St. Lawrence Parish of Utica
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N 42° 37.295 W 083° 02.346
17T E 332777 N 4720809
On the west side of Utica Road, about 0.2 miles south of M-59. Plenty of parking at the church.
Waymark Code: WMJC2
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 07/26/2006
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In May 1866 the Reverend Amandus VanDenDriessche of Detroit recited Utica's first Catholic Mass. Forty Irish families at Utica Junction (present-day Roseville) formed what became a mission of Sacred Heart Parish. On August 15, 1874, Bishop C. H. Borgess dedicated St. Lawrence Parish's first church. Four years later a cemetery was consecrated one-half mile north of here. In 1904 a fire swept through Utica, destroying the church. Parishioners worshipped in homes and a rented hall until a new church was built in 1908. The present Neo-Romanesque church was designed by Detroit architect Arthur DesRosiers and erected in 1951. The broad nave seats eight hundred people. St. Lawrence Parish remains the oldest religious community in Utica.
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