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1929 - Bishop Thomas C. O'Reilly established Saint Therese Parish. That same year would mark the beginning of a period in American history so difficult, that it would be called the Great Depression - as the stock market was crashing the new Parish was starting to raise money for land and construction. The Parish was built on faith and trust in God, and the good will of the wonderful parishioners. Sunday Masses were celebrated in the Martz Bus Terminal on Old River Road, prior to the construction of the Church.
Pastors and Administrators / Years of Service at Saint Therese Church:
Father Patrick J. Durkin (1929-1939)
Father Charles D. Gallagher (1939-1970)
Father Thomas A. Flynn (Administrator 1969-1970)
Father Harry Lewis, Pastor Emeritus (1970-1987)
Monsignor Francis J. Callahan (1987-to present)
Assistant Pastors & Residence:
Monsignor Joseph T. Hammond (1932-1934)
Monsignor John J. Gorman (1939-1943)
Monsignor Joseph T. Shaughnessy (1943-1946)
Father R.C. Feeney (1946-1951)
Monsignor Matthew F. Boylan (Feb. - May 1951)
Father Patrick D. Healey (1951-1952)
Father Arnold R. Smith (1952-1966)
Father William J. Wheeler (1966-1968)
Father Edward F. Barrett (1966-1968)
Monsignor Stephen D. McGough (1968-1970)
Monsignor David L. Tressler (1998-1999)
Father James J. Alco (1999-2002)
Religious Vocations from the Parish
The following Religious have come forth from Saint Therese Parish:
Sister Alethea Brennan (Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent De Paul and of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton) Deceased
Sister Acecelia Meighan, RSM
Sister Agnes Theresa Brennan, RSM
Sister Sandra Landis, IHM
Sister Mary Joseph Calore, S.S.C.J.
Father John Trapold (Deceased)
Father Daniel Brown (Deceased)
Father Robert Strome
Father James Walsh, S.J.
Monsignor Michael Delaney
Father Shane Kirby
Mr. James T. Atherton, Jr., Deacon
Saint Therese is a Parish community in South Wilkes-Barre. The Parish boundaries are West Ross Street, South to Dagobert Street and from the river to South Main Street.
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