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the occasional Saturday, he also baptized babies, married couples, conducted funerals, visited the sick, taught catechism class to the youngsters, trained the Altar servers, and also found time to get to know his flock. Weekdays were spent teaching history classes at the college. St. Andrew continued until 1943 at which time it consolidated with St. Cecilia. With the Winslow shipyard booming and the two large naval installations active, Fort Ward and Battle Point, St. Cecilia could barely take care of the swollen

Baptism, First Sacraments, Confirmation, and OCIA

In 1949, St. Cecilia numbered a scant 100 families. Over the years, however, the Catholic population of Bainbridge Island began to grow. As more and more young families moved to the Island, the need for additional religious education classrooms became a real c