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#288343 - 05/08/08 09:27 PM Allentown Parish Centennial
John Schweich Offline
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Registered: 11/11/01
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Loc: Reston VA
"Forum" readers with roots in the Leigh Valley of Pennsylvania should take special interest in the recently published 100th Anniversary history of St. Michael's Byzantine Catholic Church in Allentown. Founded by Rusyns in 1907, it is the mother church of St. Mary's Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral (1911) and St. John's/Protection of the Virgin Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Church (1940). St. Michael's is preceded in age in the Valley by Holy Trinity (OCA) in Catasauqua (1899) and St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic (1900) in Northampton PA. The history has some wonderful old photos. Well done!

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#288491 - 05/10/08 01:28 PM Re: Allentown Parish Centennial [Re: John Schweich]
lanceg Offline
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John do you know if they have a web site commemorating this event, or a booklet?

Blessings,

Lance


A Byzantine Christian in a Postmodern World

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#288534 - 05/10/08 10:01 PM Re: Allentown Parish Centennial [Re: lanceg]
John Schweich Offline
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Yes a very comprehensive history was published in a very attractive hard-bound book which just appeared. It rivaled the one published by St. John's in Minneapolis! The parish has a website, altho the actual centennial occurred in November 2007.

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#288542 - 05/11/08 01:43 AM Re: Allentown Parish Centennial [Re: John Schweich]
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Lance,

The website itself is very nice, although it has the maddening feature - not often encountered these days (thankfully) - of opening every single page in a separate window. No back button usage here, you'll quickly find yourself with an array of tabs across the bottom of your screen.

Many years,

Neil
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"One day all our ethnic traits ... will have disappeared. Time itself is seeing to this. And so we can not think of our communities as ethnic parishes, ... unless we wish to assure the death of our community."

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#290647 - 06/05/08 12:39 AM Re: Allentown Parish Centennial [Re: John Schweich]
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The Commemorative Book of St. Michael's Centennial is available for purchase from the parish web site:

http://home.ix.netcom.com/~stmichael/

Fr Michael

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#290661 - 06/05/08 05:10 AM Re: Allentown Parish Centennial [Re: John Schweich]
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 Originally Posted By: John Schweich
"Forum" readers with roots in the Leigh Valley of Pennsylvania should take special interest in the recently published 100th Anniversary history of St. Michael's Byzantine Catholic Church in Allentown. Founded by Rusyns in 1907, it is the mother church of St. Mary's Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral (1911) and St. John's/Protection of the Virgin Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Church (1940). St. Michael's is preceded in age in the Valley by Holy Trinity (OCA) in Catasauqua (1899) and St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic (1900) in Northampton PA. The history has some wonderful old photos. Well done!


John,

Does the parish anniversary book actually use the term Rusyn, or the standardized ambiguous jurisdictional "Ruthenian" moniker?

Ung


Edited by Ung-Certez (06/05/08 05:10 AM)

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#290665 - 06/05/08 06:06 AM Re: Allentown Parish Centennial [Re: Ung-Certez]
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Ung - look at Fr Michael's post above - he gives a link so you can get your own copy of the book - and help his funds a wee bitty into the bargain \:\)

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