Moments, milestones, momentum: Creighton University celebrates 140 years
By Creighton University
On June 26, 1887, the cornerstone was laid for St. John’s Church, and 4,000 spectators gathered. The bishop mistakenly dedicated the church to the wrong St. John – St. John St. John-Before-the-Latin-Gate instead of St. John the Baptist, the patron saint of John Creighton. It wasn’t until 1977 that St. John’s, the spiritual center of Creighton University, got its steeple.
John Creighton, along with Edward and Mary Lucretia Creighton, settled in Omaha in the mid-1850s. John married Mary Lucretia’s sister Sarah Emily Wareham in 1868 and the four are considered the founders of Creighton University.
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On June 26, 1887, the cornerstone was laid for St. John’s Church, and 4,000 spectators gathered. The bishop mistakenly dedicated the church to the wrong St. John – St. John St. John-Before-the-Latin-Gate instead of St. John the Baptist, the patron saint of John Creighton. It wasn’t until 1977 that St. John’s, the spiritual center of Creighton University, got its steeple.
John Creighton, along with Edward and Mary Lucretia Creighton, settled in Omaha in the mid-1850s. John married Mary Lucretia’s sister Sarah Emily Wareham in 1868 and the four are considered the founders of Creighton University.
