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                   HISTORY
                              OF

    Catholic Church in Lexington



    The Lexington Catholic Alission began with the journey of
Fathers Badin and Barrieres made on foot from Limestone on the
Ohio River to Lexington, towards the close of November of the year
I793. "COn the first Stunday of Advent," says Dr. Spalding. "M.
Badin said Alass in the house of Denis AlcCartlhy, an Irish Catholic,
Lhen a clerk in the commercial house of Colonel Movland, a brother
of the bisshop of Cork."  For a year and a half afterwards Father
Badin's headquarters were at a place ill Scott county less than

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twenty mniles irom Lexing ton, whlere lhe attended the small num-
ber of Catholics then residing there. Up to the year i8oo, hie was
accustomed to say Al ass in the house of Thomas Tibbats, his con-
g re-ation collmprising the members of not more than a half dozen
families.
    Iln tlhe y-ear i8oi. Father Iohn Thaver contracted for the pur-
chase of a lot `adjoliiin- the l'aptist gra-eyard," upon which stood
all old log house, the secon(l built in Lexin'gton, which was from
that time used as a chapel. This propertzy was deeded to Rev. S. T.
Badin. bY Samuel A-vres a-nd Jane AlcNair, on the 20th of Novem-
ber, 1804, in consideration of the stim of three hundred dollars.
   The -`east of St. Patrick in iSio was made by Father Badin the

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