Commemorative Pages

to mark the

150 Year Jubilee

of the

Parish

Panatulnou (Neupanat)

1787 - 1937


Dedicated to the beloved senior pastor, his Excellency 
Diocesan Bishop Dr. Augustin Pacha, with humility and 
love, by his humblest servant.
     

 
      Diocesan Bishop Dr. Augustin Pacha


Foreword

	The year 1937 is a landmark in the history of the small Catholic congregation of 
Panatulnou (Neupanat), County of Arad.  In this year, the parish celebrates its 150 years' 
existence.  On the occasion of this jubilee, it is surely fitting to refer to the formation first 
of all, to include a short view into the past of this congregation in order to learn from it to 
form effective resolutions, to find the paths which will lead our young people and all the 
inhabitants of the community toward a happy future and to stride them resolutely.
	A look back at the honorable role of our ancestors is all the more justified when 
the same will serve to show both the present as well as the future generations how our 
brave forefathers worked, struggled, quarreled and sacrificed in order both to bring about 
the material construction of the congregation but also to erect everlasting spiritual 
temples of God in the hearts and souls of the successors.
	May this brief history of the small German Catholic congregation of Panatulnou 
(Neupanat) show the outstanding merits which our ancestors have earned because of the 
development of the community and the almost unprecedented upswing of the Catholic 
Church in the same.  May these commemorative pages be a pleasant memory for the old 
people, many of whom as it were have partly experienced the same at first hand, but 
show the younger generation how their grandparents and parents were concerned about 
the preservation of our holy religion and of the German nationality, how they worked, 
exerted themselves and what great sacrifices they made in the way of money, work and 
time to erect and maintain church and school so that the precious inheritance which they 
brought along from the old homeland, the holy faith, remains preserved to their children.
	Not for the great world therefore, but exclusively to the Neupanaters should these 
commemorative pages matter as a grateful reminder of the ancestors who already rest in 
the cemetery.
	If the younger generation takes the work of the true Catholic German ancestors as 
an example and will cherish and propagate the precious heritage of those ancestors, then 
the purpose of this piece of work is fulfilled.
	The following short history of our parish may be regarded as authentic in that it is 
based on "Historia domus,"  therefore on that parish history which was written by the 
former pastor Joachim Valentin Fliegszeder in the year 1835; furthermore on the so-
called "Visitatio canonica"  from the year 1835 and on documents and records of the 
religious community discovered.
	If, nevertheless, defects and deficiencies appear this can be attributed to the fact 
that in many instances the necessary documents were not available.  With good intentions 
to draw a picture as faithful as possible of the beginning and growth of this community, 
the writer of these lines did not fail.


Genesis of the Community

	The great German colonization begun by the Empress-Queen Maria Theresa in 
the Banat was continued with great circumspection by her son, Emperor Josef II, 
following his assumption of power in the year 1780.  On orders of Emperor Josef II, 150 
new dwelling houses were built by the high exchequer for agricultural colonists here in 
Neupanat in the year 1786-87 and handed over to the arriving immigrants from Austria, 
Germany and parts of Lorraine still in the same year.  The community received the name 
Pusta  Panath.
	The community of Panatulnou therefore came into being in the same manner as 
the remaining German communities of the Banat.  The regions of the country re-
conquered from the Turks were place under the imperial government and then it settled 
Germans here.
	In the register books, the name of the local community was called "Neo Panat" 
from 1792 on.  Since 1835, the name "Uj Panat" and "Uj-Panath" functions, which was 
changed in the year 1911 by the Hungarian Minister of the Interior at that time to 
"Ujpanad."  Since the Romanian dominion, the community bears the name "Panatulnou."
	The community lies beyond the Maros River,  on the highway leading from Arad 
to Siria (Vilagos)  and lies 8 kilometers  away from Arad.  The plat has 4,236 imperial 
yokes  and is distributed as 3,205 imperial yokes  of plow field, 160 yokes of 
compensation gardens, 160 yokes  of vineyards and 117 yokes  of pasture meadow.
	Between the former count's estate and the border of Covasint,  the small brook 
rising near Minis,  the so-called wet Wiesengraben  (Szàrangér), flows into the plat 
then moves behind the vineyards, later, farther in the plat and with a swing to the 
northeast, it takes its direction towards Zimandul-nou (Zimand-Ujfalu). 
	The community offers a quite beautiful sight from afar.  There are, after all, only 
straight streets here; the principal street which is a highway at the same time and the 
many side streets with well cared-for footpaths are mostly cultivated with mulberry trees, 
also to some extent with acacia trees.  The count of dwelling houses according to house 
number is 308.  In this count are included the 48 houses newly-built in the year 1923, 
which were erected on a piece of land with an area of 12 imperial yokes  expropriated 
from the pasture meadow.  Until then, the number of houses was only 260.
	The dwelling houses lie close to each other.  Indeed, only the large house sites 
have an expanse of 600 square fathoms,  while those of the so-called small farmers only 
have an area of 400 square fathoms.   Most dwellings are roofed with tile; however one 
can still catch sight of houses roofed with reed in places.
	Scarcely is there a yard without any well.  The drinking water is very good.
	At the principal place of the community-in front of the church, rectory and 
school-a park was laid out on May 12, 1934, which is surrounded with a durable wire 
fence.  To the right on the main street stands the parish hall, newly-build in the year 1875, 
opposite it in the park the public elementary school, afterwards the Roman Catholic 
parish church and then the Roman Catholic rectory.


Inhabitants

	The inhabitants of the community are German, Roman Catholic as regards their 
religion.  The ancestors emigrated in the year 1786/87 from Austria, Germany and some 
parts of Lorraine; therefore, even today the Plennert family is still called "Lothringer."   
Close to 150 families had settled here.  What hardships the ancestors had do endure on 
the weeks-long journey, with what untoward events they had to contend need not be told 
at great length.  In most cases anyway, they came downstream on boats or rafts as far as 
Szegedin  or Pantschova  and were transported from there with farm carts or on foot, as 
each one was able, to their destination since up to that time there still was no railroad 
transport.  After their arrival, the immigrants were accommodated in the previously 
completed houses and simultaneously the total tax exemption was granted to them for 10 
years.  At the same time, each family received a complete agricultural outfitting 
consisting of draft animals, cart, tools, implements and everything necessary thereto.  In 
addition, the immigrants were offered a whole or half session.   However, they chose 
only a half session because aside from the cultivation of their own fields they also had to 
perform community works (Robot) dictated by the district authorities, especially assisting 
with the construction of new paths, with the cutting of ditches and with cultivation of 
public fields.  This work was most rigorously required; nobody was permitted to avoid 
the same, and also because of that nobody was able to venture to undertake the 
cultivation of their own whole session.
	However even though they received almost everything at the outset for nothing, 
our ancestors, in no case, lived in golden times!  All the areas which they received had 
grown to a wild state.  In their time, the Turks indeed not only devastated cities and 
villages but also left field and soil in a grown-wild state.  Under such arduous conditions 
then, our ancestors went to work to make the agricultural field arable.  This was heavy, 
almost inhuman labor, yet only simple, primitive work tools were at their disposal.
	The soil received, which had remained uncultivated for the most part for 
centuries, therefore had to be laboriously conquered little by little; reed, brushwood and 
thorns had to be cut out, the standing water in the many pools and swamps be drained.  
Only thus was the soil able to be made arable after laborious work lasting for years.  
When many, which indeed may easily be imagined, also departed this world prematurely 
from the hard work, for all that most people struggled on, worked and sacrificed and 
contributed to the development of the community.  They relied on God in good times as 
well as in the greatest fateful hours and took their refuge in the divine providence under 
all circumstances.  The record from the year 1794 shows what they, 6 community 
officials, publicly vowed to the Lord God so that He would keep both epidemic and 
conflagration as well as diseases, too, far from the community.  The text of the record is 
the following:
We the undersigned judge,  jurymen  and elders of the Chamber community Neu-
Panath show herewith and engage that to extol the glory of God we vow and pledge 
to God under today's date, in addition to the feast and holy days chosen by the 
aforesaid community in the year 1786, to celebrate annually namely as follows:  
firstly, the feast of St Fabian and St. Sebastian  so that in mercy God would ordain to 
ward off the plague from us and protects us instead; secondly, the feast of St. Mark 
the Evangelist  so that God would bless and protect the fruit of the land for us and 
would want to drive any hail and storms from us; thirdly, the feast of St. Florian  so 
that God would mercifully protect us from conflagrations;  fourthly, the feast of St. 
Wendelin  so that we might be protected from foot and mouth disease.  And also 
since St. Wendelin as a guardian of the locality also has been chosen as the patron 
saint of the church, thus shall these four days of repentance be celebrated with a High 
Mass on the days when they fall.  Thus, if St. Wendelin's day falls on a Sunday then 
it is celebrated at the same time with the church consecration solemnity as patron 
saint of the church; however, if it falls on a weekday then the church consecration 
solemnity is postponed until the next Sunday in this octave.  In addition to this, 
however, we also dedicate and vow to God a requiem for the dead souls in the 
community which shall be held annually on a Monday after the church consecration.  
All of this shall be categorically observed by us, silently and without performing the 
least work on these days; in default whereof, the one who will act to the contrary and 
shall work shall be under a church penalty.  To which document and record, such 
have signed under vow with name signature in their own hands and want to and shall 
confirm with the customary community seal.  Signed in Neu Panath the 23rd of 
October 1794.  Martin Lyubicics mp.,  Local Chaplain in Neu Panath.  Jacob Schäfer 
mp., judge; Lucas Gebharth, juryman; Heinrich Sand, juryman; Andreas 
Tropfenbaum, father of the church. 

