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FatherOlschefskieCelebrates25thAnni versaryPriesthood to Which He Came From Carpet FactoryBy TERE PASCONEThe Rev. Frederick H. Olschefskie. pastor of St. Joseph’s church, Madison avenue, will celebrate the 25th anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood next weekend.and Wilhelmina Schoenrock Olschefskie. Of the nine, a brothert • i * % « a mOn Sunday morning, members of^ the pariah and pupils of St.Joseph’* school will observe the silver jubilee by attendance at the and s*ster are alive today—William10:30 Solemn High Mas. of Thanks- °'*ch:f*ki' of Springfield. andMrs. John Shea of Thompsonville.Riving. After the service, Father After graduation from the En-Olschefskie wiil be honored at a field Grammar school. Father Ol-dinner in the church basement by relatives and close friends, and on Monday, May 26, fellow priests from throughout the diocese will gather for a noon-day dinner at Mary Journey’s Inn, Fairfield avenue, as a testimonial to the 58-year-old priest.10 Years At St. Joseph’sTen of the 25 years in the service of God have been spent here in St.Joseph’s. A kindly, conservative priest, he has performed his dutiesschefskie immediately went to work at the Bigelow company, and during this time he had the “belated vocation” to enter the priesthood. He saved his money and in1916, at the age of 23, entered St.Thomas’ Seminary; completed a six-year course in five years, andspent the next six years at St. Mary’s Seminary in Baltimore, Md.He was ordained to the priesthood May 26, 1927, and sang his first solemn High Mass in St.in “the old German church. quiet- I P?tr,ck 5 ckurch/. Thompsonville ly and without fanfare, amazing T„he were 14 m his class, ordaineda remarkable record in face of be- f.‘ ,the ,sa.me tlmc’ 13 °f wh°m ing pastor of the city’s smallest hving today, among them the Rt oari.sh • Raymond Fontaine, presidentWithin the first three years after of St’ Th°ma»' Seminary.his assignment here, he paid off the „ .first appointment was as-church mortgage of $36,500, andsince then has made major im-Once At St. Peter’*Hissistant at St.Lawrence O’Toole* torship at St. Peter's church, Bridgeport; St. Bernard's. Rock-provements in the school, convent, chu,rch- H*rt*ord’ and ™hsequent rectory and church without I aasiRnmcnta lt;-'udelt;l ass.stant pas-curring further debt, payingbills as he went along. .... . _» a t , wv -• .Priests who know him call him v,n*; and St’ P*tr‘ck: Norwich,“Pop because Father Olschefskie’s j **» to st’ JosePh *•The servicesdecision to become a priest was belated, re'ached after he had worked seven years as a carpet weaver in the Bigelow Hartford Carpet company in Thompsonville, the place of his birth. Sunday, he will be adressed as “Father,” by parishioners and members of the laity but on Monday at the Mary Journey affair, hell be “Pop” tothe 100 priests planning to attend.Sunday morning will be preceded by a procession from the priest house to the church. Two hundred school children and 25 altar boys will participate. Father Olschefskie will be celebrant; the Very Rev. Edmund R. Supple, C.S.Sp., Superior of St. Mary’s Seminary, Ferndale, who as-^ sists at St. Joseph’s on Saturdays and Sundays, will be deacon. The Rev. Roceo Nadile, pastor of Holy The Reverend Jubilarian was J Rosary church, will be subdeacon^ born Sept. 28. 1893, the ninth and and the Rev. John F. Hannon, pas-youngest child of the late Adam I tor of St. James’ church, 'Manches-THE REV• t tSunday Post photoFREDERICK H. OLSCHEFSKIE his vocation was belatedPa aeoneYoungest of Nineter, fellow classmate at St. Thomas Seminary, will preach the sermon.The Mass will be followed by a Solemn Benediction of the BlessedSacrament, and the presentation by school children of a purse and aBook of Remembrance to the honored priest. In the book, arranged by the St. Joseph’s Sisters of Notre Dame, will be inscribed the names of those contributing to Father Olschefskie’s silver jubilee.
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Bridgeport Sunday Post
Bridgeport, Connecticut, US
Sun, May 18, 1952
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