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1865-1875 |
Mission station served by Redemptorist order |
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1875 |
First church cornerstone laid and blessed by Bishop Bernard McQuaid, first bishop of Rochester |
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July 3, 1876 |
Holy Ghost Parish incorporated, Coldwater, New York; Fr. August Kraus, first resident pastor |
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1877-1908 |
Parish reverts to chapel mission status; served by 7 nonresident pastors during this time |
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May 1906 |
Cornerstone of present church laid and blessed by Bishop McQuaid |
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August 1918 |
School Sisters of Notre Dame assumed teaching duties at Holy Ghost School |
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July 1926 |
Holy Ghost Parish celebrates its Golden Jubilee |
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October 26, 1938 |
School building that was formerly the old church burned to the ground |
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January 1, 1939 |
New school cornerstone laid |
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April 21, 1939 |
School building consecrated by Bishop J.E. Kearney |
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1945 |
Church renovated and redecorated by one of the nation's leading ecclesiastical artists
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1954 |
New addition added to school that presently accommodated grades 5-8 |
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August 22, 1958 |
Lourdes Grotto, donated by the Joseph Entress family, is blessed by Bishop Kearney
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1958 |
New Convent for School Sisters of Notre Dame completed |
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December 1968 |
First Pastoral Parish Council established |
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April 1973 |
Renovation and enlargement of church |
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June 6, 1976 |
100th Anniversary Mass celebrated by Bishop McCafferty on Pentecost Sunday |
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1978 |
New organ installed in church |
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1987 |
New ceiling installed in church |
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May 1988 |
Community playground built |
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June 1993 |
Holy Ghost School closes after 128 years of Catholic education |
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October 1994 |
Holy Ghost Cemetery landscaped with trees and shrubs |
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