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Name: Francis Kollaschewski
Event Type: Naturalization
Event Date: 1882
Event Place: Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States
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Name: Francis Kollaschewski
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Event Date: 1880
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Name: Francis Kollaschewski
Event Type: Naturalization
Event Date: 1880
Event Place: , Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States
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Frank Kollaschewsky
United States Census, 1880
Name: Frank Kollaschewsky
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1880
Event Place: Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 28
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Race: W
Occupation: Student
Relationship to Head of Household: Other
Relationship to Head of Household: Other
Birth Year (Estimated): 1852
Birthplace: Poland
Father's Birthplace: Poland
Mother's Birthplace: Poland
Sheet Letter: C
Sheet Number: 414
Person Number: 19
Volume: 1
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace Frank Kollaschewsky Other Male 28 Poland
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Frank Adolph Kolaszewski
Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953
Name: Frank Adolph Kolaszewski
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 02 Dec 1910, 02 Dec 1910
Event Place: Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio
Residence Place: Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio
Address: Dennison & W.42nd
Gender: Male
Age: 59
Marital Status: Single
Race: w
Occupation: clergyman
Birth Date: 05 Sep 1851
Birthplace: Sokolav/Poland (Sokołów Podlaski)
Birth Year (Estimated): 1851
Burial Date: 06 Dec 1910
Cemetery: Calvary
Father's Name: John Kolaszewski
Father's Birthplace: Marrenburg, Germany (Marienburg)
Mother's Name: Catharina Jargens (Gergens or maybe Jürgens)
Mother's Birthplace: Marrenburg, Germany (Marienburg)
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Rev Franz Kolaszewski
Aus: CLEVELAND UND SEIN DEUTSCHTUM (1907)
Rev Kolaszewski ist ein Sturmgeprüfter Geistlicher, ein mann, der aus eigener Kraft zum Priester wurde und sich und einer blühenden Gemeinde die Selbständigkeit gab. Am 5 Sep 1851 in Elzbietow in Polen als Sohn eines Baumeisters gebornen, empfing er seinen ersten Unterricht in der Ortschule und später im Gymnasium zu Siedletz. Krieg und Revolution trieben die Familie im Jahre 1864 fort. Die tiefe Narbe in Rev Kolaszewski’s Gesicht datirt aus jener Zeit und ist ein undenten an die Schlacht von Kutnow und der Lanzenstich, den ein Kosak ihm beibrachte. Die Familie wurde bis ans Schwarze Meer vertrieben. Mit dem Fintreten ruhigerer Verhältnisse zog Sie nach Polen zurück. Sein Vater wurde krank in Warschau, und Franz wurde einem Gärtner übergeben. Als der Vater genesen war, fand der ein Stelle bei Warschau, später zog die Familie nach Ostrow, und in Ostrow war es, wo Rev Mar, dem die Stimme und das Wesen des dem Kirchenchor angehörenden jungen Franz gefiel, ihm gesprach, er solle Geistlicher werden. Jedoch dazu fehlte es an Mitteln. Der Pfarrer nahm ihn an sich, er konnte bei ihm des Abends studiren, des Tages mußte er eben arbeiten, un Rev Kolaszewski denkt nach heute zurück an jene Zeiten, wo er an der Filter in der Zuckerfabrik stand und sich in rühriger Arbeit für die Abendlichten Studien erholte. Das dauerte zwei Jahre und der Reverend hätte un zu Weiterausbildung gerne nach Rom geschicht, doch ließ das dessen geizige Schwester nicht zu, die dem Schützling ohnedies nich sehr hold war. Es wurde also nichts mit Rom. Dem Franz ging das so nahe, daß er alles ausgab und fortging. Er wanderte nach Loß (Lodz) und fand dort in einen Machinenfabrik Unterkommen. Nach 2.5 Jahre wurde er zum Gesellen gesprochen. Als sein Vater von hiervon erfuhr, freute er ihn so sehr, das er kam und ihn besuchte. Franz arbeitete als Maschinistengesell noch 0.75 Jahr, dann ging er auf die Wanderschaft und wandte sich Deutschland zu. Er sah die Städte Berlin, Potsdam, Danzig und Stettin. In letzterer Stadt stand er in Arbeit, als im Jahr 1873 sein Vater nach Amerika auswanderte, und sie traten sich in Stettin. Franz sollte nach Polen zurückkehren, um die Mutter zu unterstüzen, was er auch that.
