This large Roman Catholic Church is located one block from St. Mark's Episcopal Church, the First Presbyterian Church, and the St. Anthony's Convent otherwise pictured on this blog. Built in the late teens and completed in 1920, funds to construct the church were raised from the parishioners. The church rectory is next to it, and can be seen in the bottom photograph. To the far right, only partially visible in this photograph, is the Shepherd's Staff, the church offices.
This church served as the only Roman Catholic church in Casper Wyoming up until 1953, when Our Lady of Fatima was opened. The church also currently serves the St. Francis Mission in Midwest Wyoming.
St. Anthony's was recently updated (Spring 2014) to include a Ten Commandments monument.
My parents were married in this church in 1958 and I was baptized here.
The church has, within the entryway, a memorial to its parishioner's killed during World War Two.
I've noticed that this particular entry had tended to remain in the top three of the most observed entries on this blog, not that there's a lot of traffic on this blog. My theory is that people are hitting it
looking for the Parish website. That being the case, you can find the parish website by hitting this link here.
Epilogue:
St. Anthony's recently received a new set of steps. The old cement was decaying after a century of use. So, as a result, the front of the church now has a slightly different appearance.
Updated: December 7, 2014.
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