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Taking the Gospel to the people

In 1905, Catholics were not all living in cities where they could attend mass, so the dilemma continued, that is until an idea of having a motor chapel was born.A young priest from Lapeer, Michigan, Francis C. Kelly, formed the Catholic Church Extension Society.The CCES was a way that the Catholic church could reach out to those who lived in the rural areas/ frontier. Kelly commented, they too are yearning for the sacraments and catholic fellowship.The experiment first used railway service to spread the gospel, but for those communities without rail service, the motor/mobile chapel was implemented.It was a monster ...

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