
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
"On
the 8th. day of December in the year of our Lord, one
thousand eight hundred and eighty - five, we the undersigned Rev.
James M. Quinan being duly authorized by his Lordship Bishop Cameron,
have blessed with the prescribed solemnity, the corner stone of the
church of Stella Maris [presently known as Star of the Sea]. The
first Mass was said by the parish priest, Rev. Theophilus Richard,
with a number of parishioners and several members of the clergy
present.” ...(from Parish records)