Cloud, Minnesota, United States, is the cathedral and parish church in the Catholic Diocese of St.

[2] They lived in a parishioner's attic until John Tenvoorde rented his "entertainment center" for use as a convent.

A more permanent and larger Gothic-style church was built for the parish in 1864 at Saint Germain Street and Ninth Avenue.

Luke Fink, OSB, attended a Eucharistic Congress in Italy and was inspired by the architecture there.

[3] It was rebuilt without its tall spire, which led Bishop Joseph Francis Busch to desire St. Mary's as his cathedral.

[4] At that time the Benedictine monks left St. Mary's for St. Augustine parish on the east side of St.

Saint Gertrude's School, which educated the mentally disabled, occupied the first floor of the Institute for a time.

Five terra cotta disks that portrayed the crux gammata or swastika, an ancient stylized cross.

The symbols were portrayed in a rough-hewn wooden texture, with olive branch leaves and fruit in the background.

[5] They were replaced by five new limestone disks that depict the Luminous Mysteries that were composed by Pope John Paul II.

Located within St. Mary's is a shrine to Saint Cloud including a number of relics: a piece of St.

[6] The statue was given to Bishop Joseph Busch in 1922 when he participated in the fourteenth centenary celebration of the birth of St.