CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY
CHURCH OF THE
HOLY NAME
501 Vine Street
North
5th Street and Vine
Street
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The Church of the Holy Name was organized on July 13, 1913 to serve the Catholic population of North Camden. Rev. Thomas J. Whelan was its first pastor. The new parish celebrated its first mass in a box factory on the north side of State Street, between North 7th and North 8th Streets. The parish dedicated the handsome new church at North 5th Street and Vine Street on December 18, 1927. This church cost more than $250,000. Holy Name continued to serve North Camden until 2008. On April 4, 2008 Bishop Galante announced the following changes which affected to churches in Camden and Pennsauken. The changes, taken from the text of the bishop's speech, are as follows: * Merge the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Camden), Holy Name (Camden) and Our Lady of Mount Carmel & Fatima (Camden), with the primary worship site at the Cathedral and a secondary worship site at Our Lady of Mount Carmel & Fatima. * Merge St. Joseph Pro-Cathedral (Camden), St. Cecilia (Pennsauken) and St. Veronica (Delair), with the worship site at St. Joseph Pro-Cathedral. * Merge St. Joan of Arc (Camden) and St. Bartholomew (Camden) with the worship site at St. Joan of Arc. * Cluster the new parish at St. Joan of Arc (Camden) with Sacred Heart (Camden). * St. Anthony of Padua (Camden) and St. Joseph Polish (Camden) will remain as stand-alone parishes. |
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Holy Name Roman Catholic Church at the Box Factory |
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Philadelphia Inquirer - April 27, 1915 |
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Camden
Courier-Post Charles
L. McKeone
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Camden Courier-Post * January 27, 1928 |
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Camden Courier-Post - June 2, 1932 |
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W. Kobus - Holy
Name Roman Catholic Church - Church
of the Sacred Heart Ss. Peter and Paul's Roman Catholic Church - Church of the Immaculate Conception |
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Camden
Courier-Post
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Camden Courier-Post - June 16, 1932 |
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Camden Courier-Post - February 8, 1933 |
HOLY NAME CARD PARTY ARRANGED FOR FRIDAY A card party and social will be held at the Holy Name auditorium, Fifth and Vine Streets, 'Friday night by the parish amusement committee. Tables will be arranged for the various card games, which will start at 8:30 PM, and attractive prizes will be awarded high scorers. The committee comprises Mrs. Anna Higgins, Mrs. Miriam Wilkins, Mrs. Agnes McCracken, Mrs. Edward Moran, Mrs. Charles Henle, Jr., Mrs. Catherine Hambach, Miss Marie McDonough and Mrs. Teresa Hale. |
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Camden Courier-Post - June 7, 1933 |
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HOLY
NAME PLANS TO HOLD CARD PARTY The
Holy Name Parent-Teacher Association will conduct a card and radio party
on Friday evening in the auditorium at Fifth
and Vine
Streets.
The
party is to provide a fund for the excursion for the 1200 school
children to Riverview Beach on June 13. Tables
will be arranged for bridge, pinochle and radio. The
committee in charge is as follows: Mrs. Mary Alcorn, Mrs. A. Barbarito, Mrs. Martha Black, Mrs. Mildred Brandt, Mrs. Nellie Chomeill, Mrs. Rose De Grasse, Mrs. Elizabeth Dickinson, Mrs. Mary Dickinson, Mrs. Winifred Dildine, Mrs. Samuel Edwards, Mrs. Marion Feasler, Mrs. Thomas J. Fitzgerald, Mrs. Mary Flanagan, Mrs. Margaret Foster, Mrs. Maud Gale, Mrs. Joseph Goff, Mrs. Teresa Hale, Mrs. Margaret Hallahan, Mrs. John Hanson, Mrs. Catherine Hazlwanter, Mrs. Elizabeth Henle, Mrs. Anna Higgins, Mrs. Mary Howell, Mrs. Catherine Kelley, Mrs. Victor Klock, Jr., Mrs. Isabel Ladner, Mrs. Elsie McHugh, Mrs. Frank McMaster, Mrs. Frank Mall, Mrs. Edward Moran, Mrs. Helen Morten, Mrs. Helen Mulligan, Mrs. Marie Neeld, Miss Christine Nugent, Mrs. Helen Olesiewicz, Mrs. Isabel Peterson, Mrs. Robert Reardon, Mrs. Annie Rilatt, Mrs. Charles Shaw, Mrs. George I. Shaw, Mrs. Mary Spear, Mrs. St. John, Mrs. Mahlon Stokes, Mrs. Ellen Van Hart, Mrs. Millie Villano, Miss Anna S. Wasleski, Mrs. Mary O. White, Mrs. Miriam Wilkins, Mrs. Eleanor Young, Mrs. Delzeit. |
