Chapel of the Blessed Claretian Martyrs


Bishop John Leibrecht
,
Fr. Eddie and Fr. Anselm
celebrate Mass 


with CCM Community at the beginning of the school year.


Music Minister Heather Turner 
and the Small Choir


Fr. Anselm gathers graduates and
their families around the altar.

The Eucharistic Chapel is located in 
the Chapel of the Claretian Martyrs.

The Tabernacle: While the 51 Claretian Martyrs were in prison waiting execution, the community received permission from the communists to bring them breakfast in the form of bread rolls.  These men were not allowed to attend Mass nor receive Holy Communion.  The local priest took these rolls of bread and hid Holy Communion inside them so the prisoners could receive Communion.  The Breadbasket in 1936 became a real tabernacle for the Eucharist, as it is today in our Chapel dedicated to the Claretian Martyrs.

The stained glass doors were brought here 
from the chapel 
in the Nancy McGregor House.  


      We would like to give you, our community, an opportunity to pay tribute to or in memory of a loved one by providing flowers for the chapel.  If you would like to contribute in this way, please call the office at 865-0802.   --  Thank you.

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847 S. Holland    Springfield, MO 65806    417.865.0802

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