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 . n for thepastor. In 1889 they built him a neat res-idence at a cost of one thousand four hun-dred dollars. And as the congregationwas rapidly gaining in membership theenlarging of the church became a neces-sity. In 1892, Father Papon lengthenedit out twenty-five feet to the rear and atthe same time built an addition 42 x 22for the purposes of a Polish scliool,
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 . n for thepastor. In 1889 they built him a neat res-idence at a cost of one thousand four hun-dred dollars. And as the congregationwas rapidly gaining in membership theenlarging of the church became a neces-sity. In 1892, Father Papon lengthenedit out twenty-five feet to the rear and atthe same time built an addition 42 x 22for the purposes of a Polish scliool, whichhas an attendance of eighty pupils andis conducted l)y two lay teachers. The coof these additions and repairs was in ex-cess of twelve thousand five hundred dol-lars. The rebuilt church was blessed byBishop Vertin, November 27, 1892. The number of Polish familes in RedJacket and neighborhood has grown fromfour to the two hundred of today. Not-withstanding the unfortunate dissensionscaused by unscrupulous souls the parishhas prospered. With faith deeply rootedin their hearts these sturdy sons of oldPoland have more than liberally contrib-uted towards the upbuilding of theirchurch, which today stands without an HOLY CHURCH, BIRCH CREEK, MICH. RED SLOVENIAN CHURCH-.— 1861, when Joseph ^^^ertin, andsoon after him Peter Ruppe, first arrivedin Calumet the colony of Slovenians orpreferably called Austrians - has been onthe increase ever since. One by one theyaugmented their number and found occu-pation with the world-famed Calumet andHecla Alining Company. The opening ofother mines served as an incentive for This is a mis-nomer; all foreigners of Slavicdescent call themselves Austrians. They may beAustrians as coming from Austria, but they arenot Slovenians—people speaking the Slovenianlanguage. 284 HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF many more to come to this copper region,because they had heard from their coun-tryman that it is good t
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