St. Mary of the Assumption Church (Avilla, Indiana)
St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic parish in Avilla, Indiana. It is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend. Its current parish church was dedicated in 1878.
The parish supports its own parochial school and a small convent for its Franciscan Sisters of the Sacred Heart. St. Mary's was also the site of the first motherhouse in America for the Franciscan sisters.
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Coordinates: 41°22′09″N 85°14′20″W / 41.369240°N 85.238860°W
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- Churches in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fort Wayne–South Bend
- Buildings and structures in Noble County, Indiana
- Roman Catholic churches completed in 1878
- 19th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in the United States
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