Here are pictures of the beautiful St. Joseph's Church that they attended. To be able to walk into this church where the family worshiped all those years ago is truly a gift. I know that there are older churches in Europe, but I remind myself that they built these churches with very different tools than what we have now (and so much more beautiful).
Read more http://www.dioceseofmarquette.org/parishhistory.asp?parishID=142
These are my pictures...
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| Upper altar, although all you can see in this picture are the statues. Bernice said that she was told that they would have mass on the upper and lower altars. |
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| Lower altar - carving of the Last Supper. Below the altar shown above. |
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| Pulpit (Holy Ghost on "shell" above pulpit). A few of the beautiful stained glass windows. |
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| Baptismal font |
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| Plaque on church |
Gregoryville was a small hamlet located on Torch Lake in Schoolcraft Township, near Lake Linden, in Houghton County, Michigan. The hamlet was more of a company town that arose out of the Joseph Gregoire lumber interests. Mr. Gregoire only hired French-Canadians to work for him, hence his title, "Father of the French Canadians."
There were a handful of families that made up the population along with the workers at the sawmill. Most of these families married into one another, creating a tight-knit, distinct, unique community just outside the city limits. The surnames of the Gregoryville community can be identified as follows: Gregoire, LaCasse, Drake, Letendre, LaMothe, etc.
The Gregoire family was very influential in the early years of Lake Linden. Coming from Quebec, Joseph Gregoire moved most of his family to Lake Linden where they enjoyed a period of affluence and success. Mr. Gregoire died in California and is buried in Mont Calvary cemetery in Lake Linden. His monument is the most impressive. Made of marble and weighing over 1000 pounds, the weather-worn French epitaph salutes him as "Father of the French Canadians," cementing his place in early Copper Country history.
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| Standing in front of church looking back (south) towards business district (where Lindell's and Michaud house are located). |
Did you know that Arthemise Michaud belonged to the Third Order of St. Francis and that she wore a habit? I don't know when she joined the order or much else, but I think that Bernice said she was buried in a habit.
(The term Third Order designates persons who live according to the Third Rule of a Roman Catholic religious order. Their members, known as Tertiaries, are generally lay members of religious orders, i.e. men and women who do not necessarily live in a religious community and yet can claim to wear the habit and participate in the good works of some great order.)
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