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February 26, 2022 by Amy Welborn

St. Stephen’s Indian Mission near Hudson, Wyoming:

It’s a beautiful church, inside and out. History:

A Catholic mission at St. Stephens was originally established by Father John J. Jutz, a Jesuit priest, who built a four-room mission house on land selected by the Arapaho chief Black Coal in 1884. Soon additional buildings were added for a convent and a boarding school for Indian children in grades one through 8, including a three-story brick convent (1888), a boys’ dormitory (1892) and a girls’ dormitory (1894). In 1928 a fire destroyed the mission church and the boys’ dorm, but the buildings were reconstructed the same year.

A school still exists on the property, but it is how operated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The painted decor of the church, according to this page, was added in 1970. I found it beautiful, particularly the Stations of the Cross. I’m sharing a couple of images here, but will save the rest until next Friday, the first Friday of Lent.

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  1. on February 26, 2022 at 2:20 pm GiannaT

    I really wish I knew more about the symbolism of the halo being a bird.


  2. on February 26, 2022 at 5:09 pm Teresa

    Beautiful! If you’re ever in St. Ignatius, Montana, the mission church there is beautiful.


  3. on February 26, 2022 at 8:46 pm Kelly

    Enquiring minds want to know: Why Oh Why, Wyoming? This is coming from someone who fantasized about running away from a stressful job to become a waitress in a truck stop in Montana and ultimately convinced her BFF to take a crazy weeklong trip through Big Sky country, so no judgment here. But every destination has a backstory. Oh, and while you’re there, scope out the truck stops for me. I still need a fallback plan.



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