St. Mary (Diocese of Boise City, American Falls)

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St. Mary
Dedication: St. Mary
Type/Classification: Territorial Parish
Non-Parochial: No
Operated By: Diocesan clergy
Venerated Saints: None specified
Diocese: Diocese of Boise City
Deanery:
Address: 376 Roosevelt St., American Falls, Idaho 83211
City: American Falls, ID
Subdivision: Idaho
Country: United States
County: Power County
Website: Website
Founded:
School: No
Email: None specified
AI Confidence: 4/10
Review Level: 0/5


St. Mary is a territorial parish of the Diocese of Boise City, serving Catholics in American Falls, Idaho, and the surrounding communities of Power County. Dedicated to Saint Mary, the parish ministers to a small-town congregation in southeastern Idaho.

As with many rural parishes in the diocese, St. Mary has historically been served in close cooperation with neighboring Catholic communities, reflecting the diocese's pattern of shared pastoral care across sparsely populated areas of the state.

The parish continues to offer the sacraments and community life to Catholics in and around American Falls, maintaining its presence as the local expression of the Catholic Church in Power County.

History

No confirmed founding date is documented in available sources for St. Mary in American Falls. Limited sources suggest that, like other Catholic communities in rural southeastern Idaho, the parish developed alongside the growth of American Falls and the surrounding agricultural region served by the Diocese of Boise City.[1]

The Diocese of Boise City, established in 1893 to cover the entire state of Idaho, has long relied on smaller territorial parishes such as St. Mary to provide sacramental access to Catholics living outside the state's larger population centers.[2]

Special features

  • Serves as the territorial parish for Catholics in American Falls and the surrounding Power County area
  • Reflects the pastoral tradition of small-town Catholic communities within the Diocese of Boise City

Relics

According to established Catholic tradition, altars in dedicated Catholic churches customarily contain relics of saints. Specific details regarding any relics housed at St. Mary are not publicly documented in available sources.

Architecture and Art

Exterior features

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

Interior features

The interior worship space is arranged, as is customary in Catholic parish churches, to facilitate the celebration of the Mass and the sacraments, with seating oriented toward the sanctuary and altar.

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, would be expected to reflect the parish's Marian dedication. Specific details are not publicly documented in available sources.

Other Artwork

No further devotional artwork is publicly documented in available sources.

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External links

Social media

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References

  1. ↑ "Parish Website". St. Mary Parish. http://www.presentationofthelord.org. 
  2. ↑ "Diocese of Boise City". Roman Catholic Diocese of Boise. https://www.rcdb.org. 
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