Keys to Convent Presented at St Vincent de Paul
Fr Edward Reezen presents the keys to the new St Vincent de Paul Convent to Sister Superior Mary Angnelis who arrived in Shepherd last week. Sisters Michael Marie and Mary Michaelene, arriving early this week to teach in the new school, observe the ceremony.
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Edward Reezen
St. Vincent de Paul
Mary Angnelis
Shepherd
Michael Marie
Mary Michaelene
Mary Agnetis
Father Roczen
Mary Agnelis
St. Vincent de Paul Parochial
History of St. Vincent de Paul Parish Shepherd
The article traces the parish origins before 1915, noting a former Protestant church moved to Maple and Fifth Streets, and priestly leadership from Rev. Father Mulvey to Rev. John W. McNeil who established the parish in 1919. It outlines church ownership, school and convent construction funded by parishioners, religious instruction by Sisters, and long list of pastors from 1919 to 1957, plus details on buildings, cemetery, and local organizations.
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Shepherd
Irishtown
Mt. Pleasant
Northside Town Hall
Maple and
Fifth Streets
Father Vist) Mulvey
Alma
Kelly
Grand Rapids
John W. McNeil
St. Vincent de Paul
Lydia Queen
Margaret
Sisters of St. Dominic
School Sisters of Notre Dame
Rosebush
Mary Hilaria
Mary Antonice
Allen J. Babcock
A. Charles Jane Associates, Inc
Archi
Tects and Engineers
Flint
Michigan
Rademacher Brothers
St. Johns
Pelletier Electric Florian
Mary Agnestis
Michael Marie
Mary Michaelene
Edward Meyer
National Council of Catholic Men
St. Vincent de Paul Society
Margaret Simon
Margot
Diane Buschbacher
Margaret Clevenger
Janes Kanine
Eugene Beltinck
Raymond Hoffman
Virgil Meyer
Eugene Hohlbein
Excellent Facilities In New Convent For School Staff
The new convent will house three Sisters with capacity for seven as the school grows. Fr. Edward Roczen led a reporter on a tour with the three Sisters Monday, finding the facilities pleasant and well appointed.
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Edward Roczen
Sisters at Prayer and the Nun Life
A chapel centers a Sister’s life with devotion to Our Lord in sacramental presence. The tabernacle hosts weekly crucifixion drama reenactment as she prays for personal, parish, and community needs.
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Tabernacle
Also Mentioned on This Page
St. Vincent de Paul Parish
T. Raymond Dark
Joseph H. Henige
Joseph Brogger
Emmeren L. Quaderer
Wm. J. Schueller
Thos. J. Bolger
Joseph Alksnis
Sisters At Prayer
St. Vincent de Paul Parochial School
Sister Mary Michaelene
Argus Photo
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