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NEGRO CONVERTS CONFIRMED

NEWARK, N.J. -- TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY-FIVE NEGRO

CONVERTS TO CATHOLICISM ARE SHOWN DURING A

CONFIRMATION CEREMONY CONDUCTED BY THE MOST REV.

JAMES A. MCNULTY, AUXILIARY BISHOP OF NEWARK, AT

QUEEN OF THE ANGELS CHURCH HERE. AN APOSTOLATE

FOR NEGRO CONVERTS WAS INAUGURATED IN THE

NEWARK ARCHDIOCESE 18 YEARS AGO BY THE LATE

FATHER CORNELIUS J. AHERN, WHO GAVE INSTRUCTIONS

TO THE FIRST GROUP OF SIX NEGROES. SINCE THEN

THERE HAVE BEEN 2,816 NEGRO BAPTISMS.

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