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| As the city of Parma rode the wave of residents flocking to the suburbs where street after street of homes were going up, the Catholic Parishes felt the pressure of this influx. On July 4, 1959, Archbishop Edward R Hoban canonically established St. Anthony of Padua Parish as part of the Franciscan Province of the Sacred Heart.
The Holy Family Cancer Home and another residence were on the property allocated to the parish. During the summer of 1959 a new hospital for the cancer patients was completed and the Dominican Sisters, who staffed the hospital, and the patients under their care moved across State Road into the new hospital facility. Fr. Jeremy Fisher, O.F.M. was appointed founding pastor and arrived in Cleveland from St. Peter's in Chicago on June 27. Before the end of the month he was meeting with architects to plan the new parish buildings |
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By mid-July, Fr. Jeremy moved into the Old Riester home on State Road which had just been vacated by the Dominican Sisters on that same day. The first Mass in St. Anthony parish was offered in the chapel of this rectory.
Monsignor Frederic Mohan, Director of Diocesan Charities offered the facilities of Parmadale as a temporary church and meeting place to the parishioners of the new parish. The first SundayMasses were offered in Parmadale chapel on July 12. With little fanfare the following organizations were rapidly established: ushers, male choir, Holy Name Society and Ladies Guild. |
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