Ghost Ranches of Montana Great Falls/Cascade Area
The Opera House
Oil on Canvas 24 ” x 28 ” $950 Contact to Purchase Mt. Angela In 1882 Father Joseph Damiani of Rome, Italy became superior of St. Peter’s Mission. At that time only white and Indian boys were housed and educated there. Girls in the area received no schooling. So, recognizing the need, he arranged for the Ursulines to open a girls’ school and dormitory. Mother Amadeus of the Heart of Jesus and four nuns were chosen to open the frontier school. They had already established the first Montana Ursuline convent in Miles City. When they were transferred to St. Peter’s […]
St. Peter’s Mission Church
Oil on Canvas 24″ x 18 ” $875 Contact to Purchase Picturesquely located near Birdtail Rock, a scenic drive from Cascade, St. Peter’s is still a functioning Catholic Church for special events and holidays. Lovingly giving time, money, and expertise to complete the project, its loyal, small flock of parishioners is restoring the usually white-washed log church to its original grandeur. The diocesan-owned church, out-buildings, and cemetery; along with the girls’ dorm, known as the opera house, on private land across the road, are all that remain of the prosperous teaching and mission complex. This community, run by Jesuits priests […]