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New Munster'sAltarMothSt Alphonsus, To MarkCentennial Next MondayRevnual fast o at St. CorpoSt. Alphonsus C atholic parish at New Munster lias survivedfire, war and the depression in more than a century of existenceParishioners will be mindful of that past when they celebrate their centennial Monday, June 27.A consecration ceremony lasting from four to five hours is the major religious observance planned for the centenary day.-It will begin at 8 a.m. with the Most Rev. Roman R. Atkielski, auxiliary bishop of Milwaukee, presiding. Dinner will be served at 1 p.m. in the parish hall immediately afterward.mThe Rev. Joseph J. Michels, pastor of St. Alphonsus has announced that officers of the consecration will include the following assistants to Bishop Atkielski:rishioners built a stone church and parsonage in 1851 at a cost of $5,000. The Rev. Martin Weiss was the first resident priest.mm*The Very Rev. Joseph E. Em-menegger, S.T.D., vice chancellor of the Milwaukee archdiocese, as master of ceremonies; the Rev. Henry R. Langenfeld, pastor of St. Charles Church, Burlington, as priest for continuous incensing;Assistant pastors, the Rev. Donald A. Elverman, Fond du Lac, as deacon, Joseph F. Hanouska, St. Mary’s, Burlington, as sub-deacon, and Richard Altenhofen, St. Charles, Burlington, as inside deacon. Ralph Robers and Thomas Scherrer, seminary students from St. Alphonsus parish, will be acolytes.Celebrant of the holy mass after the consecration will beThe parish continued to grow with the addition of a school in 1863. Lay teachers staffed the school until 1872, when the Sisters of Notre Dame arrived. Then in 1883 a $12,000 Gothic church building was erected, and the old church was used asa concert hall.Stations of the cross installed in the 1890’s were saved from a fire in 1907 and still are used today. To replace the buildingdestroyed in that fire, a building costing nearly $17,000 was built. Materials for the new structure were hauled by parishioners with horse and wagons. A school building completed in 1917 serves the school today.St. Alphonsus was affected by wartime shortages in 1918, when for three weeks in February it closed for lack of fuel. After the war, the parish madefli A A aa.m. r fast.“Wheiwigs ‘ by GrPeoi decors Name served Claudi the gi card ] with chairnMrs.nosha,aftermCatherMthe Rt. Rev. Joseph J. Heim, building repairs and payed its pastor of St. Mary’s parish, Bur- j debts until the depression.A Colington.St. Alphonsus congregation was organized in August, 1849, when a two and one-half acre lot was donated as a church site. Twenty-eight pa-g BackgroundSt. Alphonsus parish celebration of the parish centennial is several years overdue. The date was postponed because parish-f*re7h°.ny Satm re*eption later | ioners wanted to complete re-inhnl? , ,?? Consolidated pairs and decorating of their school auditorium was attend- church for the eventFifty relatives witnessed theMusical history was made in the parish by the Rev. Joseph Pierron in 1934, who composed a mass “In Honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary.” During his pastorate the Sisters of St. Agnes came and are there at present.HERE• INIUp• rufit
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Kenosha Evening News
Kenosha, Wisconsin, US
Tue, Jun 21, 1955
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