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Founded 1916 by Carpathian immigrants; 712 E. Lawrence Street; a parish of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Eparchy of St. Nicholas, Chicago; 110th anniversary opened 1 November 2026
The parish: St. Michael's was founded in 1916 by immigrants from the Carpathian mountain country of what is today Ukraine and Slovakia, on the parish's own account. It is a parish of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church — Byzantine Rite, in full communion with Rome, under the Eparchy of St. Nicholas in Chicago — and it is entered here in its true affiliation, as an Eastern Catholic parish and not an Orthodox one. Its church stands at 712 East Lawrence Street, in the city's northeast, and its Divine Liturgy is celebrated on Sundays at 10:00 a.m., predominantly in English with some Ukrainian.
The present state: No Mishawaka congregation's present state is better dated than this one's. On 1 November 2026 the parish officially opened the celebration of its 110th anniversary with a Hierarchical Divine Liturgy attended by Bishop Benedict Aleksiychuk, Eparch of St. Nicholas — the event reported by the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church's own publication on 3 November 2026 — followed by an open house on 7 November and the feast-day liturgy on 8 November 2026. The parish's published materials name Father Herman Majkrzak as its pastor in 2026. A congregation founded by one century's immigrants was, in the month this section was written, keeping its 110th year with its bishop in attendance.
Sources:
- St. Michael's parish site and published history (stmichaelsmishawaka.org) — the 1916 founding and the Carpathian origin.
- Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church official publication, 3 November 2026 — the 110th anniversary opening and Bishop Aleksiychuk's liturgy.
- St. Nicholas Eparchy and parish directory listings, current November 2026.