Im folgenden Jahr wanderte Franz selbst nach Amerika aus und begab sich zum Vater nach Cleveland. Seine erste arbeit fand er in Charley Rau’s Wagenfabrik auf der Westseite, späterhin ging er nach Detroit und weiter nach Wisconsin. In Green Bay, mit dem letzten stückchen Brot in der Tasche, trat er ind die Ave Maria Kirche und fiel ermattet in einen tiefen Schlaf. Dreimal hörte er eine Stimme, die zu ihm sagte, gehe hin, wo die großen Schlöte sind, dort wirst du Arbeit finden. Nachdem er an der Stimme zum dritten Mal erwacht war, stand er auf, ging hin, wor er die Schlöte ragen sah und sand an dem Ort eine Bierbrauerei, in welcher er richtig Arbeit fand, were ihm der Traum Werheißen hatte.
Damit was ein neuer Stern am Himmel Franzens aufgegangen, und er war halb in der Lage, nach dem Putzen der Fässer und der Beaussichtigung der Machinen, die ihm anvertraut wurde, nach des Tages früh angefangener Arbeit Abends Privatunterricht zu nehmen, zu studiren und vor allem die Englische Sprache zu erlernen. Mächtig erwachte in ihm auf’s neue der Wunsch, Priester zu werden, er nahm sich vor, nich nachzulassen, bis er dieses Ziel erreicht hätte, schien ihn doch alles dazu zu bestimmen, ihm zuzusprechen und günstigere Aussichten ihm zuzulächeln. Arbeit un Rühe kostete er, aber das war es gerade, was der junge, kräftige, in der Arbeit breits genug geübte junge Mann nicht Scheute. Heiter und Frohgemuth hielt er in der Brauerei und in Green Bay aus, bis er die Sprache des Landes hinreichend kannte und sich die Mittel erübrigt hatte um nach Cleveland zurückzukehren; denn in Cleveland sollte er und wollte er sein Ziel erreichen. Seine Mutter und der Rest der Familie waren ebenfalls nach Cleveland nachgekommen.
Nach Cleveland zurückgekehrt, wurde er durch die St. Joseph’s Kirche mit Vater Kilian Bekannt, der damals gerade von einer Reise aus Europa zurüchgekehrt und an der gründung eines Jünglingsvereins war. Franz Kolaszewski wurde das erste erste Mitglied. Zunächst verdiente er seinen Lebenunterricht weiter durch Arbeit in Blad’s Wagenfabrik am Broadway und Abends studirte er bein den Franziskaner-Vaters. Er hatte jetzt Anschluß an die geistliche Welt. Es dauerte kein Jahr, war er ins Kloster aufgenommen, und nun konnte er gegen Arbeitsleistung dortselbst wohnen und studiren. Er holte in zwei Jahr fünf klassen nach. Als er so weit wurde er zur Weiterbildung. In das Mutterhaus des Franziskaner nach Teutopolis bei St Louis desandt. Auch dort gedieh sein Studium vorzüglich, und er fand auch Gelegenheit, sein mechanisches Geschict zu zeigen, inden er einen Schrank mit 64 Thüren für die Brüder machte. Nach Absolvirung ser sechten klasse kehrte er auf der Eltern Wunsch nack Cleveland zurück. Damals wurde gerade die St Joseph’s Kirche eingeweiht, und Vater Kilian stellte den Hoffnungsvollen jungen Mann dem Bischof Gilmour vor, der lebhastes Interesse an ihm nahm. Er führte ihn Dr. Duiglen zu, und dieser dem Professor Maal am Priester-Seminar an Lake Straße, und nach Bestehung eines gründlichen Framens wurde er das Seminar aufgenommen. Fünf Jahre barg das Seminar ihn, und die Priesterweihe war erreicht. Es war im Jahre 1883, am 1 Juli. Mit der Weihe zum Priester begann für Rev Kolaszewski das Werk, dass zu vollbringen er nach Siegreicher Überwindung so vieler Schwierigkeiten jetzt der Mann war. Der Schwerste Kampf freilich stand ihm noch bevor. Die Polnische Kolonie in Cleveland bestand damals aus etwa 45 Familien, von denen kaum ein Dutzend in der Gegend wohnte, die er sich zur Anlegung seiner Kirche ausersah, während die übrigen weitab zerstreut lagen. Die Kirche, mit deren Grünung er anfing, ist die jetzige Stanislaus-Kirche. Die schönste in ganz Ohio, deren herstellen auf 150 000 $ kam. Zu den ursprünglichen in dem Viertel wohnenden Familien waren in Lauf der Zeit mehr und mehr andere gekommen, was den Ausbau der Kirche möglich machte.
