Christ the King Catholic Church

We move to our third point of interest: Christ the King Roman Catholic Church. Haddonfield was founded by Quakers, who encouraged the birth of a Methodist Church and a Presbyterian church in the early 1800's. Long before the formation of Christ the King, a handful of Catholics who lived in Haddonfield travelled 2-3 hours for Catholic mass each Sunday morning. Chris the King Church was finally created in Haddonfield in 1927. It was the last of the "grand Christian" churches to be built in Haddonfield. The church is also a pioneer in religious technology and has paved the way for remote broadcasting. In 1947, the first telecast of a Roman Catholic Mass was broadcasted from the Christ the King church. In 1952, additional classrooms, as well as a gymasium were built at Christ the King school.

Christ the King serves as a staple for Haddonfield's very bland religious beliefs. There are exactly 20 religious spaces in Haddonfield's two square miles: every single one being of Christian denomination. There is not a synagogue, a mosque, etc. The closest religious spaces for people of other beliefs are 10 minutes away by car. This creates a lack of knowledge and education about other religions and other perspectives. If you didn't attend Sunday school as a child, you were bullied and excluded-you had missed an entire day of fun that everyone else had spent together! This class has taught me the importance and power that comes with the allocation of space-especially for minority groups. Haddonfield blatantly disregards those other religions and minorities by their lack of allocation of space.