 When work on the Marble Hall was being done , from 1944 – 1948 , the assistant pastor of Mount St. Peter 's was Father George Goralka , who executed an inscription around the central nave of the ceiling of the Marble Hall , Christ 's proclamation of Peter 's Primacy : " Blessed art thou Simon Son of Jona and I say to thee , thou art Peter and upon this Rock I will build my Church and the gates of Hell shall not prevail against it , and I will give thee the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven and whatever thou shall bind on earth shall be bound in Heaven and whatever thou shall loose on earth shall be loosed in Heaven . " The basement was called the Marble Hall after completion and the name stuck . The Marble Hall is mostly used for special breakfasts and dinners , and for fish fry fundraisers during Lent . The hall also serves as the parish 's Italian Restaurant during the Festa Italiana each August . On special holidays when more parishioners than usual attend Mass , which usually include Christmas , Palm Sunday , and Easter , the Mass is said in both the upstairs of the church and downstairs in the Marble Hall . 
