Church History

ARCHDIOCESE OF SAN FRANCISCO
CHANCERY OFFICE
1100 FRANKLIN STREET
SAN FRANCISCO 9, CALIF.
​November 14, 1952

Rev. William P. Kennedy
500 W. Granger Avenue
Modesto, California

​Dear Father Kennedy:

I am happy to learn of the splendid progress you are making with your plans to construct a Church and Hall in your new Parish.
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You and the devoted people in Our Lady of Fatima Parish are to be commended for your prudence and resolution in proceeding at once with the essentials of a parish building program. Throughout the history of our State, and indeed, our nation, the raising of an altar to Almighty God has ever been among the first labors of a new community. Devoted to Our Blessed Mother in one of Her most moving apparitions to mankind, your new church will offer precious opportunities for the devotions of the Faithful. I am entirely confident that the people of Our Lady of Fatima Parish will do their part unstintingly in realizing your plans for their spiritual welfare.

With my prayers for the blessings of God upon you and your people, and especially upon this campaign for the Church Building Fund, I am.
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Faithfully yours in Christ
JOHN J. MITTY,
Archbishop of San Francisco