St. Joseph's Colony - St. Michael's Parish

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      St. Michael's Parish
      Tramping Lake, Sask.
      Missionaries

      • Fr. Schweers O.M.I.
      • Fr. Guth O.M.I.
      • Fr. Krist O.M.I.
      • Fr. Hermandung O.M.I.
      • Fr. Emil O.M.I.
      • Fr. Schweers O.M.I.
      • Fr. Schnerch O.M.I.

      The first settlers resettled from the United States in 1906. Mass was first said on August 15, followed by the first procession of the Blessed Sacrament. The little church of sod was built on N.W. 28 - 36 - 21 in July. Blessed in September on the feast of St. Michael. The following year the rectory was built and the missionary took residence. The missions of Ermine and St. Francis were attended from here.

      The parish developed rapidly and a more permanent structure for a church was built on the same location in 1910. With the coming of the railroad in 1913, the townsite sprouted many business enterprises. With the death of the pastor, the parish remained vacant for two years and was cared for from Scott. Plans were carefully laid for a new church in the townsite and became a reality in June 1922, with Christmas Mass celebrated in the new building. The year 1924 brought the Ursuline Sisters into the public school.

      Religious Vocations

      • Ursuline Sisters of Prelate
      • Sr. Benedicta (Elizabeth Gutenberg)
      • Sr. Veronica (Mary Louise Heit)
      • Sr. Bernadette (Anna Mary Hoffart)
      • Sr. Helen (Rosa Hoftart)
      • Sr. Martha (Magdalen Lang)
      • Sr. Celestine (Eleanore Weran)
      • Sr. Georgina (Mary Johner)
      • Sr. Scholastica (Catherine Johner)
      • Sr. Boniface (Amelia Johner)
      • Sr. Beatrice (Magdalen Frehlich)
      • Sr. Dorothy (Gertrude Bartsch)
      • Sr. Rose (Barbara Frison)
      • Sr. Imelda (Magdalen Burgart)
      • Sr. Romana (Regina Jochim)
      • Sr. Jane (Elizabeth Jochim)
      • Sr. Benigna (Catherine Frehlich)

      Notre Dame Sisters of Leipzig

      • Sr. Bernarda (Elizabeth Reiter)
      • Sr. Eleonore (Magdalen Reiter)
      • Sr. Damian (Catherine Reiter)
      • Sr. Hyacinth (Rufina Reiter)
      • Sr. Bernice (Julia Volk)
      • Sr. Mary Ellen (Rosie Volk)

      EARLY SETTLERS
      (who settled In Tramping Lake In 1906)

      Burgart, Andreas (family of 4); Bertsch, Peter (f. of 7); Frehlich, Joseph (10); Ganie, Joseph (4); Gutenberg, Anton (3); Gutenberg, Joseph (single); Halter, Anton (8); Halter, Engelbert (4); Heit, Lambert (5); Heit, Philip (6); Heit, Igniatz (6); Hoffart, Bernard (8); Hummel, Philip (7); Jochim, Geo. (8); Johner, Johannes (7); Kraft, Phil. (6); Lang, Anton (3); Lang, Felix (2); Lang, Johannes (7); Laschire, Jos. (6); Laturnus, Mary (8); Meier, Lorenz (4); Reiter, Heinrich (2); Reiter, Joseph (8); Reiter, Georg (4); Sali, Jacob (4); Sander, Georg (3); Sander, Michel (6); Simon, Cyril (6); Senger, Phil. (6); Sitter, Mich. (6); Schwab, Wend. (8); Volk, Peter (5); Tucbscherer, Magd. (6);Wagner, Jos. (5); Weber, Phil. (4); Weran, Stephan (8); Zlgler, Franz (5); (in all 210)

      Outstanding Lay Persons (Tramping Lake)

      Bohn, Catherine, teacher 1943�55; Driscoll, Helen, R. N. 1933-36; Driscoll, Lucie, R. N. 1935-38; Frison, Edward, B.A. (Saskatchewan), teacher 1946�55; Frison, Joseph P., teacher 1933-52; Frison, Leo, B.A., B.Ed. (Saskatchewan), teacher 1947-55; Frison, Sebastian, Choirmaster 1947�55; Gawrie, Jessie, teacher 1923-33; Gawrie, Robert., B.A. (Dalhousie); Heit, Anton, Returning Officer 1949�55; Heit, Apollinia, teacher 1940�55; Heit, Martha, teacher 1954�55; Hoffart, Angela, teacher 1952�55; Hoffart, August, trustee of Larger School Unit 1945�50; Hof fart, Beatrice, teacher 1950-54; Hoffart, Jctn, B.A. (Manitoba) M.B.A. actuary; Hoffart, Marcella, teacher 1951-55; Hoffart, Martha, R. N. 1948-55; Hoffart, Monica, R. N. 1953-55; Hoffart, Rita, teacher 1951-55; Gutenberg, Aemilia, teacher; Gutenberg, Anton, Reeve of Mariposa Munic. 1920-35; Gutenberg, Eva, R. N. 1944-47; Gutenberg, Mary, R. N. 1944-54, supervisor 1954�55; Gutenberg Florence, teacher 1941.-43, R N. 1948�55; Lang, Helen, R. N. 1949�55; Lang, Regina, teacher 1932-53; Meier, Adrian, Sec. of Larger School Unit 1945�48; Reiter, Kasper, choirmaster 1942� 47; Helter, John B., teacher 1936�55; Rlmmer, Gab., Justice of Peace 1930�45; Schill, Florence, teacher 1938� 43, R N. 1943�47; Schill, Mary Lou, R. N. 1933-37: Senger, Pius teacher 1948�55; Senger Raymond, teach. er 1954-55; Simon, Aemllia, teacher 1946-51; Tuchscherer, Magdalene, teacher 1944-55; Yolk, Annie, R. N. 1940�55; Yolk, Magdalena, teacher 1931�45; Wahl, A. E., choirmaster 1918-42; Wahl, Genovieve, B.A. (Seattle), R. N. 1937�43, instructress 1943�55; Wahl, Helen, R. N. 1948-55; Weber, Andy, teacher 1952�54; Weber, Eugene, teacher 1952�55~ Weber, Theodore, teacher 1952�55.

      With Canada's Fighting Forces

      Bartley, Peter; Bohn, Everen and Sylvester; Borschneck, Joseph and Conrad; Burgart, Joseph; Fetsch, Frank; Fluney, Robert; Frehlich, Joseph; Frison, Edward and Leo; Gowrie, Bruce, Jacob, Robert and Thomas; Gutenberg, Andrew and Joseph; Halter, Anton and Philip; Heit, Casper, Lambert and Tony; Hoffart, Frank P., Peter and Stanley J.; Johner, Jack; Lang, John; Lorer, Alois; Meier, Adrian and Philip; Helter, Tony; Roth, Wendelin; Sander, John and Sebastian; Schan, George; Scherr, Alex; Schill, Donald, Norman and Wilfred; Schwab, Karl; Segmour, Delbert; Simon, Joseph; Sitter, Mathias; Stolz, George, Stanislaus and Peter; Yolk, John; Wahl, Edward and Leo; Welter, George, John, Joseph and Peter; Weber, Frank.

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