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Hamburgers in Hog's Heaven
ABOVE:  Photo of Father John McCormick at work in the office at Saint James Catholic Cathedral in downtown Orlando, 215 North Orange Avenue. Dublin born Fr. McCormick earned a Licentiate in Theology from Angelicum University and was ordaine ... Read more
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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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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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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
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Cathy Steiger, St. James Parishioner
Listen to this interview with Catherine Buning Steiger  recorded  at the "Sneak Preview" for Saint James Cathedral in downtown Orlando, November 13th, 2010. Catherine Buning was born in Orlando in 1957, the sixth child in a family of eight children. ... Read more
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Ben Porter, Grand Knight at Saint James Cathedral
Born in Central Florida, Ben's earliest memory of the area is the fresh oranges his mother picked from a neighborhood orange grove. To this day, Ben still enjoys fresh homegrown oranges, they have a tree in their yard, and looks forward to the coming citr ... Read more
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Theodora Saunders with daughters Clivette and Clivanya, St. James Parishoners
ABOVE: Theodora Saunders with her children, Clivette and Clivanya at St. James Cathedral on November 13, 2010. Listen to this interview with Theodora Saunders docent at the "Sneak Preview" for the restored Saint James Cathedral in downtown Orlando, Novem ... Read more
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Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Kinsley
ABOVE: Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Kinsley were married at Saint James Cathedral in downtown Orlando on March 26, 1941. Here is a photo from their wedding day taken near their car with a rumble seat on a side street off Orange Avenue.   Listen to this o ... Read more