A wedding at Saint Patrick Church

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Posted: Monday, March 17, 2014 5:00 am

A wedding at Saint Patrick Church

Although it wasnt St. Patricks Day, perhaps there were some Irish eyes smiling upon Dr. F.R. Nickolas Carter and Josephine Decker when they were married on Nov. 3, 1926, at Saint Patrick Church in South Bend. In the 1840s, Irish immigrants arrived in South Bend, many displaced by Irelands Great Potato Famine. In 1858, under the direction of the Rev. Thomas Carroll, they founded Saint Patrick Church, which they named for the patron saint of Ireland.

The original church was built on the corner of Western Avenue and Scott Street. Just over 30 years later, in 1886, the congregation built a Gothic-style church at its current location at 309 S. Taylor St. When the Rev. Edward Sorin began construction on the University of Notre Dame, he turned to these Irish Catholic laborers. Surprisingly, the first St. Patricks Day parade was held not in Ireland but in New York City in 1762. The celebration of St. Patricks Day was originally a way for Irish immigrants in America to keep in touch with their cultural identity and ancestry.

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