This Day in Diocesan History for February 17

1867

Dedication of the first St. Paul Church, Butler

 
 
1907

The first Mass of St. Basil Parish, Carrick celebrated

 
 
1929

St. Adalbert School, South Side destroyed in a fire

 
 
1946

The pastor of St. Paul Parish, Butler began celebrating Mass in a closed school building in Prospect, Pa., reviving the St. Christopher Mission, which had closed in 1945

 
 
1952

Dedication of the second St. Margaret Church, Munhall

 
 
1954

Fire damaged St. Boniface Church, North Side

 
The first St. Paul Church, Butler