St Joseph Church Clarksville One of Northeast Texas oldest
St. Joseph's Clarksville claims status as the oldest Catholic church in Northern Texas aside from St. Paul's in Collin County. Built on donations led by Father Theodore Buffard starting in 1872 73, it began with Mass in a moved rectory and grew with support from the Gordons and Bishop Dubuis.
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St. Joseph Church
Clarksville
Texas
St. Joseph’s
St. Paul’s
Collin County
Theodore Buffard
Francis Maillie
Father Buffard
Isabelle Clark Gordon
Father Hennessey
George Gordon
Dubuis
Galveston
Gordons
Buffard
St. Joseph's Parish
History of Jefferson Church Founded in 1867
A lengthy history details Father Jean Marie Giraud building a Catholic church in Jefferson Texas in 1867, its growth from about 22 to 50 worshippers, and the first bishop visit in 1868. It traces later clergy, convent appointments, and school developments through the 1870s to 1890s, with regional religious orders and missionary activity shaping Clarksville and Texarkana.
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Jefferson
Giraud
Cypress Bayou
United States
Texas
Father Giraud
France
Ampius
Propagation
Lyons
Jean Joseph Martiniere
Liberty
McKinney
Dallas
Sacred Heart Church
Ursuline Convent
St. Mary’s School
Father Buffard
Texarkana
Clarksville
Foltier, Lowrey
Dumont
J. N. Leonard
Father Leonard
Father Maury
Father J. Blum
Paris
Sherman
A. Damen and
van der Erden
Augustine Heuchemer
Victor Quinon
Father Quinon
Diocese of
Our Lady of Fatima Church History in Hughes Springs
The article recounts the 1946 start of Catholic activity in Hughes Springs with baptism by Father Bernard Loughrey and the formation of a mission under Father L. Meyer and Father J. G. O Rourke. It notes the community’s growth, first Masses in the Legion Hall, and the selection of the Our Lady of Fatima name, plus early baptisms and confirmations guiding toward a shrine.
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Our Lady of Fatima
Daingerfield
Bernard Loughrey
Mary Ellen Hopkins
Frank S. Hopkins
Hughes Springs
Father Loughrey
Jefferson Mission
Jefferson
Newton Madere
American Legion
Don Harmon
Legion Hall
O’rourke
Fatima
Portugal
James Robert McDaniel
Seymour McDaniel
Margaret Young McDaniel
Hughes Springs Legion Hall
Edward J. Devers
Priests of the Sacred Heart Help Native American Missions
The article recounts Father Matthias Fuhrman S.C.J. soliciting funds in the United States after World War I to support foreign missions. It notes the German Province’s postwar challenges, the drive to bring the Sacred Heart priests to America, and connections involving Bishop Lawler, Msgr. Golden, and the Sioux reservations.
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United States
Matthias Fuhrman
S.C.J
God
Priests of the Sacred Heart
America
Sacred Heart
Father Fohrman
Divine Providence
Msgr. Golden
Europe
The
Catholic Indian Bureau
Washington, D.C
Germany
Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart
East Texas Missions Funded By Catholic Extension Society
The Catholic Church Extension Society awarded 10000 to three northeast Texas missions in 1955. St William's Greenville received 5000 while St Joseph Commerce and St James Sulphur Springs got 2500 each, with parishioners to match. Archbishop O Brien dedicated the churches in December 1955. A plaque in Commerce honors Eleanor Childs Meehan for a donation to the church through the extension society.
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Catholic Church Extension Society of the
United States of America
Texas
St. William’s Church
Greenville
St. Joseph’s
Commerce
St. James
Sulphur Springs
William D. O
Chica Iew
O’brien
Gorman
Eleanor Childs Meehan
Catholic Extension Society of the
Parish Farm Aids Church in Watertown Parish Effort
A volunteer group from Immaculate Conception and Holy Name parishes in Watertown SD runs a parish farm renting 120 acres from James Weldon of Gary IN. The arrangement funds church needs and improves facilities while farmers divide 50 acres each of corn and soybeans, boosting morale and community cooperation under Father Edward Fitton.
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Immaculate Conception
Holy Name
Watertown
S.D
Sacred Heart
Dimmick
LaSalle
James Weldon
Gary
Ind
Weldon
Edward Fitton
St. Patrick’s
Arlington
Christian Cooperation
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the Convent and Academy
Congregation of the Holy Cross
Euphrasine
Holy Cross
Notre Dame
Jefferson Church
Lacholme
Puy de Dome
Jean Marie Giraud
Amarillo
Church of God
C. M. Dubuis
Nacogdoches
Sisters of the
Heart of Jesus
Father Heuchemer
Sisters of Divine Providence of
San Antonio
M. J. Kelly
Divine Province Sisters
Jeremiah B. Lehane
L. D. Harmon
Immaculate Conception Church
Joseph P. Lynch
L. L. Meyer
Lynch
Father Meyer
Father J. G. O'Rourke
Our Lady
St. Frances de Sales Mission Society
Belle Harbor
New York
Patricia Ann Shelton
Sacred Heart Fathers
New Boston
Paul Frichtl
St. Joseph Parish
Thomas Simcox
New York City
Fohrman
East Texas
Extension Society
John O’rourke
Banca Nazionale del Lavoro
Rome
Italy
Good Citizen In the Good Society
National Conference of Christians and Jews
Our Holy Father
Bishops
NCRLC
St. Joseph’s Parish Church
St. Joseph’s Church
Marshall
North Alamo Blvd
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