1948 - Queen of the Miraculous Medal Church - Jackson, MI - Dated Buildings and Cornerstones on Waymarking.com

Queen of the Miraculous Medal Church is a Catholic Church located at 1111 Carlton Blvd, Jackson, MI 49203. From the parish website linked below about their history: "The first parish in the world to take the name Queen of the Miraculous Medal, what today is commonly referred to as “Queens” has grown into a large and vibrant community of believers and servants in Jackson. It was the depths of the Great Depression when members of St. Mary Star of the Sea parish petitioned Bishop Michael Gallagher to form a new parish that would serve the expanding Catholic population in the southwest section of the city. Founded with 140 families, Queens has grown into Jackson’s largest parish and one of the largest in the Lansing diocese. Bishop Gallagher established Queens by inviting priests from the Congregation of the Mission – known as Vincentians – to serve the parish and appointing Fr. Arthur Keegan as the first pastor on June 7, 1934. The first Mass was celebrated less than three weeks later. The archdiocese of Detroit (the diocese of Lansing was not formed until 1937) loaned the new parish $25,000 to purchase the city block bordered by Carlton, Bowen, Morrell and Wisner for establishment of the parish grounds. While construction took place, Mass was celebrated in the Knights of Columbus house at Wildwood and Michigan, and daily Mass was offered and sacraments administered at the rectory down the street. Bishop Gallagher chose the parish’s name in honor of Our Lady, the Queen of the Miraculous Medal. The Blessed Mother had appeared to St. Catherine Laboure in 1830 and given her the design of the medal of the Immaculate Conception, and those who were devoted to the Blessed Virgin received extraordinary favors. A building fund campaign begun in 1947 led to ground breaking on a new church building in April 1948. The first Mass in the new church was celebrated April 23, 1950, by pastor Fr. John Dougherty."-Parish History

Year of construction: 1948 Full inscription: QUEEN OF THE MIRACULOUS MEDAL CHURCH A>D> 1948 Cross-listed waymark: Not listed

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