St Bonaventure High School - Seraph Yearbook (Sturtevant, WI)

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BlSHOP'S RESIDENCE GREEN sn. wus, IQ!!! men 16, 1951. Rev. Theodore Zarembe, O.F.l., Rector St.. Bonaventure lkinor Seminary lit. Pleasant Sturtevsnt., lie. Dear Father Rector, On behalf of the Diocese of Green Bey I ex- tend heartfelt congratulations to St. Bonaventure llinor Seminary on the occasion of its Golden Jubilee. lorthy of note is the fact that previous to its transfer to Sturtevant The Frsnciscan Fathers operated the 1 Seminary in the Diocese of Green Bay. It was founded in Pulaski, Headquarters of the ABBUIPZXOD of the Blessed Virgin Iery Province of the Franciscan Fathers, and continued there for twenty-one years. There is reason therefore for our diocese to share in the , joy and solelnity of this occasion. 1 5 To yeu es Rector, the Rev. Faculty, the 5 Frenciscen Fathers, the seninsriens and students et St.. Bone- 5 venture s, and to all its friends I tender the greetings and best. wishes of the clergy and feithful of the Diocese sf Green Bly. l With kuldest personal regards and best wishes, I ressin Very s ely in Zin, Bishop of Green Bay N 1 4 I ,

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-il -K 41 41 41 5 '92 fn' 'iz i?gg.n ,ljdn vnu myfaov Q J 'I K5 ' i If Q5- fgp 15,3 , ,,.,3., ..... :Half , wr Q VT em Hours April 20, 1951 The Reverend Theodore Zarembe, O.F.M. St. Bonaventure ll. S. Q H. S. St.u.rtevant, Wisconsin My dear Father Zarembex On the occasion of the Golden Jubilee of the establishment of St. Bone- venture llinor Seminary and High School, Sturte- vant., Wisconsin, I wish to cmmend the work which your Fathers have been doing during the half century just drawing to a close. IU prayer is that this work my continue end grmv, so that greater fruits mey oe garnered in the years that lie before ue. Wishing you end ell the lembere of the Comnunity every grace and blessing desired, I renin Sincerely youre in Christ., Q' ' Archbishop of Milwaukee.

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ini: SIllfll'lIlS yn-sn-rllnp. 3? mu-: Il lens: Fl Vliaipi-I It sh-rdalp. 1-:ste-rilzl 3 S4-lmul lius 31-sh-rdzly. History of St. Bonaventure 1901-1951 by Fr. Cmisffmlinc Klizkowskf, O.F.M. 1. - Early Days When the Polish Franciscan Fathers lO.F.M.l settled in the northeastern part of Wisconsin at Pulaski in April, 1887, among their chief concerns was the es- tablishment of means whereby their con- tinued organized existence as a friary, as a commissariat, and later as a province would be assured, However, this natural means in the life of a Religious Order - the establishment of a preparatory school - could not receive their immediate at- tention due to other more pressing mat- ters. A friary building had to be constructed for the friars, and a parish church had to be erected to serve the spiritual needs of the local community which gave its gen- erous aid to both projects. One-hundred and twenty acres of land had been donat- ed tothe Fathers through the liberal grant of a well-known owner of a land company in Milwaukee, Mr. J. J. Hoff. who en- couraged the settling of Poles in the im- mediate area of Hofa Park, Pulaski. Chase, Sobieski, Kosciuszko, Krakow, Big and Little Suamico. and Flintville, Wis. lMr. Hoff was a Norwegian and a non- Catholic until his conversion shortly be- fore death, on October 17, 1910.l One- hundred acres were offered for the main- tenance of a friary and twenty acres for a parish church. Vzirs IVJll'lxt'tl uni Ilie- L:i'wui1ilS -- 1-sh-riluy.