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25th Anniversary■For Piopolis Priest* Im Father Edmund Schumacher,] Joseph B. Stenger J. C, D. of ^{pastor of St.. Johns church, Belleville, will preach the jubilee MPiopolis, located north of Me- sermon.i Leansboro, will offer a solemn mass of thanksgiving, marking the 25th anniversary of h .1 s ordination to the priesthood, next i Monday morning, June 5, at 11 o’clock.The mass will be offered in St. John’s church, Piopolis, and the Most Reverend Albert R. Zuro-weste, D. D., Bishop of Belleville, will be present in the sanctuary during the anniversary Mass.Father Schumacher was or* dained on June 7, 1936, in St. Francis church, Aviston, 111., by the late Bishop Henry AltoffBishop Zuroweste will be attended by Father August Reyling O. F. M., another native of the parish, and Father James P. Burke, of St. Mary's church, Mt. Vernon. A banquet will followthis ceremony.Father Schumacher was born Jan. 9, 1910, in Aviston, 111. He is the son of the Me Henry Schmitt a c h e r ‘ and Ann (Daniels) Schumacher.He completed his elementarv studies at St, Francis School, Aviston, and after taking part of his high schol, at the same school,UsiMhitio;rrntscID. D., who was also a native ofjhe transferred to St. Meinrad’s that parish. [.college, St. Meinrad, Ind. HeThe 25th anniversary celer[then was transferred to Kenrick bration will begin on Sunday,]Seminary in St. Louis, for his last June 4, when there will, be an two years of college, or philo* 11 o’clock mass for the people sophy, and four years of theology, of the parish of Piopolis. Father The jubilarian’s first assignmentiI)Lawrence Drone, of St. Patrick’s Church, Enfield, will preach the anniversary sermon. The parishioners will have a basket dinner and other entertainment, to enjoy the day together with FatherSchumacher.Aii open house honoring FatherSchumacher has been arranged for this Sunday in the basement of the Piopolis school. Hours 'of the open house are from 2 until 5 p. m. The public is invitee).The climax of the jubilee cele-bration will be on Monday, .June 115, when the priests of the Diocese will join Father Schumacher at the anniversary mass. Father Schumacher’s relatives and special invited guests will also join in this celebration. A special boy’s choir of 38 members will sing during the mass.Father Schumacher will be assisted by the following, at this mass: Father Stephen Freund, of Millstadt, deacon; Father Harry-Schumacher, a nephew, from St. Mary’s church, Belleville, ' as deacon; and Eugene Kreher. a student for the priesthood and a native of the parish will act as master of ceremonies. Two other students from the parish, Waynein the Diocese of Belleville, was to be appointed assistant at St. Patrick's }n E. St. Louis, on June 24, 1936. On August 27, 1936, Father Schumacher was named as an assistant to the Cathedral in Belleville. On August 24, 1939 he was appointed assistant to Father Taggart, at St. Andrews* Murphysboro, 111.* Father Schumacher was named pastor for the first time on Dec. 18, 1940,* serving Equality, and the missions of Stonefort, New Burnside, Cienna and Metropolis.From this vantage point, he served as chaplain to the CCC Veteran Camps, almost from the Ohio, to the Mississippi Rivers and’ also for a time was chaplain to several camps where German. war prisoners were living until ’ relieved by a German speaking Benedictine father.On April 26, 1945, he was named pastor t)f St. Lawrence church*at Sandoval. On Jan. 27, 1955, he -was appointed chaplain of St.Clement’s Hospital, Red Bud, and also assigned to care for the parish at Tipton, 111.On August 23, 1956, Father Schumacher was appointed administrator pastor, of St. John’s,YVuebbels, and Gary Coy, will Piopolis, where the jubilee will serve the mass. Monsignor I be celebrated.
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Mt Vernon Register News
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