Das Gedeihen der Gemeide erfüllte die Geistlichkeit mit Gifersucht, und unter ihrem Betreiben entstand eine Strömung gegen Kolaszewski in ihr, so daß er es schließlich vorzug, den Berfolgungen und Unfeindungen aus dem weg zu gehen und nach Syracuse, NY überzusiedeln, wo er geraume Zeit verblieb, eine neue Gemeinde gründete und eine schöne Kirche baute. Andere Glieder der Kirche die unentwegt zu ihm standen, wollten ihn zurück haben, und er ließ sich schließlichherbei, dem Drängen nachzugeben und zurückzukehren. Doch fingen die alten Intriguen wieder an, und es kam zu Prozessen und selbst zur Excommunication Kolaszewski’s. Nachdem die Geistlichkeit so weit gegangenwar, schritten die Anhänger Kolaszewski’s ihrenseits zur Bildung einer Selbstständigen Kirchengemeinde, die sich so ausbreitete, daß sie heute nicht weniger als 600 Familien zählt. Sie erstand ein schönes Grundeigentum, 320 [97.5 m] bei 280 Fuß [30 m], an Freemont Avenue wo Sie eine neue Kirche, die Church of the immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary, errichtete, die mit einem hübchen Park umgeben ist, und daneben ein prächtiges Wohngebäude für die mackeren Pastor, der darin in ungestörtem Frieden seiner geistlichen Arbeit wie behaglichter Erholung leben kann. Ihm zur Zeite steht seit einiger Zeit ein tüchiger junger Geistlicher, Andreas Ryczek, der auf der Universität Krakau seine theologische und philosophische Ausbildung genuß. Ausser der Kirche besißt die Gemeide auch einen eigenen Friedhof mit einem Flächeninhalt von 10 acres [4 ha] an Marcelline Avenue. Das ist Kolaschewski’s Werk. Obwohl er betont, ein Pole zu sein, war er noch lange genug in Deutschland und nimmt zu warmen Antheil an deutschen Bestrebungen außerdem sind die Interessen des deutschen und des polnischen Elements hierzulande so eng verbunden, daß wir einem Manne wie ihm den Platz in unserem Buche anweisen, der ihm gebührt.
Englische Übersetzung - English Translation:
Rev Kolaszewski is a storm tested clergyman, a man who became a priest on his own and gave himself and a thriving community the independence. Born on 5 Sep 1851 in Elzbietow [by Sokołów Podlaski] in Poland, the son of a master builder, he received his first lessons in the village school and later in the Gymnasium to Siedletz [Siedlce]. War and revolution drove out the family in 1864. The deep scar in Rev Kolaszewski's face dates back to that time and is an indelible part of the Battle of Kutnow [Łuków} and the lance-engraving a Cossack inflicted on him. The family was driven to the Black Sea. With the beginning of calmer conditions they moved back to Poland. His father became ill in Warsaw, and Franz was handed over to a gardener. When the father had recovered, he found a place near Warsaw, later the family moved to Ostrow [Ostrów Wielkopolski], and it was in Ostrow where Rev Mar, who liked the voice and nature of the church choir that the young Franz belonged to spoke to him that he should become a clergyman. However, he lacked resources. The pastor took him in, so he could study with him in the evening, he had to work during the day, and Rev Kolaszewski is thinking back to those days when he was working on the filters in the sugar factory [ at Elzbietow] and working hard to have gotten the evening light for Studying. It took two years and the Reverend would have liked to go to Rome for further training, but did not allow that due to his stingy sister, who was not very fond of the protégé in any case. So it did not work with Rome. It was too much for Franz that he gave up everything and departed. He moved to Lodz and found accommodation there in a machine factory. After 2.5 years, he was promoted to a journeyman. When his father found out about this, he was so pleased that he came and visited him. Franz worked as a machinist for 0.75 years, then he went on the road and turned to Germany. He saw the cities of Berlin, Potsdam, Danzig and Stettin. In the latter city he was working when his father emigrated to America in 1873, and they left Stettin. Franz should return to Poland to support his mother, which he did.
