St. Stephen Church in St. Stephen got it’s steeple cross back April 17 after seven months without it following a lightning strike.
Repaired cross sits atop St. Stephen steeple once again
From Slovenia to St. Stephen
Thirty-nine pilgrims from the parish of Polhov Gradec near the capital city of Ljubljana, Slovenia, traveled to the United States to follow in the footsteps of their Slovenian ancestors, including Father Francis Xavier Pierz, former St. Cloud Bishop James Trobec and Bishop Frederic Baraga, all Slovenian missionaries to the United States.