Tau PublishingA History of St. Mary’s Basilica
Phoenix, Arizona
by Fr. Warren J. Rouse, OFM, and Julie Corley
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- ISBN, perfect bound
- 978-1-61956-037-6
- ISBN, EPUB ebook
- 978-1-61956-700-9
- ISBN, PDF ebook
- 978-1-61956-701-6
- Pages
- 160
- Size
- 5.5 × 8.5 in
- Edition
- Perfect bound first edition, August 2012
- Language
- English
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About this book
“The towers of St. Mary’s Church mingle with the high-rise buildings in downtown Phoenix and the bells compete with the sounds of commuter traffic.”
Founded in 1881 as the first Catholic church in Phoenix, St. Mary’s has grown up with the city, sharing its crises and its joys. The Franciscan friars arrived in 1895, and they serve the parish still, a Franciscan oasis in the heart of downtown.
Fr. Warren J. Rouse, OFM, and Julie Corley tell its story from the rough days of the young desert settlement through ethnic and racial tensions, the Great Depression and the years after the war, to a new era as a basilica and the visit of Pope John Paul II in 1987.
Illustrated with photographs, the book closes with appendices on the building of the upper church, its stained-glass windows, the 1915 dedication, the papal visit, the pastors of St. Mary’s and its organs.
Inside
- Foreword: Early Beginnings, and Preface
- Seven chapters, from “St. Mary’s and the Wild West” and “The Great Depression” to “A New Era”
- Eight appendices, including the 1915 Dedication, the Papal Visit and the Pastors of St. Mary’s
