 The winter of 1941 – 1942 ended up being mild through all of December and most of January and workers were able to continue work on the church until January 27 , 1942 . On January 4 , 1941 a blizzard carried 30 @-@ mile @-@ per @-@ hour ( 48 km / h ) winds and left 3 feet ( 0 @.@ 91 m ) of snow . The blizzard forced workers inside the church . Camarata became the director of excavations , concrete , block , brick , stone and marble works , steel structures , road @-@ grading , electric and plumbing systems , carpentry , and landscaping . John Stanish was now his assistant . He built marble grinders , hoisting devices , marble cutters , and marble sanders . He worked with much machinery , including bulldozers , steam @-@ shovels , grading @-@ tractors , and steam @-@ rollers . Stanish collected marble , iron and bronze grilles , electric and plumbing equipment , lumber , panels , light fixtures , paint , chemicals , and ceiling and floor materials from Pennsylvania , Ohio , and New York . So much time and effort was put in by this one man . As a token of the parish 's gratitude to him , an inscription was placed in the main vestibule of Mt . St. Peter Church , on the right , going down into the Marble Hall ( downstairs of the church ) . The Latin inscription reads , Joannes Stanish Res <unk> ( John Stanish procured the material ) . 