The following year, Franz himself emigrated to America and went to Cleveland to be with his father. He found his first job in Charley Rau's car factory on the west side, later he went to Detroit and on to Wisconsin. In Green Bay, with the last bit of bread in his pocket, he stepped into the Ave Maria Church and fell wearily into a deep sleep. Three times he heard a voice that said to him, go where the big pots are, there you will find work. After awakening his voice for the third time, he got up, went to see where he was standing, and found a brewery in the place where he found a job, and the dream had come to him.
Thus, a new star rose in the sky for Franz, and he was half able, after cleaning the barrels and the construction of the machines entrusted to him, which was entrusted to him after the day's early work, to take private lessons in the evening, to study and, above all to learn the English language. In him power awakened again in the desire to become a priest, he resolved to not let up, until he had achieved this goal, but it seemed to him to determine everything, to speak to him and smiles more favorable prospects to him. He cost labor and trouble, but that was just what the young, strong, well-practiced young man was not afraid of. He held out cheerfully and gladly in the brewery and in Green Bay, until he knew the language of the country sufficiently and had no need for the means to return to Cleveland; because in Cleveland he should and if he wanted to reach his goal. His mother and the rest of the family had also come to Cleveland. After returning to Cleveland, he became known through St. Joseph's Church with his father Kilian, who had just returned from a trip to Europe and was founding a youth club. Franz Kolaszewski became the first member. First, he continued to earn his living lessons by working in Blad's Broadway carriage factory, and in the evenings he studied with the Franciscan father. He was now connected to the spiritual world. It took less than a year for him to be admitted to the monastery, and now he could live and study there against work. He caught up with five classes in two years. As he got so far he was training. Accepted to the motherhouse of the Franciscan to Teutopolis at St Louis. There, too, his studies flourished excellently, and he also found an opportunity to show his mechanical skills, in which he made a cupboard with 64 doors for the brothers. After graduating this sixth year, he returned to Cleveland on his parents' request. At that time, St Joseph's Church was inaugurated, and Father Kilian introduced the hopeful young man to Bishop Gilmour, who took lively interest in him. He introduced him to Dr. Duiglen too, and also to Professor Maal at the Priest Seminary on Lake Street, and after passing a fundamental examination he was admitted to the seminary. The seminary kept him for five years, and he was ordained to the priesthood. It was in 1883, on the 1st of July. With the consecration to the priesthood, Rev Kolaszewski was now the man that began the work that he was to accomplish after victoriously overcoming so many difficulties. The heaviest fight was yet to come. At that time, the Polish colony in Cleveland consisted of about forty-five families, of whom scarcely a dozen lived in the area where he envisioned to build his church, while the rest were scattered widely. The church he founded was the present St Stanislaus Church. The most beautiful in Ohio, whose production came to $150 000. To the original families already living in the neighborhood, in the course of time, more and more others had come, which made the expansion of the church possible.
The prosperity of the community filled the clergy with jealousy, and under their influence there arose a tide against Kolaszewski in them, so that he finally preferred to avoid the persecutions and hostilities and move to Syracuse, NY, where he remained for quite some time founded new community and built a beautiful church. Other members of the Church, who were always with him, wanted him back, and he finally consented to yield to the urge to return. But the old intrigues began again, and there were trials and even the excommunication of Kolaszewski. After the clergy had gone so far, the followers of Kolaszewski in their turn began to form a self-governing parish, which spread so that it counts no fewer than 600 families today. They acquired a beautiful property, 320 [97.5 m] by 280 feet [30 m], on Freemont Avenue, where they built a new church, the Church of the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary, which is surrounded by a pretty park and next to it a magnificent residential building for the poor Pastor, who can live there in undisturbed peace of his spiritual work like a well-rested rest. For the time being, he has a talented young clergyman, Andreas Ryczek, who enjoys his theological and philosophical education at the University of Krakow. In addition to the church, the community owns its own cemetery with an area of 10 acres [4 ha] on Marcelline Avenue. That's Kolaschewski's work. Although he emphasized that he was a Pole, he was still in Germany for a long time, and too warmly took part in German ambitions; moreover, the interests of the German and Polish elements in this country are so closely connected that we assign a man like him the place in our book who deserves it.
