With no issues, the parish raised the needed money.

Father Verdan two years after becoming the resident pastor called on the assistance of the parish to aid him in raising funds to purchase an organ. Verdan, served the church from December 29, 1882, to 1932. The first resident pastor, Father Francis M. It retained this name until 1890 when it became known as Greenbush Catholic Church. The church was completed in 1881 at a cost of $700 and became known as the Hickory Catholic Church because of the nearby creek. quarrying stone from the fine ledge of limestone cropping out along Hickory Creek. Stone from the nearby Hickory Creek was quarried by the parish with the help of Xavier LaFouge, a French stonemason. With the church being destroyed a new church would need to be built and Father Van Hagen wasted no time building a spacious rock church. The Catholic church near Hickory Creek had been thrown from its foundation. On Ja severe storm came through the prairie, dooming the site again. Father Van Hagen was the first resident pastor of this church and remained for five years. Marking the spot he immediately set out for Kansas City where he received a grant for 470 acres and fulfilled his vow, this was the first church at Greenbush. He feared for his life and vowed to the Blessed Virgin to build a chapel wherever he would find himself in the morning. He had been in many storms but never such a tempest, the fury of the hail lashed by the fury of the wind was such that he had to cover his head with his saddle.

No human habitation in sight, he lassoed his pony and calmly abided by the warring of the elements.

During the night a violent storm broke loose over the prairie. The story of how this church came to be is documented in The Pittsburg Daily Headlight on Jand tells the following While Father Colleton was returning on horseback from St. It was the first Catholic church in Crawford County. The first church on this plot of land was built in 1871 as a frame church. Aloysius Church Historic Site, you have to understand the history of the three buildings that play a massive role in its history. Aloysius Catholic Church of Greenbush 1902-1982

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