St. Joseph’s Lithuanian Roman Catholic Church
Mahanoy City, PA:
A List of Parishioners Who Have Paid the Fee for the Year 1923

By Diane (Bernota, Kerelevicius) Rooney

Introduction

This database of 650 names was taken from the 35th anniversary program for St. Joseph’s Church in Mahanoy City, PA, the town’s Lithuanian parish. The list is of parish members who paid the annual fee for that year. All of the names on the list are male, and no indication is given of household size or of relationship among parishioners with the same name. Where there were people with the same name, the roster identified them by number (I, II, III) but with no indication of relationship.

The program was published September 30, 1923, the 35th anniversary of the laying of the church’s cornerstone by Archbishop P.J. Ryan of Philadelphia. It also contains a history of the parish illustrated with photographs.

St. Joseph’s is still an active parish in the diocese of Allentown and is located at 614 W Mahanoy Ave, Mahanoy City, PA 17948. The current contact is Rev. Msgr.Anthony Wassel. Phone: (570) 773-2771 Fax: (570) 773-1937.

Additional information on Mahanoy City Lithuanians is available in the St. Joseph’s Cemetery database at http://www.lithuaniangenealogy.org/databases/pa/stjoseph/index.html compiled by Jay Zane, Esq.