Mr. Speaker. I rise today to bring to the attention of my colleagues. the 100th anniversary of St. Boniface Church in WilkesBarre. PA. I am pleased to have been asked to participate in the observance of this milestone. On August 16. 1896 a group of German immigrants from the Pfalz region of Bavaria met to form a new congregation. An executive committee of 12 was formed to obtain permission from the bishop to build a new church. When permission was granted a lot was purchased on Blackman Street in WilkesBarre. Five men mortgaged their homes to provide the initial money to build the church.
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