	Whereas the weather blow which happened for the 4th of May 1803 in fact is 
repeated almost yearly in this village, for that very reason so that through the 
intercession of the saints Almighty God would want to turn away such and every 
misfortune from us in the future, therefore the entire community has engaged to 
observe a general holiday, and this shall be observed annually on the 1st of May, even 
if the weather will allow it differently on the day first mentioned even if without the 
usual service, also for the intention first named a public procession is held to the cross 
which is situated on the meadow field.  In case, however, the procession cannot be 
held on account of impossibility, then the same is postponed from the 1st of May to 
that extent until the weather will allow it.  Signed in Neu Panath on the 1st of May 
1804.  Josef Baumann mp., judge; Georg Wenzl, juryman; Franz Mandik, juryman; 
Peter Wolf mp., juryman.

	At present, the number of souls is 1917, of which 1890 are Roman Catholic and 
27 Greek Orthodox.
	All matters concerning the parish were always settled in perfect agreement with 
the community administration.  Finally in the year 1901, the choice of an autonomous so-
called "father of the church" appeared necessary, who from that time on was in charge of 
all matters of the parish himself.  Then in the year 1935, the self-supporting parish was 
established for the deepening of Catholic self-assurance on the one hand and for the 
stimulation and development of parish life on the other hand.  This took place on direct 
orders of the higher episcopal authorities, and still in the same year the church committee 
was created on the basis of binding ordinances instituted regarding this.  Also when the 
church laws as well as the laws of the state grant to the bishop the right of administration 
of the ecclesiastical properties, the episcopal authorities therefore wanted in consideration 
of that the faithful of the diocese to have to carry at least a portion of the material 
burdens, especially since in the statute concerning the ratification of the concordat was 
stated: "The patronages and Patronat  obligations of every kind are and remain abolished 
in every case without compensation" (Article XV), in consideration of which the 
episcopal authorities wanted to stimulate the faithful toward collaboration on the 
development of parish life and to this end have drawn up uniform statutes which were 
also confirmed by the High Ministry for Instruction and Worship under number 
14485/1934.X.5.   These statutes were of course also recognized by the local parish on 
the 14th of April of the year 1935 and according to the same the church committee was 
appointed at the same time, which sent out from its midst the commission for the legal 
representation of the parish.
	Thus for two years, this commission are the shock troops of the pastor, so to 
speak.  As such, the committee is called on to take an interest in all the pastoral tasks and 
to collaborate with the pastor on the building of the parish.
	The distinguished band of our church committee deserves grateful 
acknowledgement and special mention in the scope of these commemorative pages 
because the members of this church committee commission are those to whom is owed 
the preservation of the orderliness in the church and the determined guidance for the 
maintenance of the parish.  A good number of the parish committee members already 
look back on a long series of years of faithful service.
	Members of the present church committee commission in the jubilee year are the 
following gentlemen: Secular chairman is Andreas Klein; deputy-chairman Franz 
Sallanz; trustee, Michael Hoffmann; treasurer, Johann Reif; secretary, Konrad Bretträger; 
testers, Josef Fritz and Peter Reingruber.  Ordinary members, Jakob Klemenz, Josef 
Wolf, Johann Sand, Peter Schmalz, Johann Baumann, Sebastian Schmalz and Johann 
Wolf.
 	As in the past so then also today, the inhabitants are still true-believers.  The best 
gauge for the religious spirit of the local faithful, for the strength of their faith and the 
religious life which is dominant in this community is the fact that the community 
Panatulnou (Neupanat) even if not so wealthy is blessed with vocations to priesthood and 
religious order anyway.
	1) Anton Hoffmann (born March 4, 1885) prepared himself for the priesthood of 
the secular clergy,  who unfortunately was called away to eternity still as a cleric on 
February 10, 1906 in Temeswar.  2) Johann Wolf (born December 27, 1909) felt the same 
vocation in himself, who also was actually ordained as priest in his native church on 
March 26, 1933 and presently works as spiritual in the convent of Notre Dame of 
Temeswar-Josefstadt.   3) His brother Franz Wolf (born September 4, 1915) still 
prepares himself for the priesthood, at the moment a student of theology of the 5th year's 
class in the diocesan seminary in Timisoara.
	Georg Konrad (born September 7, 1900) felt himself called to the religious order, 
who also actually entered the Piarist Order  at Budapest on December 24, 1923 and had 
received ordination as a Piarist professor in that very place on July 14, 1925.  
Unfortunately, he went home too early after death took place in Veszprem  on 
November 28, 1928.
	Entered into the feminine order of the School Sisters of Notre Dame are: a) 
Catharina Schlechter (born August 23, 1884) with the convent name Maria Arimathea, 
she died, though, in the convent at Periam (Perjamos)  on December 22, 1931.  b) 
Justina Scherer (born July 1, 1897) with the convent name Marie Agreda presently works 
in Lipova.   c) Catharina Scherer (born November 9, 1898) with the convent name Marie 
Fides presently works in Timisoara.  d) As a candidate and pupil of the 3rd class of the 
Roman Catholic Teacher Institute of Notre Dame, Anna Scherer (born July 18, 1912) felt 
a calling to the feminine Order of the School Sisters in addition, fell victim to a 
pernicious lung disease, though, and died here on November 29, 1932.
	Another sign of the religiousness in this community shows in the church societies 
in addition.  A good many societies developed which not only look after the special 
interests of their members but also in many instances can carry out valuable services to 
the whole community.  Operating like that today are: 1. The Rosary Fellowship.  To it 
belong pious persons who make it their business to practice the Living Rosary devotion 
diligently and also to win devoted admirers of Mary.  Monthly, the members contribute 
their bit to pious objectives, particularly on behalf of Holy Masses.  The director is the 
pastor of the day.  The president is Widow Filipp Weszpecher, née Anna Schleich.  In 
addition, there are 15 superiors, each with 15 members.  2. Heart of Jesus Fellowship.  
We are indebted to it for the most popular devotion by far in the community, namely the 
"Heart of Jesus" devotion.  The fellowship has 284 members.  The director of this pious 
society is the pastor.  3. Mission Society of the Pontifical Work for the Propagation of the 
Faith.  The goal of this church society is: Through personal influence to fill others with 
love for the missions and through a monthly contribution of 2 Lei  to support the 
heathen mission work.  Partly my means of the yearly contributions of the members of 
this society partly by means of the special yearly collection on Mission Sunday, the 
means are obtained which are for the benefit of the Catholic mission work of the whole 
world.  The society presently counts 26 members.  4. Finally, there is the Work of the 
Little Theresa (of the child Jesus), with 149 members, which was called into existence as 
a fine outcome of the mission held in the year 1933.
	No less, the missions which already were held here repeatedly show the splendid 
and exemplary religious lives:  1. in the year 1906 by the Redemptorist Fathers Andreas 
Koszler and Josef Rudisch; 2. in the year 1924 by the unforgettable Salvatorian Father 
Petrus Zimmermann and 3. in the year 1931 by the Redemptorist Fathers Aloysius 
Schwarz and Heinrich Schopf.
	During the first-mentioned mission, 1100 Communions took place at the 
distribution; during the second, 2060 and during the third, 1900; surely a record which 
cannot be so easily surpassed by any other community.
	Shored-up by these nice results, the local pastor himself held a small mission in 
the year 1933 on the 19th-23rd of March with cooperation of the Pastor Thomas Schuster 
from Livada (Fakert).   It was regarded as worthy preparation for ordination, incidental 
to which Johann Wolf, a local child, was supposed to be ordained priest in his native 
church.  Despite the terrible weather and snowstorm which set in, the mission received a 
fine outcome with eager participation of the people and was crowned by nearly 
unbelievable results.  His Excellency Diocesan Bishop Dr. Augustin Pacha personally 
held the solemn conclusion.  Altogether, 1120 Communions were distributed in this time 
of grace, where the total number of inhabitants only amounts to 1890.
	In the end, may the beautiful pilgrimage processions, which are undertaken 
annually to the pilgrimage place Maria Radna with large participation on the third day of 
prayer in the Ascension Day feast at which many, often very many, take part praying and 
singing, still stand in every memory.
	The faithful church choir which proclaims the praise of Christ, our divine king, 
with singing Sundays and Holy days at the High Mass and at other services, and thereby 
contributes a lot to the enhancement and glorification of the service, definitely deserves 
special mention in these commemorative pages.  This church choir deserves the fullest 
appreciation especially because its members put their valuable services at the disposal of 
the church without pay and solely for the glory of God.
	Of course, proclaiming the praise of the highest Lord is not the sole object of the 
church choir.  No!  On the whole, the cultivation of German song lies close to the hearts 
of all the members.  After all, our ancestors brought along German song to the new 
homeland as the lightest luggage.  And to propagate and to disseminate this German song 
is the goal of the local church choir in addition.  And rightly!  Our marvelous German 
song is part of the little good and pure, the few true ideals, which we rescued for 
ourselves from the chaos of the last quarter-century and which nobody can take from us!
	And if we will preserve German song to the people, if we cherish and cultivate 
German male singing, in the awareness of its great moral and ethical strengths, then can 
we say with satisfaction that we have collaborated in the spiritual rebirth of our people.
	A choral society was already founded imbued with this lofty goal many years ago.
	For almost 10 years, it bears the name "Church Choir" and for 2 years is lead by 
the pastor himself.  There is hardly a festivity in the community in which the church choir 
would not be involved.  The conductor at present is the local pastor; president, Johann 
Wolf; secretary, Josef Schleich; treasurer, Josef Konrad.
	This article with regard to the description of the inhabitants would not be whole 
and complete if mention was not also made of the local children who entered upon an 
academic career and thus as intellectuals of the community have attained honorable 
positions in civil life.  From this community, came:
Nikolaus Baumann, Station Head, i.P. Szeged.
Peter Bretträger, Section Head in the Ministry of the Interior, died in Budapest.
Dr. Anton Engel, City Physicist, Budapest.
Dr. Emil Hoffmann, Law Courts Judge, Baja. 
Michael Hoffmann, Notary, Varadia de Mures. 
Johann Kampis, Senior Civil Servant, died in Budapest.
Jakob Konrad, Engineer, Budapest.
Peter Mandik, Doctor, Proprietor of a film theater in Budapest.
Jakob Scherer, University Student.
Josef Schill, Last Hungarian Vice-gespan  of Arad County, died in Budapest 7 May 
1937.
Filipp Schill, Chief School Inspector of Middle Schools, Szeged.
Johann Schill, Director at the agricultural School of Agriculture, Mako. 
Franz Steger, Director of the Civil Girls' School, Budapest.
Josef Vidor, Music Inspector, Principal, Budapest.
Josef Wolf, Bank Director, Lugos. 
Jakob Zeller, Notary, i.P. in Timisoara.


