The Grotto at St. Mary's Church
The Grotto at St. Mary's Church, inspired by Our Lady of Lourdes', was built in 1936 under the direction of Rev. Cyril Bayer, OSB and William Wallace Van Liew of Atchison, Kansas. The site of daily recitation of the Rosary during WWII, parishioners thank Our Heavenly Mother for no loss of life of a serviceman from the parish during the war.
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