Tag: St. James Cathedral

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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
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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