1 - St. Lawrence of Brindisi Parish (Watts) Debt Report

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St. Lawrence of Brindisi Parish (Watts) Debt Report

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A note on the financial and demographic status of St. Lawrence of Brindisi Church in Watts, Los Angeles, California, for the year 1932. The parish faces a substantial debt of $37,600.00 amid a shifting racial demographic, as white parishioners are moving away and the incoming Black Catholic population is described as too small and economically disadvantaged to assume the debt. Consequently, the document warns that the financial burden will fall on the Bishop of the Diocese or the Capuchin Order unless external funding is secured, though it notes that school attendance remains steady and the spiritual state of the parish is satisfactory. The statement was prepared by Fr. Stephen Murtagh OFM Cap. A note by Fr. Edwin Fitzgibbon OFM Cap. affirms that there is three Capuchin priests assigned to this church.

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