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| The Catholic Church
in Chicago established two types of parishes. The territorial parish had
specific territorial boundaries and were typically set up for English speaking
Catholics, usually Irish Catholics. As other Catholic ethnic groups came
to the city, the Archdiocese set up nonterritorial, national or ethnic
parishes for Catholics who spoke other languages. Prior to the Vatican
II Council, the mass was said in Latin in all Catholic parishes but sermons,
church bulletins, catechism books, and social events were usually conducted
in the native language of the parishioners. The map shown above was created
by a French priest from Montreal, who was doing post graduate research
on Chicago Catholic churches. It reflects the location of the national
or ethnic parishes within the boundaries of the territorial parishes of
the Southeast Side. On the Southeast Side, St. Patrick (109), St. Kevin
(76), St. Columba (32), St. Francis De Sales (51), St. Bride (20), Annunciata
(11), and Our Lady Gate of Heaven (96) were territorial parishes . Immaculate
Conception (161), Sts. Peter and Paul (207), St. Michael (172), St. Joseph
(228), St. George (269), St. Florian (153), St. John the Baptist (245),
St. Mary Magdalene (170), Sacred Heart (265), Our Lady of Guadalupe (274),
and St. Bronislava (146) were ethnic or national parishes.
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