Columbus Catholic High School - Compass Yearbook (Marshfield, WI)

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CCRPUS CHRISTI Corpus Chrlstl Church, Bakervllle Unique yet typically Amerucan was the begmmng of Corpus Chrnsta parush Baker vllle A group of early settlers most of them German though a number of French and a few lndzan famllles polned them were determlned to organize a parish When the blshop gave has pe mlssnon to the protect they worked together at the bunldlng of a modest log church opposute the lte of the present one Here services were held un tal 1885 when the present larger church was built to accommodate the growlng populatlon of the parush For the first twelve years, Corpus Chrnstl was served by a priest from St Johns Marshtleld then the care of the parish was transferred rn 1887 to the Reverend Con stantlne Nau pastor of the St Michaels Church Hewutt From that tame untul a rec tory was bullt Corpus Chrnstn was a mrssnon of Hewitt ln the mtervenung years 4 prlests ministered to the parish the Reverend Paul Geyer and the Reverend August Bnrsner for a year each the Reverend Wlnand Daniels for thirteen years from 1891 to 1904 and the Reverend Albert Dorrenbach from 1904 to 1907 K . 'L .-1 J 1 ' PM f , 5:77 , 1 N ' ' if szssizim.. ' ,J . . . . . . . . I I ' I 1 ' I ' I I I - . . , -- I , -- I . . ' I 1' , . 5 1 . - I I I I

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iff-f MARSHFIELD ln 1903, the grateful congregation built the present rectory for their pastor, while he was visiting his home in Bavaria. Upon the death, in 1907, of Father Eisen, who had served the parish for fifteen years, the Rev- erend Joseph F. Volz was appointed pastor of St. John's Church. lt was during his pastorate of nineteen years, that a new con- vent was built for the growing community of teachers, and a central heating plant in- stalled. Upon the death of Father Volz in 1926, the Right Reverend A. J. Dorrenbach became pastor. Father Dorrenbach was made a Domestic Prelate in 1930 by His Holiness, Pope Pius Xl. His first plans con- cerned the expanding of St. John's School. A new building was erected in 1928 to accommodate the upper grades and two years of high school, a spacious gymnasium- auditorium was included. The Reverend Augustine Frisch succeeded Monsignor Dor- renbach, who died in 1941. During his short pastorate of two years, St. John's elementary school was gutted by tire. When the Very Rev. Michael J. Kelnhofer became pastor in 1943, his first task was the rebuilding of the Grade School. Before long a spacious, modern, attractive building stood on the corner of Blodgett and Walnut Streets. The present pastor, the Very Reverend Hugh J. Deeny, who succeeded Father Keln- hofer in 1949, has continued and expanded the program of progress established at St. John's. His first work, the redecorating of the parish church, was followed by the ex- panding of the two-year high school into a four-year high, 1950 to 1951. This expan- we , Rev Bernard G. Schreiber Assistant Very Rev Hugh J Deeny Pastor sion made more space and equipment a necessity if the large number of Catholic youth in the Marshfield area were to have the benefit of a Catholic education. At the word of His Excellency, the Most Reverend John Patrick Treacy, Bishop of La Crosse Father Deeny undertook the tremendous pro iect now nearing completion - the planning and building of Columbus High School Assisting Father Deeny in parish and school are the Reverend Eugene A. Comiskey and the Reverend Bernard G. Schreiber. Beyond all this growth and expansion and vastly more important, is the spiritual health of the parish, attested to, not only by the flourishing organizations for men and wo- men, but above all, by the throngs at the altar rail.

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B KERVILLE At last, Corpus Christi was to have its own resident pastor. In 1907, the Reverend John Schumacher was assigned to the parish. AI- though his pastorate lasted scarcely a year, it was he who built the present rectory. For the two following years the Rev. W. Hach- ner served the parish. His successor in 1910, the Reverend Anthony Mueller, labored zeal- ously at Corpus Christi for eighteen years. Father Mueller accomplished much. He built the present school in 1916 and engaglrd as teachers the Sisters of the Sorrowful Mo- ther whose Motherhouse is in Milwaukee. Four years later the church building was en- larged. After the brief pastorate of the Reverend Herbert Hoffmann, who followed Father Mueller, came the Reverend Joseph Willitzer, who administered the parish from 1929 to 1936, when he was replaced by the Reverend Arthur Cramer. During his thirteen years at Corpus Christi, Father Cramer made many improvements, among them the redecorating of the church. The Reverend J. J. Sheridan followed Father Cramer for a brief stay of several months. In 1950 the present pastor, the Reverend Garlan J. Muller, came to Corpus Christi from St. John's, Wuerzburg. He also serves St. Stephen's mission parish at Chili. '36 Sr' -f Rev. Garlan J. Muller Pastor 'Sr . his A -D -..Q ' xiii. c ., r .