St. Ann (Diocese of Boise City, Arco)

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St. Ann
Dedication: St. Ann
Type/Classification: Territorial Parish
Non-Parochial: No
Operated By: Diocesan clergy
Venerated Saints: None specified
Diocese: Diocese of Boise City
Deanery:
Address: 342 Lost River Ave., Arco, Idaho 83213
City: Arco, ID
Subdivision: Idaho
Country: United States
County: Butte County
Website: Website
Founded:
School: No
Email: None specified
AI Confidence: 5/10
Review Level: 0/5


St. Ann is a territorial parish of the Diocese of Boise City, serving Catholics in and around Arco, Idaho, the county seat of Butte County. The parish is dedicated to Saint Ann, traditionally venerated as the mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary and grandmother of Jesus Christ.

Situated in a sparsely populated region of eastern Idaho near the Lost River Range, St. Ann serves a small rural community. Available public records do not document a confirmed founding date for the parish, though its presence in Arco reflects the broader pattern of Catholic settlement that accompanied ranching, mining, and later nuclear-research employment in the region surrounding the Idaho National Laboratory.

As with many parishes in the sparsely populated stretches of the Diocese of Boise City, St. Ann appears to be part of a small cluster of communities served together by circuit-riding clergy, a common pastoral arrangement in rural eastern Idaho.

History

Limited sources are publicly available documenting the founding and early history of St. Ann in Arco.[1] The parish's association with a shared regional website (catholicsalmon.com) suggests it has historically been administered in conjunction with other small parishes in the surrounding area of eastern Idaho, a common arrangement for the Diocese of Boise City given the wide geographic distances and limited clergy available to serve rural Butte County.

According to the Diocese of Boise City, parishes such as St. Ann trace their origins to the growth of Catholic communities that followed railroad, mining, ranching, and agricultural development across the state during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, though no confirmed founding date specific to St. Ann in Arco has been located in available sources.

Special features

  • Service to a small, geographically isolated Catholic community in Butte County, Idaho
  • Likely inclusion in a shared regional pastoral cluster with nearby parishes served from Salmon, Idaho

Relics

According to established Catholic tradition, the main altar of a dedicated church typically contains deposited relics, as is customary practice. No specific information regarding relics housed at St. Ann has been documented in publicly available sources.

Architecture and Art

Exterior features

Specific details regarding the architectural style and exterior features of the St. Ann church building are not publicly documented in available sources.

Interior features

No detailed public documentation of the interior arrangement or furnishings of St. Ann is currently available.

Stained Glass Windows

Specific details on the church's stained glass windows, if any, are not publicly documented in available sources.

Statues and Sculptures

Any devotional statuary present at St. Ann, potentially including an image of Saint Ann, is not documented in publicly available sources.

Other Artwork

No further devotional artwork is publicly documented in available sources.

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References

  1. ↑ "Catholic Parishes of the Salmon Region". Diocese of Boise City. http://www.catholicsalmon.com. 
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