History (continued)
1908, August, an unexpected frost hits the area.
1908 - the plaque, Diphtheria, struck Mundare which caused even the chapel to be closed for a month.
1909 - the monastery was robbed leaving only a small amount of change.
1909, June 19th, - there was a court case against our parishioners who sent their children to the Sister's school and not the local pubic school. The magistrate did not punish anyone for this "crime.
1909, July - a motion was passed for the building of a new church with each farmer pledging $20.00 and Bishop Legal contributing $500.00 to this cause.
1910 - the number of school children was so great that the Fathers vacated their monastery and lived in a nearby granary.
1910, October - Metropolitan Andrew Sheptycky came to Mundare and then again in October of 1921.
1910, October 22 - At 5:30pm, His Excellency Bishop Andrew, along with Father S. Dydyk visited Mundare.
1910, October 23 - the new church was ceremoniously blessed by Metropolitan Andrew Sheptycky.
1910, October 23, One thousand people received holy communion in the unfinished church in Mundare.
December 20, 1910 - the building of the new church was completed.
December 21 1910 - the Sisters decorated the church and it was ready.
In 1912 Mundare had two automobiles in town.
1912- the orphanage was built while Father Kryzanowsky was in Saskatchewan pleading for donations for the orphanage
August 19th, 1914 - the large school orphanage of the Sisters on the "farm" was blessed. The first Bishop of the Ukrainians in Canada, was present, Bishop Nicetas Budka.
The mushrooming settlement needed a name during the early stages of growth and the hamlet was named after one of the existing station agents; Mr. W. Mundare.