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- St. Peter Catholic Church · (316) 243-6432
St. Peter Church at sunset
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St Peter Church
A centennial was celebrated in
1984 marking 100 years of service to
this Catholic community. It was
noted at
that time that only five priests had
served St. Peter's since the first
resident pastor came in 1901. That first
resident pastor stayed only a short
time because of illness. His successor
built the present church before
he left in 1908. A white frame
structure with an impressive steeple
tower, St. Peter's measures 42 by
100 feet with a seating capacity of
325. A school and convent for the
three Sisters of St. Joseph followed
soon after. In 1912 a new pastor
built a new rectory.
A red-letter day for the children
of Willowdale and vicinity was the
dedication of the new school
building in 1925. Lightning had
struck the old school during a
spring storm in 1924 reducing the
building to ashes.
Church history was adapted from a centennial history of the Wichita diocese
Used by permission.
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