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The Ecumenical Tour Series will take you on a Walking/Driving Tour that highlights the varied and beautiful historic churches in downtown Wausau. Go for a nice walk, or sit back and take a pleasant ride. Either way, we hope you enjoy your discovery of the history and inspired architecture of these magnificent churches.
The History of St. Michael's Catholic Parish
Source: History of Marathon County Wisconsin and Representative Citizens (1913) written by Louis Marchetti, pages 352-366 (Transcribed by Marla Zwakman)
A large proportion of the people who came to Wausau in the latter part of the seventies (1870's) and years following were of Polish extraction, and they, of course, desired the services of a priest with whom they could communicate in their mother tongue. The St. Mary's church, where they worshiped at that time, procured for them a Polish priest to hold mass and a sermon every four weeks, until they could build a church of their own. Reverend Gara, from Poniatowski, was the first missionary priest who visited Wausau and collected the Polish families together into an organization.
Later other Polish priests held service, until in 1885-86 the organization became strong enough to undertake the building of a church edifice, which was completed in 1886. It was consecrated by Right Rev. Bishop Katzer of Green Bay. The first resident priest was Reverend Livietzki, who was followed by Reverend Malkowski, during whose pastorate in 1895 the church burned down. It was winter when the church burned, and with the first approach of the milder season a new edifice was erected and completed in the year 1896.
The congregation owns five lots surrounding the church, enough to place a good-sized schoolhouse thereon, which no doubt will be done when the debt created by the building is paid. The church itself is a large, commodious and solid brick building, with fine inside finishings. On account of the burning of the records with the building it is not possible now to obtain the names of all the resident priests who served the congregation, but among those who are well remembered are the following: Reverend Livietzki, Reverend Malkowski, Rev. N. Kolasinski and Rev. W. Slicz, who was succeeded in 1912 by the present pastor, Reverend Wojak. There is a powerful organ in the church, installed in 1912. The congregation consists of between 175 and 200 families.
Source: Eastside Parishes 1849-2013 written by Pam Rucinski; Rucinski & Reetz Comunication; 2013
Thick pine forests gave way to whitewater rapids. Rushing water thundered over the jagged rocks of Big Bull Falls. Along the river's shoreline in the early 1840's, a small settlement and sawmill grew. Here the seeds were sown for what was to become the pioneer settlement of Wausau.
Before Wisconsin statehood, electricity, running water, and refrigeration, fifteen Catholic families, mostly German immigrants, helped turn the untracked wilderness of Big Bull Falls into a village. One young Irish Catholic immigrant, Walter McIndoe, thought Big Bull Falls would be a perfect location for his sawmill. Later, he was elected to the legislature and urged the creation of Marathon County.
Some time around 1849, McIndoe decided Big Bull Falls should be named Wausau, which is Ojibwe for "faraway place" or "noise like thunder". By the 1860's, about 350 people of mostly Catholic and Lutheran faith lived in Wausau, including a growing number of Polish immigrants. In 1861, land was purchased on what is now Grand Avenue, for eighty dollars, to build St. Mary Church.
While most of the Polish immigrants attended St. Mary, it was considered the German church. The sermons were in German while the rest of the Mass was in Latin. They longed to hear sermons in their native Polish language. Finally, on September 4, 1887, Father Luke Pescinski was given permission to organize a Polish parish on the east side of Wausau. In 1888, six lots made up of woods and pastures were purchased. By 1890, the lots were transformed by a small frame church, where the current church is now. On the day following Christmas in 1894, the church was gone -- totally destroyed by fire.
On October 3, 1895, St. Michael's parishioners rejoiced at the impressive 100 ft. brick veneer church they could call their own. It was built at a cost of $6,134.68.
In 1972, a new St. Michael Church became a reality. The shape of the church building reflects the wings of an archangel. The new sanctuary took on a contemporary look, compared to the more traditional form of other historic Wausau churches.
St. Michael's bell, cast by the Centennial Bell Foundry of Milwaukee in 1895, was taken from the razed brick church and placed into a monument at the southwest corner of the church property. The bell monument was dedicated in 1976, as part of our country's bicentennial celebration.
Permission to place this cache was granted by Fr. Robert Schaller.