The Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Frenstat will be having a Mother’s Day weekend event on Saturday, May 11 at their family center. Frenstat is between Caldwell and Somerville. The Polka Mass will begin at 4 p.m. with Father Ed Karasek officiating (TPN February 2024).
Scenes from Carmine, Sweet Home, Brazoria, Anhalt, Wallis, Needville, Holman and Moravia.
The community of Frydek (FREEdeck), six miles east of Sealy, is steeped in the old country Czech Catholic faith as it was named after a popular pilgrimage location in Moravia. In the 1880s, a large group of Moravian immigrants to Texas moved from Fayetteville to the area that became known as Frydek. As Sealy was the nearest parish and school, a building was constructed in 1908 that served as both a church and a school. The location was not easily accessible to all parishioners and the building was moved in 1916 to the present site. By 1917, the community had grown to over a hundred families resulting in a new church being constructed in 1924.
Please check polkabeat.com, venue websites or call the venue to confirm.
The Ennis Czech Music Festival took place on Feb. 17 at the Sokol Hall in Ennis. A huge crowd came out to dance to the music of Czech & Then Some, The Moravians, Ennis Czech Boys and the Jodie Mikula Orchestra. More on Page 13. Photos by Gary E. McKee.