Author: BURNS, CHESTER A.
Title: The Glory of Saints Peter and Paul's : A Centennial Sketch and Appreciation of Detroit's Ss. Peter and Paul's Jesuit Church, Mother and Mentor of the Detroit Jesuit Institutions of the University of Detroit, Gesu Parish Church, Jesu Parish School, Manresa 1848-1948
Description: Detroit: SS. Peter and Paul's (Jesuit) Church, 1948. First Edition (?). Staple Bound. B&W Illustrations; 8 1/2 x 11; xiii, 77 pages; SCARCE TITLE. Soft bound book is stapled wraps. Covers have some sunning, bumping, rubbing, and light creasing. Pages are clean and tight. Illustrated with b/w photographs. Covers the first 100 years of the history of this local Jesuit church. Saints Peter and Paul Church is a Roman Catholic church located at 629 East Jefferson Avenue in Detroit, Michigan. It is the oldest existing church in the city of Detroit, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1971. Caspar Borgess, the second Bishop of Detroit, used the church as his cathedral until 1877, when he gave the title to the building to the Jesuit Order with the intention of starting Detroit's first Catholic college. The Jesuit college eventually became the University of Detroit-Mercy, and UDM's law school still occupies the building adjacent to the church. The church was designed by Francis Letouneau and Peter Kindenkins. Scarce title! !. Very Good+ .

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