St. Joseph’s Prepares to Celebrate 90th Anniversary
The May 27 event commemorates the church’s opening in a school building in 1922.
The Church of St. Joseph is getting ready to mark a major milestone in its history. On May 27, the parish will celebrate its 90th anniversary. St. Joseph’s can trace its roots to St. Mary’s Catholic Church, which once stood at 51 Sixth Ave. S, according to the Hopkins Historical Society. The 840-square-foot building was known as the Irish Catholic Church because of the immigrant community it served. (St. Margaret’s, on Bren Road east of Shady Oak Road, was known as the Bohemian Catholic Church.) St. Mary’s parishioners bought the current St. Joseph’s site with plans to replace their small church. But by the time money and materials were available to build it, Archbishop Austin Dowling had staked out opposition to ethnic churches because he…
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James Warden
9:43 pm on Thursday, May 17, 2012
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