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In 1976, St. Cecilia's celebrated its 50 th anniversary as a parish. With the collaboration of the parish advisory board, a 14.5 acre tract of land along Glen Carbon Road just north of I-270 was purchased. Plans were drawn up and approved and the groundbreaking ceremony took place. Construction progressed rapidly, and on May 24, 1980, Fr. William J. Stanley, 5th resident pastor of St. Cecilia's, offered the first Mass in the new Church. The formal dedication of St. Cecilia Church took place on May 31, 1981, with Bishop McNicholas acting as Celebrant of the Mass. The old Church, which had served its people so long and so well, was finally dismantled in December of 1980.

Primary location: Glen Carbon United States