The Solemn Communion Class for 1937 poses on the front steps of the Basilica. Father James M. Reardon and four assistant priests stand at the top. Children include: Colleen Macintosh, Katherine Wolfe, Bonny Howard, Mary Iacona, Pat Haverty, Teddy Lotz, Anthony Mandile, George Mastros, Anthony Battaglia, Joe Battaglia, Russel Favorite, Sammy Iacona, Robert Iacona, Terrence Sweeny, and Danny Skay.
In the pulpit, Archbishop John Gregory Murray preaches his first Pontifical Mass at the Basilica. Assisting were Father James Reardon (rector), Father Thomas Cullen (former rector).
Interior view of the sanctuary and nave of the Pro-Cathedral, taken before the interior was finished. (Completion of the interior was put on hold due to WWI). Walls are unfaced stone, windows have clear glass. Temporary altar is decorated with small pine trees.
View over excavation site of choir procession down into site for the laying of the cornerstone of the Pro-Cathedral of Saint Mary. Crowds watch from around edges of the hole. Current accounts note some 20,000 attended the event and preceding parade.
Interior view of Basilica, Memorial Mass for Marshall Ferdinand Foch, Generalissimo of the allied forces in WWI. The mass was said the same day Foch was laid to rest at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. The sanctuary is hung with flags representing the allied nations. Cross and statuary are covered for Good Friday.
On the occasion of his Golden Jubilee, Monsignor James Michael Reardon poses beside Archbishop John Gregory Murray, along with a group of priests and altar boys.
Nave and Sanctuary filled with floor to ceiling scaffolding. The pews and pulpit are covered with drop cloths. Taken during restoration work, which included repainting of the ceiling and cleaning the stone, plaster and marble work by the St. Paul Statuary Company.
A full congregation of Sisters and Priests, parishioners, attend the Solemn Mass elevating the Basilica of Saint Mary to a Co-Cathedral of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis.
The Choir of the Pro-Cathedral of Saint Mary poses with director Father Francis A. Missia outside the northeast door of the church. Mrs. Grace Long stands in the front row, 6th from the left.
Image 2 of 2. Father Thomas Cullen, seated, poses with the Pro-Cathedral Choir on the front steps of the Pro-Cathedral of St. Mary, Minneapolis. Easter Sunday. Mary Jane Mulhein and her parents stand in the front row, far left.
View from the pews of the temporary altar, decorated with lillies and greens for Easter. Taken before the interior granite facing, stained glass windows and raised pulpit were installed.
During renovation work on the Basilica, workers hung lines from the front edifice and used these to reach stonework around the rose window for tuckpointing and other repairs.
Prelates gather during Solemn Pontifical Mass in connection with the Consecration of the Basilica of Saint Mary. Archbishop John Gregory Murray, celebrant, flanked by other higher ranking clergy, reverences the altar.
View from the rectory down the west side of the church. The Fawkes building, Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church steeple, and businesses along Lyndale Avenue are visible in the distance.