Part 5 - St. Lawrence Parish Group, Watts, Los Angeles

1 p.; clipping

Clippings from the ‘Watts Review’ (dated between November 1923 and early 1924) regarding St. Lawrence Parish building plans and community life under the Irish Capuchin friars. The centrepiece is a large sketch of the proposed St. Lawrence Parish Group. The complex was designed to include a Sisters’ Convent, an auditorium, a school, the church, and a Friary building. On 22 January 1924, Father Joseph Fenelon presided over the blessing and erection of a large Celtic cross atop the new school’s belfry, signalling the nearing completion of the building.