Church

	Once, the departure from the homeland certainly might have been hard for the 
forefathers of our community but they were capable people who brought with them to the 
new homeland not only tough peasant industry but also piety and firm trust in God.  In 
the old homeland, it was religious faith which did not let them lose heart in the midst of 
the many bloody battles and because of that they wanted to have the dear God also in 
their midst here where not fewer hard struggles awaited them.  Of course in the year 
1786/87, they still had no house of God in their colony even though a spiritual advisor 
was offered to them in the person of the Franciscan monk Fortunatus Friederich.  There 
was at the time neither a rectory nor a church; the spiritual advisor resided in a farm 
house, while at first the church devotions were held in an old granary.  Then when this 
collapsed, the service was held in different private houses, for the last time in house 
number 76 on the school street.
	Thirty-two years, our ancestors lived without a church without, however, giving 
up the firm intention to erect a worthy place of residence for the Omnipotent in their 
midst.  Their wish at last was fulfilled.  In the year 1819, the cornerstone of the church, 
which is presently still standing, was laid by Count Ignatius Gyulai, Ban of Croatia, the 
former holder and proprietor of the Neupanath estate.  The construction began, the house 
of God was brought under roof and the other works were taken on solely by the lord of 
the manor.  So then, the church stood there bare and empty for 6 years!
	The pastor at that time, Georg Quesar von Persanova, knight of the golden 
military cross, who died her of dropsy in the year 1825 on the 29th of January, bequeathed 
his entire fortune of 1011 Guilders Vienna currency  by will for the completion of the 
church which had been brought under roof.  His successor, Joachim Valentin Fliegszeder, 
had to look no less with a melancholy heart at the bare walls of the church building, the 
use of which unfortunately still could not be taken.  On top of that, the faithful also had to 
stand in rain and snow under God's open sky and thus hear Holy Mass which still was 
read in farm house 76.  Then when during the service on a work day, a Jew passing by 
shouted, "Have you nothing to trade," just as the priest had said the Preface, then the 
pastor could no longer conceal his displeasure.  After the service, he gave an animated 
address to those present and asked them to undertake serious steps in order for the 
completion of the church building to become please in the first rank and if this was futile, 
permission to ask for the interior and exterior final preparation of the house of God from 
the manor.  The latter actually was also granted by the manor.  Two Guilders  (which 
today is equal in value with 200 Lei) were contributed by every house; added with the 
testamentary fortune of the deceased pastor of 1011 Guilders, this sum was enough to 
finish the church and hand it over to its sacred function.  On the 27th of November of the 
year 1825, on the first Advent Sunday, was the great day of rejoicing, at which the 
newly-built church received the church consecration.  The district dean, Johann Nyéky, 
pastor from Pescka,  carried out the consecration ceremonies with the assistance of the 
Minorite  Fathers from Arad and several pastors, while Fr. Dominik Grau, Minorite 
Father from Arad, gave the festival sermon.  It must be noted that in the parish history 
written by Pastor Joachim V. Fliegszeder, just as in the Visitatio Canonica, the 
consecration year is indicated as 1826.  That this remark was made by mistake follows 
from the 2 following reasons: 1.) According to a notation of the baptismal book from the 
year 1825, Magdalena Klemens was baptized on the 28th of November.  With the 
notation, the following Latin note is found in the last column: "Prima vice in nova 
ecclesia," that is in the German translation, "Zum erstenmale in der neuen Kirche."   2.) 
On a small door of the parament  cabinet in the sacristy, one can read the following 
remark-written with lead pencil: "Die Kirche selbst ist am ersten Sonntage im Advent 
(27. November) 1828 eingeweiht worden, als Franz Fritz Richter war."   Now since in 
the year 1825 the first Advent Sunday actually fell on the 27th of November and the 
church really was consecrated on the same day, the first baptism in the new church can 
correctly be carried out on the 28th of November 1825.
	After bitter, almost futile efforts over 38 years, the ancestors finally succeeded in 
creating a house of God for the community.  Only he who witnessed service held in 
private buildings or even in guest room can rightly understand how big the joy of the 
pastor at that time and of the whole community had to be when they could enter their 
consecrated house of God, the church finished by their own energies....
	If the readiness of the faithful in those days to make sacrifices had not shown 
itself, the building would have stood there-who knows how long-empty and bare.  But 
our fathers thus struggled, battled and sacrificed for the Catholic faith and left behind this 
house of God as a symbol of a self-sacrificing faith to us.  This beautiful, this noble fact 
is a circumstance from which we can see what devotion to the church, what profound 
religion and fear of God, animated the hearts of the ancestors in our community.
	And to the praise of the descendants let it be said that they with active vigilance 
and holy zeal kept and protected the precious blessing of the faith and that the devotion to 
the church-built by the ancestors-still has not become extinct.  The thorough 
renovation, the exterior and interior embellishment, of the house of God after 100 years, 
which cost nearly 100,000 Lei  in the year 1925, speaks for that.
	This renovation is shining proof how much love, how much enthusiasm, was once 
more built into this house of God after a hundred years.  On church consecration day of 
the year 1925, the house of God was resplendent in the new festival raiment, to the 
legitimate joy and pride of the pastor and of all the community members.  Rightly, the 
marble plaque fastened over the entrance door proclaims to posterity the fact: "Erneuert 
zur Herrlichkeit Gottes aus gültigen Spenden als Jubiläumsgeschenk 1825-1925,"  from 
then on.
	Now the church stands there sound and can proclaim to the fifth generation the 
enthusiasm of those men who took the well-being of the church and of the faithful to 
heart.  It stands there as a memorial to the strength of faith and of the readiness to make 
sacrifices of all the faithful.
	The house of God itself is constructed on a foundation of rocks and fired-brick 
and provided with a steeple, to which one can climb from the choir.  The church has a 
height of 12 meters  to the ridge of the roof; the steeple is another 16 meters  high from 
there.  The length of the church is 30 meters,  the width 11 meters.   Up to the year 
1925, it was re-roofed twice with shingles, first in the year 1862 and then in the year 
1892, always at the expense of the Patronat master.  After 33 years, a thorough 
renovation on the roof of the church had to be carried out once again, in the course of 
which the whole roof was provided with a surface of artificial slate plates, the steeple was 
raised about 2 meters at the same time.  This work was obliged to be carried out and 
hastened all the more since Mr. Georg Konrad, the first priest who called Neupanat his 
birthplace, wanted to hold his Primiz  at the church consecration festival of the year 
1925.  The costs of this large-scale restoration amounted to 150,800 Lei  and were 
covered from the Patronat fund.  In the year 1930, the already-damaged slate roof of the 
steeple was replaced by galvanized sheet iron, at the same time the cross of the steeple 
visible in the distance was re-gilded and a lightning rod put up on the steeple.  At the 
same time, in accordance with the desire of the father of the church, all doors on the 
church were set to open outwards, the church and sacristy socle furnished with cement 
mortar and finished with cement mortar spray.  All this cost approximately 112,000 Lei  
at the cost of the church fund.


