From the Archives: Easter Vigil Baptisms at St. Bridget’s, 1964

Twenty Black women were baptized at St. Bridget’s in Newark during the Easter Vigil in 1964. All received instruction from Sr. Hilda, M.S.B.T., who operated a Catholic Information Center in downtown Newark, where she conducted catechism classes.

(Photographer: Archdiocese of Newark Archives, Catholic Advocate Collection)

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