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St. Mary's Church, Luxemburg, Wisconsin

The Settlers of Luxemburg, Kewaunee County, Wisconsin, U.S.A.; were mostly from Luxembourg, Czech, and Germany. Luxemburg was named after the first settlers to reach the area. Together they built a fine community and with it started a Catholic Church.

Some of the Surnames in the Cemetery are:

ARENDT; ASCHBECK; ASCHENBRENER; BAIERL; BARBIAUX; BASTIAN; BAUER; BEHRING; BEIRL; BENZ; BERTRAND; BONCHER; BOULANGER; BRAGER; BREDAEL; BUNKER; CHRISTOFF; CISLER; COLLE; CRAVILLION; DAUL; DAX; DEBAUCH; DEGRAVE; DEPREZ; DIER; DORNER; DUCHATEAU; ENGELBERT; ESTEL; FAMEREE; FRISQUE; GENGLER; GLASER; GOSIN; GRASSEL; HAEN; HALLET; HARTINGER; HEIM; HENDRICKS; HERMANS; HOFFMAN; HOSLET; JACOBS; JACQUES; JADIN; JANDRAIN; JOERGER; JOHNSON; KAUT; KAYE; KELNHOFER; KIRSCHNER; KLINE; KOHLBECK; KOLLROSS; KOSNAR; KOWALESKI; KREILKAMP; LANSER; LAURENT; LEGOIS; LEY; LIEBL; LINZMEIER; LOBERGER; MAJESKI; MARCELLE; MARTIN; MERENS; MIESLER; MILLER; MORNARD; NELLIS; NENDEL; NEY; NOVAK; OBERHOFER; OURADNIK; PANKRATZ; PAUL; PEOT; PICHETTE; RANK; RASS; RETZLAFF; RICKL; RONK; RUECKL; SALENTINE; SALMON; SCHROEDER; SCHWAB; SEIDL; SHEFCHIK; SIMONAR; SPITZER; STAGE;

STAHL; SVOBODA; TAUSCHEK; THEYS; THIBAUDEAU; THILL; TREML; VANDENHOUTEN; VANDRISSE; VEESER; VESSER; WAHL; WEINFUHTER; WEINIGER; WIENDL; WUNSCH; ZELLNER; ZIMMER

In 1862 Rev. F.X. Pfaller; pastor of the German congregation in Green Bay, would hold mass once a month in a small schoolhouse. In 1864 a log church was built.

For some time Luxemburg was a Mission from New Franken, Brown County, Wisconsin. The first priest to assume charge was Rev. Camencind, in 1869.

The first resident pastor was Rev. Videnka in 1876. In 1881 Rev. Hugo Praesser took charge. He immediately started a school, which had only one teacher. Miss Weiss was the first teacher at the school. In 1883, under Rev. Praesser's guidance a new St. Mary's Church was built. The old church was remodeled into a new school.

Rev. Praesser returned to Europe on April 28, 1884, and Rev. John A. Drees was appointed pastor. Services were held in the new church for the first time on January 1, 1884. The Church was consecrated by Bishop Krautbauer on the feast of St. Michael the Archangel, on September 29, 1885.

Sometime between 1896 and 1902 a new school was built. In 1905 the church was enlarged; and was deconsecrated by Bishop Joseph J. Fox on October 16, 1906. In 1912 a concrete floor was laid in the basement, and in 1916 a garage was built. Around 1958 two more rooms were added to the school, and the church interior was redecorated. The church was again redecorated in 1979. The most recent remodeling to the church was during 1998 -1999 when a new receiving hall was built onto the front of the church. The school now in it's second building holds classes from kindergarten - sixth grade.

In 1999; because of the shortage of priests, St. Mary’s became linked with St. Joseph parish, in Champion, Brown County, Wisconsin. In 2005 the linked with St. Joseph parish was severed. St. Mary’s was linked with Holy Trinity Parish in Casco, Kewaunee County, Wisconsin. St. Joseph Parish was linked with St. Thomas the Apostle parish in the Town of Humboldt, Brown County, Wisconsin.

List of priests and pastors serving St. Mary's:

Rev. F. X. Pfaller - 1862

Rev. Camencind - 1869

Rev. Boden - 1870

Rev. Leitner - 1870

Rev. Welbes - 1870 - 1875

Rev. Videnka - 1876

Rev. Hugo Praesser - Dec. 1881 - April 28, 1884

Rev. John A. Drees - 1884

Rev. C. Ulrich - March - 1893

Rev. Michael Schoell - 1896

Rev. Christopher Kreiser