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Re-dedication of St. Raphael's Cathedral

Date: 03 10 1955
Description: Re-dedication of St. Raphael's Cathedral. Elevated view of people sitting in pews for a service. Newspaper caption reads: "Resplendent St. Raphael Cathedra...
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Corn and Brats on the Grill

Date: 06 25 1988
Description: St. Dominic's Catholic Parish members tend the grills at their annual festival.
Magazine or Periodical

Going To Mass

Date: 07 09 1870
Description: Irish people on the way to mass, including children surrounding the priest.
Photograph

Father Flad's First Mass

Date: 05 20 1942
Description: Father Paul N. Flad faces the congregation during his first Mass at Blessed Sacrament Church, 2119 Rowley Avenue, with priests and altar boys kneeling in p...
Painting

The Catholic Cathedral in New Orleans

Date: 1859
Description: On an excursion to the South in November 1859, Hölzlhuber made the three-day trip on the steamboat Planet from St. Louis to New Orleans. In the harb...
Photograph

Holy Redeemer First Communion Class

Date: 05 25 1958
Description: Outdoor group portrait of first communion class of Holy Redeemer Catholic Church, 128 West Johnson Street. The group is near the church and includes sixtee...
Photograph

St. Francis Xavier School Graduating Class

Date: 05 29 1953
Description: St. Francis Xavier Catholic School graduating class, with priest, taken in front of the church.
Photograph

St. Peter First Communion Class

Date: 04 25 1954
Description: A group portrait of a First Communion class taken in front of the altar, along with a priest, inside the St. Peter Catholic Church.
Photograph

Catholic School Group

Date: 06 20 1957
Description: Elevated group portrait of Catholic School children, St. Mary of the Nativity, with priest Father Finnegan, and four nuns, posing outdoors.
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New Catholic Priests with Bishop

Date: 05 14 1955
Description: Seven new Catholic priests and two existing Madison priests posing with Bishop William P. O'Connor at St. Raphael Cathedral. The new priests include the Re...
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St. Raphael's Catholic School Graduation Class

Date: 06 24 1946
Description: Group portrait of the 8th grade graduation class, St. Raphael's Catholic School, 216 West Main Street. Pictured are the forty-seven graduates and a priest.
Photograph

Bishop O'Connor Inauguration

Date: 03 12 1946
Description: Most Rev. William P. O'Connor, the first Bishop of the Madison diocese, on the steps of St. Raphael's Cathedral, after the ceremony where he was inaugurate...
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Bishop O'Connor Inauguration

Date: 03 12 1946
Description: Most Rev. William P. O'Connor on his throne in St. Raphael's Cathedral during the ceremony that inaugurated him as the first bishop of Madison. L to R are:...
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Cornerstone Laying at Queen of Apostles Seminary

Date: 09 31 1948
Description: Cornerstone laying ceremony at the new Queen of Apostles seminary, 5810 Cottage Grove Road. Seated, left to right, are Rev. Edward Kinney, Madison, secreta...
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Cornerstone Laying at Queen of Apostles Seminary

Date: 10 31 1948
Description: Bishop William P. O'Connor applies a trowel of fresh cement to a base for the cornerstone of the new Queen of Apostles seminary, 5810 Cottage Grove Road. L...
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Boy Scouts Receiving Medals

Date: 02 06 1949
Description: Bishop William P. O'Connor of the Madison diocese leading the Scout Convocation at St. Raphael's cathedral. Twenty scouts received the Ad Altare Dei medal...
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Father-Daughter Breakfast at Blessed Sacrament Church

Date: 03 13 1949
Description: Patricia Kurth, daughter of Tom Kurth, is shown accepting a $1 prize from William Riley, on behalf of her father, who was the youngest father at the Father...
Photograph

St. Theresa's Parish Hall — Exterior

Date: 04 10 1998
Description: "On Good Friday our group elects to dine in Theresa, at St. Theresa's Parish Hall. Once or twice a year a fish fry is featured at St. Theresa's Catholic Ch...
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Street Scene

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Description: View down a street in the business section looking toward St. Michael's Cathedral. The Russian Orthodox church was constructed between 1844 and 1848.
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Father Garrigan Giving Pre-March Mass

Date: 08 15 1966
Description: Father Michael Garrigan in the background wearing a white robe and glasses holding 8 a.m. mass at St. Joseph's Church with 30 marchers before a Obreros Uni...

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