St. Margaret Catholic Church - Springfield Louisiana
by Scott Pellegrin
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St. Margaret Catholic Church - Springfield Louisiana
Artist
Scott Pellegrin
Medium
Photograph
Description
The Hungarian Settlement was established in 1896 by Adam Mocsary, Julius Bruskay, and Tivador Zboray who worked for the Charles Brackenridge Lumber Company. They were offered work in the lumber mill and the prospect of purchasing cut-over timerland. The founders attracted more Hungarian settlers and by 1905, they were holding Mass and other services in a building called the Immigration House-the exact location is uncertain but it was not located on the current St. Margaret grounds.
Population of the area continued to grow and the Hungarians wanted their own place of worship. In 1909, a twenty acre church site was donated by Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Juhasz. In that same year, Archbishop Blenk from the Archdiocese of New Orleans approved the official name of St. Margaret Queen of Scotland. St. Margaret was born in Hungary about 1045 and died in 1093. She was well known for her holiness, feeding the poor and her great works of mercy. In the year 1250, St. Margaret was canonized by Pope Innocent IV.
Construction began in 1910 and reached a stage that year that allowed it to be used for religious services. Much of the lumber used in the church was donated by Brackenridge Lumber Company, located at the present Interstate 12 Albany-Springfield interchange, and by Thomas Lumber Company from Springfield. The church was used partially incomplete for some time as many parishioners recall attending mass and being able to see the bright Louisiana sky overhead. Completion was slow since all labor was donated. Farmers tended to their strawberry fields and helped in church construction on weekends when there was no farm work.
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