History

1914 Fundraiser Documents

The cost of church furnishings in 1914
Click on an image of the pages to show a full-sized version

1914 History

A Handwritten History of Our Parish dated 1914.
Click on an image of the pages to show a full-sized version

Old Photo Gallery

Click on an image of the pages to show a full-sized version

Altar Relics

In the year of Our Lord, 1960,
on the twenty-fourth day of the month of November,
I, Right Reverend Monsignor Francis M. Schultz,
Vicar Forane of the Cathedral Deanery,
delegated in hac re, November 7, 1960,
by THE MOST REVEREND ALLEN J. BABCOCK,
Bishop of Grand Rapids,
consecrated the three altars of the permanent Church
of Saint Francis Xavier Church, and enclosed the
Relics of the Holy Martyrs, St. Auctus and St. Vigilans,
according to the prescribed rite for Portable Altars.
Rt. Rev. Msgr. Francis M. Schultz Deputatus in hac re Pastor
November 24, 1960
Rev. Thomas C. Niedzwiecki Rev. Louis La Sarge