Did You Know 15
Did you know that on June 7, 1981, under the direction of Father Melton Elwood, the mortgage on the new church was burned.
Did you know that on June 7, 1981, under the direction of Father Melton Elwood, the mortgage on the new church was burned.
Did you know that when the bids came in to build a new church, the lowest bid was $120,000. It was approved by the Bishop on September 24, 1978 at 3pm, forty years this Monday, Bishop Sullivan dedicated the new St. Francis Xavier Church.
Did you know that permission to build a new church was given on June 1, 1976? Parishioners laid-out a fund raising plan. At that time they had $80,000 in trust. By February 1, 1977 they had $161,000 in trust.
Bulletin for the week of September 16, 2018, The Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Did you know that when Bishop Tracy retired Bishop Joseph Sullivan was appointed, the issue of the church was revisited? This time a committee of “New and Experimental Parishes” came to see Fr. Hines. His (Fr Hines) assessment of their group was “They could not see building a church here…..when St. Agnes is down the street half empty. I also got the distinct im- pression….that the whole idea was to save St. Agnes.