1949 - St. Patrick's Church - Navasota, TX - Dated Buildings and Cornerstones on Waymarking.com

Formerly St. Patrick's Church, this building is now part of Christ Our Light Catholic Church.

From the Christ Our Light Church website:

In 1947, Rev. T.A. Ryan was appointed pastor of the Hempstead and Navasota churches and through him and friends of the Catholic Church, Congressmen were urged to assist in purchasing an army chapel located in Laredo.

Through the generosity of members and friends donating labor and means of transportation, the chapel was dismantled, brought here and rebuilt. Mr. Norton of Bryan was the consulting architect and Herbert Youens was the contractor. The cornerstone was laid in 1949 by Co-Adjutor Bishop W.J.Nold for Bishop C.E. Byrne.

Due to ill health, Father Ryan was transferred. For almost a year, Rev. Norbert Ruth, C.S.B. of St. Thomas High School in Houston, served the Catholic Community of Navasota. Rev. H.T. Schroeder was made pastor of the Hempstead parish in 1949.

The old church building was abandoned. In 1951, Msgr. Urbanovsky began to renew the old church for worship by the Mexican Community. When the renovations were completed, the Basilian Fathers of Rosenberg continued serving the commun ity, offering the first services in September of the same year. The name of the church was changed to Our Lady of Guadalupe on April 8, 1951.

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Year of construction: 1949 Full inscription: St Patrick's Church Dedicated 1949 Most Rev. W.J. Nold Coadjutor Bishop Of Galveston Rev. T.A. Ryan Pastor Cross-listed waymark: Not listed

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