 

The Parish Church of Panatulnou (Neupanat)

	The church shows a Romanesque style.  The main entrance to the church is on the 
south side.  The sanctuary is arch vaulted.  The main altar is of high value according to 
the opinion of an expert and is at present decorated with a picture of St. Ignatius Loyola, 
which was provided by the Mayer's art printing works from Münich in the year 1906.
	The first picture which hung on the main altar the Patronat master Count Ignatius 
Gyulai himself sent here from Vienna and was painted by a Hungarian deaf-mute who 
studied in Rome after the image of the Patronat master.  On the 18th of September of the 
year 1841, the Right Reverend Vicar General Ignatius Fabry from Timisoara sent a 
newly-painted picture of St. Ignatius Loyola which was solemnly consecrated on the 
following Sunday and put up on the main altar, while the old was removed-as not 
appropriate-and given back to the high manor.  The picture from 1841, which can only 
be put in use again after expert cleaning, was replaced by the present one in the year 
1906.
	From the beginning, there were only 3 bells in the steeple; all three were cast in 
Temesvar, specifically the large at 343 Pfund  in the year 1808, the middle at 213 
Pfund  in the year 1816 and the small at 64 Pfund  likewise in the year 1816.  When in 
the year 1898, a fourth was also procured from Arad the faithful could not enjoy their 
sounds for long.  In the year 1917 at the time of the World War on the 8th of January, 3 
bells were requisitioned by the military for war purposes.  On the day referred to: 1. The 
large bell (590 Pfund)  in the weight of 338 kilograms with the inscription, "Gegossen 
von E Egartner in Temesvar 1869";  2. The second (343 Pfund) in the weight of 194 
kilograms with the inscription, "Goß mich Jakob Jungbauer in Temesvar anno 1808"  
and 3. The small (64 Pfund) in the weight of 31 kilograms with the inscription, "Hönig F. 
Arad 1899" were dismounted and quite simply thrown down from the steeple.  Only one 
bell was left behind 213 Pfund), the "Wendelin" bell which weighs 119 kilograms with 
the inscription, "Goß mich Joseph Egardner zu Temesvar 1816." 
	Therefore, for 6 years only this single bell rang until in the year 1923 a pious 
citizen of the community, Johann Reif with his wife Magdalena Hoday, had a new bell 
made in the weight of 193 kilograms for 30,800 Lei,  which was solemnly dedicated in 
honor of "St. John" and hoisted into the steeple on the church consecration day of the 
year 1923.  It bears the inscription, "Gestiftet von Johann Reif und Gemahlin Magdalena 
Hoday-Gegossen von Anton Novotny's Sohn durch Gußmeister Neduhal in Temesvar 
1923."   At the same time, the bell donated by school children weighing 43 kilograms  
for 6,720 Lei  was dedicated in honor of "St. Joseph" and mounted.  It bears the 
inscription, "Gestiftet von 40 Schulkindern und einigen edlen Spenden.  Gegossen von 
Anton Novotny's Sohn durch Gußmeister Neduhal in Temesvar 1923." 
	The two new bells along with the old "Wendelin" bell were mounted onto the 
newly-constructed iron bell-loft.  This has a weight of 1012 kilograms  and was likewise 
made by Novotny for 22,264 Lei,  which sum was sacrificed by the American tribe 
brothers.
	The brothers abiding in America (in Chicago and Portland) were also informed 
about the solemn dedication of the 2 new bells and, encouraged by the beautiful example 
they also jointly decided to have the last big bell made for the homeland church.  In fact, 
they collected 59,500 Lei  for that purpose and sent that sum hither for the acquisition of 
a big bell which was supposed to be dedicated in honor of "St. Anthony."  This really 
was cast in Gyorok  in the weight of 350 kilograms  and was solemnly dedicated and 
hoisted into the steeple at the church consecration festival (31st July) 1924.  It bears the 
following inscription: "Verkünde Glaube, Hoffnung und Liebe-verkünde den Menschen 
den ewigen Frieden.  Gestiftet von den Neupanaters aus Chicago und Portland.  Gegossen 
von Biszak Josef, Gyorok 1924."   At the time of the solemn dedication, everyone 
greeted with joy this work of true love of the homeland, through which our tribe brothers 
in the wide world have shown that to them our holy Catholic religion is a precious 
blessing which they inherited from their ancestors and want to cherish in the future.  
When they left the native place, there in the new world they certainly missed most 
bitterly the sound of the native bells, of those bells which so often called them to the 
house of God, which broadcast the last salutation to their father, to their mother over the 
grave.  And the thought that these bells have also fallen victim to the horrible World War 
certainly gave them no rest when they were not able to give the big bell back to their 
native church.
	The steeple clock was donated to the church in the year 1866 by Baron Sigismund 
Bohus representative at that time and was installed by a master locksmith from Pankota  
for 400 Guilders.   In the course of time and by virtue of intervention of many 
unauthorized workmen who did not understand the subject it was entirely ruined so that it 
stopped working for some years and could not be made to work.  Then in the year 1926, 
it was repaired by the watchmaker Stefan Weber from Neuarad  and is working again 
since then.
	An organ was already installed in this church in the year 1835.  The present one is 
a gift from the former pastor and papal chamberlain Johann Mußkàlay who had it made 
in the organ factory of Mr. Leopold Wegenstein at Timisoara for 2000 Kronen.   In the 
year 1903 on the 25th of January, it was solemnly dedicated.  It was appropriately built 
for the requirements of this church and is very well suited for the Catholic service.  The 
organ was built as a pneumatic pipe system with 8 registers, one keyboard and one pedal.  
In it, there are 92 wooden pipes and 246 zinc pipes.  In the year 1918 on the 27th of April, 
27 of the principal pipes of the organ in the weight of 16 kilograms  were requisitioned 
for war purposes; however, the same were acquired again in the year 1922 and put in 
again by the organ builder Leopold Wegenstein at the time when the entire organ was 
cleaned and retuned on the 6th-10th of February.  Because of the tremendously heavy 
snowfall which continued 2 to 3 days, the 3 workers were able to be transported back to 
Arad only with arduous effort.  Four horses were harnessed to a sled, the men provided 
with shovels and after heavy labor succeeded in breaking a path to Arad.  After almost 4 
hours of laborious effort, they arrived there.


