Georgetown University faculty and students in McDonough Gym watching Pope Paul VI broadcast congratulations on the occasion of Georgetown's 175th anniversary

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Anonymous

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DigitalGeorgetown

Georgetown University Archives, Booth Family Center for Special Collections, Washington, D.C.

Description

Georgetown faculty and students watched Pope Paul VI's message of congratulations for the University's 175th anniversary on an enlarged screen in McDonough Gym. This was the opening event of Georgetown's anniversary celebrations. The congratulations, delivered entirely in English, were part of the Pope's traditional birthday message, Sept. 26, 1963 being Pope Paul's 66th birthday. The birthday message, transmitted by Telstar from Rome, was carried on 187 television stations in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.

Repository: Booth Family Center for Special Collections. For more information about this collection please email: speccoll@georgetown.edu

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http://hdl.handle.net/10822/552748

Date

1963-09-26

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Subject

Spiritual environment; Teachers; Students; Clergy; Events; Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978; Georgetown University--Anniversaries, etc.; Georgetown University. McDonough Gymnasium; Teachers--Washington (D.C.); Georgetown University--Students; Catholic Church--Clergy;

Type

image

Publisher

Georgetown University

Extent

8.5 in. x 6.5 in.

Collections

AJCU Photographs Collection

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