1950 - St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church - Pilot Point, TX
N 33° 24.300 W 096° 57.265
14S E 690227 N 3698056
Built in 1950, the current sanctuary of the St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church is located at 400 St. Thomas Aquinas Ave. Pilot Point, TX.
Waymark Code: WMW1XC
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 06/28/2017
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A 2007 Texas Historical Marker provides some background, referencing the Flusche brothers, whose footprint is seen in many communities in North Texas:
St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church has provided for the spiritual needs of residents in this region since the late nineteenth century. Before that time, Catholics in the town of Pilot Point, organized in 1854, had no nearby place of worship. Early area Catholics, many of whom were of German origin, had to travel two days to attend services in Gainesville or Sherman.
By the 1890s, the firm of Flusche Brothers and Sullivan recruited a number of German settlers to the town, increasing the need for a Catholic Church. Sixty-three residents and visitors gathered in 1891 for the first Mass given in the town. By 1892, parishioners raised funds to build a structure, and the Diocese of Dallas consecrated St. Thomas Aquinas Church on March 7, the feast day of St. Thomas.
The following year, the church opened a school and secured land for a cemetery. In 1904, members built a larger sanctuary. The parish prospered until the economic depression of the 1930s. In 1936, however, the church once again began to grow under the leadership of Father Paul Charcut (1908-1968), who was actively involved in both church and civic affairs in Pilot Point.
In the following years, St. Thomas Aquinas Church established significant programs to assist the less fortunate in the area through charitable contributions. Congregation members have also served as civic leaders, while others have entered into religious vocations or participated in the U.S. military during wartime. Today, the church continues in its historic role as a spiritual and community leader for the surrounding area.
Year of construction: 1950
Full inscription: St. Thomas Aquinas
Church
Come to me all you
that labor and are
burdened and I will
refresh you.
Holy Year 1950
Bishop J.P. Lynch
Cross-listed waymark: Not listed
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