"Most of us were young and able-bodied, and so after we bought the land, we all banded together, construction workers all the way to the town doctor, and we just started cutting down the trees and clearing the land on our own."
--Evelyn Cunningham
"They asked my husband, Bob Simpson, who understood more about gambling and how to make money, to take over."
--Sue Simpson
"My youngest points up at the Crucifix above the altar and asks me, 'Mommy, who's that guy on the high dive?'"
--Linda Carr
Dear Friends,
My name is Luanne Smith, I have been a parishioner at Saint Ambrose for a very long time.
"We were all prepping for the ceremony... when the power went out...we lit some candles and started cooking with gas. "
--Luanne Smith
Dear Friends,
My name is Evelyn Cunningham. My Husband Joe and I moved to Cheverly in August 1949, nearly from the beginning! Our First Pastor, Monsignor Joseph C Fenton, was a wonderful historian and teacher at Catholic U, but he was also a great organizer at our little mission church as well. His sermons were really inspiring too. He would tell us about the history of the chapel in which we celebrated Mass, dating back to its earliest days; this was the old chapel before we built the new Church. The chapel was always filled wall-to-wall with people.
"Once I was helping him and he dropped a hamburger on the ground. It was covered with leaves and small debris...He shrugged and said, 'these little specks look like pepper anyway' and put it back on the grill for a few minutes! I don't know who got that burger, but no one complained!"
--Evelyn Cunningham