ROSIERE CHURCHES:
1) Rosieres, France (taken in 1989)
This marker is located a few miles east of the center of Rosiere, and the wording is self-evident.
As noted below in the description of the church built in 1879 the church built here was of stone.
This is a monument to the original priest serving the stone church...the wording is now eroding.. It is located just yards away from the marker above.
Above:
The Roman Catholic Church, located at Rosiere village, was organized by Michael Gaith, the first pastor, in 1830, the society at that time consisting of 20 families. Their first house of worship, a stone structure, was built in 1830 by James Le Ray, who also presented the society with 100 acres of land. The present beautiful church was erected in 1879, of wood. It will comfortably seat 800 persons, under the pastoral charge of Rev. William S. Kelley. The Sunday-school (Editors note: probably in the late 1800’s) had a membership of 15 teachers and 150 scholars. Rev. Michael Gaith, their first missionary priest, for many years labored among those of the Roman Catholic faith in this new country, and did much by word and deed to lighten the burdens of pioneer life. Rev. Father Kelley was born in Keeseville, N. Y., in 1854. He was educated in Montreal, Canada, and was ordained a priest in September, 1878.
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ROSIERE CHURCH 2: from the Watertown Daily Times: July 22, 2007
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