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Praha Celebrates Its 170th Church Festival
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Bishop Brendan Cahill celebrated Mass Friday morning at St. Mary’s Church in Praha in front of a standing-room-only crowd that had some faithful finding benches up in the choir loft. Photos by Jeff Wick -
With St. Mary’s Church in the background, the line of people waiting for the fried chicken and stew meal in the church hall was hundreds of folks long about noontime.
On Aug. 15, 1855, the first Feast of the Assumption celebration was held in the small Czech community in southern Fayette County that was later renamed Praha in honor of Prague, the capital of the homeland of the Czech immigrants who came here. Ever since, on the Feast of the Assumption on August 15, Praha has been celebrating its faith and community with one of the largest church picnics around. Friday was no different as thousands came to Praha for the 170th annual feast.