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The Church of the Holy Family (French: Église de la Sainte-Famille) is a Roman Catholic church located at 116 Church Street in the St. Clair County, Illinois city of Cahokia Heights. Built beginning in 1786, it is a remarkably unaltered example of the French colonial construction style known as " poteaux-sur-solle " (post-on-sill), and one of ...
Church of the Holy Family was founded in 1857 by Fr. Arnold Damen, SJ, at the behest of Bishop Anthony O'Regan.Damen wanted to build a large complex with multiple buildings to serve the needs of the local Catholic immigrants, but many were concerned about raising the funds for a grand church in the wake of the Panic of 1857.
Holy Family Church is a historic church at 1840 Lincoln Street in North Chicago, Illinois. The church was built in 1914-15 for North Chicago's Roman Catholic congregation, which was formed in 1901. Architect William F. Gubbins designed the Late Gothic Revival church.
The earliest parishes in the region were the Irish St. Patrick's in Ruma in 1818, the French St. Francis in St. Francisville in 1818 and the English St. Augustine of Canterbury in Hecker in 1824. [9] In 1827, the Diocese of St. Louis assumed jurisdiction over the western half of the new state of Illinois.
St. Francis Xavier Church began in 1904 and would merge with St. Joseph Parish in 2019 with much controversy. [4] Saint Francis Xavier Church is located in Wilmette, at the corner of Linden Ave and 9th Street. The founding of both parishes would be highlighted in the 2023 documentary, Holy Ground. [5]
The church was constructed more recently, compared other places of worship in the Back of the Yards area, such as St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church or Holy Cross Church. [1] The church, along with Holy Cross, formed part of the Holy Cross - Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish, [2] which was in turn merged with two nearby churches into a new parish ...
St. Mary of the Woods Catholic Church is a parish in the Archdiocese of Chicago located at 6955 N. Hiawatha Avenue in the Edgebrook neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois.. Established in 1952 when a group of Catholic women in the neighborhood began a door-to-door petitioning for a new parish in the aftermath of their children missing many school days at the far distance Queen of All Saints ...
St. Anne's history dates to the 1860s, when missionary priests celebrated the Mass in private Barrington homes, then a largely rural area. [1] The original St. Anne Church was dedicated in 1884, and St. Anne's maintained a resident pastor beginning in 1905. [1] St. Anne was named for St. Anne, the mother of the Virgin Mary. [4]