WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Washington County, Utah)
CATHOLIC MASS HELD IN THE ST. GEORGE TABERNACLE
St. George, Utah; May 25, 1879
HISTORY
At the invitation of his friend, John MacFarlane, a deputy U.S. mineral surveyor at Silver Reef, Father Lawrence Scanlan offered mass in the newly completed St. George Tabernacle. In 1879, the St. George Tabernacle choir sang and three thousand people attended the mass. This was the first high mass celebrated in southern Utah.THE EVENT
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Faith Flourishes in the Desert: A History of St. George Catholic ChurchBy Lorraine M. Boyce, 2009, Page 54
How an 1879 Mass held in the St. George Tabernacle sparked today’s Latter-day Saint/Catholic partnerships
By Scott Taylor, The Church News, May 3, 2019
1879 Mass in St. George Tabernacle an example of interfaith cooperation
By Marie Mischel, Intermountain Catholic, May 10, 2019