The 2014 Annual Dinner this year will be held at Kemoll’s Restaurant on Sunday Jan. 26 at 4:30 pm.

The 2014 Annual Dinner this year will be held at Kemoll’s Restaurant on Sunday Jan. 26 at 4:30 pm.

The Speaker will be Monsignor Michael Witt and his topic will be: The Contemporaires of St Philippine Duchesne.   We will hear about the importance of people such as Father DeSmet,  Bishop DuBourg and others.   Also gained will be the importance of the Catholic Church to the development of  this section of our country.  Tickets are $125 per person  and a  table seats 10 people. 

Join us in our work to restore the Shrine to become a major museum that  pays  tribute to the life and contributions of St. Philippine Duchesne.  The Friends of Old St. Ferdinand are  beginning to do a great deal of work but we need your help .  St. Rose Philippine Duchesne is the only saint to have lived in what is the Archdiocese of St. Louis.  Let’s work together  to tell her story and to keep her home standing.

To get your tickets call us at the Shrine – normal business hours

are Mon – Sat. 9am-Noon. 

The number is 314-831-2110 or

Email us at oldstferdinandshrine@gmail.com.