Other Related Links:
https://good-enough.net/2017/11/29/children-of-a-warrior-nation/
https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franciszek_Ko%C5%82aszewski
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immaculate_Heart_of_Mary_Church_(Cleveland,_Ohio)
https://wikivisually.com/wiki/Immaculate_Heart_of_Mary_Church_(Cleveland,_Ohio)#cite_note-RadekerSobola1993-16
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrine_Church_of_St._Stanislaus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacred_Heart_of_Jesus_Church_(Cleveland,_Ohio)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search/Kolaszewski
http://www.slavicvillagehistory.org/category_pages/IHM/History/IHM_short_history.htm
http://www.webcitation.org/6C69fMtaI
http://www.poles.org/db/K_names/Kolaszewski_F.html
http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~sarmatia/100/bukowczyk.html
https://books.google.com/books?id=KyIuDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT117&lpg=PT117&dq=Rademacher+kolaszewski&source=bl&ots=DBoLR9Yftn&sig=Xy3BDvvZx27hBHz2-erg0vreImI&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjllcq8oajeAhX4HzQIHVkbBrMQ6AEwB3oECAMQAQ#v=onepage&q=Rademacher%20kolaszewski&f=false
http://clevelandmemory.org/ebooks/polish/part03.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immaculate_Heart_of_Mary_Church_%28Cleveland,_Ohio%29
Burial:
Calvary Cemetery
Cleveland
Cuyahoga County
Ohio, USA
Plot: Section 9,
http://ech.case.edu/cgi/article.pl?id=KAF
KOLASZEWSKI, ANTON FRANCIS - The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History
KOLASZEWSKI, ANTON FRANCIS (5 Sept. 1851-2 Dec. 1910), dynamic priest, was born in Russian Poland to John and Catherine Gergens Kolaszewski. His family immigrated to America, and Kolaszewski studied for the priesthood at Franciscan College at Teutopolis, Ill. and St. Mary Seminary in Cleveland, being ordained in 1883 and becoming pastor of ST. STANISLAUS CHURCH. His congregation grew as Polish immigrants arrived seeking steel mill jobs. With their religion alone familiar in the new land, Kolaszewski was not only their pastor but also their community leader. As his congregation grew, Kolaszewski envisioned a soaring brick Gothic church and, counting on the generosity of his poorly paid parishioners, let out contracts and began the work in 1886. When completed in 1891, St. Stanislaus Church cost $250,000. Earlier Kolaszewski established Sacred Heart of Jesus church for Poles living in the southern part of the district. By 1889 he built a church for that congregation.
St. Stanislaus parish developed factions. Kolaszewski's appraisal of his congregation's financial resources proved false, and Kolaszewski had unwisely concealed both the church cost and resulting debt from diocesan authorities. Bp. IGNATIUS HORSTMANN† demanded Kolaszewski's resignation in 1892. Kolaszewski went to Syracuse, N.Y., beginning an association with a Polish nationalistic movement of dissident Roman Catholics. In 1894, Kolaszewski returned to Cleveland. Popular with many former parishioners, a number joined IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY PARISH, which Kolaszewski organized, emphasizing both the congregation's orthodoxy yet its independence from diocesan control. Kolaszewski refused to concede and was excommunicated. He reconciled with the church in 1908 but resigned the pastorate.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immaculate_Heart_of_Mary_Church_%28Cleveland,_Ohio%29
Founding in Schism
The independent schismatic congregation, under the title of Independent Polish Catholic Church of the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary[9] or Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary,[10](p174) was founded 3 May 1894[11] - about 47 years after the Diocese of Cleveland was erected by Pope Pius IX.[12]
The founding happened at the beginning of the Progressive Era after the Panic of 1893.
