IN THE LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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A RESOLUTION congratulating Holy Cross Church upon celebrating 100 years of service to the Historic Northeast Community.
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RESOLUTION # 14177, May 6, 2002
INTRODUCED BY Scott Burnett, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, Holy Cross Church is celebrating its centennial of service to Jackson County residents in the Historic Northeast Community of Kansas City; and,
WHEREAS, the parish was canonically established on March 30, 1902, with Father John J. Hogan serving as pastor; and,
WHEREAS, on October 11, 1902, a congregation of 35 Catholic families held their first mass at the new St. Agnes Academy at Scarritt and Hardesty, and on July 10, 1904, the cornerstone for the first church was laid at the northwest corner of St. John Avenue and Quincy; and,
WHEREAS, in 1907, Father John P. Prendergast became pastor and assumed the financial responsibilities of the growing parish; and,
WHEREAS, by 1917 the parish had grown to 350 families, and by 1934 there were 478 families with 1,923 registered parishioners, including 402 elementary school-aged children and 151 students attending high school or college; and,
WHEREAS, construction began on the school building at 5108 St. John Avenue in 1923, but was not completed until 1942, after the Great Depression; and,
WHEREAS, in 1954 the parish observed its 50th anniversary with choir director, Bruno Nicoli, serving as the general chair of the event; and,
WHEREAS, on October 22, 1961, the parish broke ground at 121 N. Quincy to build a new three-story school of reinforced concrete with brick facing, at a cost of $329,904.00; and,
WHEREAS, in 1968 lightning struck the former parish school (then auditorium), causing fire damages totaling $42,949.00 and destroying six bowling alleys; and,
WHEREAS, Frank Grimaldi was the architect for the reconstruction of the auditorium which was converted into a gymnasium; and,
WHEREAS, on March 19,...
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