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Zvonu Chramu Sv. Vaclava. (Sponsors of the bells of St. Wenceslaus) and a list of names that reads like a roll-call of the Czech community-Kozlovsky, Vitak, Strejcek, Kaspar, Misek, Prucha, Supik, Svehla, Velenovsky and many more.
The last building of the parish complex to be built in East Baltimore was the Lyceum, or Katolica Budova. Completed in 1925, it housed a basketball court, bowling alleys, meeting rooms and a roof-top dance floor and is still used occasionally for parish celebrations.
Now most of the descendants of the original Bohemian parishioners have moved away from East Baltimore, St. Wenceslaus is no longer a National Parish, and the school has been closed since 1986. The school building was converted to apartments and now provides low-cost housing to the needy. The convent has been converted to a hospice staffed by Mother Teresa's Missionary Sisters of Charity who care for AIDS victims. The congregation served by St. Wenceslaus Church continues to mirror the surrounding neighborhood.

nearby Johns Hopkins Hospital complex seems poised to expand further into the neighborhood with its pro­posal for a high-tech research center. With the resur­gence of its surrounding community St. Wenceslaus seems to be poised to become the center of a new, more diverse East Baltimore.

A comment from Father Lyons, pastor of St. Wenceslaus:
This beautiful church structure continues to stand as a great symbol of God's presence and aCtivity among his people, especially those who may struggle against adversity. Because of declining membership, the cost of maintaining the church has become burdensome. Nonetheless, many parishioners, alumni, and friends of St. Wenceslaus have banded together to raise the needed funds to seal the exterior walls, re-set the price­less stained glass windows and restore the pipe orgall, tower clocks and bel/so With God's help, and the sup­port of his people, St. Wenceslaus will continue to stand. as a sign of hope for generations to come.


   
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