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This photograph was taken on May 8, 1921. Bishop Leo Haid, of the Order of St. Benedict, dedicated the church “to the service of God.”
Mount Airy Museum of Regional History
Here is a picture of the church, built in 1921 and the rectory, built in 1929. (Photograph courtesy of David Wright via Surry County Digital Heritage
Communion is a ceremony that marks a child or adult’s first reception of the Eucharist. Here is a picture of a Communion taking place in 1921.
Mount Airy Museum of Regional History
A Communion from this year.
Mount Airy Museum of Regional History
Pictured here are 11 stonemasons quarrying dimension stock. To the far left in the hat is J.D. Sargent, head of the North Carolina Granite Association. Holy Angels Roman Catholic Church was built with stone from the quarry.
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops urges Catholics to not get Johnson and Johnson vaccine
Johnson & Johnson vaccine creates moral dilemma for Catholics By Russell Clark | March 5, 2021 at 5:52 PM EST - Updated March 5 at 8:35 PM
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - Around the country, Catholics are being urged by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops to not get the Johnson and Johnson vaccine if given the choice between the three COVID-19 vaccines because of the connection with cells from an aborted baby.
“The Johnson and Johnson vaccine is produced in cells that were derived from a fetus that was aborted in Holland way back in 1985,” said Dr. Paul Kamitsuka, an infectious disease specialist at NHRMC.