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Parish Milestones: Firsts

General 

 
First Pastor
First Assistant Pastor
First School Principal
First Use of the Title “St. Joseph the Worker”		 Rev. Austin J. Greene
Rev. Matthew Crowe
Sr. Kathleen Joseph
May 1, 1955

Church

  
First Step in Building - the Purchase of the Land  
First Announcement of Establishment of the Parish 
Ground – Breaking Ceremony
Dedication & Blessing of Temporary Church
Ground-Breaking Ceremony for Permanent Church
Dedication & Blessing of Permanent Church		 1953
May 4, 1956
March 10, 1957
April 30, 1961
October 23, 1966
June 1, 1969

Rectory

  
First Temporary Rectory Established
First Use of Second Temporary Rectory
First Use of Permanent Rectory 		 May 26, 1956
October 1, 1957
April 15, 1958

Convent

  
First Temporary Convent
First Use of Additional Temporary Convent
Ground-Breaking for Permanent Convent
First Use of Permanent Convent		 September 21, 1957
March 12, 1960
August 18, 1963
April 15, 1964

School

  
First Day of School
First Use of School Addition		 February 3, 1958
January 11, 1960

Mass

  
First Mass at John A Sutter Jr. High School
First Mass in St. Joseph Temporary Church
First Mass in St. Joseph Permanent Church
First Golden Wedding Anniversary Celebrated with Mass
First Spanish Mass
First Vietnamese Mass		 July 1, 1956
December 15, 1957
August 11, 1968
May 2, 1959
1982
1983

Sacraments

  
First Convert Baptism
First Baptism in Parish
First Baptism in St. Joseph the Worker Church
First Confirmation in St. Joseph the Worker Church
First Convert Communion
First Confraternity Class “First Communion” in Parish
First SJW School First Communion at St. Joseph the Worker
First Confession in Parish
First Confession in St. Joseph the Worker Church
First Extreme Unction in Parish
Holy Order
First Matrimony in Parish
First Matrimony in St. Joseph the Worker Church		 March 1, 1957
June 2, 1956
December 15, 1957
November 20, 1958
March 3, 1957
May 11, 1957
May 17, 1958
June 26, 1956
December 21, 1957
July 6, 1956
Several have been started
June 3, 1956
January 4, 1958

Other Firsts

  
First Pledge to Building Fund
First Use of Sunday Collection Envelopes
First Parish Sick Call
First Altar and Rosary Society Meeting
First Holy Name Society Meeting
First Parish Social		 August, 1956
July 1, 1956
July 6, 1956
June 25, 1956
July 2, 1956
October 14, 1956

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