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Ukrainian Catholic Church, St. Joseph, MissouriEntry/Object ID
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Ukrainian Catholic Church, St. Joseph, Missouri
Ukrainian-Byzantine Catholics1888-1988; compiled by Zenon (Jim) Shtohryn;title The Ukrainian Creek-Catholic Church of St. Joseph; turn of century the Byzantine Rite was struggling for independence from Latin authority after decades of hardships in the U.S.; had to seek spiritual lives in Latin Rite churches; was 1910 before St. Joseph had a chance; 20 families from around Horodok-Jahajlonsky Galicia brought to city raising the Ukrainian population to 150 persons; Father Ivan Ostasz of St. Louis parish arrived to begin organizing a community into a new parish; 1912 enough money was raised to purchase land at 526 Virginia St.; branch of the Ukrainian National Association, No. 355 was founded April 20, 1913; meeting held in U.N.A. Society Hall 5801 Lake Avenue; Hall sold in 1982;1915 funds began structure was finished in 1917; first pastor Rev. Joseph Dzendzera; 1924 church officially dedicated; church incorporated March 3, 1926; rectory house at 518 Virginia purchased 1934 and mortgage payed off by 1940; Father Dzendzera published a memorial book explaining who Ukrainians were and what exactly the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Rite was; after World WII priests aided new arrivals; act of Congress in 1948 allowed 400,000 refugees into U. S.; Father Jaroslaw helped in this work and later became A Bishop Gabro, Eparch of the newly formed Chicago based diocese of St. Nicholas from 1961-1980; 1953 unique and twin Greek crosses were replaced with a modest cross-topped dome; parish established a mission in 1955 at 11411 Chicago St., Sugar Creek, Missouri; mission sold in 1983; 1984 parish served weekly by pastor of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church, Omaha NE; and the mission church St. George Ukrainian Catholic Church, Lincoln NE.
St. Joseph News-Press Gazette November 14, 1988, picture of priests walking to the altar at St. James for the millennium celebration of Christianity in the Ukraine.
Brochure of the Millennium of Christianity in Ukraine; author National Committee to commemorate Millennium of Christianity in Ukraine.Lexicon
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