Rita’s were served by visiting priests for the summer months. In June of 1993, Father Kobularik was transferred and St. Like his predecessors he continued the ministry of our Lord Jesus Christ, and vigorously supported the traditions of St. In 1987 he supervised the design and construction of the parish social hall and the installation of air conditioning in the church, gifts to the parish from Leo and Leonora Rocca. His dedication to Catholic education was demonstrated when the parish school bus was replaced in 1984.įather Robert G. He gave attention to the music for the liturgy and to the appointments of the sanctuary and church. Fennessy became Pastor in 1984 and served for two years. Shank was administrator for eight weeks in 1984. He continued the support of Catholic education, installed a new heating system in the church, and accomplished substantial changes in the appointments of the sanctuary.įather Herbert J. Moratelli administered the parish form 1979 to 1984. He also replaced the aged school bus.įather Ronald J. He initiated the now traditional parish picnics. The building of parish camaraderie marked his work. Zangari began six years as parish administrator. It was paid for by the Women’s Society.įather John Paukovits served from 1971 to 1973 and in 1973 Father Salvatore V. It was a Thomas Health kit organ which took several months to build. The first organ for the new church was built by Richard Bloom. The construction of the church was completed and the first Mass in the new church was on November 29, 1964. Andrew’s to Mother Seton School in Emmitsburg, Maryland. During Father McAnulty’s tenure the bus was replaced twice, and in 1957 the children were transferred from St. It did, an architect was hired and ground was broken in April 1964. In 1962 Bishop Leech pledged a gift of $25,000 if the parish could raise $10,000. Now the idea of a new church was seriously considered. In 1954 Father John McAnulty began ten years of service to St. In 1954 a bid of $8,200 was received for the renovation of the church building. A bus was purchased to provide transportation to St. McCullough served the parishes at Fairfield and BRS. From 1946 to 1948 Father Cletus Hauck filled these offices as did Father Vincent Topper from 1948 to 1950. This situation continues to the present day – over fifty years later. The priests who have served in the double capacity since then have maintained their residence in Fairfield and traveled to BRS for their ministry there. Mary’s were joined together again by reason of one priest serving both parishes. The statue of Our Lady was a gift of Mrs. In 1942 the Shrine of the Blessed Mother that stands near the present church was built. The parish became financially solvent during these years by means of a poultry farm that the pastor started. The handsome altar in the present church was fashioned by Father Gergen and Major Robert Barrick.įather William B. David Fitz made a large garden where the present church stands and they preserved and shared the produce with Father Gergen. These were depression years and the parish income was very meager. Gergen began ten years of service as Pastor of St. Because of a lack of transportation there were no Masses at St. In December of that year Father James McGrath, the pastor of St.
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Fischer was Pastor pro tem for six months. Mary’s got a priest of its own and in BRS Father Sullivan’s title was now Pastor thus making him the first pastor of St. He also bought the property where the present church stands for $8,000 and moved into the house on that property. He changed the name of the BRS parish to St. In 1922 Father Patrick Sullivan became the priest-in-charge of the Fairfield and BRS parishes. Father Matthew Scanlon, then the Pastor of St. In 1920 the parishes in BRS and Fairfield were joined together for the first time. Joan of Arc was the original name of the BRS parish. This building served as the parish church for forty-five years until 1964. In that same year the Red Man’s Lodge Hall (on the corner of Norwood and Summit Avenues) was purchased for $1,500.
In 1922 Masses were said by the Oblates of Mary Immaculate in the BRS Library, later called the Dunbrack Library (at the intersection of Monterey Lane and Charmian Road).
The Masses were offered by priests’ from St. Joan of Arc at Buena Vista (it now belongs to the Jesuits) was erected in the early 1900’s and was the site of the first regularly offered Masses in the Blue Ridge Summit (BRS) area.
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