On the second anniversary of St Marianne Cope's canonization, the people of her home congregation at St Joseph's & St Patrick's Church in Utica, New York, celebrate with a special mass with special music.
The site where the Cope family lived in Utica has been purchased by St Joseph's & St Patrick's Church. The marker was placed in 2015. The depression on the left side of the image is where the house stood.
St Joseph's Roman Catholic Church was built by the German immigrant community it served in the late 19th century. This is the church Barbara Coop attended as a child.
Difficult financial times hit the central New York region after industry left small cities in the later part of the 20th century. The congregation decorates the massive church for every feast, and the Christmas decorations feature near life-size…
The side altar of this German-American Church in Utica, New York now has a statue of St. Patrick. The Irish and German Catholic Congregations of Utica, New York no longer maintain sufficient numbers to support two, large churches, and have combined.…
Kate Mahoney, third from left, is photographed at St Joseph's and St Patrick's Church in Utica, New York after a mass in celebration of St Marianne Cope's Canonization. Ms Mahoney was ill as a child, and a relic of St Marianne Cope was delivered to…