Salvatorian Archives - in the tower of St. Pius X Parish

 

Salvatorian Archives

2506 N. Wauwatosa Avenue
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin 53213-1135

414-453-3875
414-453-7570 - FAX

 

  Bro. Edward Havlovic SDS - Province Archivist
Michael R. Hoffman SDS - Assistant Archivist
The Salvatorian Archives is located in the three-story tower of St. Pius X Parish,
on the corner of N. Wauwatosa Avenue (N. 76th Street) and Wright Street.

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for available DVD's, CD's, and publications.

 From the pages of Salvatorian history:

Memories of St. Nazianz - Salvatorian Seminary

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Memories of Blackwood - Mother of the Savior Seminary

Memories of Lanham - Divine Savior Seminary

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The Passion of the Savior

On Whose Shoulders We Stand

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1905 document appointing Fr. Epiphanius Deibele SDS as Superior

(Click on the document above to see a larger version in PDF)

In 1892, when the members of the Society of the Divine Savior (Salvatorians) first came to the United States - which was mission territory at the time - they worked in the northwest part of the country - in Washington and Oregon. They ministered in parishes and schools, in some instances to the Native American peoples of the area. In 1896, our Founder - Father Francis Jordan - was asked by the Bishop of the (then) Diocese of Milwaukee if some priests and brothers might be able to come to Wisconsin and take over the monastery of the Oschwald Community, in the village of St. Nazianz, about forty miles south of Green Bay. The founder of this secular community - Father Ambrose Oschwald - had died in 1873, and the priest who was assigned to replace him was moving on. So Father Jordan sent several priests and brothers to St. Nazianz. The number of members in the Oschwald Community was dwindling and they were going to take in no more new members. In exchange for caring for the members of the Oschwald Community until they died, the Salvatorians were given the property and the buildings, and they were also given permission to establish a new monastery in the name of the Society. This was the beginning of a permanent Salvatorian presence in the United States. The 1905 document above, signed by Father Jordan, established Father Epiphanius Deibele SDS, as the first Superior of the Salvatorian Community in St. Nazianz. Four years later, in 1909, Father Epiphanius would be chosen as the First Provincial of the USA Province (known then as the Anglo-American Province).
The mission of the Salvatorian Archives is to preserve these historical documents, as well as the ongoing history of our presence and ministries here in the United States. For us, they are part of the heritage of our past and the legacy of our future.