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St.
Joseph’s German Catholic Church,
on East State street next to the Buhl Hospital, is one of the largest
church edifices of the county. The organization of the German Catholics
is of comparatively recent date. The cornerstone of the church was laid
by Bishop Mullen in
July, 1892, but the building was not dedicated until May, 1898, Bishop Fitzmaurice presiding at
the ceremony. Father Helstern
was the first pastor of this parish, but it was largely due to the
zealous labors of the present [1909] pastor, Father
S. Assenmacher, who took charge in 1895, that the
handsome building was completed and the parish given lasting vitality
and power. He is a native of Germany, and the first five years of his
work in America were spent in Clearfield county, this state. A
parochial school is conducted in connection with the church.
Twentieth
Century History of Mercer County,
pages 273-274.
St. Joseph Church
- Former
Pastors
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memorial to former pastors given by the children at St. Joseph's School.
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St.
Joseph Church,
79 Case Avenue, Sharon
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