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Historic Timeline of St. Anthony Catholic Church & School 1870 First Mass is celebrated in Florence in a house on the one hundred block of Evans Street. 1871 Parish of St. Anthony of Padua is canonically established, but Mass continues to be celebrated in a parishioner’s home. 1873 Catholics purchase a lot on the comer of Irby and Palmetto Streets for a future church. 1886 Bishop H.P. Northup dedicates a small wooden chapel on the lot. Father J.E.Chapius is appointed first resident pastor. 1893 Father Charles Dubois Wood is appointed second resident pastor and begins to raise funds for a new church. 1917 The new church, St. Anthony’s All Souls’ Memorial Church, built on the same comer lot as the old, is dedicated on November 17. 1956 St. Anthony’s parochial school, staffed by the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, is established in a three-room building adjacent to the church. 1970 On September 15th, a fire engulfs and completely destroys the church building. 1972 The parish breaks ground for a new church on Hoffmeyer Road. 1973 On Easter the first Mass is celebrated in the new building. 1974 A rectory and elementary school are built on the new parish site. 1992 The Family Center is added to the buildings on the parish campus. 1997 St. Anthony School expands with an addition to the school building. 2003 The Parish opens the Office of Hispanic Ministry
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Last Updated: 3/10/12

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