Our Lady of Mount Carmel High School - Carmion Yearbook (Wyandotte, MI)

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C73 U33 ANDANQUA SYHACUSE 799 L. Krych offered his services for the cause to accompany Rev. A. Cendrowski on an extensive campaign urging the alumni to participate in the jubilee ceremonies. For a number of years Rev. Krych served as secretary of the Alumni Association and in 1938 succeeded Rev. W. Milinkiewicz as iinancial sec- retary of the Association. Despite his many activities the genial priest devoted much of his time to the interests of the youth on the campus. It was there he discovered the depths of a boy's heart and developed excel- lent spiritual strategy which was to prove invalu- able in his direction of youth in the future. Consequently, when St. Mary's needed an athletic director in the fall of 1938, Rev. Krych was the man to fill the post. Records show his Work was highly commendable. The excellent qualities of a real leader, en- thusiasm, initiative, sympathy, influence and ad- ministrative talent drew the attention of then His Excellency, the Archbishop Mooney, who ap- pointed him in Nov. 1938 to the post of director of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith in the Polish parishes of Detroit. The few months of labor for the Church's missions Was curtailed by a new appointment as pastor of Mt. Carmel, in Wyandotte to succeed the late Rev. F. Kruszka. The versatile young pastor of Mt. Carmel put to use his rare qualities of administrator and teacher and began to rebuild the parish from foundation up spiritually, economically and cul- turally. 10. Given the pas- torate at Mt. Carmel in 1939 ll. The disciplinari an enioying a chat with pre tects. 12. The athletic di- rector in a re- laxing mood. i9l 7. A stop in Syracuse-as financial secretary of the Alumni Association. 8. Newly-appointed director of the Society tor the Propagation of Faith. 9.-Lover of youth and souls. C123 fill HOD

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f2l C37 'l. The Castle-profs' quarters. 2. First Solemn Mass - March 4, 1923. 3. Seminary building at Orchard Lake. g 3 X E Q 7923 Rev. Ladislaus Krych was born March 7, 1899 in Detroit, Michigan. He received his elemetary training at the Sweetest Heart of Mary parochial school and began his high school education at the Polish National Alliance High School in Cam- bridge Springs, Pennsylvania. However, the first semester of the sophomore year found him at St. Mary's, Orchard Lake, where he completed his high school, college and seminary training. Not only was young Ladislaus at the head of his class, but also very active in extra-curricular projects on the campus. His work as administrator of various student organizations and as the sec- retary of the Detroit Club deserves special credit. The very fact that Rev. L. Krych during his theo- logical studies was an instructor in Latin in the high school at Orchard Lake is proof of his high scholarly standing. The youthful priest was ordained by the late Bishop M. J. Gallagher in SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral, Detroit, and celebrated his First Solemn Mass in the Sweetest Heart of Mary Church, March 4, 1923. The bishop's appointment for the neWly-or- dained was a long teaching career at Orchard Lake, where Rev. Krych taught Latin, Polish and Ethics in the high school and college. Be- sides that he held the position of a high school disciplinarian for ten years with such an odd job as director of dramatics for the Detroit Club on the side. When preparations were begun for the observ- ance of the institutions Golden Jubilee, Rev. 4. Alumni campaign in New Jersey - discovery of . . . Krych Street! Rev. L. Krych as director of dra- matics for Detroit Club. The genial prof of Latin and Eth- ics. nl isa can

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L7ufhhq,a,Jiq1,um,...799 l IN THE COMMUNITY . . . In no time people of Mt. Carmel and Wyandotte came to know the big heart of their new pastor. Polish circles and organizations felt his sincere support. The Polish refugee boys at Orchard Lake pulled on his very heartstrings and purse-strings as well .... Civic leaders found in Father an in- terested citizen with a determination to serve Wyandotte better by bettering his parish .... A special admiration for the little ones pre- vailed Father to keep the big boys t'little by filling idle hands with a ball, a bat, and oar, and idle minds with music and study .... As a true son of the Holy Mother Church, Father was always on the look-out for possible vocations to the priesthood and the religious life .... His boys in the service were always an object of his greatest concern and fervent prayers for their spiritual and material welfare. Pictures-from top to bottom: Father with his proteges, Polish refugee boys, at Orchard Lake. A familiar smile of a guest at social functions. Pos- ing with some tots at the school excursion. Rev. T. Boz- enski, Father's own boy, to be ordained in May, 1948. Anything Polish: proiects, refugees or veterans are Father's specialty. Always nearest his heart and first in his prayers: his boys in the services. l l E