History Of Saint Aloysius Church Of Littlestown Penna

Author : William McSherry
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
ISBN 13 : 9781230356419
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (564 download)

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Download or read book History of Saint Aloysius Church of Littlestown, Penna¿ written by William McSherry and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1893 edition. Excerpt: ... history of the church.. 1741 to 1800. More than a century and a half ago, a humble Jesuit left his European home and crossed the ocean to share the labors and trials of those adventurous pioneers, who had left the old world for the new, that he might keep fresh in their minds the faith of their fathers, and comfort them in their sorrows and tribulations. The little log cabin which Reverend William Wapeler, S. J.f built in the valley of Conowago, in 1741, although most humble in appearance, was, indeed, a true temple of God. Many weary pilgrims entered this chapel in the wilderness, foot-sore and sick at heart, left who comforted by the hospitality and wise counsel of this pious priest. Among these were the fore-fathers of some of those who now worship at St. Aloysius church at Littlestown, Pennsylvania. From that day even unto this many of their descendants have gone to that sacred spot and in that humble chapel, or its successor, have bent their knee in prayers of thanksgiving for past favors and begged the God of their fathers to bless them and their children as he had blessed those who had gone before them. For nearly fifty years from the building of that little chapel the Catholics about Littlestown went, on Sundays and holidays of obligation, to assist at the sacrifice of the Mass at this the first House of God in their midst. And when the old building was replaced by the magnificent stone church of the Sacred Heart, erected upon the same site in 1787, by the Rev. James Pellentz, S. J., they still turned with loving hearts towards Conowago. Even within the present decade, it was not an unusual thing for those who sought God's blessing in marriage to kneel at the feet of some devout Jesuit in that same church in which their parents...