Tag: St. James School
Places
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.
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Places
Author Pat Conroy Shares His Favorite Orlando Memory
"My year at St. James was the happiest in my childhood... every time I visit Orlando, I return to that sacred spot where I first shot a basketball."
In this first issue of The St. James Legacy newsletter, Summer 2003, vol. 1, No. 1, Alumnus Pat Conroy, ... Read
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Organizations
Mayor Langford's Letter to St. James School
Orlando Mayor Carl T. Langford's 1978 congratulations letter to St. James Cathedral School on their 50th anniversary in downtown Orlando.
Mayor Langford notes how "The Orlando community has benefited from, and has been blessed by, the tremendous number ... Read
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Organizations
First Fridays with Hot Chocolate & Donuts
For many who grew up in Orlando, the memory of walking down Robinson Street for First Friday Mass at Saint James Cathedral is a special school memory.
After church the kids had hot chocolate and donuts for breakfast in the St. James School cafeteria se ... Read
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Places
It's Always Darkest Before the Dawn
ABOVE: 1983 photo of Saint James School Principal Blanka Roberts, left, with Saint James Cathedral parishioners Fran Krehl and Frank Sevick at the anniversary celebration honoring Blanka's 25 years of outstanding service to the school and our community.
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People
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
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People
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
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People
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
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People
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
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