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. GP.AND BALT ANN T'EST]YAI, At Stu,ist l{cttt,, Poto::i, )fut.,ort Suqsdag St,eqinyy, &|rU 17, ltr,81, Foi:bs fulola of.EiD"ilha frl::cir: ;?. 'll I .' ST. ltt.vss' (arer'ti., \ I I ;4,ctr.t r,t,'[.ss [.ct t,t, S tt ppe r J- ttcl t t rl c'r A memento of the parish's first festiuol ,f t. Festivals have been held at di{ferent times throughout the years. The first was recorded on May 17, 1881, netting more than two hundred dollars to pay for painting the church. The second, in 1890, provided a similar amount to buy an organ. Similar events were held fromtimeto time, and the parish now celebrates an annual Fall Festival on the last Sunday in September. The St. Josepht Society was organized in 1882 on April 16th. John L. Detchemendywas the firstpresident. There were twenty members, and officers were elected to serve for three months. Each member was required to pay an initiation fee of twenty-{ive cents. The group's objective wasthe edification of one another{or salvation. It was aforerunner of the St.Vincent de Paul Society. The Altar Society was formed in 1886 by the pastor. Father Frank J. Jones. The Promoters of the League of Sacred Heart was active between 1901 and 1905, with Miss Mary Pendergast, chie{ promoter. Miss Pendergast also was instrumental in 1901 in reorganizing the St. James Young Ladies Sodality, which had existed earlier in the parish. The Young Men's Sodality was formed in 1901 with Frank Flynn as prefect. In 1914 the Holy Name Society began meeting. The Society reorganized again in 1.933 and 7947. The Young Ladies Sodality was reactivated on January 20, 7948, with a dozen women present. The first prefect was Miss Lucy Hornsey, with Pauline Harris. vice-prefect; Mrs. W. H. Boyer. secretary; and Mrs. Ed Bust, treasurer. The parish's present schedule of events includes: the Parish School of Religion meetings Wednesday nights, weekly Stations of the Cross during Lent, weekly Rosary devotions 21 during October, and devotions to the Mother of Perpetual Help Tuesday nights. Organizations in service today are the Ushers Guild, Altar Group and Cleaners, and the Carlo Club. The Carlo Club met for the first time in 1966 to aid the needy of the parish and county. Dorothy Ketcherside was the {irst president. There are no current officers. There are seven active members. Projects include distribution of clothing and furniture, assisting families to get established in the community, helping people in times of emergency. The women also quilt in the parish hall, donating thefinished products tothe Fall Festival. They also sell rags to Baroid Division of National Lead at the Fountain Farm mill. Also serving the parish are the organist and choir, lectors and servers, and the Parish School of Religion teachers. The P. S. R. (Parish School of Religion) has a coordinatlng principal for teachers, and the pastor. Joyce Bub is the principal; the teachers are Linda Pashia, Betty Chazell, Judy Robart, Theresa Golden, Delores DeClue, Diane Prochazka, Karen Charboneau, Mary Campbell, Geraldine Heifner, Betsy Boyer, Mary Jane Leonard, and Judy Wright. Pastors of St. James Church Reverend John Timon, C.M. * Jan.1827-1828 Reverend Jean Boullier Aug. 1828-Apr. 1829 Reverend Phillip Borgna Mar. 7837-May 1832 Reverend Louis Tucker Mar.1835-1844 Reverend J.V.Wiseman Nou. 7844-June 7846 Reverend John Higginbotham Oct. 1846- Apr. 1848 Reverend Mary Irenaeus Saint-Cyr May 1848- Sept. 1849 Reverend Joseph Foxf Oct. 1849-Apr. 1852 Reverend John Hogan$ May 1853-July 1854 Reverend Timon A. Grogan Auq.1854- Apr. 1856 Reverend James O'Brien 1856 Reverend Eugene O'Hea July 7856-Sept. 1857 Reverend Edward O'Reagan Reverend Thomas Cleary Reverend Michael O'Reilly Ivlay 1859- July 1859 1862-1866 June 7866- Aug. 1872 Reverend T. J. Ring Feb.1872-Aug. 1872