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HOLY NAME
SCHOOL
2nd Grade Class - 1948 |
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Photo courtesy of Ronald Rowan, who is in the second row from bottom, sixth from the left. Identifications provided by Teresa Stuebing Long, second row from top, fourth from the left. FIRST
(TOP) Row: Anne Longstreet - Donna Burkhardt - Carol Holt - Mary Ann
Ryan - Mary Fabian - ________ - Mary Wunsch - Grace Stagliano If you can identify anyone else in this class photo or the one below, please e-mail me as soon as possible. Thank
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Philadelphia Inquirer - 1951 |
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10 SCHOOLS REPRESENTED The schools represent eight public arid one parochial school in. Camden and the Pennsauken Township Junior High School. The Camden county competition is part of the annual marbles tournament sponsored by The Inquirer. Champions were developed yesterday at the Pennsauken School, which registered a total of 41 boys and eight girls in its first years competition. Robert Barroway, 11, of 5303 Sherwood Terrace, and Vera Polk,12, of 3466 Gladwyn Avenue, both seventh-grade Pennsauken students, captured the titles. Camden school champions are Albert Colsey, 12, of 2807 Cleveland Avenue; and Iola Brooks, 13, of 2728 Garfield Avenue, of the Harry C. Sharp School, 32nd Street and Hayes Avenue; James Twyman, 13, of 807 Chestnut Street, winner at Whittier School, 8th and Chestnut Streets; Michael Marto, 14, of 215 Sewell Street; of the Cramer Junior High School, 29th and Mickle Streets; Alfred Medley, 13, of 1177 Lawrence Street, of the Powell School, 10th and Linden Streets. CHAMP'S BROTHER WINS Also, Nicholas Martell, 13, of 1041 North 31st Street, brother of last year's Camden champion, and Arlene. Fallon, 13, of 811 North 28th Street, both of Veterans' Memorial Junior High School, 26th Street and Hayes Avenue; Ronald Rowan, 51 North Street, champion of the Holy Name Parochial School, 5th and Vine Streets, competing ·for the first time this year; Ann Coles, 13, of 697 Van Hook Street, girl winner at the Mickle School, 6th and Van Hook Streets, and Stephen Trout, 14, of 305 Beideman Avenue, representing the Davis School, 34th and Cramer Streets. Other Camden school winners announced earlier included Paul Palla, 11, of 1087 North Merrimac Road, of the Yorkship School, and Robert Hudson, 11, of 2123 Van Buren Street, boy winner at the Mickle School. Runners-up who will be alternates at the district playoffs include Yorkship School, Jerry Hunt, 13, of 3150 Colorado Road; Mickle School, John Jones, 14, of 673 Central Avenue and Brenda Bates, 10, of 569 Ferry Avenue; Sharp School, William Wagner, 12, of 1107 Lois Avenue and Jean Martell, 12, of 1041 North 31st Street; Pennsauken, Adrian Mencer, 14, of 4311 Union Avenue, Delair, and Lorraine Brucks, 13, of 2228 Sherman Avenue, Pennsauken Also Whittier School, Edward DeGrilla, 14, of 732 Chestnut Street; Davis School, Robert Kerby, 13; Holy Name School, Samuel Montanez. 13, of 621 Cedar Street; Powell School, Sterling Davis, 13, of 323 North 11th Street, and Veterans School. Herbert Betts, 14, of 1155 Bergen Street and Judith Arensberg, 13, of 2730 Garfield Avenue. |
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HOLY NAME
SCHOOL CLASS OF 1954 |
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Same
students as pictured above from Second Grade
Class picture, 1948. If you can identify the other two people in this class photo or any in the one above, please e-mail me as soon as possible. Thank
You |
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HOLY NAME
SCHOOL CLASS OF 1961 |
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Photo
courtesy of Raymond Becoskie, who is in picture at Upper Center (Left of the
principal). Thanks to Fred Laxton, who identified all but three people in this photograph. Thanks also to Rosemary LaFrenz Reese and her brother, George Coppinger, who wrote in about this photo. If you can identify the other two people in this class photo or any in the one above, please e-mail me as soon as possible. Thank
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HOLY NAME
SCHOOL 3rd Grade - 1962-1963 |
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Row 4
_________, Pat McClellan, _______, Michael Larson, ______, George Arroyo,
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