THE EARLY HISTORY OF PANNA MARIA, TEXAS ... - Repositories
THE EARLY HISTORY OF PANNA MARIA, TEXAS ... - Repositories
THE EARLY HISTORY OF PANNA MARIA, TEXAS ... - Repositories
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did not have what they needed.<br />
Instead of words and<br />
prayers of encouragement, they needed bread.<br />
As things<br />
grew worse and worse, the Silesians more and more turned<br />
against their priest who had brought them there.<br />
Their<br />
complaints changing into abuse and threats, some of the<br />
peasants even wanted to lynch Moczygemba.<br />
Seeing his<br />
very life in danger. Father Leopold left Panna Maria for<br />
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good.<br />
He remained at Panna Maria at least until<br />
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September 24, 1856,<br />
but by October 5, 1856, he was<br />
already again performing his priestly duties at Castro-<br />
,r- n 4- • T 106<br />
VIlie, seventy miles away.<br />
Leaving Panna Maria, Father Moczygemba spent<br />
several months in the Castroville and San Antonio area<br />
before returning to Europe in the summer of 185 8.<br />
He<br />
quickly came back to America where, except for two more<br />
brief trips to Europe, he spent the remainder of his life<br />
as a missionary.<br />
During his later life he served in<br />
various missionary capacities at San Antonio, Louisville,<br />
Syracuse, Springfield, Chicago, and Detroit. On March 23,<br />
Kruszka, pp. 367, 372; Nesterowicz, p. 203.<br />
p. 60 .<br />
Texas.<br />
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Dworaczyk, Church Records of Panna Maria,<br />
10 6<br />
Parish Records, St. Louis Church, Castroville,
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