St Matthew the Apostle Cathedral
by David Bearden
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St Matthew the Apostle Cathedral
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David Bearden
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The first notable funeral Mass offered there was for Philippine President Manuel L. Quezon, who died August 1, 1944, and was interred at Arlington National Cemetery until the end of World War II. In 1957, a Solemn Requiem Mass was offered at the cathedral for the funeral of Senator Joseph McCarthy; the liturgy was attended by 70 senators and hundreds of clergymen. The cathedral drew world attention on November 25, 1963, when Richard Cardinal Cushing, Archbishop of Boston and a Kennedy family friend, offered a recited (not sung) Pontifical Requiem Low Mass during the state funeral of President John F. Kennedy. Other notable events at the cathedral include a Mass celebrated by Pope John Paul II during his 1979 visit to Washington, D.C. and the 1997 funeral of U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice William J. Brennan, Jr.
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July 30th, 2015
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