10 - Report on St. Francis Parish in Bend

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Report on St. Francis Parish in Bend

4 pp; manuscript

‘Report of Triennate 1928-1931’ for the St. Francis Hospice in Bend, Oregon, compiled by Fr. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap., superior. It details extensive renovations, structural expansions, and religious additions totalling thousands of dollars, including church decorations, flooring, chapel roofing, a new baptistry, and altered dwelling quarters to establish a Canonical Enclosure. The report also tracks the addition of side altars ($1,840.75), specialized sanctuary installations, and several donated items like a Lourdes shrine and electric altar chimes, noting that property holdings valued over $7,500.00 are held under the Franciscan Capuchin Order (Diocese of Baker City). It concludes with a local economic assessment from December 1930, stating that a parish school remains impossible because parents cannot afford to send children, school upkeep is too high, and public tax inquiries predict Bend has ‘passed its zenith’ with local lumber mills expected to last fewer than 15 years.

ISAD(G) 2nd edition