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\nThe Parish was established by Joseph Cardinal Ritter in 1966 and was comprised of families from the following parishes: Holy Redeemer, Annunciation, Saint Dominic Savio, Seven Holy Founders and Saint Michael the Archangel. The first Mass was celebrated on September 11, 1966, at the former Saint Louis Preparatory Seminary South, the chapel of which served as the temporary church for the Parish until the completion of the Parish church built on the site of former property of Kenrick Seminary in Shrewsbury.\n

\nThe first Baptism in the Parish was of Christopher Barnhorst on July 20, 1966; the first Marriage was between Mr. Norbert Terragno and Miss Dora Alice Gutierrez on November 24, 1966; the first Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated for Mr. George Coe, on January 20, 1967; the first Parish Meeting was in January, 1967, when the Cure of Ars Parish Assembly, predecessor of the Parish Pastoral Council, was established.\n

\nThe following are those who have served as Pastor of the Parish: the Reverend Louis Kertz, 1966-1975; the Reverend Lambert Hrdlicka, 1975-1985; the Reverend Monsignor Clarence Good, 1985- 2003; the Reverend Monsignor Kevin Callahan, 2003-2004; the Reverend Philip Bené, 2005-2008; the Reverend Monsignor Mark Rivituso, 2008-2013; and the Reverend James J. Byrnes, 2013-present.","language_speaking":null,"link_main":"https://web.archive.org/web/20230611081019/http://cureofarsparish.org/","link_genealogical":null,"building_id":137,"building":{"id":137,"demolished":0,"year_demolished":null,"address":"670 S. Laclede Station Rd., St. Louis, MO 63119","longitude":-90.3365373,"latitude":38.5766503,"to_visit":1,"description":"The cornerstone of the church was laid in November 1967, construction was completed in time for Christmas Midnight Mass in 1968, and solemnly dedicated by John Cardinal Carberry on September 13, 1969.\n

\nIn 1991, on the occasion of the Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the Parish, Monsignor Good made many needed improvements to the interior of the church.\n

\nIn 2005, the Parish acquired a crucifix from the former Saint Aloysius Gonzags Church in South Saint Louis. The crucifix, the corpus of which is made of wood and was carved in southern Germany in the late 1800s, was subsequently restored and installed in the sanctuary above and behind the altar. The ends of the cross contain relics of three early Christian martyrs: Saint Ireneaus, Bishop, Saint Vincent, and Saint Liberatus, Abbot. The crucifix is dedicated to the late Reverend Monsignor John Maguire, who served at the Parish during the last years of his life.\n

\nIn 2005, the Parish also acquired the pipe organ of the former Saint Boniface Church in Carondelet. The four rank Wicks organ, which was originally constructed in 1960, was reconditioned, and subsequently installed in the church.","sold_value":"","sold_year":null,"images":[{"id":321,"buildings_id":137,"filename":"cure-of-ars-2017-google.png","date":"2017","description":"Church building","alt":"Photo of Cure of Ars Catholic Church","copyright":null,"order":1},{"id":320,"buildings_id":137,"filename":"cure-of-ars-entrance-2022.png","date":"2022","description":"Entrance to church property","alt":"Entrance to church property","copyright":"","order":2}]}},{"id":169,"name":"Immaculate Conception","city":"Maplewood","slug":"immaculate-conception-maplewood","closed":1,"personal_parish":0,"year_founded":1904,"year_closed":2023,"merged_into":204,"description":"The parish was closed in 2023 with the \"All Things New\" parish closures (August 1, 2023).","language_speaking":null,"link_main":null,"link_genealogical":null,"building_id":142,"building":{"id":142,"demolished":0,"year_demolished":null,"address":"2934 Marshall Ave, Maplewood, MO 63143","longitude":-90.3162881,"latitude":38.6113806,"to_visit":1,"description":null,"sold_value":null,"sold_year":null,"images":[{"id":327,"buildings_id":142,"filename":"immaculate-conception-maplewood.jpg","date":"","description":null,"alt":null,"copyright":null,"order":1}]}},{"id":202,"name":"Immaculate Conception","city":"Arnold","slug":"immaculate-conception-arnold","closed":1,"personal_parish":0,"year_founded":1840,"year_closed":2023,"merged_into":224,"description":"The parish was closed in 2023 with the \"All Things New\" parish closures (August 1, 2023). ","language_speaking":null,"link_main":"http://www.icarnold.org/","link_genealogical":null,"building_id":143,"building":{"id":143,"demolished":0,"year_demolished":null,"address":"2300 Church Rd, Arnold, MO 63010","longitude":-90.3791767,"latitude":38.4335359,"to_visit":1,"description":null,"sold_value":null,"sold_year":null,"images":[{"id":328,"buildings_id":143,"filename":"immaculate-conception-arnold.jpg","date":"2021","description":"Church","alt":null,"copyright":null,"order":1}]}},{"id":170,"name":"Immaculate Heart of Mary","city":"St. Louis","slug":"immaculate-heart-of-mary-st-louis","closed":1,"personal_parish":0,"year_founded":1951,"year_closed":2023,"merged_into":136,"description":"The parish was closed in 2023 with the \"All Things New\" parish closures (August 1, 2023).","language_speaking":null,"link_main":"http://www.ihm-stl.org/","link_genealogical":null,"building_id":144,"building":{"id":144,"demolished":0,"year_demolished":null,"address":"4092 Blow St, St. Louis, MO 63116","longitude":-90.276333,"latitude":38.5631715,"to_visit":1,"description":null,"sold_value":null,"sold_year":null,"images":[{"id":330,"buildings_id":144,"filename":"immaculate-heart-of-mary-st-louis.jpg","date":"2016","description":"","alt":null,"copyright":null,"order":1}]}},{"id":199,"name":"Our Lady of Sorrows","city":"St. Louis","slug":"our-lady-of-sorrows-st-louis","closed":1,"personal_parish":0,"year_founded":1907,"year_closed":2023,"merged_into":223,"description":"The parish was closed in 2023 with the \"All Things New\" parish closures (August 1, 2023). After reviewing the petition for hierarchical recourse for Our Lady of Sorrows parish in St. Louis, the Dicastery for the Clergy rejected the petition, thus upholding Archbishop Rozanski’s May 24, 2023, decree to join Our Lady of Sorrows, through an extinctive union, to the newly erected parish temporarily named Our Lady of Sorrows, Saint Mary Magdalen, and Saint Joan of Arc Parish.","language_speaking":null,"link_main":"http://www.olsorrows.org/","link_genealogical":null,"building_id":145,"building":{"id":145,"demolished":0,"year_demolished":null,"address":"5020 Rhodes Ave, St. Louis, MO 63109","longitude":-90.2834564,"latitude":38.5778339,"to_visit":1,"description":null,"sold_value":null,"sold_year":null,"images":[{"id":342,"buildings_id":145,"filename":"our-lady-of-sorrows-built-st-louis-2008.jpg","date":"2008","description":"Church Building","alt":"","copyright":null,"order":1}]}},{"id":171,"name":"Our Lady of the Presentation","city":"Overland","slug":"our-lady-of-the-presentation-overland","closed":1,"personal_parish":0,"year_founded":1915,"year_closed":2023,"merged_into":142,"description":"

