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o! i tHE beginning of the Church in ' Hamilton is almost coeval with the establishment of the Cincinnati Diocese, as it is closelylinked with the early historyof Hamilton itself. We know that when the scholarly and Dominican Bishop Fenwick cameto take possession of his See in 1822, he found a few Catholic families in his Episcopal city, while scattered throughout his vast diocese, which embraced all the State of Ohio and the Northwest, were other members of the household of the Faith.A little company of these, following thewestward march of progress, had located 111 Hamilton, and as far back as 1825, we traces of the fact, that they not only brought the Faith with them, but sought amidst conditions the hardest to preserve it and transmit it to their children. These devoted Catholics received occasional visits from Rev. Father Hill, who delivered, at various intervals, discourses in the Courta1 louse. t' ILater on, in 1820, they were visited by l ather Mullin, of Cincinnati, who likewise preached and held services in the Court House, Of this priest it is interesting to nou that he was the first editor of The( \tuolic Telegraph, which two years later,October lit, 1831, was founded by Cincinnati’s first Bishop, Dr. Fenwick, and printed on one of the few presses then in the country, and which had been brought over by the zealous prelate from Europeto send forth The Telegraph on its mission of service to the Church of Christ, a mission it has uninterruptedly carried out during these past eighty years. Another priest who visited Hamilton was Father Montgomery, as did also the saintly Bishop.\hont 1832 the erection of a house of Worship was broached by the energetic members of the little flock. A lot upon which to erect this building was donated uni a subscription list was put into cir-ulation and $400 was soon snbscribed,
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Cincinnati Catholic Telegraph
Cincinnati, Ohio, US
Thu, Feb 23, 1911
Page 9
Full Page
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Lane P.
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