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St. Mary's "Our Lady of the Lake" Catholic Church

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In Retirement, Father Rosson Is Anticipating Travel, Service

INTERIM TEAM IN PLACE AT ST. MARY’S In Retirement, Father Rosson Is Anticipating Travel, Service By JIM KEVLIN • The Freeman’s Journal & Hometown Oneonta COOPERSTOWN – On May 30, 1955, little John Rosson, 7, underwent his First Holy Communion at his hometown church, Immaculate Conception in Irvington, on the Hudson River. As the host – in Catholic doctrine, the small, round wafer is the actual Body and Blood of Jesus Christ – passed his lips, the boy immediately knew: He…

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Father Conroy, House Chaplin, Asked To Resign

Fired House Chaplain Preached At St. Mary’s COOPERSTOWN – Father Patrick J. Conroy, who filled in in at St. Mary’s “Our Lady of the Lake” Catholic Church when the pastor, Father John Rosson, went on vacation in October, has been ousted as chaplain at the U.S. House of Representatives under a cloud of controversy. “As you have requested, I hereby offer my resignation as the 60th Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives,” read Father Conroy’s letter to Speaker…

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