Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 April 1911 — DEDICATED MAY 24, [ARTICLE]

DEDICATED MAY 24,

Will Be St. Patrick’s New Catholic Church at Kokomo.

Kokomo, Ind., April 21. —The large and imposing new St. Patrick’s Catholic church in this city will be dedicated with imposing ceremonies Sunday May 24th by Right Reverend Pdshop Alerding of Fort Wayne. All the Catholic societies in Northern Indiana have been invited to take part in’the services and it is expected that fully 10.000 visitors will be present. The church is of Bedford stone and is not only one of the largest in Indiana but will be one of the most handsomely finished and fully'equipped in the country. The two trancept windows 'are the second largefst in the United States, being over 38 feet high and 18 feet wide. The building was started by the late Father Lordemann who was pastor of the congregation for 37 vears. but unfortunately did not live to see it completed.