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Sister Mary Katherine Palisin, Sisters of Notre Dame nun.
ABOVE: March 18th, 2011 photo of Sister Mary Katherine Palisin in front of the Tabernacle at Saint James Catholic Cathedral in downtown Orlando.   Sister Mary Katherine Palisin, Sisters of Notre Dame nun, remembers how her parents had a "living l ... Read more
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Knights of the Altar at St. James Cathedral
ABOVE: November 28th, 1980 photo of the altar servers in procession at Saint James Cathedral in downtown Orlando. In this March 26, 2011 oral history interview at St. James Cathedral parishioner Tom Wilkes traces the history of the development of the alt ... Read more
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Community Life at Saint James Cathedral - Jean Wilkes
ABOVE: Photo of the Wilkes family from the St. James Centennial 1885-1985 directory celebrating 100 years of St. James Catholic Cathedral in downtown Orlando. Pictured are Tom and Jean Wilkes with son Kevin and daughter Kelly. Her first memory of Orlan ... Read more
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Investiture of Female Altar Servers at St. James Cathedral
Article from Jubilee, the St. James Cathedral parish newsletter, February 1996, documenting the historic transition to include female altar servers at the cathedral.  On October 27th, 1995 the first female altar servers at Saint James Cathedral were inve ... Read more
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St. James Cathedral 1885-1985 Centennial Directory
ABOVE: Cover - Saint James Cathedral 1885-1985 Centennial Directory publication with pictorial directory of families. "The Good News of St. James Cathedral: A Short History of the First 100 Years of a Catholic Parish" by Edward Hayes, who attended St. Ja ... Read more
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Marie Adams, Saint James Cathedral
ABOVE: March 30, 2011 photo of Marie Adams in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel of Saint James Catholic Cathedral in downtown Orlando. Marie Adams joined staff at St. James Cathedral beginning in 1985 and retired after 20 years. She was the business manager ... Read more
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Sister Mary Katherine Palisin - Easter Memories
ABOVE: 1953 photo of Mary Katherine Palisin with her family in front of their brick home in Lakewood, Ohio built by her parents in 1951. Pictured are parents, Anna and Michael Palisin, and the children from left to right Michael, Annie, Georgine, Margar ... Read more
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Betty Wheeler, St. James Cathedral Parishioner
ABOVE: Orlando native Betty Wheeler at Saint James Cathedral in downtown Orlando March 18th, 2011. Elizabeth Cangelose was born just down the street from St. James at Orlando General Hospital on Orange Avenue. It was wartime and her mother, Corrie Rhodes ... Read more
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Mr. and Mrs. Robert Serros, St. James Parishioners
ABOVE:  Photo of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Serros at Saint James Cathedral in downtown Orlando, January 9th, 2011. Robert Serros is an Orlando native and has been a member of St. James Church all his life. His wife Carolyn became a member after moving to Orla ... Read more
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Leona Law, St. James Cathedral Parishioner
Ms. Law's father, Orie Buzzelli, came to Orlando in 1925. After working successfully as a tailor for two years he invited his family to Orlando to live. Leona Buzzelli Law recalls coming to Orlando from Ellwood City, Pennsylvania by train because in those ... Read more
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James R. Smyth, St. James Cathedral Parishioner
Listen to Orlando native James R. Smyth recorded  at the "Sneak Preview" for the restored Saint James Cathedral in downtown Orlando, November 13th, 2010. LISTEN (4:46) [audio mp3="https://orlandomemory.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/James_R._Smyth ... Read more
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Robert Serros, St. James Parishioner
Interview with Orlando native Bob Serros at the "Sneak Preview" for the restored Saint James Cathedral in downtown Orlando, November 13th, 2010. Mr. Serros was baptized in the original wooden church and recalls, "the murals in the chapel which were par ... Read more