	Concerning the income of the church, up to the year 1918 it consisted like this 
only of offerings which flowed in the offertory bag and of the donations which were 
sacrificed on the part of good souls.  In the year 1918, the present pastor of the parish 
succeeded in winning the so-called "Curia" field for the church, which consisted of 47 
land-register yokes  and was awarded to the church from the property of the former 
Patronat master Count Edelsheim Gyulai Leopold.  By virtue of the Land Expropriation 
Law, however, on the 7th of February 1923, 27 yokes and 1329 square fathoms  were 
expropriated and only 19 yokes  along with the house standing on it were left in 
possession of the church.  The total rent of this field amounts to approximately 20,000 
Lei  and belongs to the proper income of the church.  Protecting this fund was not easy.  
But the pastor of the community spared neither effort nor sacrifice to accomplish all that, 
for which the entire community today is allowed with complete right to be proud.  The 
created church fund-there would hardly be a second like it in another community-aims 
at nothing other than the construction of a new house of God which corresponds to the 
number and the religious zeal of the faithful; this is and also then remains the life dream 
of the present pastor.  The model for the house of God to be constructed, the convent 
church in Timisoara-Josefstadt,  always hovers before his eyes.  With this goal in his 
eye, he works untiringly and economizes in order to expedite the creation of the planned 
parish church.


Parish

	The so-called "Schematismus"  drawn up by the episcopal authorities remarked 
in the case of the community Panatulnou that there already was a parish here in the year 
1333.  Also, the papal tithe registers from the 14th century allegedly are supposed to 
prove that the pastor of Neu Panath paid a few Groschen  tax to the Holy See.  Of 
course, this could not happen without a priest really residing here, that is a parish existed.  
The history writer Alexander Màrki himself observed in his work regarding the County 
of Arad that the community Panàt is said to have existed already in the year 1315.
	Solely under Turkish dominion which, as is well-known, lasted 164 years in the 
Banat region and only ended after the capture of Temesvar on the 1st of November 1716, 
under this one and a half centuries' Ottoman rule, so many things were lost.  Entire areas 
were almost completely depopulated, many, many cities and villagers were devastated so 
that nothing else remained but a totally ravaged, ruined and impoverished province.
	Like that then this community, this parish might also have been lost.  Shortly after 
the capture of Temesvar, General Field Marshal Klaudius Florimund Count von Mercy 
was entrusted with the supreme command of the Banat which was brought under imperial 
rule.  After Count Mercy had completely liberated this region, which the Ottomans had 
possessed since 1552, and protected it against possible new Ottoman invasions, he 
immediately began the reorganization of the reclaimed province.  The main problem was 
the scattered colonization experiments especially promised success, above all the 
systematic colonization, reclamation and economic development of the almost 
completely depopulated and impoverished Banat province.
	At the express desire of Mercy and of the imperial government, only "Germans of 
the Catholic faith from the Roman Empire of the German Nation"  were supposed to be 
settled on the chamber properties of the Banat.  So then the first German Catholic 
colonists came to the Banat in the year 1722 from the west of the empire.  Most were put 
in the southern Banat; at first barely eight German places had come into being in the 
northern Banat, among them Neu Arad, Lippa,  etc.
	The first systematic colonization of the Banat, begun my Mercy and ended in the 
year 1730, was continued for a second and third time.  The recruiting region was mainly 
Lorraine, the Palatinate, Baden and Hesse.  However, the Rhine districts, Swabia and 
Franconia also took part in the population movement.
	On orders of Emperor Josef II, 150 new dwelling houses were also built here by 
the high exchequer for agricultural colonists in the year 1786/87.  All the houses were 
built in the same type and shape, partly of sun-dried bricks partly of fired bricks with the 
main entrances toward the north.  At the same time, a large communal oven was also 
established here in which everyone could and was permitted to bake bread.  The cellar in 
the interim rectory at that time was later vaulted from the bricks of this oven-so they are 
called in the history.  Where that was nobody know today.  When thus all the dwellings 
stood finished, one handed them over to the German Catholic colonists planned at that 
time, who came here from Austria, Germany and from parts of Lorraine.  Consequently, 
the Neopanath parish was founded and the pastoral duties also began immediately.  
Although at first this parish was regarded as a branch of the Glogowatzer  parish for 10 
years, it nevertheless got a spiritual advisor who kept independent register books and was 
in charge of it from the 17th of October 1787 on.  The Franciscan monk Fr. Fortunatus 
Friedrich was appointed as the first spiritual advisor who functioned under the title 
"capellanus loci" (local chaplain) and was subordinate to the Glogowatzer pastor at that 
time, Friedrich Stocker, honorary canon, until the year 1792.  Fr. Martin Lyubicics from 
the Order of the Minorites followed him likewise as local chaplain, who looked after the 
parish until the year 1798.
	After his departure, the parish was taken over by Fr. Ernst Rausch, Minorite 
father, who was installed as the first independent administrator and worked as such here 
until his death which occurred on the 10th of May 1804.  It is reported about him that he 
understood farming very well and that under his leadership the cellar and larder in that 
interim parish building of which mention was already made.
	He found his successor in Reverend Andreas Blovßky who was transferred here 
from Moritzfeld  as the administrator of the parish.  He is supposed to have played the 
harp very beautifully.
	After 6 years, he was replaced by Karl Pàlma, former cathedral preacher, who 
therefore only conducted the pastoral duties 3 years as installed pastor until 1810.  Then 
he was transferred by His Excellency Diocesan Bishop Ladislaus Kößeghy to a better 
station at Bruckenau  because one was not inclined to give him the salary fixed by Count 
Pejacsevics in the year 1808.  After him, the same senior pastor was not inclined to 
appoint a permanent pastor in the future in order on the one hand in such a way to force 
the manor to hand over the fixed salary on the other hand to hasten the construction of a 
house of God.  After all, the granary in which the service was held was close to collapse!  
Consequently, this parish had no independent pastor in the beginning of the year 1814 but 
was pastored partly by the Glogowatzer pastor partly by Minorite fathers until autumn of 
the same year, which is obvious in the register books of that time.
	Because no permanent pastor was given to the community for the reasons 
mentioned, the manor looked for a pastor for itself in the person of a retired military 
chaplain whom the senior pastor admitted to the service of the diocese-to avoid all the 
unpleasantness-and entrusted with the administration of the parish here.  For that reason 
then, the former military chaplain at Rome and former pastor of Semlin,  Right 
Reverend Georg Quesar von Personova, knight of the golden military cross, worked here 
as the installed pastor from 1814-1825.  He died of dropsy on the 29th of January 1825 in 
his 72nd year of life and was buried in the cemetery here.  Under him, the church was 
brought under roof though not totally completed.  Because of that, he bequeathed by will 
his entire fortune, which he acquired mostly in the Turkish war, to his parish church so 
that the same would be able to be completed and handed over to its sacred function.  That 
he never drank wine or alcoholic beverages and only lived on milk and sweets is briefly 
emphasized from his life.  He owned extremely beautiful silver plate and other objects 
from the Turkish war and a fine collection of various old coins.
	His successor, Right Reverend Joachim Valentin Fliegßeder immediately took up 
the pastorate and worked here from January 1825 up to his death which had occurred on 
the 5th of July 1843.  He came from Styria:  He was born in the year 1792 in Neuberg  
which village is situated in the Märzthal close to Groß Mariazell.  With his parents who 
had immigrated in the year 1799, he came to Dombo  in the Marmorosch County.   He 
began his studies in Szathmàr,  continued them in Temesvar and was ordained a priest 
by His Excellency Kößeghy in the year 1821.  As a 4-year priest, he came to this 
community as administrator, where he was installed as pastor soon after that.  Under him, 
the church was completed and solemnly consecrated on the first Advent Sunday in the 
year 1825.
	His successor was Right Reverend Josef Wendeschu who functioned as pastor 
from the 24th of July 1843 to 1859.
	He was replaced by Right Reverend Johann von Mußkalay who worked here 
beneficially from 1859 to the end of 1899, therefore 40 years, and also celebrated his 
golden jubilee as a priest here.  In the year 1892, he received the title of a papal privy 
chamberlain from Pope Leo XIII in recognition of his great, many-sided contributions.  
At the end of the year 1899, he retired and spent his remaining years until his death in 
Lipova-Lippa.
	After him, the community was pastored by the chaplain here at that time, 
Augustin Witàlski who worked her until the 1st of April 1900.
	On this day, Dr. Josef Babinßky was installed as pastor and worked as such up to 
the 20th of July 1902 when he was transferred to Ernöhàza  at his own request.
	He received a successor in the person of Right Reverend Matthias Michon who 
was in charge of the pastoral duties here until the 1st of November 1904.

