A tiny chapel, built here in 1915, served the Barriada del Rillito, a community now called El Fuerte. The fifteen immigrant Mexican families of this village gathered outside under mesquite trees to hear Mass. In 1917, Senora Josefa de Mule donated land for a larger building. The second chapel, Santo Angel de la Guarda, was destroyed by a tornado in 1929. The present structure, also built by the men of El Fuerte, was dedicated in 1932. Carmelite fathers from Tucson's Holy Family church served the congregation until 1948, when St. Cyril's replaced this chapel as the neighborhood parish church.
Spanish translation:
Capilla de San Pedro
Del Fuerte LowellEn 1915 se construy? una peque?a capilla para sevir a las quince familias mejicanas de la Barriada del Rillito, m tarde llamada El Fuerte. En 1917, La Senora Josefa de Mule don? el terreno suficiente para establecer un edificio m grande. La segunda capilla, llamada Santo Angel de La Guarda, fu? destruida por un tornado en 1929. Los hombres de El Fuerte construyeron el edificio actual y lo dedicaron en 1932. Los sacerdotes que atend?an a los parroquianos de la capilla fueron Carmelitas afiliados con la Iglesia Sagrada Familia de Tucson.
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