On the Prospect St. side of St. Ann’s School, there is this text on the top of the façade:
Those three dates are interesting. I know why one of them is there (1885 is when the parish was officially founded), but the other two? Does anybody know what their significance is? I’m assuming one may be the foundation of the school (if that came after the parish), but that still leaves one date to account for…
About Fr Matthew Green
Currently parochial vicar at Holy Family Parish, on Cape Ann (serving the churches of St. Ann, St. Joachim, and St. Anthony). I moved to the area in early August '11, and am very happy to be in such a welcoming community and beautiful location!
One of my hobbies is photography. You can see my photos
on Flickr and buy prints of some of them
on Fine Art America.
I am a daily contributor to
GoodMorningGloucester (GMG for short), a blog by and about the community of Gloucester specifically and Cape Ann in general. The content is diverse, ranging from the beautiful and sublime to the earthy and occasionally offensive. I hope my contributions are of the former kind, not the latter. So, while I cannot endorse all the content that is posted there, I am grateful to Joey (the founder and admin of the blog) for giving me space to make my contribution.
I also have my own blog,
Perpetual Learner, which mostly includes my homilies and some re-posts from GMG, but also sometimes has other content, such as my personal reflections, videos I like, etc.
Alicia
blackswanbeth
Joanne
Paul F. Frontiero Jr.
Marty Luster
Craig Kimberley
David B. Cox
Ed Collard
E.J.
Sharon
Vickie & Peter
Kim Smith
Fr Matthew Green
patrickr
Paul Morrison & RD
Manuel F. Simoes
S.D. Kelly
Thom Falzarano
I have always wondering that also.
The first date is when the Parish was established, the second is when the main building was built and the third is when they added the Prospect St addition.
Aha! Thank you for solving that mystery for us!
Who remembers when Tyne’s store was on the corner where St. Ann’s parking area/schoolyard is now? Or Andrew’s Donut across the street? Yup- we’re old….
It was a small First National Store on the corner and Mondello’s Cobbler Shop was next door (before it moved to its present location on the other side of Pleasant St. and up a bit. Yup – another oldie! Andrew’s Donut also had great hot chocolate after First Friday Mass for all the St. Ann School students. Great memories.