 

Local Pastor Alexander Kummergruber

	After his transfer to Simand,  Right Reverend Alexander Kummergruber took 
over the pastoral duties and works here to the present day.  He was ordained a priest by 
His Excellency Alexander von Dessewffy on the 1st of February in the year 1898.  His 
first position was in Pancota  where he worked almost 1 year as a chaplain.  From there, 
he went to Zàdorlak  then to Guttenbrunn.   In the year 1901, he was transferred to 
Timisoara-Josefstadt where he worked until the 1st of November 1904 as chaplain.  On 
the 1st of November 1904, he took up his new post as minister in Panatulnou and was 
installed as pastor by the senior pastor at that time in the year 1908.
	The name of the current pastor is inseparably linked with the history of this 
parish, whose priestly concern also turns toward church singing and fellowship matters in 
addition to the religious pastoral duties.  He works with true priestly zeal in the 
community for almost 33 years.  During his activity of many years, many improvements 
and new acquisitions were carried out.  Thus, the house of God received new bells in the 
year 1923; in the year 1925, the church was considerably beautified.  Renovations at the 
rectory were repeatedly carried out.  All this was only possible because the pastor, after 
many battles, after a lot of pleading and begging, succeeded in setting up the so-called 
Patronat fund, like which there is no second in the whole diocese.  Although the 47 land 
register yokes secured for this purpose dwindled to 19 yokes by virtue of the law, they 
nevertheless constitute a considerable asset which is enough for the maintenance of the 
church and of the rectory without the parish having to be preoccupied in the least for this 
purpose.
	During the pastorate of the current pastor, 3 missions already took place, namely: 
1. from the 28th of January to the 6th of February 1906; 2. from the 28th of December 1924 
to the 6th of January 1925; and 3. from the 11th to the 18th of January 1931.  Shored up by 
the fine results, the pastor held a mission himself in the year 1933 from the 19th to the 
23rd of March, which was crowned with almost unbelievable results.
	In the first days of the parish, there was no rectory.  As already observed the 
pastor lived-even as the church was situated as yet-in several private houses, among 
others, in the farmhouse number 113 as well.
	The present rectory was built in the year 1846 by Count Franz Gyulai as the 
Patronat master.  The building was erected mostly from fired bricks and the roof tiled.  
After construction, it had 3 rooms, a kitchen and a larder.  In the year 1886, a further 
room was added by Pastor Johann Mußkàlay, which through the years was used as a 
chaplain room but at present serves for office purposes.  Renovations were quite 
frequently carried out on the building.  Last, the office and 1 room are provided with tiled 
stoves. 
	The parish building is recorded as property of the parish on the land register page 
number 73 and according to the land register has an area of 591 square fathoms.   Of 
this, 307 square fathoms  are house and yard area; the rest constitutes the garden.  
Towards the street-inside the park-stands a wooden fence and a small yard door 
constitutes the entrance to the parish yard while a big gate leads into the household yard 
from the side street.
	The salary of the pastor was not always the same.  Ever since the parish came into 
existence, the pastor is endowed with one session which was cut out of the chamber land 
in 4 fields in the year 1792 by engineer Josef Hardin in the presence of the pastor at that 
time Ernst Rausch as well as of the local authorities: Heinrich Sand, judge; Benjamin 
Rosner, notary; Georg Wenzel, treasurer; Peter Gruber and Josef Mittermüller, jurymen.  
On the land register page number 73, it is entered under the title "Roman Catholic Parish" 
and according to the land register has 28 land register yokes and 1488 square fathoms. 
	A salary equal to the chamber land parishes was accepted in the year 1808 on the 
part of the Patronat manor by the lord of the manor at that time Count Pejacsevics, which 
however was refused by Count Ignatius Gyulai who bought back the entire property in 
the year 1813.  Because the lord of the manor turned down the demands of the pastor 
referring to this and only guaranteed to him 160 Guilders Vienna currency in cash which 
was equal to 64 Guilders coin in value, His Excellency Ladislaus Kößeghy, diocesan 
bishop, transferred the pastor at that time because of the refused salary at the end of 1813 
and was not once inclined to give the community a permanent pastor until the pay of the 
pastor will not be controlled.  For all of that, the old retired military chaplain stood 
financially-as this was already mentioned-and took over the administration of the 
parish because the community guaranteed to him 32 Guilders in cash, 300 rations of hay 
and 2 buckets of wine from which the pastor was obliged to let the church have the 
necessaries for the service.  Pastor Georg Quesar von Persanova, of course, could even 
live on this small salary because he had a sizable personal fortune at his disposal.  
However, his successor Joachim Valentin Fliegßeder felt only too well that this-
accepted by his predecessor-endowment was not adequate; because of that, he also 
became melancholy and died a premature, unexpected death.  Then when the second 
successor, Right Reverend Josef Wendeschu, complained that this salary was not 
adequate in order to live in accordance with the station, the community took pity and 
guaranteed an appropriate salary to the pastor for the future in a contract on the 7th of 
August 1843.  This contract was approved by the diocesan bishop at that time, His 
Excellency Josef Lonovics, on the 3rd of March of the year 1844; it is still in force today 
as well.  In the year 1906 and later in the year 1926, the livelihood taxes stipulated in the 
first point were indeed converted to a redemption fee by the pastor and parish; however, 
the remaining points of the contract remain untouched as the honorable episcopal 
authorities emphasized this on the 17th of April 1906.
	The oldest seal of the pastor's office comes from the year 1794 and can be seen 
pressed in sealing wax on that document according to which the local authorities were 
praised on the part of the community.  This seal shows two hands placed crosswise, a 
cross rises from their middle, "I" can be seen on its left side and "L" on its right side.  In 
the year 1832, this seal was altered and shows the figure of a priest (plausibly St. Ignatius 
Loyola) and "Sig(illum) Parochiae Neo Panat"  can be read on the border.  The present 
office seal simply bears the inscription "Romania, 1787.  Panatulnou (Ujpanad) Jud(et) 
Arad.  Parochia Rom(an) Cath(olic)." 
	Register books were properly kept since 1787.
	The first baptism is from the year 1787 on the 17th of October: Marianna, 
daughter of Johann Fesser and wife Margaretha; baptized by Fr. Fortunatus Friederich, 
local curate; Karl Clemens and wife Margaretha, godparents.
	The first marriage is from the year 1787 on the 23rd of October: Jakob Hoff, 
widower from the empire, and Catharina Wild, widow from Szegedin.  Married by Fr. 
Fortunatus Friederich, local curate, in the presence of the witnesses Johann Kayser and 
Paul Rupert.
	The first funeral is from the year 1787 on the 18th of October: by Fr. Fortunatus 
Friederich.  Name of the deceased: Johann Heini, 20 years old, resides here.
	So far, the register books of those baptized, of those buried and of those married 
are 7 volumes each.  The register book of those confirmed numbers 2 volumes.
	Canonica Visitatio can be found in one volume and is written in beautiful, legible 
script in Latin.  "Visitatio Canonica" is that called Pro Protocol,  which was taken down 
during the official examination of the parish (canonical visit) by His Excellency Diocesan 
Bishop Dr. Josef Lonovics on the 13th of May of the year 1835 in the presence of Canon 
Ignatius Fàbry (Canonicus a latere),  of Grand Provider Johann Janko, of County Judge 
Karl Bosnyàky, of Jurist Elexander Kornely and of the local judge and jurymen.
	"Historia Domus," i.e. history of the parish, was written in the year 1835 in the 
month of April by Pastor Joachim Valentin Fliegßeder in Latin, i.e. was begun and 
continued since that time.  Up to the year 1835, no documents were available from which 
one would have been able to learn something reliable regarding the founding.  Because of 
that, he questioned people mentioned-as he admits himself-the oldest of the 
community and drew the material for the description of the founding of this parish from 
their statements.
	Foundation documents and all the remaining documents are deposited in the 
archives of the parish office.


