442 Whittaker Avenue, The Burg
Once upon a time this was the Pentecostal Holiness Church
according to my records:)
UPDATE: Carlo adds....
Carlo said...
Hi Mack, Back in the early 1900's until my early childhood,
this was the Immanuel Italian Presbyterian Church run by a
Rev. Serafini. During the early days of the Italian
immigration many Protestant churches tried to attract the
Italians who were predominately Catholic. A few joined but
most remained Catholic as did their children.
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Hi Mack, Back in the early 1900's until my early childhood, this was the Immanuel Italian Presbyterian Church run by a Rev. Serafini. During the early days of the Italian immigration many Protestant
churches tried to attract the
Italians who were predominately Catholic. A few joined but most remained Catholic as did their children.
Hi Carlo:)
Thank you for this. I will add it to the post:)
My father's family was one that converted. I think Immanuel was their first church, later Bethany at Hamilton & Chestnut. People still think it's unusual that I"m an Italian who isn't Catholic.
My dad, Nicholas "Bootsey" D'Angelo belonged to this church. He sand in the choir and the director, Miss Lane, stayed in touch with him and other choir members even when they were overseas during the war. She sent them presents for their birthdays and holidays! According to my dad, this church helped the Italians in Chambersburg a lot during the depression. I was surprised to find out that there was a lot of prejudice against Italians at this time..I have some photos of my dad singing in the choir...I will see if I can find them. Virginia, I bet your Dad knew mine!!!
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