 | | Parishioners of St. Michael Church in Central City celebrated the 100th anniversary of the parish July 4. One hundred sixty three families are registered at the church – its interior shown. Courtesy photo. | Parishioners at St. Michael Church in Central City celebrated the parish's centennial July 4 with a Mass and dinner.
Archbishop Emeritus Elden Francis Curtiss presided and was the homilist at the Mass. Abbot Theodore Wolff of Mount Michael Benedictine Abbey near Elkhorn was the celebrant.
Concelebrants were Msgr. Ivan Vap, a retired priest of the Diocese of Lincoln who lives in Hastings, and Father William Sanderson, pastor of St. Mary and St. Francis of Assisi parishes in Omaha.

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