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Home Town or Home Community:
Esterhazy, SK
Our Story:
About five km. south of the town of Esterhazy stands an old stone church. The local people call it the Kaposvar church. It formed the nucleus parish of the Hungarian, Czecho-Slovak and Ukrainian pioneers who settled in that area in 1886 and in later years.
The Magyar settlers brought with them from the Plains of Hungary a strong devotion to Our Lady which they transmitted to their children in the New World. Within four years, the St. Istvan school district was organized and Franz Holtshacker served the community as teacher. He ...more Story
Related Links:
Our Lady of the Prairies Foundation
Western Development Museum
Contact:
Our Lady of the Prairies Foundation
Box 22076
Saskatoon SK S7H 5P1
Canada
info@ourladyfoundation.org
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