Mineapolis
Area Begins
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Bishop
Grace who would not permit a full basement under any church |
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1866
Father
McDermott begins church Reverend
Felix Tissot finished school
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Shed
Church
Father McGolrick 1st Mass {Immaculate
Conception}
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shed church -- Immaculate
Conception
original Church forerunner
Basilica of St. Mary,
1868.
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The
Church of the
Immaculate Conception {2nd 1871} |
Bishop Grace,& Father
Ravoux drove over from St. Paul
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2
acolytes attend 1871 dedication James
C. Byrne, Patrick J. Danehy
1st
boys of parish to become priests
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Dedication
Ceremony
{December
8, 1872}sermon
by
Father Ireland |
statue
of the Blessed
Virgin
dedicated
1877 now in Basilica
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new
bell January
7,
1877 Now in Basilica East tower
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statue
of the Sacred
Heart of
Jesus |
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St Anthony band Wood Church
1895 |
Statues
of the Apostles |
Immaculate
Conception Church was
demolished in 1922 |
First
Priest from the Parish Patrick J. Danehy
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1st native-born Minnesotan Priest James C. Byrne
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Sacred
Relics Enshrined October
24, 1884 2nd Church
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shrine
and reliquary to
Duluth lost in fire
at Sacred Heart Cathedral in 1892 |
Reverend
Thomas E. W Cullen Basilica of St. Mary plans |
1st
public announcement project new church Archbishop Ireland Christmas
day, 1903 |
Holy
Angels Academy, July 1, 1905 St. Margaret's Academy. |
Lawrence
S. Donaldson June 21, 1905, donates land |
Cornerstone
Laying 31
May 1908
-- John Ireland
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The
cornerstone - Pro-Cathedral Church May 31, 1908 |
The
Civic Dedication Sunday evenings November, 1913 |
Pro-Cathedral
of St. Mary
1913-1926
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The
Basilica of St. Mary of Minneapolis Official Name January 01, 1926 |
Pentecost
Sunday, May 31, 1914
Holy
Sacrifice of Mass offered 1st time |
solemn
dedication on feast of the
Assumption
of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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old
Immaculate Conception Church
School and Residence razed 1922 |
New
Parish School ready for occupancy in August 1913 |
Inspiring
Leadership under Father Cullen deserves more credit than anyone else
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sacrarium
of carved stone |