The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1914-07-07
Parish of Saint Catherine To Hold
Formal Ceremony of Starting
of New Structure
MANY PRIESTS WILL ATTEND
Solemn High Mass At Ten O'clock;
Stone Laying at Two O'Clock; Ser
mon by Father Schlinkert
FATHER WOODS TO ASSIST
History of Parish Interesting One
Showing Rapid Growth Since First
Mass at O'Hara Home in 1870

The corner stone of the Church of
st. Catherine will be laid tomorrow
morning, July s, with appropriate ex-
ercises. Assisting the resident pas
tor, Father J. j. Tomek, will be the
following priests; Rev. J. J. Woods,
of LIE Sueur Centre, Rev. Robt. Schlin-
kert, of New Ulm, Rev. V. Schiffrer,
of Madison, Rev. H. R. Jordan, of
Marshall, Rev. V. Bozja, of Morgan,
Rev. w. Hart, of Morton, Rev. ]. Wag-
ner, of Sleepy Eye, Rev., w. Skulzacek,
of Nicollet, Rev. F. Roemer, of Wa
basso, Rev. j. Manner, of st. Peter,
Rev. A. Ziskovsky, of Comfrey, Rev.
H. Fey, of Springfield, Rev. J. lager
mann, of Wanda, Rev. A. Schaefer,
of Lucan, and Rev. H. Pomiji, of
Olivia.
The ceremonies will begin with SOL
emn high mass at ten o'clock, Father
Schiffrer officiating. Following this will
be Deacon with Rev. ]. ]. Woods as
Deacon and Father Tomek as Sub
Deacon.
The actual laying Of the stone, fol-
lowing the blessing of the grounds
and of the wall, will take place at
two o'clock, Father Robt. Schlinkert
conducting the service of stone-laying.
In the stone will be put these pa
pers: the history of the parish of
Saint Catherine, the current numbers
of the Catholic Bulletin, the North
western chronicle, the Redwood Falls
Sun, and the Redwood Gazette, the
names of the Pensioners and the sum
contributed by each toward the erec-
ton of the church, the names OF the
present City Council and the United
States coins of the issue of 1914.
The church building, which will cost
$4,000 at it's completion, will be one
of the finest of its kind in this vicini-
ty. A notable feature of it is the
stained glass windows which have
been presented by Pensioners. Three
of these are memorial windows, the
Resurrection, by the Jackson family,
in memory of their parents; the st.
Joseph window, by Mrs. Cummins, in
memory of her son, VIM. Cummins,
and the St. Margaret window by Os-
car Warner, in memory of his wife.
The Assumption was donated by
Messrs. J. Keefe and P. Farrell; the
st. Michael, by Mr.. and Mrs. John
Lauterbach and family; the st. Pat
rick by the Knights of Columbus; the
Last Supper by Father ]. j. Tomek,
and the st. Catherine by the Altar
Society. The other windows of plain
stained glass have been contributed
by Mr.. and Mrs. P. o. Callaghan, the
Altar Boys and the Catholic Order of
Foresters.
The history of the Parish of Saint
Catherine is. an interesting one and
shows rapid growth. The first mass
for the Catholics of Redwood Falls
and vicinity was said by Father Alex
ander Berghold, of New Ulm at the
house of Mr.. and Mrs. John 0'Hara
in the fall of 1870. Mr.. O'Hara also
donated to the parish the site of the
former church which consisted of two
lots. The additional lot was purchased
when it was decided to erect the new
structure.
The first church, which was mis-
sion, was erected in 1884. This was
structure 20 by "a feet and was
built on the present site at cost of
5000. Since then there have been two