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OLD PHOTOS: St. John's Church In Manchester

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From Ocean County, Four Centuries in the Making, by Pauline S. Miller:

In 1870, Manchester's leaders gave away land on Center Street for the construction of St. John's Roman Catholic Church, where the first Mass was celebrated on May 3, 1874.


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