Second house Friars stayed while in
Ellicottville
Home of Thomas McMahon
1st house Friars stayed at while in Ellicottville
Shortly
after settling down in Ellicottville, the Friars took over the Church of
St. Philip Neri as well as a house to use as a
monastery until a
permanent one was built in Allegany. Bishop Timon left
them in charge of
the mission in Ellicottville and the surrounding territory.
At that time, Father Pamfilo was in charge of the erection of the first building on campus. It was finished in August of 1858, and the friars then moved from Ellicottville to Allegany.
Within the first year of being in the United States, Fr. Pamfilo also established St. Pacificus Church, the parish at Humphrey. (below) Its first congregation consisted of 15 parishioners. The Friars were now saying Mass in the villages of Olean, Randolph, South Valley, Cuba, Allegany, Chapelsburg and Chipmunk. It is thought that they may have opened a school in Ellicottville. In 1858, St. Mary of the Angels Church was erected in Olean thanks to Fr. Pamfilo.
St. Pacificus Church located on Humphrey Hill, then and now
First Church used by the Friars
St. Nicholas Church
Dedicated in 1854
Located in Allegany, New York
Bibliography
Angelo, Mark V, O.F.M., Ph. D. The History of St. Bonaventure University.
Saint Bonaventure, NY: Franciscan Institute, 1961.
Hammon, Walter, O.F.M. The First Bonaventure
Men. St. Bonaventure: St. Anthony
Guild Press, 1958.
Herscher, Irenaeus, O.F.M. The History of St. Bonaventure University. St. Bonaventure: The Franciscan Institute, 1951.
Picture (black and white, Thomas McMahon house): Saint Bonaventure University Archives
Picture St. Pacificus Church (color): Cathy Lapp
This site was
created by Cathy Lapp for History 419, Fall 2006.
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Bonaventure University Archives
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