Corpus Christi, 1854	Corpus Christi, 1894

An account of its 1844 cornerstone ceremony. 1500 people came out.

A year later, the dedication was preached in German and English.

The first priest at Corpus Christi, Father Boeswald, was stoned to death
in 1855 by members of the Know Nothing (Wikipedia) party, because he was Catholic. He was 35.

The Catholic Telegraph, October 29, 1846

The Corpus Christi Golden Jubilee, 1894.

The Corpus Christi Diamond Jubilee, 1894.

 

Corpus Christi, c. 1919,  9th and Isabella
 

Corpus Christi Church, 1914	Corpus Christi, Interior	Corpus Christi Church,
This Corpus Christi building was dedicated on October 4, 1903. “A beautiful, substantial stone structure, combining church, school, and pastor's residence under one roof.”

 

Corpus Christi School, dedicated in 1903. Details.

Corpus Christi published a booklet to celebrate it's 100th year anniversary in 1944. 
 The next six images below are from that booklet; the text from the booklet is here. (pdf)

 

Interior of Corpus Christi	Corpus Christi Altar	interior, “showing the new lighting”

 

Corpus Christi in the 1913 Flood

In the 1937 Flood from a Facebook post by John Engleman, of a photo by his uncle Walt Engleman	1937 - note Corpus Christi Wall on the left From a Facebook post by Betty Stoeckle, whose grandfather, William F. Stoeckle, is on the right.

 

Corpus Christi, and it's rectory (left) in the 1937 Flood		In the 1913 floof

Corpus Christi Rectory	Corpus Christi High School	The Corpus Christi Boy Scout Troop

 

These two Corpus Christi murals are by Leon Lippert  
Copyrighted images used through the cooperation of the Art Leaf Publishing Company

Corpus Christi cemetery dedicated in 1869. Here.
The Rev. Paul Ryan published a comprehensive  history of the Covington Diocese in 1954, and had special sections on each of the churches in the Diocese. Corpus Christi's here.	In 1926, the US Census Bureau counted church denominations and their members.  The Newport results are here.