1852 First Mass in Franklin said in home of Nicholas Gough, many Irish and German immigrants were Catholic.
1868 Frame church built in Commons (about Bryant Ave.)
1883 Rev. J .J. Crowley, first pastor
1880's Moved frame church to First and Main Streets (parsonage on corner, then church, another house)
1913 Present brown brick church and parsonage built. Rev Nicholas Schneider was pastor 54 year to 1969
1949 Rev. John D. Sauter ordained, died September 28, 1996
1961 Parish center was built
1989 Rev. Joseph Bruening became pastor
1992 Additional classrooms were added
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