St. Joseph 100 Year Book

News / By /

St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Stoneham, Texas is preparing a Family/History book to celebrate 100 years at St. Joseph. We are looking for family stories, lore, and genealogy for this publication.

The "founding fathers" those who put their fortunes on the line to buy the land and build St.
Joseph’s church have descendants today who still populate the area. Whether you now belong to St. Mary’s, or wherever, if you are a descendant, we want your story and your genealogy.
We are attempting to show what happened to these original St. Joseph families.

…

St. Joseph 100 Year BookRead More »

St. Joseph 100 Year Book Read More »

Polski Dzien XXI

News / By /

The Bremond Chamber of Commerce is making big plans for the 21st Annual Polish Day celebration on Friday and Saturday, June 27 – 28, 2008 in downtown Bremond Texas. A number of events are scheduled including the parade, the Polish Day beauty pageant, the Poilsh Pickle Run, the BBQ Cook-Off, a 42-domino tournament, horeshoes, washers, three-on-three basketball and volleyball. Saturday evening events include a Polka Mass and a street dance with music by Cherokee Rose.

…

Polski Dzien XXIRead More »

Polski Dzien XXI Read More »

Brian Marshall Celebrates Birthday in Bremond

Celebrations, Current Events / By /

Famous musician Brian Marshall from Houston celebrated his 40th birthday in Bremond last Saturday. A big group of relatives, friends and fellow band members came to town in two limousines. They made stops at St. Mary’s Church and Cemetery, The Coal Mine Restaurant and the Dry Bean Saloon.
…

Brian Marshall Celebrates Birthday in BremondRead More »

Brian Marshall Celebrates Birthday in Bremond Read More »

St. Joseph in Stoneham’s 99th Annual Bazaar

Current Events, Festivals and Bazaars / By /

St. Joseph’s Church in Stoneham, Texas held their 99th annual homecoming bazaar on Sunday, May 25, 2008. The weather turned out great, well maybe a little hot, but there were plenty of liquid refreshments to cool you off.

In addition to the regular early Sunday Mass, a special bazaar Mass was celebrated at 10:30 am in St. Joseph’s beautiful remodeled church by visiting priest Msgr. Boleslaus Zientek. Fr Bole’s brother Msgr. Benedict Zientek, Fr Raul Marterior from Navasota and St. Joseph’s pastor Fr Ed Kucera were also at the bazaar.

A self-serve barbecue pork and beef dinner with all the fixings was served beginning at 11am. {quotes}As usual, the dinner line was long, but well worth the wait.{/quotes} There was music and dancing from 11 am until 8 pm along with Grocery, Cake, Plant, Fruit and Sausage booths for the
adults and Train Rides and Moonwalks for the
kids.

Leland Fougeron and his crew along with auctioneer Tommy Szymczak and Bobby Fuchs did a great job selling all of the home made furniture, crafts, quilts and other items at the live auction. After the auction, a drawing was held for the raffle prizes which included a John Deere mower and lots of other great prizes.

You can find more photos of the bazaar on St. Joseph’s website.

…

St. Joseph in Stoneham’s 99th Annual BazaarRead More »

St. Joseph in Stoneham’s 99th Annual Bazaar Read More »

History of St. Joseph Catholic Church, Stoneham, Texas

History / By /

St. Joseph Catholic Church in Stoneham TexasSt. Joseph Catholic Church was established in 1909 by a group of Polish-speaking immigrants from the Grimes Prairie, Stoneham and Plantersville areas. For many years, Stoneham’s Polish community worshiped either with the Polish community of St. Stanislaus in Anderson or with the Ukrainian-German community of St. Mary in Plantersville. In 1909, because of historical rivalries and antagonism rooted in the Old World and the arrival of a new pastor at St. Mary, the Polish community in the Stoneham area separated itself from the Plantersville community, joining itself with the Polish community of Anderson as a mission, and built its own sanctuary in the present location, under the spiritual leadership and jurisdiction of the Polish-speaking pastor of St. Stanislaus in Anderson. This arrangement would last until 1967 when jurisdiction would be transferred to St. Mary in Plantersville with St. Joseph as its Mission. This is the present status, uniting the communities of St. Mary and St. Joseph. …

History of St. Joseph Catholic Church, Stoneham, TexasRead More »

History of St. Joseph Catholic Church, Stoneham, Texas Read More »

Pages: 1 2

Houston’s 2nd Annual Polish Festival – 2008

Current Events, Festivals and Bazaars / By /

Houston Texas Polish Festival - Our Lady Of Czestochowa Church

The 2nd annual Polish Festival at Our Lady of Czestochowa Church in Houston was a rousing success. The festival was held on Saturday, May 3, 2008 on the church grounds in Spring Branch. Our Lady must have put in a good word for the parish because the weather was just about as perfect as it can get. The festivities started at 10 am and when I left a little after 9 pm it was still going strong. Everybody I talked to in the large crowd was having a good time.

…

Houston’s 2nd Annual Polish Festival – 2008Read More »

Houston’s 2nd Annual Polish Festival – 2008 Read More »