Our Lady of the Presentation is a permanently closed Catholic parish in Overland, MO. The parish was founded in 1915. The parish closed in 2023.
- Year founded: 1915
- Year closed: 2023 (108 years)
- Territory merged into: St. Ann - Normandy (Currently Open)
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.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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