While it may be difficult and costly to preserve the buildings, I would suggest to try and collect the papers, and pictures pertaining to the history of Croatian church in America.. The immigrants' families have many such priceless documents. Searching through Google I found that the project exists at the Minnesota University: Home >For Educators &Students >Fellowship Opportunities : Louis P. Novak The Louis P. Novak Fellowship Croatian American Studies Croatian American Studies Fund : IHRC : University of Minnesota dr Tatjana Former In a message dated 1/22/2007 5:52:26 PM Eastern Standard Time, rjerin26@yahoo.com writes: > > I recieved this notice from one of the posters to a genealogy message board. > > This trend is alarming, while we can all understand the reduced church > attendence and parohicial school enrollment (at least in some areas), I believe > that some Bishops and Diocese Offices do not respect the contributions made > by the European ethinic communities to the building of the Roman Catholic > faith in America. Recently the olderst Roman Catholic Croatian church in > America, St Nicholas in Pittsburgh PA, closed. What a shame that we did not all > raise our voices (and maybe also money!) to save such an important > American-Croatian institution. How many more will close before the community acts in a > positive manner to help? > > ********* > > St. John The Baptist Grade School in Kansas > City, Kansas is scheduled to be closed. It will be consolidated with > two other grade schools, and the students will be moved to the grade > school which is based at the archdiocese catherdral. > > St. John's is important in the history of Croatians in the United States. It > was the first Croatian grade school, established and opened > in 1909, under the direction of Msgr. Martin Krmpotic, shortly after the > church was constructed and dedicated in 1904. The history of the parish > is outlined in the book The Croatian Immigrants in America by George > Prpic, a professor at John Carroll University in Cleveland. The parish > complex was also the sight of the first Croatian orphanage in this > country, founded and run by the same sisters who staffed the school. > The orphanage has long closed, and the building is the site of the > Strawberry Hill Museum. > > I have written the archbishop to make him aware of the significance of > the school and the church, which is also rumored to be on the closure > list. If any of the other list members who have ties to St. John's > would want to write him as well, the address is : > > His Excellency The Most Reverend Joseph F. Naumann, D.D. > Archbishop of Kansas City in Kansas > 12615 Parallel Parkway Kansas City, KS 66109 > Phone (913) 721-1570 > Fax (913) 721-1577 > email: archkck@archkck. org <mailto:archkck@archkck. org> > <mailto:archkck@archkck. org> > > > > "Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage's > whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the > process of setting man free from men." Ayn Rand 1905-1982 > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CROATIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the > body of the message

Dr Tatjana, Perhaps the best place for those papers is right there in Kansas City, as they have a lovely little museum. And for those searching for info now and in the future for family from KC it would be a natural place for them. Also don't forget the Croatian Heritage Museum and Library in Cleveland (Eastlake) Ohio, which is very accessable and already has an extensive collection of documentation. http://www.croatianmuseum.com/index.php Then there is a also the Croatian Fraternal Union in Pittsburgh PA Robert Tat417761@cs.com wrote: While it may be difficult and costly to preserve the buildings, I would suggest to try and collect the papers, and pictures pertaining to the history of Croatian church in America.. The immigrants' families have many such priceless documents. Searching through Google I found that the project exists at the Minnesota University: Home >For Educators &Students >Fellowship Opportunities : Louis P. Novak The Louis P. Novak Fellowship Croatian American Studies Croatian American Studies Fund : IHRC : University of Minnesota dr Tatjana Former In a message dated 1/22/2007 5:52:26 PM Eastern Standard Time, rjerin26@yahoo.com writes: > > I recieved this notice from one of the posters to a genealogy message board. > > This trend is alarming, while we can all understand the reduced church > attendence and parohicial school enrollment (at least in some areas), I believe > that some Bishops and Diocese Offices do not respect the contributions made > by the European ethinic communities to the building of the Roman Catholic > faith in America. Recently the olderst Roman Catholic Croatian church in > America, St Nicholas in Pittsburgh PA, closed. What a shame that we did not all > raise our voices (and maybe also money!) to save such an important > American-Croatian institution. How many more will close before the community acts in a > positive manner to help? > > ********* > > St. John The Baptist Grade School in Kansas > City, Kansas is scheduled to be closed. It will be consolidated with > two other grade schools, and the students will be moved to the grade > school which is based at the archdiocese catherdral. > > St. John's is important in the history of Croatians in the United States. It > was the first Croatian grade school, established and opened > in 1909, under the direction of Msgr. Martin Krmpotic, shortly after the > church was constructed and dedicated in 1904. The history of the parish > is outlined in the book The Croatian Immigrants in America by George > Prpic, a professor at John Carroll University in Cleveland. The parish > complex was also the sight of the first Croatian orphanage in this > country, founded and run by the same sisters who staffed the school. > The orphanage has long closed, and the building is the site of the > Strawberry Hill Museum. > > I have written the archbishop to make him aware of the significance of > the school and the church, which is also rumored to be on the closure > list. If any of the other list members who have ties to St. John's > would want to write him as well, the address is : > > His Excellency The Most Reverend Joseph F. Naumann, D.D. > Archbishop of Kansas City in Kansas > 12615 Parallel Parkway Kansas City, KS 66109 > Phone (913) 721-1570 > Fax (913) 721-1577 > email: archkck@archkck. org > > > > > "Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage's > whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the > process of setting man free from men." Ayn Rand 1905-1982 > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CROATIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the > body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CROATIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message "Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage's whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free from men." Ayn Rand 1905-1982