Tuesday, February 10, 2026

Saint Who?

Time for another album from a group you've never heard of from a church you've never heard of named after a saint you've likely never heard of. I tried to do a little research on the church and found that it had closed back in 2008, the congregation being folded into another church so close that the parishioners walked down the street to symbolically join the other church. I'm not sure who the group singing on the record is, could be the church choir or maybe some other group affiliated with the church. And lastly, I looked to see who St. Casimir was, turns out he was linked to Poland and Lithuania, which makes sense because the church in questions appears to have been founded by Lithuanian immigrants in Pittston, PA in 1890. So as I've said before, some of these records can really lead you down a deep rabbit hole of history if you're interested in such things. And there's also some music if you're interested. This is Saint Casimir-Listen To A Christmas At Saint Casimir's (Studio 'V' 1171095, Stereo, 1970). Well, it's not really by St. Casimir, since he passed away in 1484, but I didn't know what else to call the performers here. Enjoy!

1. Gloria In Excelsis
2. O Hearken Ye
3. Rejoice And Sing
4. Do You Hear What I Hear
5. Bekite Ziurekit
6. Gloria In Excelsis Gieda Angelai
7. As With Gladness
8. My Shepherd Is The Lord
9. Hark The Herald Angels Sing
10. A Christmas Amen
11. An Acclamation For A Christmas Gospel
12. The Miraculous Star
13. Now Let Us All Praise God And Sing
14. The Heavens Declare
15. Marija, Marija
16. O Come, All Ye Faithful
17. Sveikas Jesau Maziausis
18. Sheep May Safely Graze
19. A Great Amen

MEGA

Posted by Ernie at 2/10/2026 06:00:00 AM

6 comments:

  1. BusterTuesday, February 10, 2026 10:49:00 AM

    A nice remembrance of an old church. I was struck by your note that the church folded into another that was so close the parishioners could walk between the two. Churches in the early 20th century were often tied to an ethnic group, as this one was. Other nationalities would have their own places of worship, often nearby. In cities like Cleveland, the back of one Catholic church property could even adjoin the back of another.

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    1. ErnieTuesday, February 10, 2026 11:36:00 AM

      That's a good point, I didn't even think about that. I looked up the building on Google street view and it's still there, neatly kept but devoid of any signage that it would have were it active. And you can see the other church building right down the street.

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  2. BryanFriday, February 13, 2026 1:23:00 PM

    Ernie, I once read about 4 different religious groups sharing the same religious space. One was Jewish and three were Christian. Maybe these two groups could not keep either of their places going, so they merged into one to afford just the one place.

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    1. ErnieSaturday, February 14, 2026 10:03:00 PM

      I think it was just different buildings and congregations of the same religion & denomination. Perhaps Buster was right in that it was different ethnic groups.

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  3. BryanFriday, February 13, 2026 1:38:00 PM

    I honestly do not know what to make of this album.
    I just know they also have a lot of keys that do not fit the locks.

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    1. ErnieSaturday, February 14, 2026 10:04:00 PM

      Give 'em a break, they're not professionals, just people who like to sing in church.

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