Mission's cross restored in Nespelem

It lay on the ground for years after the church burned in 1948, having spent its history as the cross atop the steeple at the old Sacred Heart Mission since 1916.

On Saturday, the members of the mission attended a special mass led by the bishop of Spokane, then went outside to bless the old cross where it now sits restored in its new home.

After the old church burned, the cross lay in the rubble f...