page_title: Menasha, Wisconsin
section_title: Religion
hierarchical_section_title: Menasha, Wisconsin / Religion
caption_attribution_description: English: A picture of St. Thomas, Neenah-Menasha, Wisconsin taken from the southeast of the building.
context_page_description: Menasha is a city in Calumet and Winnebago counties in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 17,353 at the 2010 census. Of this, 15,144 were in Winnebago County, and 2,209 were in Calumet County. The city is located mostly in Winnebago County; only a small portion is in the Town of Harrison in Calumet County. Doty Island is located partially in Menasha. The city's name comes from the Winnebago word meaning "thorn" or "island". In the Menominee language, it is known as Menāēhsaeh, meaning "little island". Menasha is home to the Barlow Planetarium and Weis Earth Science Museum, both housed at the University of Wisconsin-Fox Valley.
context_section_description: The Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS) has two churches in Menasha: Bethel Lutheran Church and Mount Calvary Lutheran Church.
  Architect Harry Weese designed Menasha's St Thomas' Episcopal Church.
caption: Menasha's St. Thomas Episcopal Church was designed by Harry Weese
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