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Sacred Encounters—Old Mission State Park

Paint was limited, and workers used huck-
BY JACK MCNEEL leberry juice to color portions of the ceiling,
giving a feel of blue sky. That color remains,
The Sacred Heart Mission at Cataldo is the some 160 years later.
oldest standing building in Idaho. It may be The Roman Catholic Diocese owned much
stretching the definition of “museum,” but the of the land since the mid-1800s. It was placed
Mission is certainly historic, and adjacent to it is on the National Register of Historic Places
a 9,000-square-foot visitor center where early in 1962 and in 1975 was designated a State
history is portrayed in a true museum setting. Heritage Park and named Old Mission State
The museum opened in 2011. Ernie Stensgar, Park. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Boise
tribal vice chairman, spoke at the event saying, gave the land and buildings to the Coeur
“The Mission is a huge artifact, which belongs d’Alene Tribe in 2002.
with the exhibit. Generations have come here to The visitor center opened in 2009, followed
remember their spirituality, to remember their in 2011 with the opening of the exhibit entitled
ancestry, and it’s a holy place for us.” Sacred Encounters: Father DeSmet and the Indians
Father DeSmet brought Catholicism to the of the Rocky Mountain West.
Coeur d’Alene Tribe in 1842. The first mission This exhibit toured across the country.
was near present day St. Maries but was subject The opening exhibition, in Bozeman, Mont.,
to flooding, and a new site was chosen near drew 112,000 visitors. It progressed to many
present day Cataldo. cities and three countries over the next three
Construction began on Sacred Heart Mission years but never came to Idaho due to lack of a
in 1850. It was built by tribal members and Jesuit secure facility with climate control to protect
missionaries, or “Blackrobes.” the exhibit items.
They used no nails in its construction, yet
the building still remains in good condition. CONTINUED ON PAGE 8 Alter at Cataldo Mission. PHOTO BY JACK MCNEEL.

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