NOW OPEN: FAMILY LIFE CENTER & GUEST HOUSE AT ST. THERESA

OPEN HOUSE GOING ON TODAY

10:00 am - 2:00 pm

20 rockers have been placed on the new porch for rest, chatting and prayer.

           A few of the @100 visitors at the Open House

                                Some of the volunteers serving refreshments at the Open House.

Confirmation Retreat 2023 for the youth of St. Theresa and St. Mary Magdalene Parishes.

Mom's and Muffins event on  Mothers' Day 2023

There are 7 display case exhibits in our new museum as well as several more historic photo canvasses.  

The Sisters of Charity's exhibit is shown above. 97 Sisters of Charity served St. Theresa Parish over 123 years. 

 

Father Augustus Tolton's exhibit (above), our soon-to-be-saint, whose family members were formed in the Catholic faith at St. Theresa Church are featured in two back-to-back display cases.   

One of the six exhibits in the Hallway Gallery of historic photographs: pastors, Sisters, parish religious vocations, school children and families. There are over150 canvases total on both sides of the central hallway. Paper Gallery Guides for visitors are available at both ends of the hallway to help them know who is in the photographs. 

Father Patrick MacNicholas was pastor of St. Theresa for 20 years (1850-1870). He oversaw the building of the present St. Theresa Church and the former St. Theresa Academy.   As important as he is to the history of St. Theresa, there are no known photographs of him in existence.  He deserves to have one of the  parish buildings named after him.

Father Felix Johnson, the other great builder at St. Theresa, was pastor for 23 years (1937-1960). 

He oversaw the building of the "new cemetery," the "parish hall," the "new rectory" (below), the "new convent" and the "new St. Theresa/Cross Roads School."  Johnson Hall is named after him. 

The old rectory has been totally remodeled, inside and out, as a Guest House for visiting priests, Sisters and lay people who might want a quiet retreat location. It can also serve as lodging for those making presentations in the new Family Life Center and fill-in priests for weekend Masses. 

A new deck was built on the backside of the Guest House. Mark Knott, brother of Father Ronald Knott and owner of Knott's Supply Company in Rhodelia, oversaw the renovation of the new Guest House and was its major donor.   

                                                                   Entry to Guest House

                                 One of the two bedrooms (without the drapes installed yet).