St. Benedict’s Catholic Church in San Benito will be celebrating its 100th anniversary on Friday with a mass. (Staff photo by Monica Zuñiga)
By MONICA ZUÑIGA
Staff Writer
reporter@sbnewspaper.com
Parishioners of St. Benedict’s Catholic Church will be celebrating the parish’s centennial anniversary this Friday.
It is the mark of 100 years of history, hardship and faith, according to churchgoers.
A century ago, a wooden church sat where the newly renovated St. Benedict’s stands on 351 Bowie Street. It was a humble beginning for the missionaries who planted the church. One slept in the belfry, the other in the sacristy, until they could finally afford a stable, an essential to missionaries of the day.
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