October 13. when the "Memorial Homecoming of the Reverend Leopold Moczygemba. patriarch of American Polonia" is observed at Parna Maria. Tex.. the community he founded December 24. 1854. Reinterment near a historic oak tree near the entrance of St. Marjs Church will honor a man whose dedication to his God and his own people marked his service not only in south Texas but in many States through his pioneering efforts to serve immigrants from his native Poland. The Reverend Moczygemba. born October 28. 1824. in Wielka Pluznica. Poland. first came to Texas in August 1852. as a Conventual Franciscan missionary to serve the German settlers at New Braunfels.
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