The first St. Mary's Church, Hanover, was built soon after the first Mass in the area, ca1875. The present church was built in 1898
Father Francis McCullough
Father McCullough was born in Ireland in 1854, ordained in 1886 and assigned to Dorchester parish about 1888. He established St. Mary's in Hanover as an outmission & was responsible for building the church. He died in 1920 and is buried in the cemetery at St. Mary's
Make sure you check out the little shrine built in his memory nearby.
The Puzzle:
To solve for the puzzle locate the McCullough family marker (should be very visible and easy to spot from the parking lot), once you are there take note of the surrounding stones and find the following:
Locate Rt. Rev MSGR Patrick McCullough's stone
A = first number of the day he was ordained
D = Third number of the year he died
E = The month he was ordained
Now, locate Katherine's stone
B = Third number of the year of her death
C = Second number of the year of her birth
Use the numbers to find the final: 43.22.ABC 91.31.DEB
The SQ in the cache name above signifies Spirit Quest, a project started in Indiana ( GCHRFJ ) to distinguish caches that are set in cemeteries. The idea has since spread throughout the Midwest and elsewhere. Iowa cache owners are joining in as of 2009, with the designation IaSQ prefixing their cache names. As elsewhere, this is a voluntary effort to help designate and highlight these special areas.
Please be respectful of the area, and observe their rules and posted hours which are typically sunrise to sunset.
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