St. Bernard (Diocese of Boise City)

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St. Bernard
Dedication: St. Bernard
Type/Classification: Territorial Parish
Non-Parochial: No
Operated By: Diocesan clergy
Venerated Saints: None specified
Diocese: Diocese of Boise City
Deanery:
Address: 584 W Sexton St., Blackfoot, Idaho 83221
City: Blackfoot, ID
Subdivision: Idaho
Country: United States
County: Bingham County
Website: Website
Founded:
School: No
Email: None specified
AI Confidence: 5/10
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St. Bernard is a territorial parish of the Diocese of Boise City, serving Catholic faithful in Blackfoot, a city in Bingham County in the Snake River Plain region of southeastern Idaho. The parish is dedicated under the name of Saint Bernard, a title most commonly associated with Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, the twelfth-century French abbot, theologian, and Doctor of the Church, though available sources do not specify which Saint Bernard the parish formally honors.

The parish is served by diocesan clergy rather than a religious order, and functions as a territorial parish rather than a personal or national parish, meaning it serves Catholics residing within a defined geographic area of Blackfoot and the surrounding Bingham County community rather than a community defined by ethnicity, language, or special apostolate.

Like many Catholic communities in eastern Idaho, St. Bernard Parish reflects the agricultural heritage of the region, which grew substantially in the early twentieth century following the expansion of irrigation and rail lines through the Snake River Plain.

History

No confirmed founding date is documented in available sources for St. Bernard Parish. According to general accounts of Catholic expansion in the region, organized Catholic life in eastern Idaho developed alongside the growth of agricultural and railroad communities in Bingham County during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, following the establishment of the Diocese of Boise City in 1893.[1]

Specific milestones in the parish's founding, early pastors, and construction history are not documented in publicly available sources at this time.

Special features

  • Parish ministries serving the Catholic community of Blackfoot and surrounding Bingham County
  • Sacramental and liturgical life organized around the territorial boundaries of the parish within the Diocese of Boise City

Relics

According to established Catholic tradition, the main altar of a dedicated parish church customarily contains deposited relics, as is standard practice in the consecration or dedication of Catholic churches. Specific details regarding relics associated with St. Bernard Parish are not publicly documented in available sources.

Architecture and Art

Exterior features

Specific architectural details of the St. Bernard church building are not publicly documented in available sources.

Interior features

Details regarding the arrangement of the sanctuary and worship space are not publicly documented in available sources.

Stained Glass Windows

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

Statues and Sculptures

Devotional statuary, if present, is not publicly documented in available sources.

Other Artwork

No further devotional artwork is publicly documented in available sources.

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References

  1. ↑ "St. Bernard Catholic Church". St. Bernard Parish. http://www.stbernardsblackfoot.org. 
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