Tag: Holidays

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Palm Sunday at St. Michael's Episcopal Church
Above: Decorating for Palm Sunday at St. Michael's Episcopal Church in College Park, 1970. Palm Sunday Mass at Saint Michael's Episcopal Church in College Park, 1970. SEARCH OrlandoMemory.info using the term "St. Michael's" to find many more memor ... Read more
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A Christmas Message from Our Principal
But through all this excitement boys and girls let us not forget the true meaning of Christmas - the first Christmas when to all the world was given the greatest gift of all times - the babe in the Manger, Our Savior. It was out of love for the Savior th ... Read more
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Halloween Fun at St. Michael's Church
Families enjoy good food and fellowship at Saint Michael's Episcopal Church Halloween celebration in College Park. ABOVE: Pictured are Father Hank and Edie Franklin with their daughter Anna Franklin. Known by many as a "family church" for its loving comm ... 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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Purim Comes in the Springtime
ABOVE: Photo of Orlando centenarian Myrtle Skop Rutberg. "We're fortunate enough to celebrate both the secular and the religious Jewish holidays," says Orlando Hebrew teacher, Myrtle Skop Rutberg. She describes the Jewish high holidays, historical holida ... 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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Christmas at Saint James Cathedral, 1984
1984 Christmas photo of parishioners Mark and Donna Smithberger with daughter Brandi at Mass at Saint James Cathedral in downtown Orlando. Photo courtesy of the Mario Mesa Photo Archives.   View additional photos below. ... Read more
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Christmas at Saint James Cathedral
1986 Christmas photo at St. James Cathedral in downtown Orlando - Blessed Mother with the Baby Jesus. Photo courtesy of the Mario Mesa Photo Archives. ... Read more
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Christmas Cakes, Plum Pudding, and Chocolate for Breakfast
Listen as Dublin born Father John McCormick, Rector of Saint James Cathedral in downtown Orlando, shares his childhood memories of Christmas in this excerpt from an oral history interview at Panera Bread on Eola Drive, July 12th, 2011. He says, "The bigge ... 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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Orlando Naval Training Center
Growing up in my house meant sharing the holidays with family, friends and sometimes complete strangers.  Although she could not bring all of them home for Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner, my grandmother would contact the USO at the Orlando Naval Trai ... Read more