Freeland

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St Ann's

Originally a mission of Immaculate Conception, Eckley; in 1930 Immaculate Conception was suppressed and St Ann's established as the parish¹

St Ann's School - established by the Hazleton Mercy Sisters from Buffalo in 1884; high school portion was closed in the 1960s^2,3

St Ann's Cemetery⁴

St Anthony's (Italian)

Established as a pastorate in ; merged with St Ann's 1990-92

St Casimir's (Polish-Lithuanian)

According to LGGS was established in 1862; possibly an organization date, but is very early. Established as a parish 1886-1888, merged with St Ann's

St John Nepomucene (Slovak)

St Mary's Byzantine

Established 1885^6,7

Cemetery

St Mary's School -- 652 Fern St. In 1947, there were 3 Sisters of St Basil the Great , 116 students; Sr Gabriel, Supr⁹

St Mary's Lithuanian

Possibly a mission⁸

St Michael's Russian Orthodox

Saints Peter & Paul Ukrainian Orthodox

 



Notes

1. Gallagher, Rev John P; A Century of History: The Diocese of Scranton 1868-1968, Scranton: The Diocese of Scranton, 1968, pp 138, 294
2. Ibid, pp 205,276
3. Chamberlin, Clint, "Local Scenes Freeland Area," home.epix.net/~captclint/local_scenes4.html. Antique post cards that include pictures of St Ann's School, St John's, St Mary's Byzantine, and St Anthony's churches.
4. Lamb, Tammy, "St Ann's Cemetery, Freeland, PA," sites.rootsweb.com/~paluzern/township/cemetery/stann.htm
5. Gallagher, Msgr John P, A Second Century Begins: The Diocese of Scranton 1968-1993, Scranton: The Diocese of Scranton, 1993, p159
6. Horbal, Bogdan, "One Hundred Years of Carpatho=Rusyn Americana in the Episcopal and Heritage Institute Libraries: The Vistula," www.carpatho-rusyn.org/bogdan2.htm. References St Mary's centennial in 1985.
7. Davidovich, Father Glenn Michael, "What is the Byzantine-Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church?" www.dreamwater.org/edu/passaic/history.htm. Freeland is referenced as the home of the second Ruthenian Church in the US, but doesn't specify if it was St Mary's or an earlier attempt.
8. Lithuanian Global Genealogical Society, "Lithuanian Parishes of the Roman Catholic Diocese in America," compiled by Ron Gillen and Juozas "Joe" Mickunas, www.lithuaniangenealogy.org/databases/churches/lt_churches-us.html?state=PA
9. Catholic Directory Anno Domini 1947, New York: P J Kenedy & Sons, 1947, p807