100-Year Anniversary of Church Fire

On Pentecost Sunday, June 4, 1922, the church was completely destroyed by a fire that still remains the worst in Naperville’s history. Out of the ashes, the 350 families that comprised Saints Peter and Paul parish at that time built the magnificent church we have today.

Saints Peter and Paul has a history room where archives are lovingly documented and stored by current parish archivists Judy Chapleau and Marjorie Peters. Below is a photo of the news story published in the Naperville Clarion newspaper (now called the Naperville Sun), along with a piece of the bell and fragments of melted leaded glass collected from the ruins of the church building. 
 Read Naperville Clarion story