Vatican telegram

ID: 703 ~ Source: Courtesy of the North Adams Public Library.

This file appears in: St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church

A congratulatory telegram from Archbishop Cicognani, the Vatican's Apostolic Delegate to the United States, conveying the blessing of Pope Pius XII.

This file appears in: St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church

St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church

By Andrew Lavelle

At the beginning of the twentieth century, the growing population of Italian Catholics in North Adams built the original St. Anthony’s at 100 Holden Street. The first service was held in 1906 and the founding pastor was Rev. Peter Pillarella. The…