Monongah Mosaic Memories

Kathleen Grattan Dukate, who is from Fairmont but lives in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania and is leading the campaign to find a home for the mosaic that once was on the front of Sts. Peter and Paul School, is looking for a name for the group.

It sounds like Friends of Saints Peter and Paul might be the favorite choice.

The mosaic was removed when the school was demolished in 2011. I think it found a temporary home at the Knights of Columbus in Fairmont, where the Monongah High Alumni Reunion is held every year.

o   Kathy, Care Transitions Coordinator at Amedisys Home Health, wrote:

“As we embark on the mosaic project, we need a name for our group. I was tossing around something like Friends of Saints Peter and Paul. I would like to know your thoughts

Adam Michna, who had two aunts who were nuns at the school, has joined Kathy in the project.

When they give me more information about financing, how to contribute, where it will be installed, I’ll pass it along on this blog.

If you want to help, and you’re in or near Marion County, go to the Saints Peter and Paul School Facebook page and let Kathy know what you have in mind.

This will be our eternal show of appreciation for what the nuns did for the children of Monongah’s coal miners, including me and my sister, Jackie Olesky Straight, Class of 1955, who lives in Rivesville.