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Photographer's
Note:
"St Mary's Church, School and Cemetery are located about 3-1/2
miles almost due west of Hallettsville
on FM 350." - Barclay
Gibson |
St. Mary's Catholic
Church
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson, February 2009 |
Historical
Marker:
Saint Mary's
Parish
Considered the
oldest rural Catholic parish in Texas, St. Mary's was settled before
the Texas War for Independence by such pioneers as James Brown, who
was killed in the
siege of the Alamo.*
First church edifice for St. Marys was built in 1840 under influence
of missionary Fathers George Haydon and Edward A. Clarke, who also
opened school for the settlement.
This was one of ten churches comprising Texas' First Diocese (Galveston)
at its formation in 1847. Many priests' and sisters' vocations have
come from this historic parish.
1971
(* It was discovered later that James
Brown did not die at the Alamo.) |
St.
Mary's Catholic Cemetery
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson, February 2009 |
St.
Mary's Catholic Church
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson, February 2009 |
St.
Mary's Catholic Church
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson, February 2009 |
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