Thank you to Ray & Claudia Castillo and Family for donating the original church bell from adobe church, San Antonio de Padua to St Martin de Porres Catholic Church. San Antonio de Padua Church was located near the Yorba Cemetery and was dedicated April 29, 1860 to San Antonio, the patron saint of the Yorba family. In the 1890s the church was so weathered that a wooden church was built a few yards away on the west side. The wooden church held this bell until is was abandoned in 1948. The bell was to be moved to the St Josephs church in Placentia. Because the bell was too big and didnt fit into the new church, it was moved to a VFW storage warehouse in Placentia. Rays brother, a member of the VFW, and sons went to the warehouse to help move items and were presented with the bell as a thank you for all their work and donations towards building the new church and preserving the bell. The Castillo family has donated this bell to St Martin de Porres church and was dedicated this date.
Posted on: Sun, 30 Nov 2014 23:58:39 +0000
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