10 - Note on St. Francis Church, Bend, Oregon

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Note on St. Francis Church, Bend, Oregon

1 p.; manuscript

A note by Fr. Edwin Fitzgibbon OFM Cap. providing a concise administrative report on the status of the mission in Bend, Oregon. Father Edwin notes that Bend is entirely free of debt and features a ‘splendid’ church and hospital within the parish. However, he highlights that there is currently no school and describes the parish as having a very large Catholic congregation. The mission maintains a local branch of the Third Order of St. Francis and several sodalities, making it a strong parish overall. Additionally, the priests from Bend attend to two outlying churches, and the community is currently staffed by three priests.

ISAD(G) 2nd edition