Buildings and Sites
This is where nuns lived.
What is a convent?
Fr Wieland was well known for this approach to homilies for school kids.
What are class Masses?
All three of BD's Catholic Schools were built or had additions in this decade.
When were the 1950s?
This building was destroyed by fire in 1903.
What is St Mary's Church?
In the old days, women were required to wear this in church.
What is a head covering?
St Mary's Church was located on this site.
Where is Kumba Hardware?
This priest used to travel to offer Masses for the National Guard in western Wisconsin.
Who was Fr Joseph Perron?
This school had a student population of 540 students in its Centennial Year.
What's is St. Peter's School?
This congregation celebrated its Centennial in 1955.
What is St Peter Parish?
The site of the current SKDS gymnasium had another use at one time.
What is a playground?
This church was originally built on one location, and then moved to another site in 1868.
What is St. Patrick's Church?
This priest had difficulty driving on Spring Street. Twice.
Who is Fr. Florian Mac?
This was the first Catholic School built in BD, in 1866.
What is St. Mary's School?
This family sent four young men to become priests around WWII; they were John, George, Ray, and Gerald.
Who was the Budde Family?
This device was held by Mass servers during distribution of Holy Communion; it was devilishly fun to nick your friend's Adam's apple with it.
What is a paten?
These buildings used to be Catholic Schools, but now have other uses.
What is the BD Community Theatre? What is a dance studio?
This pastor was known for allowing St Patrick's Parish Council considerable independence.
Who was Fr. Richard Walsh, and why was he having a beer at Maple Lanes?
This musical outfit celebrated its 90th anniversary in 2021.
What is the SKDS band?
This pastor was known for his 23-minute Sunday Masses at St. Michael's.
Who was Fr. Rev. Leonard Piechowski?
A $160,000 loan was negotiated with this organization to fund the construction of St Patrick's School.
Who are the Catholic Knights?
This elongated parish site has a north-south orientation, and is near Long Bridge.
Where is St Mary's Cemetery?
This priest, who founded St Peter's Parish, eventually established about 25 parishes in Ohio, Michigan, and Wisconsin.
Who was Rev. Martin Kundig?
St. Patrick School hired its first male teacher in the early 70s, and paid him $600 per month.
Who is Jim Hankes?
Parishioners at St. Michael's had a funny name for their native currency.
What is a zloty?
This pastor was known for smoking cigars while wandering the halls of St Peter School.
Who is the Right Reverend Monsignor Theodore Rohner?