The founder, Rev. Anton Francis Kolaszewski (pl) (né Rademacher),[13] also known as Rademacher Kolaszewski and Kolaszewski-Rademacher,[14][15] was born 5 September 1851 in Elzbietów,[further explanation needed] Poland and immigrated to the United States at about the age of eight.[16]
Kolaszewski made his collegiate studies in the Franciscan College,[17] in Teutopolis, Illinois; then entered St. Mary's Seminary, Cleveland, where, after completing the prescribed course in philosophy and theology, had been ordained for the Diocese of Cleveland, by Bishop Richard Gilmour on 1 July 1883, and was appointed the first resident pastor of St. Stanislaus' church a few weeks after his ordination.[18](p493) Between 1886 and 1890, frequent charges were made against Kolaszewski. Within two months after Bishop Ignatius Frederick Horstmann came to the diocese, another grave charge was made against Kolaszewski. He was unable to disprove it, and so, on 28 May 1892, offered his resignation. His resignation was accepted by Horstmann, on condition that he leave the diocese, which he did. He moved from Cleveland to Syracuse, New York. There he worked as a priest, known as Father Colley,[19] and founded Sacred Heart Church, the first Polish parish church in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse.[20] He had also been practicing medicine without a license. The Syracuse Courier reported that he "had built up quite an extensive practice drawn mostly from the female portion of the community" and his practice had been brought to the attention of the Onondaga County Medical Society. He was repeatedly served with notices to desist but kept on with his practice. The matter was then brought to the attention of Bishop Patrick Anthony Ludden, but even his disapproval had no effect on his actions. Finally, the Medical society arranged for his arrest. Early in April 1894 he left suddenly and mysteriously; the Syracuse Courier conjectured that he probable learned of his impending arrest and left Syracuse to avoid prosecution. He visited Cleveland and returned to Syracuse on business in May.[19][21] Kolaszewski remained in Syracuse until May, 1894, when he returned to Cleveland and organized a congregation of his followers from St. Stanislaus' church.[10](pp172-173)
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Anton Francis Kolaszewski.
Born in Elzbietow, Poland on September 5, 1851, he was brought to our country at about the age of eight where he received a lifelong source of pride, an American education. After completing studies at the Franciscan College in Teutopolis, Illinois and St. Mary Seminary in Cleveland, he was ordained at the seminary by Bishop Gilmour on July 1, 1883.
His involvement in the community began on August 5, 1883 when he was named pastor of St. Stanislaus, where he immediately set about making improvements. A rectory was built in the fall and the frame church was enlarged in early 1884.
However, this latter expansion soon proved to be inadequate. Increasing membership turned his attention toward replacing the temporary church located on the second floor of a wood building with a large brick and stone structure.
Bishop Gilmour gave permission for this project when financial statements and estimates of future revenues submitted by Rev. Kolaszewski and parish leaders appeared sufficient to proceed with the undertaking. Consent inspired action and the foundation was laid during August, 1886.
The resourceful pastor used every possible method to retire the debt on the church that the press referred to as the '...Temple on Tod (East 65th) Street' and '...the finest house of worship in the Catholic Diocese.' He augmented income from pledges and benefits by personally seeking donations from workers as they left their jobs on payday.
However, even this imposing structure soon became too small to accommodate the growing population of the area. By the late 1880's over 200 families settled in the Brecksville Road (East 71st St.), Harvard Avenue district elected to form their own parish.
Rev. Kolaszewski asked for and received permission to purchase land for Sacred Heart Parish and offered the first Mass there on Christmas Day, 1889.
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These allegations were in response to Rev. Kolaszewski's request that his assistant be removed for undermining pastoral authority.
It is evident from a reply dated November 4, 1890 that the Bishop had expressed dissatisfaction with Rev. Kolaszewski. In his letter the pastor answers,
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Constant bickering between the pastor and his assistant, complaints from certain parishioners, and an allegation that Rev. Kolaszewski kept in contact with Rev. Kolasinski, an ex-priest who had established an independent church in Detroit, prompted Bishop Horstmann to investigate the problems.
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A close call that occurred in 1878 as the basis for the most serious charge leveled against Rev. Kolaszewski.
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The departure of Rev. Kolaszewski failed to quell the turmoil at St. Stanislaus.
