San Juan Festival Archives - Jersey Catholic

From the Archives: San Juan Festival in Jersey City, 1974

Archdiocese of Newark Archives September 29, 2025

Five Jersey City parishes sponsored the San Juan Festival honoring St. John the Baptist, patron of Puerto Rico, in June 1974.

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