National Historic Landmark - Expedition Island

This was the embarkation point of Major John Wesley Powell's 1871 expedition down the Green and Colorado Rivers and possibly for his 1869 trip as well. On these trips, Major Powell explored the last large land area unknown to European-Americans ...

St. Ann Catholic Church, Gulf Breeze

Gulf Breeze began as a small fishing town in the 1900s without a Catholic Church. Several decades later, Monsignor Cusick , priest of Pensacola at the time, discussed establishing a parish in Gulf Breeze so that Catholic families would not ...

St. John the Evangelist Church and School

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Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee

In 1850 the Secretary of the Navy authorized the construction of a Catholic church on the Navy Yard to provide for the spiritual needs of workers and their families. St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church was ...

St. Sylvester Catholic Parish

The Parish of Saint Sylvester was formed in 1979 to fill the spiritual needs of the increasing population of Gulf Breeze and Navarre.

Parishioners first celebrated in a local country club and also at the parish rectory. A year later, ...

St.Anthony of Padua Catholic Church

Founded in 1941, St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church was originally a mission of the Franciscan Order from the St. Louis Province of the Sacred Heart.

Two years after it was built, a fire destroyed much of the interior of ...

St. Thomas More

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Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee

St. Thomas More Catholic Church began as a small, four-room building in 1954.

Construction of a new church began in 1955 and by Christmas of the following year, the parish celebrated its first Mass in the ...

St. Stephen Catholic Church

Saint Stephen Catholic Church and Parish were founded in 1922. As a part of its commitment to Catholic Education, the parish opened a school in 1934, serving about 150 students.

Benedictine Sisters from Cullman, Alabama, ran and taught at the small ...

St. Anne Catholic Church, Bellview

In 1929, the closest Catholic Church to the area of present-day Bellview was 12 miles away, and the roads were not well maintained. In order to tend to the spiritual needs of those in the community, Trinitarian Sisters from Pensacola ...

Sacred Heart Cathedral

Sacred Heart Parish was established in the East Hill section of Pensacola in 1905 to meet the growing demand for a Catholic Church in the area. The first church was near completion when it was destroyed by the Hurricane of ...

Old Sacred Heart Hospital

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Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee

Founded in 1915, Sacred Heart Hospital was the joint effort of a group of local citizens and the Daughters of Charity.

The Daughters of Charity is a religious community of women founded by Elizabeth Bailey Seton ...