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Edgewood College De Ricci Hall Open House

Date: 03 24 1961
Description: Standing in the vestibule of Edgewood College's new classroom and administration building called De Ricci Hall is the five-member committee who are plannin...
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St. Maria Goretti Parish Center Opening

Date: 04 28 1961
Description: Reverend Wilfred J. Schuster looks over the interior of the new chapel sanctuary at the St. Maria Goretti Parish Center at Gilbert Road and Flad Avenue on ...
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St. Maria Goretti Parish Center Opening

Date: 04 28 1961
Description: Exterior view of the new St. Maria Goretti Parish Center at Gilbert Road and Flad Avenue on Madison's southwest side.
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Blessed Sacrament Parish School

Date: 09 12 1961
Description: First graders in class at Blessed Sacrament School listen attentively as Sister Dominic Savio, O.P. reads them a story.
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Blessed Sacrament Parish School

Date: 09 12 1961
Description: Third graders read in Blessed Sacrament school library. Left to right: Mary Jo Sweeney, Kathy Gorman and Bill Morgan.
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St. Joseph's Church Dedication

Date: 09 10 1961
Description: Three Catholic clerics bless the exterior of the new St. Joseph's parish building at 1905 W. Beltline Highway. Bishop William O'Connor, wears robes and a m...
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Grace Episcopal Church Harvest Festival

Date: 11 20 1961
Description: Mrs. C.J. (Kath) Key, 423 North Carroll Street, left, and Mrs. Olive, MacKay, 2115 Madison Street, hand-crafted Christmas trees at the Harvest Festival at ...
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Church Nativity Scene

Date: 12 21 1961
Description: The Christmas Nativity Scene at St. Patrick's Catholic Church at East Main and Hancock Streets.
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Opening of the Park Motor Inn on Madison's Capitol Square

Date: 05 02 1963
Description: Street view of the newly finished Park Motor Inn on Madison's Capitol Square. The steeple of St. Raphaell's Cathedral is on the left.
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Demolition of St. Joseph's Catholic Church

Date: 11 05 1963
Description: A bulldozer demolishing St. Joseph's Catholic Church at 10 South Park Street as part of the Triangle area urban renewal project.
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New Holy Name Seminary at 702 S. High Point Road

Date: 09 15 1964
Description: The new $3 million Holy Name Seminary, located at 702. S. High Point Road in Madison, is ready for its first class of 205 students.
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Mosaic at Holy Name Seminary Installed

Date: 04 16 1965
Description: A mosaic designed by Felix G. Senger measuring 24 by 30 feet and composed of 360,000 pieces of mosaic was installed in the new chapel of Holy Name Seminary...
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Holy Name Seminary

Date: 05 27 1965
Description: Abstract art decorating the tabernacle at the new Holy Name Seminary.
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Holy Name Seminary

Date: 05 27 1965
Description: Panoramic view of Msgr. George Wirz strolling in front of the new Colonial-style Holy Name Seminary.
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Holy Name Seminary

Date: 05 27 1965
Description: John Stanton, Princeton, is shown studying in his semi-enclosed private room. A partition divides his quarters from the cubicle at right.
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Holy Name Seminary

Date: 05 27 1965
Description: Seminarians at Holy Name Seminary give each other haircuts at the facility's barber shop. Gordon Hellenbrand, Cross Plains, is giving a haircut to Steve Me...
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Holy Name Seminary

Date: 05 27 1965
Description: The seminarians at Holy Name Seminary learn that the dignity of manual labor is an important lesson for aspirants to the priesthood. Here Tom Colt, Madison...

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