Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Caption |
Fr. Honoratus Povolny & communion group, between 1877-1884 |
Description |
Black & white photograph of Father Honoratus Povolny and five young girls, probably a first communion group. Father Povolny is dressed in priestly vestments and holding a book. The girls are dressed in white with hair bows and flowers. The photo props indicate the photographer was F. G. Rasset, Winsted, MN. Mounted on a cabinet card. Father Honoratus Povolny was the first resident pastor of Holy Trinity, Winsted, MN and served from 1877-1884. The Church of the Holy Trinity was officially incorporated on October 9, 1882. During his tenure there were over 300 baptisms. Father Povolny built a new frame church (1877), a rectory, and started the parochial school at Holy Trinity in 1883-1884 and in 1884 built the first Catholic Elementary School, including a convent. He obtained the first three teachers from the Sisters of St. Francis in Rochester: Sister Barbara, Sister Bonaventure, and Sister Ursula. |
Catalog Number |
2013-0032-043 |
Search Terms |
Communion photographs Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Winsted, MN Church of the Holy Trinity, Winsted, MN Rasset, F. G., Photographer, Winsted, MN |
Subjects |
Communion |
People |
Povolny, Honoratus Rev. Fr. |