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The Chicago Convent of the Order of St. Anne is an autonomous convent of the Anglican Order of St. Anne.It was established at the Anglo-Catholic Church of the Ascension in 1921 in response to a call from the rector and vestry for sisters to do missionary work in the parish. [1]
In 2000, the church was expanded significantly to accommodate its 3,700+ registered parishioner families; at the time, its Campus Development Plan was the largest in the modern history of the Archdiocese. [1] Rev. Bernie Pietrzak is the current pastor, [2] replacing Rev. John "Jack" Dewes, who served the community through 2009. [3]
On February 18, 1855, at twenty-two years old, the younger John Smith succeeded his great-uncle, "Uncle John" Smith as fifth Presiding Patriarch of the LDS Church, following the latter's death. [2]: 123 In this capacity, Smith acted as voice in the setting apart of his younger half-brother, Joseph F. Smith as president of the church. [2]
After receiving his G.E.D. diploma from the New York State Board of Regents in 1961, Barrett attended Bethel Bible Institute in Jamaica, New York, where he graduated with honors. [3] His career as a pastor began in 1966. [5] He became pastor of Mt. Zion Baptist Church, in the Washington Park neighborhood of Chicago in 1968. [3]
The church building was completed at a cost of $160,000 in 1901 and designed by Adolphus Druiding who also drew up architectural plans for St. John Cantius. Like many of Chicago 's Polish Cathedrals , its Renaissance style recalls the glory days of the Polish Commonwealth in the 15th and 16th centuries.
Oswald Jeffrey Smith (November 8, 1889 – January 25, 1986) was a Canadian pastor, author, and missions advocate. He founded The Peoples Church in Toronto in 1928. Smith attended the Toronto Bible Training School , the Manitoba Presbyterian College in Winnipeg, and the McCormick Seminary in Chicago.
The first Mass was offered at St. Anne's on September 25, 1888 by Rev. J. W. Ritz. [3] When a rectory was built in 1902 at Rib Lake for St. John the Baptist Church, Rev. Joseph Heeger, that church's first resident pastor also served St. Ann's congregation. Services were conducted in German from the start until 1915.
Kenneth Bryant Smith Sr. (February 19, 1931 – January 21, 2008) was a Chicago-area community leader and minister. Smith was born in Montclair, New Jersey and raised as a Catholic . [ 1 ]