In 1988, The Centennial History of Hurricane, WV was published to commemorate the town’s 100th anniversary. The publication included the histories of 16 Hurricane area churches. This week’s selection is the 14th of the church histories which were published in 1988.

ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION

During the mid to late 70’s, several inquiries had been made about the possibility of establishing a Catholic church in Putnam county. In the spring of 1979 Bishop…