Mary Ferdinand Benedict Ghislain Heilias de Huggeghem
Brieg, Switzerland
Father James Busschotts
Westphalia, Loose Creek, Rich Fountain, Taos in Missouri
Father Henry Meinkmann
Doctor Bernard Bruns
Latin Farmers
Ardua qui quaerit, rubros cur currit ad Indos; Wesphaliam veniat, ardua cuncta dabunt!
Why should one who covets hardships go to the dusty Indians? Come to Wesphalia. They’ll give him plenty of hardships.
Saint Joseph’s Church in Westphalia, Missouri
Synod of 1839
Cathedral Parish: 12,000 members with 352 baptisms, 18 conversions, 141 marriages and 87 funerals
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Saint Francis of Assisi in Portage de Sioux, Missouri
Saint Joachim in Old Mines, Missouri
Saint Stephen’s in Richwoods, Missouri
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Saint Michael in Fredericktown, Missouri
Sainte Genevieve in Sainte Genevieve, Missouri
Sainte Anne in Saint François County, Missouri
Saint Mary’s in the Barrens in Perryville, Missouri
Saint Joseph’s in Apple Creek, Missouri
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Saint Vincent in Cape Girardeau, Missouri
Saint Francis de Sales in Scott County, Missouri
Saint Paul’s on the Salt River in Center, Missouri
Saint Stephen’s in Monroe County, Missouri
Saint Joseph’s in Westphalia, Missouri
Saint Francis Borgia in Washington, Missouri
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Saint Thadaeus in Silver Creek, Illinois
Saint Boniface in Germantown, Illinois
Saint Liborius at Saint Libory, Illinois
Saint Andrews in Teutonia, Illinois
Immaculate Conception in Kaskaskia, Illinois
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