www.Ask.com Using your words "German Catholic Brotherhood" in quotes, there are 69 results, of which the first notes that it started in St. Mary's in 1842 Northwest Pennsylvania's Great Outdoors Destinations Saint Marys One of Pennsylvania's first German settlements, St Marien Stadt, was founded in 1842 by the German Catholic Brotherhood. www.pagreatoutdoors.com/destinations/stmarys.html Best regards, Nan