Parishioners quarters office area
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| Found at: http://news.webshots.com/photo/2853201070075437549gpWMjl |
Parishioners quarters chapel area
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| Found at: http://news.webshots.com/photo/2378312810075437549qFdEYk |
At Cataldo Mission the parishioners quarters was the center of action. The parishioners quarters was home to members of the Society of Jesus as well as Jesuit fathers as they ministered to settlers and Coeur d' Alene American Indians. Here is a picture of the parishioners quarters as it is preserved in the present day.
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| Found at: http://news.webshots.com/photo/2306670480075437549OWbQTr |
Here is the confessional. Included to the right of the confessional is a portrait of the passion of the christ whose frame was carved by Brother Francis Huybrechts. Incorporated throughout the Cataldo Mission is a series of fourteen of these portraits depicting the passion of the christ.
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| Found at: http://news.webshots.com/photo/2709609100075437549XIhhOg |
Organ inside Cataldo Mission
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| Found at: http://news.webshots.com/photo/2731900080075437549Qikjlk Left alter in the Cataldo Mission |
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| Found at: http://news.webshots.com/photo/2335977440075437549gBEGHP |
Cataldo Mission has both a right side and a left side alter. Here is the right side alter.
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| Found at: http://news.webshots.com/photo/2192122640075437549lEorvq |
The main alter
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| Found at: http://news.webshots.com/photo/2098795150075437549FOtFXQ |
Here is the interior view of Cataldo Mission. Brother Magri assisted Father Ravalli in the building of Cataldo. The ceiling panels are designed distinctively from one another and were carved by brother Francis Huybrechts. Horizontal timbers were morticed into the uprights and wood pegs were utilized throughout the project giving further security to the structure.
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| Found at: http://news.webshots.com/photo/2314292270075437549IWKlhN |
Cataldo Mission is also known as Old Mission State Park, or Mission of the Sacred Heart and was built between 1848 and 1853. It consists of the mission itself and a parishioners quarters on a plot of acres. The grassy knoll area is intended for tourist picnics while the visitor center displays an interpretive exhibit. The walls have no nails and are one foot in thickness. Straw, mud and woven pegs were used in building Cataldo Mission in what is called the wattle and daub method. It was in 1975 that Cataldo Mission officially became a state park. It is said that in excess of three hundred Coeur d' Alene American Indians worked together with Jesuit missionaries to build Cataldo Mission. The elegant structure is a testament to the trained skill of the architect Father Ravalli as he used lay labor and simple tools in the building process.
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| Found at: http://www.ohwy.com/id/o/oldmiisp.htm |
Cataldo Mission bell
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| Found at: http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2612419830094048689BtDzkO |
Cataldo Mission was standing when Idaho territory was created about 100 years ago. All of the wood lumber used was cut and hauled from the neighboring forests. Lay labor hauled rocks for use in the mission's foundation. Enormous timbers were used in the floor and six pillars/columns in support of the porch roof. Split logs were used in the front steps. Statues and trimmings were carefully carved by brother Huybrechts and Father Ravalli. Cataldo Mission served as a hospitality center for settlers, a supply reserve, and a small port located on the Coeur d' Alene River. The initial location on the Saint Joe River was subjected to routine flooding sparking a move to the current location on the Coeur d' Alene River. Here is the ceiling hued a bluish decor by using berry juice as a wood stain.
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| Found at: http://kelloggidahohistory.wordpress.com/cataldo-mission/ |
Depiction of Cataldo Mission created by Gustavus Sohon
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| Found at: http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/soldier/siteb3.htm |
