St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church Golden Jubilee Year Book, 1943View transcription
Compliments of
MEMBERS OF FIRE DEPT.
27th and Federal Streets
Compliments of
G. C. H.
The Origin of St. Joseph's Parish—Continued
Bigler, Sr., 1, Joseph Widua 3, Andrew Gabriel 1. The reason for this method of purchase was the reluctance generally prevalent at the time to refuse to sell ground to a Catholic Church corporation for the building of a church.
Suppers, subscriptions, ground cards, and other money raising devices were employed in the gallant effort to pay for the ground and building, but they were not sufficient at the time. Therefore on September 15, 1893, "a special meeting of the members of Saint Joseph's Catholic Church Corporation was called to consider the means of obtaining money to pay for the building of Saint Joseph's Church. A resolution was passed to execute a mort-
gage on the Church for $3,000.00, and one for $2,000.00 on the six adjoining lots." On January 10, 1894 another mortgage of $3,000.00 was placed on the Church. The new structure was completed in October and dedicated December 16, 1893.
It is hard for us today to picture the little parish of less than 40 families, the scattered houses, the extensive farms west of River Road, south of Howell Street, and along 27th Street, but such was the case.
Father Alphonse was assigned to another parish in October, 1895. Four priests succeeded him before the turn of the century. Father Ambrose Rheiner arrived in December, 1895 and stayed till February, 1897. Father Hirschmeyer, a diocesan
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Compliments of
EAST END REPUBLICAN LEAGUE
300 North 27th Street
Bigler, Sr., 1, Joseph Widua 3, Andrew Gabriel 1. The reason for this method of purchase was the reluctance generally prevalent at the time to refuse to sell ground to a Catholic Church corporation for the building of a church.
Suppers, subscriptions, ground cards, and other money raising devices were employed in the gallant effort to pay for the ground and building, but they were not sufficient at the time. Therefore on September 15, 1893, "a special meeting of the members of Saint Joseph's Catholic Church Corporation was called to consider the means of obtaining money to pay for the building of Saint Joseph's Church. A resolution was passed to execute a mortgage on the Church for $3,000.00, and one for $2,000.00 on the six adjoining lots." On January 10, 1894 another mortgage of $3,000.00 was placed on the Church. The new structure was completed in October and dedicated December 16, 1893.
It is hard for us today to picture the little parish of less than 40 families, the scattered houses, the extensive farms west of River Road, south of Howell Street, and along 27th Street, but such was the case.
Father Alphonse was assigned to another parish in October, 1895. Four priests succeeded him before the turn of the century. Father Ambrose Rheiner arrived in December, 1895 and stayed till February, 1897. Father Hirschmeyer, a diocesan
