Their faith lives on
Subtitle: Saint Mary's Visitation parish histories, New Salem, Michigan
By: edited by Barbara Nan Schichtel ; cover photo by Amy Weber Ortiz
Publisher: St. Mary's Visitation Parish
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Byron Center, MI
Language: eng
Number of pages: 351
ISBN-13: 9780615869049
Subjects: Catholics; St. Mary's Visitation Catholic Church (New Salem, Mich.); Parishes; Genealogy; Clergy; Church history; Soldiers; Catholic Church; Biography; History
Other titles: Saint Mary's Visitation parish histories, New Salem, Michigan
Description: Initially, our committee chose to write only the New Salem story as it wove itself around and within the stories of neighboring parishes, bringing in the Visitation's history at the time the two parishes combined. As our research expanded, it became evident that Visitation's history was so interwoven, even prior to the consolidation of the two parishes, that it would be impossible to write an understandable and accurate work without telling North Dorr's story more completely. Consequently, this work contains the history of three parishes: St. Mary's, New Salem; Visitation, North Dorr; and , St. Mary's Visitation. ... Instead of a genealogy-focused history, we chose to write a history of the parishes as a whole, sharing family stories that resonated with many, describing situations that most families lived through, and saving for posterity the ones that we felt most important.--Page iii.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 342-351).
Table of contents: title: The many parishes of Saint Mary's; title: Leaving home for a new life; title: The horseback priests, 1856-1861; title: A house divided; title: Polish neighbors: the 1870s; title: Refugee priests; title: Mission status, 1879-1889; title: Independent parish once more; title: Kuehnel builds a church; title: Country parish, city pastor, 1913-1917; title: The Grand Rapids swap, 1917-1923; title: The twenties and a Great Depression; title: Schultz reopens the school, 1940-1942; title: War years; title: Homecoming, 1946-1951; title: Jorna and the baby boomers, 1951-1964; title: A Vatican II church, 1964-1970; title: Kalamazoo beckons, 1970-1977; title: A season for new beginnings, 1977-1980; title: Faithful and faith-filled at North Dorr; title: A resident pastor at last, 1866-1869; title: Refugee priests build a school; title: The Büchsenmann years, 1879-1897; title: Fire!; title: North Dorr in court; title: The years of interdict; title: A renewed life; title: The Walters years; title: Kalamazoo bound; title: St. Mary's Visitation: a blended family; title: Solid foundations; title: Building for the future; title: A Catholic education; title: School & convent personnel; title: First Holy Communion; title: Make a joyful noise; title: Societies of St. Mary's; title: Chicken dinners; title: Choosing a religious life; title: Our "Band of Brothers" ...and Sisters; title: God's servants; title: The windows of St. Mary's Visitation; title: Our parish families.