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Other than a number of unconfirmed reports and scandalous insinuations, there is little reliable information about Rev. Kolaszewski's activities in Syracuse. It is known that he was immediately appointed founding pastor of the city's first Polish church, Sacred Heart Parish, and on April 1, 1894, was officially relieved of all priestly duties, supposedly for involvement in the independent church movement.
Meanwhile, word had reached Cleveland of his impending dismissal, intensifying the drive for his reinstatement as pastor of St. Stanislaus. Promoters had petitioned Archbishop Satolli as early as February, and in March, Bishop Horstmann, the archbishop, some parishioners, and Rev. Kolaszewski all exchanged letters about the situation. The ex-pastor personally pleaded his case before the Apostolic Delegate on April 5th, which, according to his version, resulted in the prelate endorsing his work despite the latter's public and private support of the bishop.
The Kolaszewski faction intensified their efforts by presenting an April 20th, 600-signature petition restating their demands to the bishop. When he tested their sincerity by asking would they form another church if he did not comply, they indecisively replied, "That is a hard question."
Meanwhile, Rev. Kolaszewski had decided to visit his friend in Detroit, Rev. Dominic Kolasinski, a priest who incurred the wrath of church authorities by establishing the first independent Catholic church in the United States.
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Kolaszewski, I do not care to talk to you.'
I waited until he was through and then I bowed low and said, 'Good morning reverend bishop.' 'I do not want to talk to you,'he cried. 'I have nothing to say to you.' 'But I have to you most reverend bishop,' said I. 'I wish you to leave this house,' he cried in the same loud tones. 'Ihave a right in this house,' I said. 'It is my house. My people helped to build it.' 'I do not want to have anything to say to you,' he declared again. 'In the name of justice,' I said, 'give me my church for which my people paid and which they own.' 'Never,' he said. 'Then permit me to build another church,' I said. 'Never,' he said again. 'Then reverend bishop,' I said respectfully, 'we will build our own church and keep it in our own name and ever look to you as its spiritual head. If you impose a tax we will cheerfully pay it but we will keep our own property in our own name.' ''I forbid you to build a church,' he cried. We wish you a good morning reverend bishop,' I said, and we withdrew."
Aware that his hopes for reinstatement as pastor were dashed, Rev. Kolaszewski and his eager congregation proceeded to establish their own church. The outcome of the Rev. Kolasinski case convinced him that once the church was built and had the congregation's support, it would be admitted into the diocese.
The following morning, May 3rd and Polish Constitution Day, Rev. Kolaszewski rode in a closed carriage that was escorted by three honor guards from his temporary residence at 75 Union Street (6607-09 Union Avenue) to Szach's Hall, 136 Fleet Street (southeast corner of Fleet Avenue and East 54th Street). Hundreds of well-wishers lined the sidewalks to welcome his return with cheers and waving hands as he passed the open doors of St. Stanislaus and the homes of Polish families along the way.
When he arrived at the hall he spoke for two hours justifying his actions by explaining they were motivated by concern for the welfare of his people. When the hectic, overcrowded meeting finally began, his followers wanted to elect him pastor for life, but legal constraints limited his term to 99 years.
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Although Rev. Kolaszewski had moved to 42 Poland Street (3926 East 66th Street), the first Mass was offered on May 20th in a larger home at 59 Poland Street (3945 East 66th Street). This residence served as their church until the impatient congregation began attending Mass in the partially constructed church on June 17th.
There was speculation that the new church of about 300 families would affiliate with the National Polish Alliance and, later, when Archbishop Vilatte of the Independent Catholic Church conducted dedication services there were fears that they would join that group. Neither supposition materialized because Rev. Kolaszewski, rejecting certain tenets of both organizations, chose to adhere to traditional Catholic dogma and ritual.
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Rev. Anton Kolaszewski
Immaculate Heart of Mary ...
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Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish, located at 6700 Lansing Ave. in Cleveland, was established on 3 May 1894 by Rev. Anton F. Kolaszewski, the former pastor of St. Stanislaus Church. Immaculate Heart began as a schismatic parish that served an ever-increasing number of poles in the city's Warszawa district. Fr. Kolaszewski continued as pastor until 1908, when both he and his parishioners formally reconciled with the diocese.
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