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St. Mary's Episcopal Church (Provo, Utah)
St. Mary's Episcopal Church, in Provo, Utah, is a congregation of the Episcopal Diocese of Utah in the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. The church building was built in 1907; in 1962, was added to make room for a new church office, parish hall, Sunday school, and the church library. History Reverend George Townsend, the first resident Episcopal cleric in Provo, organized St. Mary's Episcopal Mission in 1892. It was during this period that he began gathering broken and discarded bricks to build what is now the original church. While the architect is unknown, St. Mary's English Gothic Design has been described as "a little box of place, an old dwelling fixed nicely inside." However, St. Mary's defining stained glass windows were not installed until the time of the Reverend John Howes (1937-1949). When St. Mary's Church opened in 1907 it was a small congregation consisting of only eleven parishioners. With the establishment of the nearby Geneva Steel in the mid 1940s, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Mary&
In Christianity, Christian belief, a saint is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of sanctification in Christianity, holiness, imitation of God, likeness, or closeness to God in Christianity, God. However, the use of the term ''saint'' depends on the context and Christian denomination, denomination. In Anglican Communion, Anglican, Oriental Orthodox, and Lutheranism, Lutheran doctrine, all of their faithful deceased in Heaven are considered to be saints, but a selected few are considered worthy of greater honor or emulation. Official Ecclesiastical polity, ecclesiastical recognition, and veneration, is conferred on some denominational saints through the process of canonization in the Catholic Church or glorification in the Eastern Orthodox Church after their approval. In many Protestant denominations, and following from Pauline usage, ''saint'' refers broadly to any holy Christian, without special recognition or selection. While the English word ''saint'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
