St. Patrick's Catholic Church, St. Joseph, Missouri

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St. Patrick's Catholic Church, St. Joseph, Missouri

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9999.CHU.35

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St. Patrick's Catholic Church, St. Joseph, Missouri 1869 Bishop John J. Hogan formed new parish St. Joseph, MO; appointed Father Eugene Kenney as pastor. St. Patrick's parish founded and first Mass was celebrated upstairs over old Christian Brothers school on Eleventh and Monterey Streets; it was the third Catholic parish in St. Joseph; boundaries extended from Olive Street to Atchison, Kansas and from the Missouri River to the Platte River; land donated by Smith Estate; ground broken in 1871; labor in building the Church was donated; materials were purchased with proceeds from bazaars and socials, Church dedicated December 1873; Father Kenney built rectory south of the Church in 1874; combination school and convent was built; Sisters of St. Mary's of Lockport New York taught the girls and the boys attended Christian Brothers; Father Thomas Walsh pastor until he died in 1881; Father Francis W. Graham built new school for both boys and girls in 1892; Father Andrew Newman 1907-1912 built new brick residence; Father Edward Bolger pastor 1912-1921; he built new school and auditorium; Father William Gott administered 1921-1923; Father Patrick J. Carney pastor from 1923-1935; he erected crucifixion shrine between the Church and rectory; Father John J. O'Neill 1935-1956; opened a free school; purchased three marble altars from Italy and erection of a new convent on corner of Twelfth and Duncan in 1953; Father Philip J. Gannon pastor 1956-1964 ramp constructed at side entrance and parking lot and playgrounds paved; 1960 Holy Rosary Parish was closed by Bishop Cody; Father Patrick O'Shea pastor 1964-1965; Monsignor Emmett Summers served 1967-1969; Church redecorated and Centennial observed 1969; Father John Hix pastor 1969-1978; Father John McCormack pastor 1978-1981; Father Robert Crider present pastor 1981. Centennial Year 1869-1969; St. Joseph frontier town; St. Joseph fur trading post in 1803; Catholicism part of the history of the town. First priest 1838; Joseph Robidoux donated land for church; first Catholic Church in St. Joseph; first pastor 1869-1879 Reverend Eugene Kenney; picture of original Church and Rectory; picture of Christian Brothers School 1874-1892; picture Reverend Thomas Walsh; picture Reverend F. W. Graham; picture Reverend Andrew Newman; picture present Rectory; picture of school before addition; picture Reverend Edward Bolger; picture Reverend William F. Gott; picture Reverend Patrick J. Carney; picture old Crucifixion Shrine; picture new Convent; picture Msgr. John J. O'Neill; picture Marble Altars; picture Reverend Philip J. Gannon; picture Reverend Patrich O'Shea; picture Monsignor Emmett Summers; picture Father William E. Daly. Booklet of Centennial of Church 1869-1969; book dedicated to priests, Sisters and parishioners who have prayed and labored valiantly during the past one hundred years in serving St. Patrick's Parish; picture of recently decorated church interior; Nov. 24, 2019, St. Joseph News-Press Church Marks 150 Years. St. Patrick's found in 1869 amid a rough and rugged frontier river town.

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Jan 10, 2017

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Edward Bolger, Father

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Father Patrick K. Carney

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Bishop Cody

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Crider, Robert, Father

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Gannon, Philip J,. Father

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Gott, William, Father

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Father Graham Francis W.

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Father John Hix

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Bishop John J. Hogan

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Father Eugene Kenney

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Father Joh McCormack

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Father John J. O'Neill

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O'Shea, Patrick, Father

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Monsignor Emmett Summers

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Father Thomas Walsh