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Bible Study at St. Michael's Episcopal Church
ABOVE: Photo of the Men's Bible Study group at St. Michael's Episcopal Church in College Park, circa 1950s. ABOVE: Wednesday 10 a.m. Bible Study Class at Saint Michael's Episcopal Church in College Park, circa 1970. Pictured are Lee Marsolf, Virginia ... Read more
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St. James Cathedral... An Opportunity to Serve
"However you can volunteer to help someone enriches your life and makes it better," Mary Jane Sevick shares in this excerpt from an oral history interview at St. James Cathedral on August 15, 2011.  She and her husband, Frank Sevick, reflect on the oppor ... Read more
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"St. James has deep, deep roots in the culture of the Orange County community..."
ABOVE: 1972 photo of Fr. Domingo Gonzalez with the Cursillo group. Fr. Domingo Gonzalez was the first Hispanic priest at St. James and at one time St. James was the only church in Orlando that provided a Catholic Mass in Spanish for the Hispanic communi ... Read more
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Community Giving: A History of Sharing Time, Talent, and Treasure in Orlando
From a $90,000 a year thrift store for the poor to soup and sandwiches for the hungry, St. James Cathedral's history of community giving is dedicated to serving the needy in our area. As an Orlando organization tithing 10% of their collection, St. James f ... Read more
Places
122 Years of Catholic Education in Orlando
ABOVE:  May 1894. Gold medal presented to St. Joseph Academy student, Ellen Mahoney of Sanford, Florida.  Side one: Awarded to Miss E. Mahoney for Good Conduct. Side two: St. Joseph's Academy Orlando, Fla. May '94 [1894]. ABOVE:  Photo of St. Jos ... Read more
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Sunday Memories of St. James Church in Orlando
The church was right downtown on Orange Avenue. Everything was right downtown...It had wonderful stained glass windows that have been saved all these many years and are still in our new cathedral that we have now. The original church was the only Catholic ... Read more
Events
Saint Patrick's Day Celebrations!
ABOVE: 1980's photo of Joan and Bill Buning celebrating St. Patrick's Day in the Community Life Center at St. James Cathedral in downtown Orlando with Jim and Cathy Steiger their daughter and son in law. Saint Patrick's Day celebrations in the Community ... Read more
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Saint Patrick's Day at Saint James Cathedral
1982 photo of Saint Patrick's Day festivities in the Community Life Center at Saint James Cathedral in downtown Orlando. Fr. Page, Pastor of St. James Cathedral 1972-1986, envisioned a three level community center with an atrium for people to gather and ... Read more
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Orlando Retrospective: An Intergenerational Oral History Interview with the Buning Family
ABOVE: Catherine Bunning Steiger at the "Sneak Preview" for the restored Saint James Cathedral in downtown Orlando, November 13th, 2010. Mother and daughter oral history interview with the Bunings who lived in the last family home on Lake Eola. The tw ... Read more
People
Strawberry Socials
ABOVE: Photo of Arline Conoley and her husband, Pearl Harbor volunteer Vincent Benedetti. Picking strawberries in Plant City for charity comes natural to fourth generation Floridian Arline Conoley Benedetti. Her uncle, citrus grower E.B. Conoley, and now ... Read more
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Mardi Gras at Saint James Cathedral
Enjoying Mardi Gras in the Saint James Cathedral Community Life Center in downtown Orlando. Father David Page, St. James Cathedral Pastor from 1972-1986, envisioned a community center at a time when much of the population had left downtown for the subu ... Read more
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The Wedding
When Frank Sevick came to Orlando the only tall building downtown was the bank on Robinson Street across from Saint James Cathedral. Mary Jane Sevick remembers Orlando ending at Colonial Plaza on the east and Montgomery Ward on the west. Mary Jane Bowman ... Read more