St Peter parish has been a part of Newberg for many decades.
1895 | St. Peter’s is established as a mission, worshipping at the St Anthony Chapel Car | |
1908 | First church is built, a small stone structure on Main Street | |
1930 | Father Thomas Jackson is appointed the first resident priest | |
1956 | Parish buys an unused school building; two of the classrooms used for a church, and the rest for a school run by the Holy Names Sisters | |
1961 | Parish builds one of the first round churches in the country, on Wynooski Street | |
1974 | School closes | |
Early 1990’s |
Eight acres purchased at Mountainview St and Main St | |
2000 | New church constructed at its present location, 2315 N. Main St. |