Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Foster, Rev Christopher Patrick 1855 - 
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Author: Portrait & Bio Album, 1890

REV. CHRISTOPHER PATRICK FOSTER, Pastor of the Sacred Heart Catholic Churcb, 
of Joliet, was born in Manchester, England, August 24, 1855. He is a son of 
Edward and Mary J. (Haley) Foster, natives of Ireland who came to America in 
1865. Their first home in the United States was at Rushville, Ind., whence 
they removed to Indianapolis, where the father has gained prominence as a 
merchant tailor. He has a large establishment of his own, employing quite a 
number of men, turning out excellent work, and conducting his affairs 
according to the most honorable business methods. He is the father of seven 
children, of whom Father C. P. Foster is the first-born. Father Foster began 
his studies in 1870, at Bardstown, Ky., in the old ecclesiastical 
establishment of that place so justly celebrated among Catholics for its 
thoroughness. From there he went to the Jesuit College at Cincinnati, Ohio, in 
1871, afterward entering Mt. St. Mary's Seminary of the West, in Cincinnati, 
where he completed his studies, having attended there nine years. He then 
spent a year as an instructor in the advanced course of rhetoric and belles 
lettres at Bourbonnais Grove, Kankakee County, Ill., in St. Viateur's College, 
an institution ranking among the best in the State. On June 24, 1881, Father 
Foster was appointed Assistant Priest at St John's Church, at the corner of 
Eighteenth and Clark Streets, Chicago, under the venerated and respected Rev. 
John Waldron, one of the oldest and most honored priests of the arch-diocese. 
He received his appointment as pastor of the Sacred Heart Church, in Joliet, 
and assumed charge of the parish, September 28, 1888. His services are 
recognized as earnest and faithful, and he is doing a fine work among his 
people. Respect is entertained for him by all classes, his scholarly 
attainments making him a fit companion of the cultured people of Joliet, and 
his devotion to the work which he has taken up commanding admiration. A 
lithographic portrait of Father Foster will be noticed elsewhere in this 
volume, and will be valued not only among his own parishoners, but by all who 
know him.

Additional Comments:
Portrait and Biographical Album of Will County, Illinois, Containing Full Page 
Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens 
of the County; Chicago: Chapman Bros., 1890

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