(Click on the picture above to view the blessing of the cornerstone and the singing of the Alma Mater)

On December 8th, the feast of the Immaculate Conception, Fr. Matt Guckin, campus minister, blessed the cornerstone from the West Chester Bishop Shanahan school, which opened in 1957.  The cornerstone was retrieved when the building was torn down in 2010. The new cornerstone base contains:

·       Letter dated November 18, 1956 telling who was in attendance:  Rev. Henry C. Schuyler, Assistant Rectors Rev. William Faunce, Rev. James Sheridan and Rev. Henry Smyth.  The speaker was the very Rev. John Haydt, Assistant Superintendent of Schools.  St. Agnes students went in procession to the sight.

·       My Sunday Missal  <explained> by Father Stedman

·       Book by William B. Schuyler "The Rev. Patrick Kenny - Missionary in Chester County, PA 1804-1840"

·       Daily Local Newspaper dated November 16, 1956 - article "To Bless Cornerstone of Catholic School on Sunday"

·       Daily Local Newspaper dated Saturday, November 17, 1956 - picture and caption of cornerstone laying ceremony

·       5 coins - Dollar, quarter, dime, nickel and penny

New items added for December 8 dedication

·       2011 Yearbook

·       3 issues of the Shanahan Magazine: Spring 2011, Fall 2010 and Spring 2010

·       Marketing Flyer: Fall 2010 and Spring 2011

·        Pictures of opening the cornerstone