The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-10-11
UNDER THREE FLAGS
ST. STANISLAUS' BOHEMIAN CATH
OLIC CHURCH CELEBRATES IT'S
18TH ANNIVERSARY.
ORIGINAL SLAV0NIC CHURCB
OF THE CITY ENJOYED AN EPOCH
MARKING SERVICE YEsTER-
DAY AFTERNOON.
WITH THE STARS AND STRIPED
Were Hung the Banner OF Bohemia
and the Standard of the
PapaI States.

The silver jubilee of st. Stanislaus'
Bohemian Catholic church was cele-
brated yesterday with appropriate
services. The day was a dreary one,
but even with the rain the spirits of
the 500 parishioners were not dampen-
ed, and both the morning and after
noon services were attended by crowds
which filled the large structure to the
doors.
From the steeple of the church at
Western avenue and Superior street
waved the Stars and Stripes, the Bo-
hemian and papal flags. In front Of
the church door had been erected
triumphal arch of red, white and blue
bunting. the inscriptions on the three
sides of the arch reading as follows:
1872 Jubilate Dec 1897" "Osada at
Plesa," Den Ktery uncinil PAM a
liberal translation of the sentences be-
ing Rejoice in God" congregation
shall rejoice" Day the Lord has
made" An hour before the time set for
the morning service the church and
the streets in the immediate neighbor-
hood of the church were crowded with
people. The parish residence and the
old church, which is now used as a
and bunting, and 200 members of the
benevolent societies, in uniform and re-
gala, accompanied by a band of
music, enlivened the scene. The so
cieties participating were the knights
Of st. George, in full uniform; ST.
WenCeslaus, st. John, st. Paul and St.
PrOcOp's benevolent societies. At 1G
o'clock the clergy were escorted from
the parish residence by the Knights of
st. George to the church, preceded By
the band, the knights lining up at the
church door in open order and allow
ing the clergy to pass under an arch
formed by drawn swords.
PontificaI high mass was celebrated,
Rt. Rev. j. Trobec, bishop of St. Cloud
being the celebrant, assisted by Very
Rev. w. Choka, of Omaha, Neb., as
archpriest; Revs. ]. Solnce and A.
Mayer, as deacons of honor; Rev.
Father Pacholski, of Minneapolis, as
deacon, and Rev. ]. F. Studnicka, Of
Wahpeton, subdeacOn, and Rev Father
Schoefer, of st. Paul's seminary, as
master of ceremonies. Following the
mass, the music of which was sung
by the choir of the church consistic@
of twenty-five female voices, Rev.
Father TRICKY, dean of New Prague
and a former pastor of the church,
preached the sermon, which was de-
livered in the Bohemian language.
After the morning service the Vari-
Gus societies connected with the church
held a short parade in the immediate
vicinity of the church.
At the vesper services at 3 o'clock
Rev. Father Danehy, Of St PauPs
seminary, preached a short sermon to
a congregation which filed the church
from the chancel rail to the doors. The
speaker outlined the history of the
church from it's start to the present
time, and paid high tribute to the
pastors of the church, and especially
Father Rynda, who has had charge Of
the parish for the past twelve years The
history of st. Stanislaus' church began
in 1861, when three families attended
divine worship in the Assumption
church and listened to a sermon in the
Bohemian language. In 1872, with the
aid Of the late Bishop Grace, a small
church was built near the site of the
present edifce. Up to that time the
parishioners held services in the As
sumption church. In 1886 the congre-
cation had increased so rapidly that
the present church was built at a cost
of SIG, 900, and in addition parochial
school was opened and cloister built
by the parish for the sisters of Notre
Dame
The clergy present, aside from those
who assisted in the services, were: Reys.
]. Cermak, of Silver Lake, Mimi; C. ].
Votypka, OF Pisek, N. D.; j. Nekula, of
st. Louis, Mo; r. Kotoni, of Heidel-
berg, Mimi. and ReVs D. Maier, j.
Stariko. J. Fitzpatrick and j. Rynda,
of this city.
The pupils of the parish school ceIc-
brated the jubilee last evening withan
entertainment at st. Francis hall The
programme included vocal and instru-
mental selections, recitations and tab
leaux. Rev. William Choka, of Omaha.
Neb., also delivered short address.