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Around the Block
ABOVE: Photo of the home built by Mr. Clarence Marsh at 315 Cathcart Avenue in downtown Orlando.
In 1980 the family of the late Clarence Marsh arranged for his home at 315 Cathcart Avenue in Orlando to be sold to...
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The Quality of Education in Orange County: Then & Now
ABOVE: Photo of the champion Dr. Phillips Math Team, led by Mrs. Anna Mae Patz, Advanced Placement Calculus instructor at Dr. Phillips High School in Orlando, FL. Pictured from left to right beginning with the first row from the bottom are: Amanda Jordan,...
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Preserving the Flora of Florida for Future Generations
When Hurricane Charley went through here and devastated part of our yard we spent two years hauling out 9 of the giant oak trees that had fallen. Then the people came and told us we had canker on our citrus...
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Oil On Beach As WWII Darkens Daytona
We were living in Daytona before my husband was drafted and we had to use a room that was blacked out because we feared the enemy could see the slightest twinkle of light... Then I remember I stood on the...
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122 Years of Catholic Education in Orlando
ABOVE: May 1894. Gold medal presented to St. Joseph Academy student, Ellen Mahoney of Sanford, Florida. Side one: Awarded to Miss E. Mahoney for Good Conduct. Side two: St. Joseph's Academy Orlando, Fla. May '94 [1894].
ABOVE: Photo of St. Joseph's...
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Sunday Memories of St. James Church in Orlando
The church was right downtown on Orange Avenue. Everything was right downtown...It had wonderful stained glass windows that have been saved all these many years and are still in our new cathedral that we have now. The original church was...
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Saint Patrick's Day at Saint James Cathedral
1982 photo of Saint Patrick's Day festivities in the Community Life Center at Saint James Cathedral in downtown Orlando.
Fr. Page, Pastor of St. James Cathedral 1972-1986, envisioned a three level community center with an atrium for people to gather and...
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The Irish Tinkers
The Irish Tinkers, a community of Irish gypsies, came through Orlando in the 1980s.
Frank Sevick, Director of Religious Education at St. James Cathedral describes the nomadic lifestyle of these simple people and their welcome into the community.
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Orlando Retrospective: An Intergenerational Oral History Interview with the Buning Family
ABOVE: Catherine Bunning Steiger at the "Sneak Preview" for the restored Saint James Cathedral in downtown Orlando, November 13th, 2010.
Mother and daughter oral history interview with the Bunings who lived in the last family home on Lake Eola.
The two gen...
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Author Pat Conroy Shares His Favorite Orlando Memory
"My year at St. James was the happiest in my childhood... every time I visit Orlando, I return to that sacred spot where I first shot a basketball."
In this first issue of The St. James Legacy newsletter, Summer 2003, vol....
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Tony and Cecy
Tony and Cecy have been residents of Orlando for 15 years. In 1997 they decided to take a family vacation to Orlando. After a week or so in Orlando, they enjoyed the weather and beauty of the city that a...
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Saint James Cathedral: This is where God lives...
September 11th, 2011 oral history interview with Orlando attorney Michael R. Walsh at Saint James Cathedral in downtown Orlando. Hear highlights from his interview in this excerpt.
LISTEN Part I (6:21)
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