St. Peter & Paul Ukrainian Catholic Church
106 7th Street N.
Wilton, McLean County, North Dakota 58579
106 7th Street N.
Wilton, McLean County, North Dakota 58579
The St. Peter and Paul Ukrainian Church was built in 1890 in the country northeast of Wilton. The church was moved to its present site in 1911 by the Ukrainian families who came to homestead, and also for the miners who worked in the coal mines in the early 1900s.
The Ukrainian Catholic Church acknowledges the authority of the Pope of Rome, but it employs the Byzantine rites, while the Roman Church uses the Latin rites. The Slavonik language is used in the rites of the Ukrainian Church.
In 1968 the church was remodeled, the south part of the building still being the original building which served so well for so many years. The seating capacity was greatly enlarged, and a new entrance hall was built on, as well as a sacristy. The large cross and the dome, along with two other crosses, is distinctive and important in the Byzantine architecture, and part of the symbols of the Ukrainian Catholic Church.
The newly remodeled dining room with paneled walls, and a modernized kitchen with new equipment are in the basement of the church. It has held many wedding dinners and other social events, such as old-fashioned Ukrainian dinners and public dinners by the ladies of the church.
Some 40 member-families continue mass in both Slavonic and English, with Father Bob Anderson as the present priest offering daily masses, aside from regular masses on Sunday.
Information – Wilton Diamond Jubilee 1889 - 1974
The Ukrainian Catholic Church acknowledges the authority of the Pope of Rome, but it employs the Byzantine rites, while the Roman Church uses the Latin rites. The Slavonik language is used in the rites of the Ukrainian Church.
In 1968 the church was remodeled, the south part of the building still being the original building which served so well for so many years. The seating capacity was greatly enlarged, and a new entrance hall was built on, as well as a sacristy. The large cross and the dome, along with two other crosses, is distinctive and important in the Byzantine architecture, and part of the symbols of the Ukrainian Catholic Church.
The newly remodeled dining room with paneled walls, and a modernized kitchen with new equipment are in the basement of the church. It has held many wedding dinners and other social events, such as old-fashioned Ukrainian dinners and public dinners by the ladies of the church.
Some 40 member-families continue mass in both Slavonic and English, with Father Bob Anderson as the present priest offering daily masses, aside from regular masses on Sunday.
Information – Wilton Diamond Jubilee 1889 - 1974