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 . nowski, Fa-bian S. Pawlar, Francis Ma-ciarcz, in succession served the an absence from the diocese ofthree years Father Papon returned toMenominee in 1897. He found that theRe\erend Fathers who filled the pastor-ate since his first term had accomplishedmany reforms and improvements but stillleft enough work for him. Father Bar-anowski had built the
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 . nowski, Fa-bian S. Pawlar, Francis Ma-ciarcz, in succession served the an absence from the diocese ofthree years Father Papon returned toMenominee in 1897. He found that theRe\erend Fathers who filled the pastor-ate since his first term had accomplishedmany reforms and improvements but stillleft enough work for him. Father Bar-anowski had built the rectory, the churchhowever was still awaiting for the origin-ally intended brick-veneer and for thatmatter might have waited longer had notan unforeseen accident accelerated its ex- ternal completion. On the 4th of July,1897, fire broke out in the building dam-aging it considerably and shortly after-wards ligntning added its share of de-struction but in both instances the insur-ance fully covered the damages. Makingthese repairs Father Papon thought bestto complete the church inside and outsidewhich he also creditably carried out with-out a cent of indebtedness. The congregation numbered at onetime almost four hundred families,. ST. AGNES CHURCH, IRON RIVER, equally divided between Poles and Bo-hemians. The decline of lumber indus-tries in the city caused a considerable re-duction among these. To recompensehim for the loss Father Papon receivedBirch Creek as a mission. Finding thecountry life congenial he removed to thatplace and attends, from there to bothplaces every Sunday. Birch Creek, has a church, dedicatedto the Blessed Trinity. It was built bythe people themselves and blessed in rectory was built by Father Papon. 326 HISTORY Of THE DIOCESE OF STEPHENSON. PRECIOUS BLOOD. The lumbermen and few scatteredfarmers first drew the attention of FatherFox, then stationed in Spalding, to Steph-enson. Being detailed to look after thespiritual welfare of Catholics scattere
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