The Home of Salvatorian Publications

Date

• ca. 1946

Publisher

Saint Nazianz, Wisconsin: Salvatorian Fathers

Summary

• This two-story building with a one-story wing extending from the right side of the front entrance was constructed in 1939 to house the Salvatorian Publishing Department, which was operated by the Society of the Divine Savior, or Salvatorian Fathers, in St. Nazianz, Wisconsin. Located on the grounds of the Salvatorian Seminary in St. Nazianz, the building replaced an earlier Publishing Department facility that had been erected in 1920. The Salvatorian presence in the small Manitowoc County village dated back to 1896 when the Society of the Divine Savior merged with an earlier Catholic communistic community known as the Oschwald Association. The Publishing Department produced greeting cards, seals, and religious goods to generate funds for the seminary and Salvatorian missions. It also published several newsletters. Up until 1941, Salvatorian magazines in German had been sent to and mailed in the United States. The St. Nazianz publications were in English. To staff the Publishing Department, the Salvatorians advertised in Catholic newspapers and Catholic high schools, inviting young women to come and work in St. Nazianz. Those who came boarded in the village. At work in the Publishing Department, their dress code consisted of a dress, or skirt and blouse, with a smock over the top. They also were required to wear nylons. Many of the girls met and married men from the village and settled in Manitowoc County. This photograph was published in "Golden Jubilee 1896-1946, Salvatorian Fathers, St. Nazianz, Wisconsin" printed by Ozaukee Press.