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304 Anderson St.
Luseland, SK S0L 2A0
306.372.4217

History

Holy Trinity Lutheran Church traces its founding to the arrival in Luseland of Lutheran families from Wisconsin and Nebraska in 1909. Pastor Robert Buechner was an early provider of spiritual leadership for this group. An organizational meeting was held on 10 August 1910.

Building of a new church began in May 1911 and was completed in the summer of 1913. The steeple was added in 1914, and a basement was dug out beneath the church in 1947.

A group of Lutheran settlers arrived from Nebraska in 1908. A parish was officially organized on 16 October 1910 and was sometimes referred to as the German Lutheran Church near Hearts Hill.

A church building was constructed in 1913.

St. John's Lutheran Church disbanded in 1953 and many members joined Holy Trinity Lutheran Church.

The church building was sold to the Evangelical Free Church and moved into Luseland in the summer of 1954. In 1980, the building was moved to Rutland where it served as the "Rutland Community Chapel."

601 Saskatchewan Ave.
Luseland, SK S0L 2A0
306.372.4226

Mailing address: PO Box 160.

History

Catholic services in Luseland were first held in 1906 in private homes, schools, and the Royal George Hotel.

In 1926, a school building was purchased and converted into use as a church. The first Mass was said there on 15 May 1926.

A new church building was constructed and the first Mass was said therein on 8 December 1945.

St. Francis was first known as "Ulrich's Parish" because the worship services were held in the home of Jacob Ulrich.

The first church was built in about 1909 under the leadership of Father Palm.

The parish was closed from 1927 to 1934. It reoped as a Mission of St. Francis from 1934-1939.

The original church building was destroyed by a fire on 2 November 1937.

The building was reconstructed, but again the steeple was struck by lightning on 13 July 1948, and the entire structure destroyed.