Father Cataldo with Coeur d' Alene Natives, 1926

ID: 5787 ~ Source: Courtesy of: “Northwest -- Missions -- Idaho -- Coeur d'Alene Mission of the Sacred Heart (#05),” Spokane Public Library, accessed June 1, 2023, https://lange.spokanelibrary.org/items/show/326.
This file appears in: St. Michael's Mission Marker
Father Cataldo with Coeur d' Alene Natives, 1926

Father Cataldo (front center) with Coeur d’Alenes, taken by Albert M Sullivan, September 29, 1926; Sullivan, Albert M.

This file appears in: St. Michael's Mission Marker

By Regan Hutchinson
The Reverend Joseph Cataldo opened the St. Michael’s Mission in the 1860s. The simple log structure of that time was intended to be a school for both white and Indian pupils. Born Giuseppe Cataldo in Sicily in 1837, this Jesuit missionary is…