St. Wenceslaus Society

St. Wenceslaus Parish was established in 1874 by immigrants from Czechoslovakia. From the old country, they brought their customs, courage and faith in God.  Wanting to preserve their Czech heritage, they joined together to build a church – and they succeeded. By 1900, it had become apparent that the church was overcrowded and could not meet the needs of the parish.  To address this problem, early in 1901 St. Wenceslaus Church established a society called Svato Vaclavske Druzstvo to be responsible for gathering voluntary contributions for the building of a new church. Parishioners were generous with their contributions and construction of the new building was begun. Soon projects such as the parish rectory and the St. Wenceslaus grade school were completed.  In addition, St. Ludmila mission parish and school  were established.

Now it is our turn to be generous, our turn to preserve that heritage. Today we have re-established the St. Wenceslaus Society as a way to help enable our parish to continue to flourish, to assist with the renewal of the surrounding neighborhood and ensure a bright future.

A contribution of $250 makes one a member of the St Wenceslaus Society.  This entitles you to one line on the Memorial Wall in Czech Heritage Park. All members will be listed in a registry in the rectory office as well as in quarterly publications. Those making contributions of $5,000 and above will be given further recognition as described in the informational brochure. More brochures can be found in the back of the church.

In addition to cash donations, there are a variety of ways one can make a contribution. We can arrange an installment plan if you wish. In addition, please consider remembering the St. Wenceslaus Society in all your estate planning, in your will, your insurance policies and charitable gift annuities just as you have so generously remembered St. Wenceslaus during your lifetime.

As we re-dedicated our church building last October, it is appropriate that we re-dedicate ourselves as well. The success of this re-established St. Wenceslaus Society depends on the support and commitment of each of us.

St. Wenceslaus Society

Membership in the St. Wenceslaus Society includes:

FRIEND level: $250 - $999
CONTRIBUTOR level: $1,000-$2,499 
SUPPORTER level: $2,500-$3,999 
SUSTAINER level: $4,000-$4,999

•One line (per $250) on the Memorial Wall in Czech Heritage Park
• Inclusion in an annual list of members and any other publications.
• Mass said once/month
 


BRONZ (BRONZE) level: $5,000- $9,999:

Name engraved on St. Wenceslaus Society Panel on Memorial Wall in Czech Heritage Park
• Annual donor appreciation event where current members are recognized and deceased members are remembered
•One line (per $250) on the Memorial Wall in Czech Heritage Park
• Inclusion in an annual list of members and any other publications
• Mass said once/month






STRÍBO (SILVER) level - $10,000-$24,999:

• Limited edition commemorative bronze medallion
                                       (6” diameter) --see photo below

• Name engraved on St. Wenceslaus Society Panel on
  Memorial Wall in Czech Heritage Park

• Annual donor appreciation event where current members are    recognized and deceased members are remembered
•One line (per $250) on the Memorial Wall in Czech Heritage Park
• Inclusion in an annual list of members and any other publications.
• Mass said once/month.


ZLATO (GOLD) level- $25,000 & up:

• Original oil painting  of St. Wenceslaus/St. Ludmila Sculptural Group
• Limited edition commemorative bronze medallion
                                       (6” diameter)
see photo below
• Name engraved on St. Wenceslaus Society Panel on Memorial Wall in Czech Heritage Park
• Annual donor appreciation event where current members are recognized and deceased members are remembered
•One line (per $250) on the Memorial Wall in Czech Heritage Park
• Inclusion in an annual list of members and any other publications.
• Mass said once/month.
 





Note – Previous contributions to the Czech Heritage Park Project apply toward each of the levels of giving in the St. Wenceslaus Society.  For more information please contact Dave Martin at the Parish Office – (319) 362-8061 ext 202


St. Wenceslaus Society

  Updated 5/10/10

ZLATO (Gold) -$25,000 & up

David H. & Rose Marie Burke

David & Mary Lou Cook

Ernest & Margaret Cejka

Alice Dlask

Robert F & Janis L Kazimour

James & Monica Piersall

STŘÍBO (Silver) -$10,000-$24,999

 

Catholic Workman Branch 45

Louis & Lydia Elias

Msgr. Karl Glovik

Lumir & Vlasta Honzik

Theresa K. Johnson

Fr. Ivan Nienhaus

Marion & Blanche Panek

Dr. & Mrs. Regis E. Weland


BRONZ (Bronze) $5,000-$9,999

 

Jerry & Pat Beer

Leonard & Evelyn Dolezal

Leonard & Marjorie Jansa

Margaret Montross

Robert & Theresa Ruzicka

St. Monica’s Circle

John & Diane Svoboda


SUSTAINER
   $4,000-$4,999


SUPPORTER $2,500-$3,999

Dr. Anita M.  Barta

Donald R. & Vera Rose Conway

Don & Jeanne Dohnalek Family

Michael & Karen Papich

David & Barbara Unzeitig



CONTRIBUTOR
 $1,000-$2,499


Joe & Adeline Bousek

Jim & Millicent Cozzie

Family of Helen Dapper

Robert & Norine Drahozal

George & Angeline Dvorak

Eugene & Marie (Unzeitig)
Emerson

Jerome & Marlene Greiner

Dave & Judy Havlik

Mary Henderson

George & Betty Horak

Walter & Marcella Krauel

John Kuba

Stephen & Carmen Miller

Family of Sr. Mary Ellen &

Sr. Francesca Oldham

Regina Pisarik

Ronald & Barbara Ruzicka

Saint Ludmila Parish

John & Cindy Salat

Don & Barbara Schmitz

Mike Scott & classmates

Alan & Mary Lou Smejkal

Raphael & Dorothy Snitil

Mel & Evelyn Stepanek

Rita Tomanek

Norm & Joan Turley

Mike & Mary Jo Welsh          

Chuck & Jeanne Zobl

 


