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ST. MARY MAGDALENE CHAPEL
Mexico, MO

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Chapel exterior   Chapel interior   Chapel nave
 
CHAPEL HISTORY
 

The first Mass offered by SSPX in the Columbia-Centralia, Missouri area was in May 1979 at the Tiger Hotel in Columbia, MO. Mass was then celebrated twice a month on Monday evening. At this time the chapel was titled Immaculate Heart of Mary Chapel and there were about 20 parishioners.

In March 1981, the chapel’s temporary premises moved to a permanent location on the northeast corner of the Square in Mexico, MO, in the basement of a craft store. The chapel now had the Blessed Sacrament reserved, Stations of the Cross, and visits could be made anytime during the week. On June 7, 1981 the chapel had its first Sunday Mass.

On December 19, 1982, due to the sale of the craft store building, the chapel was forced to move to the second floor of a ceramics shop called "The Mud Puddle" on the northwest corner of the Square.

In 1991, the current property at 1200 N. Clark in Mexico was purchased. The chapel was blessed on June 16, 1991 and dedicated as St. Mary Magdalene Chapel.

Priests of the SSPX, traveling from either the priory in Kansas City, MO or St. Louis, MO, now service the chapel every Sunday. In addition to the chapel, the building complex consists of a bookstore, several classrooms and a parish hall.

Recently, several improvements have been made to the chapel, which included the erection of a large cross on the roof peak, the installation of a grotto of the Holy Family over the main entrance, and the addition of stained glass windows.

The chapel seats about 110 people and is usually 80-95% full for Sunday Masses, with regular parishioners coming from surrounding towns as far north as Quincy, IL and Macon, MO and as far south as Jefferson City, MO.


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