Last year an Outreach Committee was formed as part of the St. Peter Strategic Plan. Our committee is working to provide help and support through volunteering and financial assistance to charities in the greater Memphis area. Therefore, we would like to know what, specifically, people in our parish are doing in service to our brothers and sisters in our community so that we can best direct our funding, as well as help all of our parish family know where we are actively involved.
We would appreciate it if you could take a few minutes to complete our survey to help us gather this information. September 3. All are welcome. This fall we are meeting from to PM in the Parish Hall with room for distancing. Please plan to wear a mask. Martin de Porres Triduum Oct. Friday , October 29 , Eduardo Logiste, O. Canale, Jr. The parish religious education program was formalized under the guidance of the Sisters of Mercy. The first parish census was conducted and bus service from the Catholic schools in Memphis was extended to include the OLPH children.
By , the rectory was built and Father Morris had moved from a rental house on Dogwood Road to the present rectory. The parish membership had grown to about families. The opportunity soon presented itself for the parish to purchase an additional fifteen acres of land adjoining the property. With the renewal of the liturgy called for by the Second Vatican Council, the interior of the church was redecorated and rearranged and an adult choir was organized.
In June of when Fr. Morris was named Superintendent of Education, Fr. Edward C. Father Elliott soon recognized the great need for an all-purpose building to accommodate the many activities of the growing Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish family. William P. Brennan, Jr. John D. Canale donated the office and Martin Shea the wall paneling.
Clement Marie, O. Mary Della Quinn was asked to direct this program, and later on, an adult education program. In the spring and summer of , the CYO was having dances; C. Dozier being ordained the first Bishop of Memphis.
In the same year, the pm Vigil Mass was added to the weekend schedule. Total of persons at Mass here last week. Father Gresham Hall was dedicated April 22, The church was painted and new carpet and drapes installed in In plans were initiated for a new parish council. On January 11, , Fr. Michael L. Stewart was ordained to the priesthood. The same year saw Marilyn Guilliams come on the scene as parish secretary-the position in which she continued to faithfully serve our parish for many years.
In , the parish celebrated the twenty-fifth anniversary of the dedication of the original church. The year saw parishioners Walter Chandler and Ned Turner ordained as permanent deacons. In the summer of , Father Elliott completed his first decade as pastor of the parish. At the end of the same year, the Knights of Columbus held their first meeting here. Parish records show that in November of there were families registered in the parish. As the parish continued to grow, Callie Johnson and Joseph Brown were hired full-time to care for the maintenance needs of the parish plant.
Callie and Joseph were married on June 23, , by Fr. Ned Elliott. The growth of the parish in the early eighties necessitated larger offices, which in were added to the existing rectory. Recognizing the increased pastoral needs of our thriving parish, the Most Reverend J. Francis Stafford-the second Bishop of Memphis-appointed Fr. A reception welcoming Father Byrnes was held in Fr. Gresham Hall in mid-August of that year.
Meanwhile, Germantown and the parish family continued to feel the population boom. July of saw a note in the parish bulletin asking parishioners to begin to jot down ideas for the design of a new and larger church. During all of these years, the parish religious education program flourished under the direction of several gifted leaders. Mary Agnes Sullivan, O. Mary Michael Greaber, O. Many changes were seen in our parish during Ned Elliott, who served as pastor for seventeen years, announced his retirement.
Bishop Stafford appointed Fr. Stewart to the pastorate of our parish in the spring of that year, though he would not take possession of the parish until the summer.
Also in the summer of , Fr. Gary Lamb was appointed associate pastor of Little Flower parish in Memphis. At the same time, Florence Moisan joined the parish staff and worked two days a week in the parish office. In the same summer, the diocese bade farewell to Bishop J. It was in August of this same year that Father Stewart hired Gretchen Smith as director of parish religious education. Under the excellent leadership and pastoral spirit of Father Stewart, our parish continued to grow and prosper.
Many dedicated men and women became involved as lectors, ushers, and extraordinary ministers of the Eucharist at liturgies. Many of these people became involved as a result of the Ministries Commitment Sunday held in August of Several hundred responses were received with commitments not only to the liturgical ministries but also to the many and varied ministries in the realm of education and community service.
In September of , a reception was held in Father Gresham Hall to honor Rose and Raoul Vanelli for their eighteen years of dedicated service to our parish.
During these years, the CYO flourished under their capable and loving leadership. Knowing their shoes would be hard to fill; Maggie Kluthe rose to the challenge and joined the staff as youth director. It was at the same time that Shona Moore, another parishioner, joined the staff as director of music. As the parish plant itself continued to grow and all the facilities were being used more and more, so too did our maintenance needs.
In March of , Wesley Moore was hired as director of Maintenance. When Father Stewart was appointed pastor in April of , Bishop Stafford discussed with him the need for building a new church to accommodate the families registered in the parish at that time. Monsignor Paul Morris, a former pastor of our parish, was called out of retirement to serve as administrator of the Memphis Diocese.
He and Father Stewart discussed the plans for future building and it was decided to set forth with the plans to build a new church and family life center. In January of , Father Stewart met with the parish council to form an ad hoc committee to establish a building committee for the proposed construction. An ad hoc committee of finance was established in April of the same year and an open parish meeting was held to discuss and evaluate the parish building philosophy. Father Stewart and representatives of the building committee and finance committee met with the newly appointed Bishop Daniel M.
Buechlein to discuss the plans and needs for the new church and family life center. Shortly thereafter, John Heirigs of John J.
Heirigs Construction Company was selected as our general contractor. Several months after the beginning of construction, his son Jim took charge of the project. The blessing and groundbreaking ceremony, with Bishop Buechlein presiding, was held on Sunday, May 15, , at in the afternoon. Although the original completion date for the new church was scheduled for fall of , many unforeseen delays ensured.
The first Mass in our new worship space was celebrated on Saturday evening, April 7, The Solemn Dedication Liturgy was held on May 6, Buechlein to be the founding pastor of the new St. Brigid Church on Lowrance Road. In the discussion of the appointment of Father Guthrie by Bishop Buechlein, the bishop asked that Father Guthrie promote the development of a Catholic School.
I pray this will never happen. Absolutely horrifying and devastating news about cinematographer, Halyna Hutchins. My heart goes out to her family. My heart goes out to Halyna Hutchins family. What a heartbreaking loss. Sending prayers to Joel Souza. You and her family are all in my thoughts tonight.
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