""I love seeing travel bags and workers' outfits. It gives hope that you're ministering to a need," said the Rev. Brian Daley, one of the priests at Our Lady of the Airways at Boston's Logan International Airport. Built in the 1950s so that airport employees could attend Mass right in their sprawling workplace, it's widely considered the first airport chapel in the United States."
"It's also among the last to still function as a Catholic church instead of an interfaith space - though Muslim prayer rugs discreetly placed on the rear pews show it welcomes a variety of believers. Midday on a Friday, a man rolling a carry-on suitcase prayed for a few minutes on a rug in the back of the brick-faced chapel on the cavernous ground floor of Terminal C."
Airport chapels provide quiet and worship for travelers and airport workers, offering brief moments of peace amid busy terminals. Our Lady of the Airways at Boston's Logan was built in the 1950s so employees could attend Mass within the workplace and is widely considered the first U.S. airport chapel. Several mid-century chapels followed at major hubs like JFK and O'Hare. Some chapels remain Catholic in identity while welcoming other faith practices, as evidenced by discreet Muslim prayer rugs. Airport workers regularly use these spaces for quick prayer before and during shifts, reflecting ongoing workplace ministry rooted in Catholic outreach inspired by Rerum Novarum.
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