Wac aw Kruszka

Herausgegeben:Surhone, Lambert M.; Timpledon, Miriam T.; Marseken, Susan F.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Wac aw Kruszka was a Polish-American priest, journalist, social activist, and author.Wac aw (Wenceslaus) Kruszka was born in 1868 near Gessen in the in Prussian Province of Posen, one of 13 children. Kruszka's brother Simon, a Catholic priest, had been imprisoned during Otto Von Bismarck's Kulturkampf for protesting restrictions placed on the church and Polish culture. Wac aw decided to follow his brother into the ministry, and initially studied with the Jesuits. He was forced to leave the order following some disagreements with the clergy. Kruszka then decided to follow his half brother Michael to Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1893 to avoid increasing political persecution and the Prussian military draft. Michael Kruszka was the editor of a successful Milwaukee newspaper, the Kuryer Polski, which was the first Polish language daily in the United States. Wac aw Kruszka entered the St. Francis Seminary and was ordained as a priest on June 16, 1895. He began assisting at St. Casimir on the East Side and then became a teacher at the school at St. Josaphat Basilica.

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• Verlag: Betascript Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 96
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9786130564223
• ISBN-10: 6130564228
• Artikelnr.: 29755594