 

FRIEND $250-$999

 

Garland & Barbara Ashbacher

Louis & Margaret Barta

Robert F & Marcella Barta

Darlene Barton

Betty Bedell

Mary Blazek

Mike & Lisa Boddicker

Robert & Elaine Boes

Jo Brown

Phyllis Brown

Leona Bulicek

Wesley & Lenora Buresh Family

Family of Cyrus & Mary Cacioppo

Richard & Mary Jane Callas

Karen Carlson

Bill & Linda Cisler

Robert & Loretta Claes

Bud & Mary Beth Collins

Richard & Denise (Nofal) Coates

Robert & Joyce Crawford

Helen Cross

CSA Lodge Prokop Velky #137

Czech Plus Band

Anne R Dalecky

Elmer & Louise Doskicil

Levern & Helen Dostal

Arnie & Marlene Dostal

Stanley & Barbara Drahozal

Jerry & Joanne Drahozal

Robert & Norine Drahozal

Family of Rudolph & Bridget

          (Hruska) Drahozal                             

Family of Wencil & Olga

         (Hruska) Drahozal

Family of Vaclav & Marie

                    Drahozal

Wesley & Olga Drahozal

Ed & Carleeta Eichler

Inka Chytil Engster

Teri, Jamie, Ross & Scott Ferguson

Joyce Fiala

Richard & Marie Frajman

Bernie Friedl

Ray & Susan Frischkorn

John D. Gerlach

Duane & Frances Graybill

Linda Graybill

Dale & Rita Green

Roger Green

Rudolph & Genevieve Grishaber

Theresa Guelff

FRIEND  (continued)   $250-$999


Cheryl Hanna

Mary Henderson

Fr. Nils Hernandez

Richard & Barbara Himes

Emil & Delores Hubert

Iowa Accordion Club

Siblings of Phillip Janaszak

Darrell Jansa

Don & Patti Jansa

Louis & Jarmila Jedlicka

George & Kay Joens

Janice Joens

Richard & Joan Johnson

Tim Kadlec

Robert & Penny Kadlec

Mercedes Kapoun

James & Jean Kazimour

Kim Kazimour

Thomas Kelly

Marvin & Marlene Kilberger

Keeran & Garlene (Splichal) Knight

Milo & Gladys Kofron

Lillian Kopecky

Lumir & Rose Kopecky

Mary Lee Kosina                                    

Gordon & Mary (Barton) Krieg

John & Marie (Janecek) Krueger

Ed Kuba

John Kuncl

Ron Landergott

Donald Laue

Merle & Helen Little

Dr. & Mrs. Robert C. Locher Family

Larin V Long

Larry & Sid (Severa) Lutz

Rosemary Malik

Lloyd & Rosemary Maresh

Bill & Ruth Marling

George McCord

Rita McDermott

Dave & Stacy (Severa) Martin

James & Kathryn Miller

Marie Miller

Richard P. Miller

Jos. Neumeister-Fussell Family

David & Julie Newcomb

Dennis & Betty Northland

Bud & Pat Novak

Elroy & Arlene Novak

Michael Novak

Lynn Novotny

Joseph & Pauline Novotny

Sr. Genevieve Novotny

Lloyd & Phyllis Oliver

Judy Overett

Dale & Laura Piersall

Bernard & Helen Polansky

Rita Pisarik

Bob & Bonny Prucha

Don & Barb Pulkrab

Helen Quass

Richard W & Helen P Reed Family

Marie Reidy

Maria Kuncl Reinhart

Mary Reu

Kenneth & Sylvia Riha

George & Marilyn Roushar

Lorna Rump

Robert & Dorris Ruth

Norman & Karen Sasek

St. Bridget’s Circle

St. Ludmila Students 2005-06

St. Wenceslaus Choirs

St. Wenceslaus Class of 1952

St. Wenceslaus Class of 1953

St. Wenceslaus Class of 1954

St. Wenceslaus Class of 1955

St. Wenceslaus Class of 1956

St. Wenceslaus Class of 1957

Melissa Salat

James & Darlene Schwendinger

Mary Severa

Linda Severidt

David & Julie Skala

Bernard Smejkal

Gary & Linda Smejkal

Leonard & Carol Smejkal

Milt & Teresa Sopousek

Richard & Jane Spellerberg

Frank & Helen Stadler

Chris & Pam Stark

Larry Steinbach

Donald & Mary Story

Barbara Studer

Joseph & Marie Svoboda

George & Norma Sweeney Family

Duane & Sara (Severa) Tack

Ernest & Margaret C Tippie

Phil & Ann Torticill

James & Joanne Trcka

Paul & Jo Ann Tresnak

J Robert & Dorothy Vislisel

Ernest & Anna Mae Vlasek

Joseph & Jean Vondracek

Verna Kuncl Wagner

Thomas A & Sharon S Weber

Alexandre & Angela Wery

Mark & Teresa Wery

Cedar Rapids Lodge   7 WFLA

Cedar Rapids Lodge 13 WFLA

Cedar Rapids Lodge 262 WFLA

Cedar Rapids Lodge 423 WFLA

Cedar Rapids Lodge 500 WFLA

Swisher Lodge 400 WFLA

Fran Whitters

David & Julie Wiedner

Family & friends of June E. Willamon

Al & Kathy Willenborg

Patricia Yilek

Joe Zachar, Jr

Mike & Nancy (Severa) Zimmers

Emily Zousel

 



 

 

 


 


 

 


 

 

 

 


 

 


 


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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