding preachers from the Methodist Episcopal Church, who founded small religious classes that met in settlers' log cabins.
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St. Joseph's Abbey is a Trappist monastery in Spencer, Massachusetts. The community of monks was founded in 1825 in Nova Scotia, Canada. In the early 20th Century, they moved to Rhode Island, and then in 1950 decided to move to Spencer. [1] The monks produce jams and liturgical vestments in order to financially support their way of life.
By 1833, Mechanicsburg's industries included two stores, a gristmill and a saw mill. [9] Mechanicsburg was incorporated as a village in 1834. [10] During the antebellum years, because of its location on a tributary of the Ohio River, Mechanicsburg was used as a station on the Underground Railroad. The "conductor" Udney Hyde (1808-1887) is ...
If you'd prefer to watch the midnight mass live, you can stream it on the Vatican Youtube Channel. The Mass begins Dec. 24, at 1:30 p.m. ET ( 7:30 p.m. Central European Standard Time).
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St. Joseph Basilica [1] is a parish church in Webster, Massachusetts, [2] founded in 1887 as the first Catholic parish designated for Polish immigrants in New England. Located in the Catholic Diocese of Worcester , it was raised to the dignity of a minor basilica in 1998 by Pope John Paul II .