Patronat

	In the good old days, rich and famous families, mostly magnates, considered it 
one of their most sacred obligations to build churches on their property, to provide for 
their maintenance and to contribute to the support of the pastor.  Indisputably, some 
privileges were also connected with these obligations, which one called Patronat 
privileges.  It also happened that way here when in the year 1800 Count Ignatius Gyulai, 
Ban  of Croatia, acquired the chamber fields still remaining by purchase.  On the 11th of 
June 1801, he took possession of them.  From this time on, he took over the Patronat of 
the parish.  At that time, there was still no talk of building a church since he intended to 
sell the entire property after 7 years, which also really happened though with the right to 
repurchase!  Count Pejacsevics, who took over the property, guaranteed to the pastor at 
the moment an endowment, as was customary in the remaining chamber parishes.  In the 
year 1809, Pejacsevics leased the entire property to a certain Nicolits from Timisoara.  
But when after 4 years the Metropolit  Stratimirovits from Carlovitz  wanted to 
purchase the property, Count Ignatius Gyulai asserted his right and bought back the entire 
property again.  He also maintained it afterwards up to the year 1832 at which time he 
died of cholera, after he had previously-as commander-in-chief-become a holder of 
the golden fleece.  His son Count Franz Gyulai inherited the property, who exercised the 
Patronat privilege for a long time until he presented the property to Baron Leopold 
Edelsheim, who consequently acquired all the Patronat privileges.  In the year 1904, 
Count Leopold Edelsheim Gyulai was the lord of the manor who presented the current 
minister for the pastor of Neupanat in this year, who then still in the same year was 
appointed as pastor of the community by His Excellency Diocesan Bishop Alexander von 
Dessewffy on the suggestion of the lord of the manor.
	In addition in the year 1917, it became public that the lord of the manor intended 
to sell the local property, the so-called count's pußta.  Because of that, test bids took 
place repeatedly but the banker Alexander Goldschmidt, who lived in Arad, offered a 
sum of 2 million 900 thousand Kronen,  therefore much more than the local inhabitants.  
However, the sale was not approved by the high ministry; on the contrary, the Altruisten 
Bank in Budapest was entrusted to parcel out the entire property of 1099 land register 
yokes  to the local inhabitants.  In addition, this happened at the end of October of the 
year 1918 and with that the Patronat came to an end.
	Now when the Romanian dominion had begun and the law about land ownership 
reform was created in the year 1921 and consequently produced the possibility of the 
expropriation of so many properties, the battle began for the property purchased in a 
lawful way.
	The outcome was that the entire ownership of the former estate of Count Leopold 
Edelsheim Gyulai was expropriated and by virtue of voluntary consent of the property 
owners-so it is called in a ministerial communication-was resold to the owners with 
the removal of 282 yokes.   This resale, in pursuance of which there are considerable 
postponements regarding the properties, is just now in progress.


School

	Although this community unfortunately has no denominational school, there was 
nevertheless one like that from the beginning.  The Catholic school was built close to the 
church in the year 1820.  According to the report of the "Visitatio Canonica," there was 
only 1 reading room at first, but in the year 1835 it was not able to hold all those required 
to attend school.  At first, there was only one teacher dwelling near the school, with 2 
rooms, 1 larder and stable.
	Regarding the endowment of the first teacher, we find the following note in the 
"Visitatio Canonica": "The choirmaster/teacher-who is the bell-ringer at the same 
time-holds a half session in 4 fields; from the community, he receives 60 Imperial 
Guilders,  6 cords of wood for personal use, 5 cords for school heating and 24 Viertel of 
crops;  at the same time he also has meadow pasture privilege.  Since the teacher had to 
perform choirmaster service at the same time, surplice payments were also established for 
him."
	The first choirmaster/teacher was Vencel Cserni, who worked here from 1823-
1858 (died 9th of January 1858).  He was married and the father of 9 children.  After his 
death, 2 teachers were employed.  Anton Kampis, who was choirmaster at the same time, 
was appointed as headmaster.  He worked until the 6th of April 1879, until the highest 
teacher and master called him away to eternity.
	The subordinate teacher was Johann Cserni, the son of the first teacher, who 
occupied himself with all the other things only not with teaching, though.  When in the 
year 1863 on the 10th of May His Excellency the diocesan bishop visited the school at the 
same time at the time of the confirmation but did not find the teacher in his class, he 
suspended him immediately and dismissed him.  Filipp Schill came in his place, who 
became headmaster and choirmaster at the same time after the demise of the headmaster 
in the year 1879.  He worked here until the Catholic school was nationalized (1898).  The 
subordinate teacher was Franz Takàcsy, later Franz Kempfer who then even worked as a 
teacher in the government school until he went into retirement in the year 1910.
	The Catholic school existed in this community until 1872.  In this year on the 1st 
of September, the community representation declared the Catholic school to be a 
community school without consulting the church authorities and, what is more, at a time 
when the local pastor was staying at the spa.  The land register book transfer only took 
place in the year 1882, according to which the community was put down as the owner of 
the Catholic school.  This land register book alteration was obviously a legal offense 
since the same was carried out without the consent of the bishop's palace.  Now after 
nothing had taken place for the restoration of the violated land register book title, the 
community representation decided to hand over the so-called community school of 
Panatulnou to the government on the 20th of January and on the 13th of June of the year 
1898.
	The nationalization really happened as well in the year 1899 and accordingly the 
right of use regarding the school was secured in favor of the government in the land 
register book on the 28th of July 1899.  Therefore since this time, the government school 
operated here in the building of the Roman Catholic school.  The present pastor raised a 
complaint against the injustice of this nationalization with a court in the year 1907.  And 
indeed still in the same year, the "Community School" note in the land register book 
formerly written in an unjust way was erased and "the Catholic school" recognized as the 
owner of the school on the part of the royal panel. 
	However, this decision of the royal panel had no practical result so to speak; after 
all, the school building was also ceded to the government for use in the future on the part 
of the episcopal authorities and consequently the government used the building of the 
Catholic school here with full right.
	The list of government teachers cannot be given here since one like that does not 
exist.  At any rate, it can be observed that at the time of the change of dominion the 
principal of the school was Johann Fàbrik but the following were teachers: Michael Làng, 
Friederika Kilchön, Helene Reck and Adelhaid Hans.  After none of them was inclined to 
swear the required government oath, all 4 teachers moved to Hungary.  In their place, 
Franz Löffler was appointed as principal; Karl Bernatz, Josef Unterreiner, Anna 
Chencinski and Arnold Chencinski became teachers.
	The present principal of the government school is Anton Steger.  Barbara Wirth, 
Mrs. Anton Steger, Katharina Schäfer, Aurel Subescu and Petru Halmagean are teachers.
	As far as the choirmaster service is concerned, this was combined with the teacher 
position in the beginning.  The headmaster was the choirmaster at the same time.  For that 
reason, the salary was always established for the choirmaster/teacher then as well.  When 
the nationalization was carried out, the community took no care at all to cover the 
choirmaster position in the scope of the teacher appointment.  Consequently, it is a really 
difficult task to find an appropriated choirmaster although 8 yokes  of agricultural field 
are guaranteed to him on the part of the parish and established surplice payments on the 
part of the episcopal authorities.
	Up to now, the choirmaster of our parish were: 1. Vencel Csernyi 1823-1858; 2. 
Anton Kampis 1858-1879; 3. Filipp Schill 1879-1898; 4. Jakob Molnàr 1898-1903; 5. 
Franz Kempfer 1903-1910; 6. Michael Lang 1912-1920; 7. Peter Jung 1921-1923; 8. 
Josef Unterreiner 1923-1927; 9. Anton Zuber 1927-1929; 10. Jakob Kirch 1929-1934; 11. 
Since1935, Johann Wolf, farmer, performs the choirmaster service, who can play the 
organ entirely correctly with the help of a transpose apparatus from Germany.
	In the first days of the parish, there was no bell-ringer (sexton).  This duty was 
combined with the choirmaster position as it even says in the "Visitatio Canonica" in the 
year 1835: "In this parish, the choirmaster/teacher performs the work of the bell-ringer 
for a wage set for this service."  When at last one recognized the untenability of this 
situation, one took on a bell-ringer, to whom 20 Viertel  of wheat and 1/2 cord of 
firewood were promised and the use of the hand garden which was always allotted for 
this purpose.  The bell-ringers in this parish were: a) Benedikt Harbecke (died 2nd of 
January 1871); b) Johann Gantner (died 16th of April 1873); c) Anton Putschler 1873-
1897; d) Leonhardt Freisinger 1897-1901.  Because nobody came forward for this service 
for the stated payment, one fixed 288 Kronen  as a replacement sum instead of the 
wheat and a 128 Kronen  salary.  Then in exchange for this payment, the bell-ringer job 
was looked after by: e) Sebastian Schmalz 1901-1918; and f) Bernhard Rippel 1919 to 
1922.  Because this pay also appeared to be insufficient, the church committee voted him 
an annual salary of 1000 Lei,  1 cord of wood, the use of one yoke  in the clover 
garden and of the hand garden which hitherto he also used.  For this payment, Peter 
Völker performs the bell-ringer service since the 17th of January 1923 to this day.
	The father of the church position was always a position of honor and was never 
paid anything for this service, nor today either.  The first father of the church was 
Andreas Tropfenbaum; Jakob Zahn (died 22nd of July 1864) followed him; after his 
death, Josef Schleich took over the position, who was in charge of it until his death (20th 
of July 1903).  His successor was Franz Leptich from 1905-1907.  At present, Michael 
Hoffmann is the father of the church of this parish and so far held this position of honor 
since 1908.


