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Kneeling in the bean patch leads to St. Michael's parish
A Texas boy Tom Cemon rises from a bean patch past to priestly life and parish founder at St. Michael's in Houston. The story connects his family, Father Collins, Father Douglas, Father O'Hara, and his mother Salvatrice through the land, a million dollar school, and a parish built on a childhood prayer.
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Tom Cemon
Houston
Cut and Shoot
Carmelo
Cemon
Sale Patrice
Alvatrice Dale Francis
Tom
Mission Church
Martin Francis Collins
Father Collins
Philadelphia
Chicago
Sour Lake
Providence
James Douglas
Saint Ann’s
St. Louis
Collins
Father Douglas
St. Louis University
Tom Demon
Jesuits
Texas
University of Texas
Austin
Notre Dame
Rockne
John O’hara
Tom Dennon
Father O'Hara
Father O’hara
God
Carmelo Cemon
Salvatrice
St. Michael’s Parish
Sage Road
Father Demon
Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Mary Annetta
Douglas
John O'Hara
Tom Demnon
St. Michael’s
New Orleans
Knights of Columbus
Hicks Youngs
Joseph Rummel
Heavenly Father
Mary
Jesus Christ
Wes
Mary Immaculate
Lord Jesus Christ