This Day in Diocesan History for March 16

1844

The Pittsburgh Catholic began publication

 

 

1963

The Missionary Confraternity of Christian Doctrine began a Sunday School in Kennedy Twp.  The diocese formed the MCCD to bring religious instruction to Catholics living in small, isolated communities who did not have easy access to an existing church.  This beginning led to the eventual establishment of St. Malachy Parish

 

 

1952

Ground broken for the third St. Mary Czestochowa Church, McKeesport

 

 

1959

Cornerstone laid for the second St. Raphael Church, Morningside  

 

 

The second St. Raphael Church, Morningside