New Braunfels Catholic church celebrates 175 years of history
The church started off with 31 catholic families in 1845 but today, that number has grown to over 5,000
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New Braunfels – The year 1845 does not only represent a landmark for the city of New Braunfels, but also the start of the Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church in the city.
COVID-19 canceled the city and church’s big plans to celebrate the huge milestone birthday, but that hasn’t stopped church officials from appreciating the history behind it all.
“The first German immigrants came and arrived in Galveston and made here to New Braunfels on March 21, 1845 and that was actually good Friday,” said Carolyn Phelan, a minister and the head of the parish archive committee with the church. “We started out with 31 Catholic families in the very beginning and now we have 5,300.”