Religion & Churches

January 20, 2026
January 20, 2026

St. Peters Church Improvement

Church Improvement.St. Peter’s Catholic Church at Harper’s Ferry, which has been closed for the past four months while extensive improvements have been made, was reopened for public worship last Sunday, when appropriate services were held. The […]
December 2, 1909
December 22, 2025
December 22, 2025

Bakerton Camp Meeting

Camp Meeting.A camp meeting will be held in Duke’s woods at Bakerton, W. Va., commencing August 11th and continuing ten days. The meeting will be in charge of Rev. T. C. Jones. The following ministers are […]
July 20, 1905
December 21, 2025
December 21, 2025

More Bakerton Visitiations; etc.

The M. E. Sunday school picnic will be held at the river, near Mr. “Pet” Moler’s farm, on Saturday, August 26. These guests are spending some time with Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Trundle: Mrs. Sarah […]
August 24, 1922
December 21, 2025
December 21, 2025

Bakerton Methodist Church Sells Church Lot

The State of West Virginia,County of Jefferson, To-wit: In the Clerk’s office of the Circuit Court of said County, August 21, 1916. C. D. Carter and other Trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church South at Bakerton, […]
September 12, 1916
December 15, 2025
December 15, 2025

Temperance Movement Begins to Take Hold

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December 15, 2025
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December 15, 2025

St. Peters Consecrated

May 2, 1833
November 18, 2025
November 18, 2025

Church Fire

A letter from Harper’s Ferry, Va., states that the new church near Jefferson’s rock was consumed by fire on the night of the 7th inst. The flames originated in a school room.
January 14, 1845
November 18, 2025
November 18, 2025

American Union attempts to block appointment, anti-Catholic grounds.

The Order of the American Union At Work.The hatred of the Northern Republican for a Catholic church is only matched by the hatred of the carpet-bagger for the county jail. It is well-known that some years […]
May 4, 1878
November 18, 2025
November 18, 2025

Bishop Kain & the Incendiary Press.

From the Wheeling Register.Bishop Kain and the Incendiary Press. “Bishop Kain has prohibited the West Virginia Catholics from taking the Irish World.” The above paragraph has been floating around in the papers for several days without […]
April 20, 1878
November 18, 2025
November 18, 2025

St. Peters Brickwork Completed

Messrs. Armentrout and Siford have completed the brickwork on the new St. Peter’s Catholic Church at Harper’s Ferry, and the building is about ready for the slate roof.
April 13, 1897
November 17, 2025
November 17, 2025

Ladies Catholic Fair at Harper’s Ferry; Reconstruction

The Ladies’ Catholic Fair at Harper’s Ferry.MR. EDITOR: — The fair, which was refer[r]ed to in my last article, given by the Catholic Ladies in this vicinity, closed on Monday night last, after having been conducted […]
June 30, 1868
November 17, 2025
November 17, 2025

“Irish World” Forbidden for Catholics

Bishop Kain has forbid the circulation of the “Irish World” among the Catholics of West Virginia.
April 13, 1878
November 17, 2025
November 17, 2025

The Fair at Harper’s Ferry: Catholic vs. Protestant

MR. EDITOR: As I have promised to drop you an occasional letter, when anything occurs in this vicinity worthy of special notice, to make good my word, I must take up a fair subject. The Fair, […]
June 9, 1868
November 16, 2025
November 16, 2025

23 More Catholics Take Temperance Pledge

The Temperance Cause still flourishes in this county. At Harpers-Ferry, on Sunday last, twenty-three more persons took the Total Abstinence pledge at the Catholic Church. And the procession of the several Societies, to take place at […]
October 28, 1841
November 16, 2025
November 16, 2025

Temperance Movement in Harpers Ferry

Messrs. Editors– It affords me much pleasure to give you and your readers some account of the great and glorious Temperance Reform at Harpers-Ferry, Va., which place has “lang syne,” like too many other towns, stood […]
September 23, 1841
November 16, 2025
November 16, 2025

Temperance Procession

On Saturday last, the Harpers-Ferry Total Abstinence Society, joined by other societies, had their procession through the village, and attracted deep interest and attention. At about 10 o’clock, the societies came forth from their respective places […]
November 11, 1841
November 16, 2025
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November 16, 2025

St. Peter’s Catholic Church of Harpers Ferry: An Irish Parish on American Soil

Without the Irish, there would be no Catholic congregation in Harpers Ferry. Although St. Peter's is considered a Roman Catholic parish, the church historically took on an overwhelmingly Irish congregation, and tailored its sermons to the very similar, yet slightly different ideology of the Celtic rooted version of traditional Roman Catholicism.
November 16, 2025
November 9, 2025
November 9, 2025

Last Mass at St. Peters

To the Editor of the Free Press. The 2nd of July was an eventful day to the Catholics of Harper’s Ferry. Father O’Farrell, of Petersburg, said the last mass in St. Peter’s Church, which has stood […]
July 8, 1896
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