IN HR0070

Recognizes the 175th anniversary of SS. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Huntington, Indiana, founded in 1841 by German Catholics and other laborers who built a small log church

First Mass was offered by Father Julian Benoit on August 15, 1843; a new church was constructed beginning in 1864 with cornerstone laid October 31, 1865

School Sisters of Notre Dame from Milwaukee have provided over 150 years of continual teaching service to the parish since 1868

Church features a Van Dinter pipe organ installed in 1894 and ten Austrian stained glass windows, one of which won top honors at the 1893 Columbian Exposition

Anniversary celebration runs from June 2018 through June 29, 2019