“Parishes in Trouble: Diminishing White Catholic Congregations in Changing Neighborhoods” is reprinted with the permission of the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, part of the USA TODAY Network (Gannett). The rest of the documents are published with the permission of the St. Monica Archives (SMA). All original documents are held at SMA.
Certificate of Incorporation of St. Monica’s Church (1898)
SM-Incorporation-Certificate-1898Works Progress Administration Survey of State and Local Historical Records for St. Monica (1936)
SM-WPA-Local-Historical-Records-Survey-1936St. Monica Draft Parish History (No Date, Post-1924)
SM-Draft-Parish-History-no-dateSt. Monica One-Page History (No Date, Circa 1939)
SM-Historical-Writeup-Circa-1939-no-author-no-dateUnfinished Bibliography about St. Monica (No Date)
SM-Unfinished-Bibliography-no-dateCharles L. McCarthy, “Foundation of Saint Monica’s Church of Rochester” (1949)
SM-McCarthy-1949-HistoryRon Robitaille, “Parishes in Trouble: Diminishing White Catholic Congregations in Changing Neighborhoods,” with photos by Jim Laragy, Upstate New York, Rochester Democrat & Chronicle, Sunday, Nov. 4, 1973
Editor’s Note: Upstate New York was a weekend supplement for the Democrat & Chronicle.
SM-Parishes-in-Trouble-Upstate-11-4-1973
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