The parish was closed in 2023 with the \"All Things New\" parish closures (August 1, 2023).

History of the parish from the parish website (archived 2023):

The parish of Our Lady of the Presentation was founded on Nov. 1, 1915. The first parochial Mass was offered in a cottage on Birdie Ave. The first permanent brick church consisted of a chapel and two rooms in the rear which served as living quarters for Father John Tracy. Father Tracy’s motto was “Hope and Courage”. Christmas morning 1916, Holy Mass was offered for the first time in the new church. In 1920 a new frame church was built and the old church was converted into a school building.

There were 29 families affiliated with the parish and on Sept. 5, 1921 forty five children began their studies in the school. In 1925 a new one story combination church and school was erected with the school on the first floor and the church on the ground level. The original church was remodeled into a convent for the Sisters.\n

In 1943 the parish properties consisted of a combination brick church and 6 room school building, the brick convent, a frame hall, four frame portable school rooms, a rectory and bungalow and the parish was free of debt. March 23, 1943 Rev. John J. Fisher was appointed the third pastor. Six new rooms were built in the school and was dedicated on July 1, 1945 with 13 Classrooms, Cafeteria and First Aid room.

October 17, 1948 the new church and rectory was solemnly blessed. With the dedication on the new church Fr. Fisher changed the parish motto to “Faith and Thanksgiving”.

In 1963 the Sisters’ new convent was completed.

The school closed in 2009, with the school children attending Holy Spirit. The church and rectory are modernized Romanesque in design. The seating capacity is about eight hundred.

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The parish was closed in 2023 with the \"All Things New\" parish closures (August 1, 2023).

\n\n

History of the parish from the church website (archived 2022):\n\n

Following the World’s Fair in St. Louis there was a rapid growth in the St. Louis area. This was reflected in many new Catholic parishes established at that time. One was St. Andrew. Archbishop John Glennon appointed Father Albert Mayer to be the first Pastor of a parish between the River Des Peres and Jefferson Barracks on December 24, 1904. Neighboring parishes were St. Boniface and Our Lady of the Assumption. The first Mass for the people was said February 5, 1905. There were 200 families at that time. Theodore Roosevelt was the President, and there were two Governors of Missouri that year, Alexander Dockery and Joseph Folk. The Pope was Pius X, the last Pope so far to be given the title of Saint.

\n\n

The Parish has had nine pastors: Father Mayer was followed by Father James Huber in 1938, Father Herbert Melies in 1953, Father Bernard Suellentrop in 1970, Father Robert Herman in 1982, Father Edward Hilgeman in 1988, and Father Joseph Weber in 2001, Father. Eugene Selzer in 2004, and Father Vic Barnhart in 2009. In 2011 Archbishop Robert Carlson established a new structural administration for Saint Andrew. Deacon C. Allen Boedeker was named the pastoral administrator answering to Monsignor James Telthorst, the dean of the South County parishes. Along with Deacon Boedeker, his pastoral associate Mrs. Mary Boedeker, and his business manager Mrs. Karen Wood form the pastoral team that leads Saint Andrew today. The Archbishop assigns priests to carry out the sacramental duties that arise at Saint Andrew. The first of these sacramental ministers was Fr. Aaron Arce, O.P. who served for 1 ½ years until his death in 2012. Fr. Abe Arganiosa, O.P. Miss. C.R.S. began serving the parish in 2013. In June 2015 he was transferred. Currently, the presbyteral needs of St. Andrew are supplied by the priests from Kenrick-Glennon Seminary.

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Closures by Year