Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
St. Bernard Catholic Church, in Madison, Wisconsin, United States, is a parish church in the Diocese of Madison. The parish was founded in 1907 and the church building was completed in 1927. In 2023, Bishop Donald J. Hying petitioned the Holy See to designate the church building as the diocesan cathedral. Pope Francis erected St. Bernard's as ...
St. Bernard Parish is also home to the earliest Filipino community in the United States, Saint Malo, Louisiana. The chief historical attraction in St. Bernard Parish is the Chalmette Battlefield (part of Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve), at which the Battle of New Orleans took place on January 8, 1815, during the War of 1812.
St. Bernard Parish, a Catholic church on the edge of Wauwatosa's downtown village area, will close and the property will be sold to a developer, its pastor said in a letter to parishioners on Sunday.
The parish of St. Bernard was established in 1868 [5] for a congregation of mostly Irish immigrants and their descendants, which influenced the decision to hire the Irish-born prolific ecclesiastical architect of Roman Catholic churches and cathedrals, Patrick Keely. It was once considered one of the most important Catholic parishes in the city.
However, the plans were never realized. In March 2023, Bishop Hying announced that he had petitioned the Vatican to designate St. Bernard Catholic Church in Madison as the new cathedral, and Pope Francis elevated the church the same year. [34] St. Bernard's is expected to be consecrated as the cathedral in 2025. [36]
The school was formed in New Washington by parishioners of St. Bernard Catholic Church, according to Joe Blum, the village historian. The parish was formed by immigrants from Alsace-Lorraine, a ...
Bernard of Clairvaux, O.Cist. (Latin: Bernardus Claraevallensis; 1090 – 20 August 1153), venerated as Saint Bernard, was an abbot, mystic, co-founder of the Knights Templar, [a] and a major leader in the reform of the Benedictines through the nascent Cistercian Order.
St. Bernard's parish was organized in 1843, when Wisconsin was a territory. In 1846 a modest 27 by 36-foot wooden church with Gothic Revival styling was constructed for the parish on the site of the current church. Watertown was largely populated by German and Irish immigrants, and St. Bernard's attracted many of the Irish minority. [3]