Thank YOU! It's Customer Appreciation Week!
EXTRA 11% OFF Orders $100+ With Code: THANKYOU
EXTRA 11% OFF Orders $100+ With Code: THANKYOU
Cheers
Give a Cheer
Give a Cheer
St. Stanislaus Catholic church in Arcadia WI... at least that is what it was named when I was married in it 20 years ago this June. One of my nieces was married here too. Not sure what they renamed it but its a little sad, as the original name is indicative of the cultural history of the area. It was settled in the 1850s by Polish and German immigrants.
A sentimental leg of my steeple chase.
**Update** Just googled to try to find the year the church was built and found this... Kokott is my grand-fathers family name on my mothers side.
In the autumn of 1909, a nucleus of forty families of Polish descent assembled to plan the formation of a new Polish Catholic congregation. Some of the families that pledged themselves to carry on the Polish heritage by building a church, a school, and a parsonage were as follows: Bisek, Bryniok, Giemza, Kamla, Kampa, Klonecki, Knusella, Kokott, Korpal, Kotlarz, Kubis, Kujak, Liberko, Micek, Milek, Misch, Motszko, Pierzina, Reck, Ressel, Rucinski, Shepherd, Owcarz, Schock, Sobotta, Sonsalla, Soppa, Stachowski, Stelmach, Suchla, Waldera and Wiersgalla.
Great determination, sacrifice, faith, hope and charity were the necessary ingredients to promote this task in that pioneering era. Until that time most of the Polish people worshipped in St. Michael's Church in North Creek,(THIS CHURCH IS ALSO IN MY STEEPLE CHASE ALBUM) a little settlement about four miles east of Arcadia. In the early days of June 1910, a deal was closed to build on a piece of land purchased from J. C. Gaveney.
On July 8, 1910 it was announced that a new Catholic congregation had been formed by the Polish Catholics after permission to erect a new parish church was granted by Bishop James Schwebach on June 23, 1910. The permission was based on the reason that a large number of people wanted to have their church in the city of Arcadia for better accommodations, a more central location, and because school facilities in Arcadia would be better that in North Creek.
The name chosen for the new congregation was St. Stanislaus Congregation of Arcadia. The officers were President-Rt. Rev. Bishop James Schwebach, Vice-President and Pastor-Rev. John Rayski, Secretary-John Soppa, Sr., and Treasurer-Mike A. Sobotta. In the late summer of that year, these people granted a contract to Jac. G. Schneider to serve as contractor and builder of the new church under the leadership of Rev. Rayski. The church was of red brick veneer and Gothic architecture. It had a seating capacity of 360. The church was nearly completed in the Spring of 1911. On May 14, 1911 an impressive ceremony of blessing the bell of the new church was held. The public was invited to attend this first service. Now that the church was completed with pews and fixtures in place, a dedication day was announced.
St. Stanislaus Church was dedicated on Independence Day, July 4, 1911
No products have been added to this project.
Thanks for spreading positivity!
April 27, 2011
April 27, 2011
April 26, 2011
April 26, 2011
April 26, 2011
April 25, 2011
April 25, 2011