St. Joseph Cathedral , St. Joseph, Missouri, Information File

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St. Joseph Cathedral , St. Joseph, Missouri, Information File

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St. Joseph Cathedral , St. Joseph, Missouri, Information File News-Press/Gazette April 15, 1990; picture Co-Cathedral at 10th and Isadore; several decades ago tops of the two towers were shortened and changed in design; picture St. Joseph News-Press 1993 twin towers; picture St. Joseph News-Press 1994 first Catholic church and the Courthouse in 1850s; observing the 150th anniversary; first Mass celebrated in the log cabin of Joseph Robidoux 1838; first priest to pass through the area was Father Vogel, who had a white cross on the back of his coat; 1847 foundation started; first permanent pastor Thomas Scanlan, 1847; 1860 Diocese established; John Joseph named bishop; 1893 Bishop Maurice F. Burke who wore a tall silk hat, long-tailed coat and carried a gold-headed cane was transferred from Cheyenne, WY; a bronze bell was located in the stone wall of the foundation; bell was named Joseph; lettering around rim says " My name is Joseph; 150th anniversary Saint Joseph Telegraph Reverend Pierre Jean DeSmet missionary of American West was enroute to Council Bluffs to establish a mission among the Potawatomie when he first met Joseph Robidoux; he expressed the desire to build a church on the site if some French families could be persuaded to settle in the area; Cathedral, the oldest church building still standing in Saint Joseph is embarking upon a $600,000 capital campaign to restore and refresh the Cathedral interior and make improvement in the school. St. Joseph Newspaper picture of members of the Sesquicentennial Committee at St. Joseph Cathedral are Robert Thedinger, Pat Graham, Sally Hoehn, Rhonda Meierhoffer, Marge Sanders, Thomas P. Smith, Theresa Drummond and Marcie Thedinger. Postcards from the Past has a picture of St. Joseph Cathedral; another postcards from the past picture. The Saint Joseph Telegraph October 27, 1994 has a picture of concelebrated Mass; Bishop Raymond J. Bollalnd, Abbot Marcel Rooney, Bishop George K. Fitzsimmons, and Bishop Anthony J. O'Conne; Cathedral begins sesquicentennial picture of Abbot Marcel Rooney, Bishop Anthony J. O'Connell, Bishop George Fitzsimmons, Bishop George Fitzsimmons, Agnus De Bishop Raymond Boland and Father Thomas Hawkins; picture Christie Huber-Ottinger music director and the third grade class. St. Joseph Telegraph April 11,1996; Picture of Robert and Marcie Thedingers honored as preservationists; picture of Saint Joseph Shrine; located in the northwest corner of the cathedral nave; contrasting marbles embellish the shrine; picture tabernacle repository of the Blessed Sacrament appropriately richly decorated in reds and golds with kneeling marble angels in a pose of constant adoration; St. Joseph Telegraph 1995; highlight was restoration of church; painted columns marbleized, capitals painted and decorated in gold leaf; green marble installed at base of columns. radiator covers lowered and marbleized; frames of the stations of the cross painted and gold-leafed. picture of station was taken to Bloomington, Ill to be restored; stained glass windows cleaned. light fixtures lowered and rewired; glass handpainted; lights installed on the side of organ, old fluorescent removed and replaced with recessed lights, two Carrara marble statues have been prominently placed on the end columns of wall covered with marble; blessed Sacrament has been accented by special design foil wall; Blessed Sacrament flanked by Carrara marble angels by Deprato; new sound system installed and many other improvements. St. Joseph News-Press October 8, 1994; colored picture of church reflecting the sunset; picture in October 1940; side altars have since been removed; picture of important pastoral leaders Monsignors Charles Newland, Robert Hogan and Leo J. Ruggie; picture of Cathedral's image from turn of century, sometime between 1900 and 1920, includes a waiting horse and buggy, St. Joseph Telegraph April, 1996 newspaper picture of Cathedral 1936 with Romanesque towers and Greek style porch in 1959; under Bishop Cody towers lowered and pyramidal roofs installed; picture nave and sanctuary as appeared before Vatican; picture Charles F. Buddy; picture Monsignor Leo J. Ruggie; Picture Reverend John J. O'Neill Picture of how St. Joseph Co-Cathedral looked prior to remodeling in 1950. Typed information of Roman Catholic Church. Booklet Mass of Christian Burial September 9, 1989; Brief history of the Cathedral of Saint Joseph; picture of Monsignor Charles S. Nowland; Copy of Chronology of Catholic Diocese of St. Joseph; from the St. Joseph Gazette March 26, 1954.

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Feb 28, 2017

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Raymond Bishop Boland

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Charles Buddy, Most Reverend

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Marice Burke

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Angus Del

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Pierre Jean DeSmet

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Theresa Drummond

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George Bishop Fitzsimmons

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Pat Graham

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Sally Hoehn

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John Hogan

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Robert Hogan

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Christie Huber-Ottinger

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Rhonda Meierhoffer

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Monsignor Charles Nowland

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O'Connell, Anthony J,. Bishop

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Reverend John J. O'Neill

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Robidoux, Joseph

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Rooney, Marcel, Abbot,

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Monsignor Leo Ruggle

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Marge Sanders

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Thomas Scanlan

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Thomas P. Smith

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Marcie Thedinger

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Robert Thedinger

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Father Vogel