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Hanover, Massachusetts, USA
The Portiuncula Chapel
"The Portiuncula Chapel, on the grounds of Cardinal Cushing Centers, Hanover, Massachusetts, is the final resting place of Cardinal Richard Cushing. It was his desire to be laid to rest close to his beloved exceptional children.
The word Portiuncula means “little portion” in Italian. When constructed on the Hanover campus in 1953, Cardinal Cushing made a point of making sure that every stone, every fresco, and every part of his Chapel came from Assisi—where, over 700 years ago, St. Francis himself built the chapel that inspired it..." cushingcenters.org
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"The Portiuncula Chapel, on the grounds of Cardinal Cushing Centers, Hanover, Massachusetts, is the final resting place of Cardinal Richard Cushing. It was his desire to be laid to rest close to his beloved exceptional children.
The word Portiuncula means “little portion” in Italian. When constructed on the Hanover campus in 1953, Cardinal Cushing made a point of making sure that every stone, every fresco, and every part of his Chapel came from Assisi—where, over 700 years ago, St. Francis himself built the chapel that inspired it..." cushingcenters.org){kind=small}