{* -'Sh" Reu. C.B.O'Donnell Reu. J T. Srhejbal ReverendThomas Connys Oct.1873- Nou. 1873 Reverend A. R. Mulholland Jan. 7874- June 1874 Reverend Robert J. Hayes Sept. 1874- Dec. 1874 Reverend Owen J. McDonald Feb. 1875- Feb. 1884 Reverend R. J. Healy Mar.1884-Aug. 1884 Reverend Luke J. Kernan Sepf. 1884-Dec. 1885 Reverend Frank J. Jones Jon. 1886-June 1887 Reverend William Noonan June 7887- Sept- 1892 Reverend Paul Gross Nou. 7892-Apr. 1899 Reverend John C. Granville Apr. 1899- July 1901 Reverend Thomas Mullen July 1901-Oct. 1905 Reverend Charles Canning Oct.1905- Oct. 1931 Reverend Joseph McGinley Oct.1931- Jan. 1936 Reverend P. J. Dooley Feb. 1936-lvloy 7947 Reverend Charles B. O'Donnell Nlay 1947- Nor... 1959 Reverend Joseph T. Schejbal Nou. 7959- July 1962 Reverend Clement J. Burghoff July 1962- Feb. 1971 Reverend Theodore J. Brunnert Feb. 1971- Present - Father Timon become the Jirst Bishop oJ But't'alo. seruing t'ront October, 1847. to April. 1867. iFother Fox resided t'or a time ot Old Mines and St. James, maintoining records Jor Sr. Jomes. St. Columbkill at lrondale. St. Joachim. and St. Stephen Church ot Richuoods. tFather Hogon ret'erred, to himselt' in the records as on "Assisfonf Priest' an Morch 31 . 1853, and ''Missionory Priest oJ the District of Potosi" ot'ter September 29, 1853. He become the t'nsl. Bishop of St. Joseph. Missouri. in September. 1868. and wos tronslerred to Kansos City. Missouri. in September.1880. 22 Reu. T. J. Brunnerl Religious Vocations from the Parish Monsignor Joseph A. Connolly, the first member of the parish to become a priest, was ordained in 1866. He was present to take part in the Silver Jubilee of the parish in 1886. Mother Mary Marcella Casey became a member of the Order of the Sisters of St. Joseph, and later was named the president of Fonibonne College, St. Louis, Missouri. She also served as principal of St. Theresa's College, Kansas City, Missouri. Rusha Lee Flynn, the daughter of Frank and Madge Denning Flynn, entered the Order of the Sacred Heart, St. Louis, Missouri, and took her vows on December 2.1937. Miss Catherine Flynn entered the Order of the Sacred Heart, St. Louis, Missouri, and made her vows in October, 1907. Gertrude Flynn entered the Order of the Sacred Heart, St. Louis, Missouri. Gertrude and Catherine were sisters, the daughters of John Flynn and Roshanna Cashen, and sisters of Benjamin Flynn of Potosi. Gertrude made her vows on December 8, 1900. Joseph Connolly, son of Frank X. Connolly and Sarah Teasdale Connolly, became a Brother in the Jesuit Order in California. (The Connollys moved from Potosi to California in 1923.) Elizabeth Flynn entered theOrder of theGood Shepherd in 1892atthe age of 27.She dieda novice in June, 1894. Curtis J. Hornsey, who was born March 22. 1886, in Potosi, was ordained June 11, 1912, in St. Louis byArchbishop John Glennon. He served in St. Matthew's Parish, Si. Louis, during the pastorate of MonsignorConnolly, and in St. Theresa's, St. Louis. Father Hornsey became pastor of Holy Cross Parish, Cuba, Missouri, in 1914, and was appointed Dean of the Cuba Deanery on April 7 ,1934. He was named a domestic prelate by Pope Pius XII on April 77,1946. He died on January 22,1955. Agnes Dallen, daughter of Patrick and Mary Corrigan Dallen, joined the Dominican Order, making her profession on March 31 ,7907 . She took the name Sister Mary Raymond. Her maternal grandparents were John and Andrew Casey, who were
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