Old Mission State Park
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Coeur d'Alene's Old Mission State Park is a heritage-oriented state park in the city of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, in the western United States, preserving the Mission of the Sacred Heart or Cataldo Missio
The Sacred Heart Church
Apse, in 1957
Example of the newspaper wallpaper and tin can metalwork
The Amelia Wheaton with the Old Mission in the background, c. 1885
Pierre-Jean De Smet
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Pierre-Jean De Smet, SJ, also known as Pieter-Jan De Smet, was a Flemish Catholic priest and member of the Society of Jesus. He is known primarily for his widespread missionary work in the mid-19th ce
Old Mission State Park
…Montana had heard of the Bible and sought more information on Christianity. They sent six men east to St. Louis, with four arriving, and in 1842, Father Pierre-Jean De Smet responded to the request and traveled to the area. Friar Nicholas Point and Brother Charles Huet came along and helped to pick a suitable location for…
c. 1860-65, by Mathew Brady
Father De Smet wearing Order of Leopold (Belgium) decoration
Engraving of a Kaw (Kansas) village by De Smet, showing earthlodges and other traditional house forms.
Statue of Pieter-Jan de Smet in Dendermonde, Belgium