Immaculate Heart of Mary Church (Hanover, NH)
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The Immaculate Heart of Mary Church is invoked as the physical parish housing Father Cavanaugh — the concrete ecclesiastical institution Bartlet wants to bring into his moral deliberation.
Quiet, sacramental, the implied hush of confessional space
Source of pastoral and sacramental counsel to be imported into the White House
An emblem of private conscience and religious authority standing apart from political calculation
Normal parish access; Bartlet insists White House will not finance the visit, a boundary on institutional involvement
The Immaculate Heart of Mary Church is the named parish where Father Thomas Cavanaugh serves; it is narratively invoked to supply pastoral help and moral perspective for the President's decision-making.
Quiet, confessional, and intimate in the imagination—an implied place of sacrament and counsel.
Spiritual resource and point of contact for arranging a priest's visit.
Embodies institutional religion and personal conscience; a channel for sacramental advice that transcends political calculus.
Parish church—open to community with clerical discretion over travel and engagement.
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