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The Reverend Victor von Kubinyi	Kubinyi was the godson of the Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria	the founding fathers
The first church, located at West Colfax and Elm Streets, was a portable chapel purchased from the Sears & Roebuck catalog. Bishop White mortgaged his house to help pay the $3,988 for the building.	the first church was on West Colfax and Elm Streets;	a confirmation class circa 1930
the leather cover	cover page	Bishop White's permission to translate the Book of Common Prayer into Hungarian
On May 1, 1915, Bishop White granted permission to Father Kubinyi to translate portions of the USA 1892 Book of Common Prayer into Hungarian.	the table of contents	Holy Communion
Christmas	altar decorated for Christmas in old church circa 1945	the Tomb on Good Friday
Father Smith rector 1918-1938	Father Kappes rector 1938-1955	a Harvest Dance Couple
an undated clipping from a Chicago Hungarian newspaper	Translation of the newspaper's caption: Holy Trinity Church Gets New Altar. The institution of the Holy Eucharist, which was celebrated in South Bend church on Maundy Thursday, was given an additional significance Thursday in Holy Trinity Hungarian Episcopal Church when this new altar of repose was used. The altar was made by Louis Harvath and was given to the church by Frank Mohacsek. Kneeling, left to right, are Mrs. Harry Thau, Miss Margaret Major, Miss Helen Nemeth, and Miss Irene Major. (A South Bend Tribune Photo)
the congregation circa 1943		Photo at left: the mission trustees hold the plans to the new church while standing in front of the old church December, 1947 front, l-r: Frank Mohacsek, John Horvath, & Harry Thau; back, l-r: John Bernat, Joseph Fekete, & Steve Molnar
the congregation in front of the old church for the groundbreaking on July 11, 1948	procession leaving the old clergy house on Colfax for the groundbreaking on July 11, 1948
	Crucifer Frank Mohacsek
Ground Breaking, Sunday, July 11, 1948 "95 degrees in the shade"	Harry Thau, the first non-magyar (non-Hungarian) convert. He was the chairman of the Mission Committee.	Father Murphy blessing the site of the high altar (notice the strings marking the outline of the building)
placing the cornerstone on October 10, 1948 (a young Deacon Joe Illes stands behind Bishop Mallett)	Bishop Mallett blesses the cornerstone
the cornerstone	John Bernat	Harry Thau, chairman of the Mission Committee, places "instruments" in the cornerstone.
new church under construction	32-foot-high arches of laminated wood were actually ribs of ships used on the Great Lakes
	last service in the old church, Litany and Benediction
the new church circa 1951	still under construction in sacristy area	the church circa 1960
interior of the new church; notice the folding chairs	interior of the new church after the pews were installed; notice no canopy over the altar; the stained glass windows were installed in 1986
a page from the parish record's shows a 1957 newspaper clipping about the upcoming Harvest Festival Dance	the exterior of the rectory completed in 1959	Steve Papoi and Father Halfhill stand in the the living room of the new rectory circa 1959
a confirmation class circa 1960	a parish carry-in circa 1970	maintenance to the parish hall
The Rt. Rev. George Carey preached at a Sunday Mass in 1990; he would become the Archbishop of Canterbury the next year.	Bishop Gray and Bishop Sheridan	Harvest Dancers at the 90th celebration in 2003 for more pictures click here

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