Czech Catholic Union

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The Czech Catholic Union is rich in history. Our forefathers, people of Czech descent and newcomers in a strange land, joined to form an association of benevolent societies which offered spiritual as well as material security. Their deep-rooted faith and desire for personal sanctification as well as love in their hearts, provided a natural framework for a fraternal group with concern for the bereaved. Their dedication to the Church coupled with their Czech tradition uniquely set them apart as a solid ethnically-oriented arm of the Church. They had a sincere loyalty to the Holy Father, as well as a deep concern for the parish and parochial school system. It was during the year 1878 that negotiations were started by the late Rev. Anthony Hynek of St. Wenceslaus Parish in Cleveland, and Mr. Emil Prucha from New York. St. Ann Society No. 1 was originally organized in 1867 as an Altar and Rosary Society at St. Wenceslaus Parish in Cleveland. St. Ludmila Society No. 2 was organized in 1871, and it was these two societies that formed the organization and selected the name of Czech Roman Catholic Central Union of Women, under the patronage of St. Ann. The name was changed in 1938 to the Czech Catholic Union. After an invitation to other groups was made through the media of Catholic newspapers, societies were organized in Connecticut, Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

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