This Day in Diocesan History for January 24

1909

The Missionary Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, established to provide catechetical instruction in communities too small to support a parish, form a mission in Avella.  This mission eventually led to the creation of St. Michael Parish

 
 
1960

The first Mass of the new Mission of St. Ferdinand, Cranberry Twp. celebrated at Hartner's Restaurant

 
 

 

Hartner's Restaurant, Cranberry Twp., the site of the first Mass of St. Ferdinand