History of the diocese of Sault Ste, Marie and Marquette; containing a full and accurate account of the development of the Catholic church in upper Michigan, with portraits of bishops, priests and illustrations of churches old and new . THE OLD CHURCH, church for the Croatian members of theparish. The ever increasing numbers ofthe two nationalities more than taxed thecapacity of the large church so that eithera separation of two nationalities or the en-larging of the church had to be consid-ered. The latter was not easy in view ofthe fact that almost all the availableground was al
History of the diocese of Sault Ste, Marie and Marquette; containing a full and accurate account of the development of the Catholic church in upper Michigan, with portraits of bishops, priests and illustrations of churches old and new . THE OLD CHURCH, church for the Croatian members of theparish. The ever increasing numbers ofthe two nationalities more than taxed thecapacity of the large church so that eithera separation of two nationalities or the en-larging of the church had to be consid-ered. The latter was not easy in view ofthe fact that almost all the availableground was already used, so the separa- 286 HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF tion was agreed upon and effected in thespring of 1902. The new congregationwas placed in charge of Father Folic whoimmediately took his people to the Italianchurch where, at a nominal rental, ar-rangements were made for their accom-modation until such time as they wouldhave a church of their own. The kindlyinterest of the Calumet and Hecla man-agement in their behalf was not customary generosity they assignedto them two lots on South street and con-. THE OLD RECTORY, STEPHENSON. tributed five hundred dollars to the build-ing fund. This was the first chapter in the historyof the Croatian parish, the second one isprobably not as smooth, naturally so: thefurther up from the ground the morebumps there are on the log! Plans for the church were furnished byMessrs. E. Brielmaier and Sons of Mil-waukee, Wisconsin, and the contractsigned for seventeen thousand was carried on rapidly so that by fall the structure was under roof. Thebasement was then furnished and the con-gregation moved into it just in time tomake room in the Italian church for theirformer co-parishioners, the Slovenians,whose church burned down, on December8th. The church was. at length, dedi-cated by Bishop Eis on the 21st of June,1903, to the honor of St. John the Bap-tist. Induced through illness Father Folicresigned his pastorate, Se
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