Blooming GroveGood ShepherdBlooming Grove, PAMailing address: HC 8, Box 8390 Village visited by John Neumann in 1856. At that point there were 55 families who were attended occasionally by Hawley.1 Built in 1926, began as a mission of St Philomena's, Hawley; now a mission of St John Neumann, Lords Valley2
NotesEarley, James B, Envisioning Faith: A Pictorial History of the Diocese of Scranton, United States: 1993, p20; quoting an unsigned 1963 Catholic Light article on the journal of Philadelphia Bishop, St John Neumann. Good Shepherd History www.pikeonline.com/saintjohn/Good%20Shepherd%20History.htm |