“Our Heritage, Our Legacy, Our Destiny”
-
Two of the three goals of our 25th Anniversary Dedication Celebration was to honor and respect the heritage of all whose selfless parishioners whose stewardship, literally built our church, who formed and molded our parish culture. Secondly, learn from their legacy so we can carry on their stewardship for our own Destiny into our future generations.
The first two goals was accomplished during the past 4 months from January, culminated this Saturday at the 4:00PM Jubilee Mass. Finally, we broke bread and drank wine with our heritage family, shared in their good works, and prayerfully expressed our admired respect and humble gratitude towards them and including all the parishioners of our past and the religious shepherd us who are all part of the cornerstones of our parish.
Some of our faithful parishioners are still with us to this day but many have gone to our Lord or moved away from our community but their legacy will always be remembered and respectfully honored.
We now look forward to how, we the parishioners of St Paul will continue to form and mold our parish towards the future of this parish as they did. Plans are under development to evangelize of our past parishioners’ faith and stewardship with today's generation of parishioners.
As promised the answers to the “Did You Know It’s Time To Tell Your Story” trivia are listed below.
But if you’d like to see all of them in one document, click on the link below and download the pdf file.“Did You Know It’s Time To Tell Your Story” Trivia - English
“Did You Know It’s Time To Tell Your Story” Trivia - Spanish
When and where was St Paul’s 1st Mass celebrated-Mission?February 4, 1945, Odd Fellow’s Hall, Florin RdFr Michael McGoldrick (All Hallows) offered Mass.
Fr McGoldrick 1st pastor of All Hallows in 1942
When and where was St Paul’s 1st church located?January 6, 1946 - 8201 Florin Rd, currently Busy Bee’s Child Care Center
Dedicated by Bishop Robert Armstrong
When and where was St Paul’s 2nd church located?November 1, 1965 (All Saints Day) - Current Parish Hall
Where is the current St Paul’s 3rd church located?8720 Florin Road
When was our current church dedicated?April 24, 1993Can you chronologically name our pastors?1946 - Fr Michael McGoldrick (pastor of All Hallows)
1949 - Fr John McGuire (pastor of All Hallows)
1955 - Fr Edward Christen (pastor of St Peter’s Parish)
1958 - Fr Michael Hogan, 1st resident priestSt. Paul Pastors and clergy from 1960 to current, Pastors highlighted in
Priest FromDate ToDate Comments Rev. Joyle T. Martinez 7/1/2014 Pastor Rev. Felipe H. Paraguya 1/1/2010 1/31/2011 1/2 x Parochial Vicar Rev. Hippolytus Njoku S.M.M.M. 10/1/2009 1/2x PV (pro tem); in res Rev. Vicente C. Teneza 8/1/2008 6/30/2014 Pastor Rev. J. Jesus J. Marin 7/1/2008 9/30/2009 Parochial Vicar 1/2x (English 1/2x) Rev. Braulio Valencia 6/29/2006 10/1/2006 Parochial Vicar Rev. Francisco Hernandez-Tovar 12/3/2003 3/26/2007 Parochial Vicar 1/2 Rev. Rey B. Bersabal 10/1/2003 7/31/2008 Pastor Rev. Nicholas S. Duggan 4/25/1986 9/30/2003 Pastor, retired, named Pastor Emeritus Rev. Msgr. James F. Church 10/9/1981 5/23/1983 In Residence Rev. Thomas J. Maguire 10/23/1978 8/28/1981 Assistant Pastor Rev. John K. Hannan 9/17/1976 3/3/1986 Pastor Rev. Msgr. James F. Church 9/15/1967 9/5/1969 In Residence Rev. Richard Doheny 4/1/1960 9/15/1976 Pastor Can you name the associates who have served St Paul?
Bishop Robert Mahoney, Msgr Patrick Nolan, Msgr. James Church, Fr George Schuster, Fr William Raftery, Fr Leo Scheibel C.P., Fr Thomas Maguire, Fr Simon Twomey, Fr Benedict DeLeon Jr., Deacon Charles Morrision, Fr Felipe Paraguya (current), Deacon Antonio Ramirez (current).
How did we pay off the loan for our 2nd church thus establishing our 1st major annual fundraiser?August 6, 1966, Florin Fun Festival, co-chaired by Margaret McKecknie & Mrs. Frank Calcagno. Followed by a fashion show organized by Mary Scardello.
Did you know that the current total seating in the church is less than it was originally designed for, why?Yes, due to the addition plans for the “Crying” room.
Did you know that there was no Parish sign outside, facing Florin Road? Who built it?Mr Bud Wise
Do you know what religious artifacts came from our 1st church?All those in the display case.
Did you know that the original design of the carpet at the steps up to the alter, did not include the gold striped line? Who insisted to include the line?No it originally was just one solid color. Mrs. Janet King
Where are the Holy Oils stored? Was it originally in the design plans. Who built it?Niche in the Chapel, Mr Don King
Did you know that there wasn’t the 5 niches for the Statues around the church? Who built them?Mr Bud Wise
Did you know there were no privacy screen in front of the choir and chapel? Who built them?Mr Ernesto Agard and John Bernatchy
Do you know who placed articles into the Time Capsule? What did they put in it?Don & Janet King (wine-newspaper), Casey & Becky Sliwa (VHS video)
Do you know what brand of wine was it?Louis M Martini, North Coast Marlot
Did you know where the crucifix came from? Was it like it is now?From the 2nd church, the brown border surrounding it was added.
Did you know the original pews did not have kneelers?Diocese (Bishop Weigand) insisted St Paul install them. The parish made a deal to install them if the Diocese granted St Paul a loan to expand the parking lot.
Do you know who designed and built the current Fall Festival stage?Mr Bud Wise
Do you know what corners of the church was blessed by Bishop Quinn at it’s dedication in 1993?South exit near Alter Server room, Southwest before the South vestibule, North west before main vestibule, North exit near crying room (removed for the niche of St Paul statue).
When was the current rectory located? Where was it delivered from?Donated in 1973, delivered from El Camino blvd, Carmichael
What was Father’s current office used for originally?Father’s bedroom
Who 1st renovated the Rectory and why? How many times has the Rectory been renovated?Mr Don King, after an electrical fire, approximately 3 times for accommodation reasons.
Why do we have 2 sets of the Stations of the Cross, one in the Chapel and the other in the main church?Chapel stations are our original set, New set in the main church and was procured by Deacon Charlie Morrison on behalf of St Paul.
Originally, was there access to the top of the bell tower?No
Who made the 3 large Christmas wreaths for the bell tower?Mr Bud Wise
How do we get the giant Christmas wreaths up the bell tower?Mr Bud Wise & Tony Basquez installed a pulley system.
Who designed and made the current Advent Wreath?Mr Bud Wise
Do you know how we was able to purchase the statue of St Paul?Fashion show fundraiser organized by Mary Scardello and many other ladies raised $1,200 and donated it to St Paul. Fr Duggan used it to purchase the statue.
Who was instrumental in organizing and establishing our 1st Parish Council, RCIA, & CCD?Deacon Charlie Morrison
When was the Parish Council name changed to Pastoral Council?In 2003/4 by Fr Rey
What was the current kitchen used for when our 2nd church was used?Crying room