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Ryan Hall Cornerstone

Title

Ryan Hall Cornerstone

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Date

1924

Description

Ryan Hall Cornerstone Contents:

From a document deposited in the Carondelet Consolidated Archives:

"among various other articles, a small bell, blessed at the Holy House of Loreto, for protection against storms, and a metal statue of Our Lady of Victory containing relics of the Martyrs, SS. Theodora, Jeronie [? Possibly Jerome], Ursula and others."

A list of personages:

Pius XI

John Joseph Glennon, Archbishop of St. Louis

Francis J. O’Connor, Our Lady of Lourdes

Patrick Henry Bradley, Pastor of Blessed Sacrament Church

Calvin Coolidge, President of the United States

Arthur M. Hyde, Governor of Missouri

Henry W. Kiel, Mayor of St. Louis

Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet Consolidated Archives— St. Louis Province collection, Series MO-slc-4.1.

Notes

The cornerstone of Ryan Hall served as cornerstone for Fontbonne College when the three main buildings were constructed.

The Cornerstone was blessed by Archbishop John J. Glennon and placed July 13, 1924.

Document Type

Record

Publisher

Fontbonne University Archives

City

St. Louis, MO

Ryan Hall Cornerstone

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