Principal Events

	In order to turn out at least somewhat fair within the assigned narrow scope of this 
description, those senior pastors must be remembered first of all under this heading who 
in the course of time of one and a half centuries performed any canonical visitation or 
confirmation here and therefore honored the community with their important visit.
	The first confirmation took place in the year 1803 on the 6th of September, for 
which His Excellency Ladislaus Kößeghy, Bishop of Csanad, arrived here for the first 
time and conferred the sacrament of confirmation on 451 children.
	In the year 1813, all the candidates for confirmation had to set off to Glogowatz to 
be confirmed there.
	There was confirmation in the year 1835 for the second time.  In this year, His 
Excellency Diocesan Bishop Dr. Josef Lonovics appeared here on the 13th of May, who 
the second time confirmed 653 persons here and at the same time carried out the 
examination (inspection) of the parish, in consequence of which the so-called "Canonica 
Visitatio" was written.
	In the year 1842 on the 18th of May, the same senior pastor confirmed 361 
candidates for confirmation from Neu Panath in Arad; the list of whom was inserted in 
the register book here.
	In the year 1853,  His Excellency Dr. Alexander Csajàghy came here and 
conferred confirmation on 590 children on the 28th of August.
	On the 10th of May, His Excellency Alexander Bonnaz, Bishop of Csanad, had 
arrived here and confirmed 442 persons.
	On the 20th of May 1875, His Grace Josef Nemeth, Suffragan Bishop, conferred 
confirmation on 510 children.
	On the 10th of September 1883, the very same confirmed 365 persons here.
	His Excellency Diocesan Bishop Alexander Dessewffy de Csernek et Tarkö held 
the 7th confirmation here on the 22nd of September 1893.  On this occasion, 530 persons 
were confirmed.
	In the year 1908 on the 19th of September, His Excellency Dr. Johann Csernoch, 
bishop of the diocese, confirmed 667 children in this community.
	In the year 1919, His Excellency Diocesan Bishop Dr. Julius Glattfelder called on 
this community to administer confirmation to the 461 persons intended for it.
	The tenth confirmation took place in the year 1926 on the 23rd of September when 
His Grace Apostolic Administrator Augustin Pacha appeared here to administer the 
sacrament of confirmation to 283 persons.
	The last confirmation here was on the 27th of March 1933, which His Excellency 
Diocesan Bishop Dr. Augustin Pacha performed.  On this occasion, he confirmed 263 
children after he ordained Johann Wolf, the son of our community, a priest the previous 
day in his native church, of which ordination mention is made below.
	As far as the remaining events of the community are concerned, many years in the 
course of one and a half centuries left behind a bitter aftertaste in spite of their departing.  
This community was repeatedly afflicted by great conflagrations.  In the height of 
summer in the year 1861, a big fire broke out in house 174, a blaze which spread quickly 
and set on fire and reduced to ashes all the standing houses down to number 163, with the 
exception of house number 167 which had stood in the middle of the row but 
miraculously remained undamaged.
	In the year 1867 on the 27th of August, a terrible fire likewise broke out in house 
number 252 standing on the main street.  The fire was fanned by a fierce wind and spread 
with terrific speed on the southwest direction.  All the houses of the street, down to 
number 247 and up to number 260 at the end, fell victim to the flames, with the exception 
of houses number 251 and 255.  The inhabitants of this quarter fled in all haste and were 
happy to escape with their bare life.
	The year 1927 was not less a year of misfortune for the community.  It was just 
the feast of the Visitation of Mary; it was on the 2nd of July.  The people were all mostly 
in the field where they were reaping.  Then at half past five in the afternoon, a terrible 
thunderstorm sprang up.  The thunderclouds appeared dark black and from the roaring of 
the wind one could hear that the thunderstorm was approaching with enormous speed.  
One could hardly escape; the storm was already there and lasted roughly 10 minutes.  
This short time was enough for the strongest trees to be uprooted, the roofs to be carried 
way for the largest part and the fences to be thrown around like straw.  A crack and clank 
was audible and then many chimneys were destroyed.  Then, hailstones which reached 
the size of a nut followed after that, whereupon a terrible downpour followed then.  After 
a good half hour, the rain eased off and when one dared to look outside one saw horses 
running through the lanes and streets with mangled wagons; one heard only screams, 
wailing and lamentation everywhere.  Those working in the field were hardly able to hide 
since the storm threw the crossed-up sheaves  far apart.  The crop still standing  was 
completely beaten into the ground so that nothing more had stood and the harvest was 
ended on 3 fields, while the "meadow" suffered hardly any damage.
	Many-almost all-of the houses were severely weakened as a result of the 
terrible storm; no less the parish church, whose artificial slate plate were flung as far as 
the next street.
	The damage was incomprehensible; at least, no human life had fallen victim to the 
unforgettable thunderstorm.
	The priest and the faithful surely took the hard stroke of fate with pain and sorrow 
but also with courage.  Even though now and then with complaints, nevertheless on the 
whole everyone got ready for the great work of restoration in calm and silence.  That all 
the faithful took a large share in this heavy work is self-evident.  There was nobody who 
let himself be outdone by another with regard to helpfulness and inclination to sacrifice.
	There are not only sad but also joyful days to enter in the history of this parish.  If 
for 6 years one always had to listen to only one bell, one can imagine what joy prevailed 
when at the kermis festival of the year 1923 the 2 newly-procured bells were solemnly 
dedicated and put in the steeple.  For this bell dedication festival, great preparations were 
made and the Roman Catholic church committee was active in the work to make the 
festival grander.
	At the kermis festival of the following year (1924), the big bell which the 
American tribe brothers from Chicago and Portland intended for their native church was 
dedicated.  The appearance of the Catholic singing choir from Resita  gave a quite 
special honor and distinction to the festival.  The "Eisenquartett"  had already appeared 
on the evening before to acquit the mass "De St. Therese von Theodor de La Hache"  
during the Pontifical Mass on the other day.  After the High Mass, first the bell, this 
beautiful act of love for the homeland, was solemnly dedicated by Right Reverend Abbot 
and Archdeacon Josef Olajos and then hoisted into the steeple.  At noon when it rang out 
for the first time, it certainly carried in all directions of the world through the breezes the 
wish of the donors, which reads cast into the bell: "Proclaim faith, hope and love-
Proclaim eternal peace to the people."
	The 31st of July of the year 1925 was an additional gala day of the community.  
On this day, the Piarist professor Georg Konrad, who was born here, completed his 
studies in Budapest and was ordained a priest on the 14th of July in that very place, held 
his Primiz.  The newly-decorated and splendidly-painted church was too small this time 
to hold the faithful who came in crowds and all wanted to be witnesses of a joy which 
was experienced again not only by a family but by the whole community.  This 
celebration developed into a real great day of the community as well as a red-letter day of 
the local pastor who saw one of his priestly endeavors crowned in the extraordinary 
ceremony.
	In the year 1933, the community prepared for a celebration just as beautiful as 
rare, incidental to which Johann Wolf, a son of the community, was supposed to be 
ordained a priest in his native church.  As a worthy preparation for the ordination, the 
pastor held a mission from the 19th-25th of March, with the collaboration of the pastor 
from Livada.  Despite the dreadful weather and the indescribable snowstorm, the mission 
went fine and was crowned by almost unbelievable success.  But the ordination could not 
take place on the arranged day, i.e. on the 25th of March, since His Excellency, who 
wanted to travel here by auto on the 24th of March, got into storm and wind between 
Vinga  and Segenthau,  could not continue on the road of thawed snow, indeed even 
had to go on a forced march back to Vinga.  Not until the morning of the 26th, it was a 
Sunday, did he succeed in reaching as far as Arad by train, and here from there.  
Therefore, the drum had to sound  to notify the faithful of the ordination.  Since indeed 
everybody waited for days already for the sacred act with curiosity, the faithful soon 
came from all sides in an extremely large number to the church, where His Excellency 
Diocesan Bishop Dr. Augustin Pacha then carried out the ordination in the presence of 
the local pastor, of the theology professor Dr. Josef Korner, of the religion professor 
Peter Kühn and of the episcopal secretary Michael Willjung.  At the same time, the senior 
pastor gave a sermon as well.
	The Way of the Cross was in the afternoon with an opportunity for Confession 
and at 7 o'clock in the evening Pastor Alexander Kummergruber held the conclusion of 
the three-day period.  His Excellency confirmed 263 children the next day with the 
assistance of several clergymen from the neighboring communities and in the afternoon 
left the community, which could not thank the senior pastor enough that he had given 
them any opportunity for such an unforgettable ceremony.
	On the 2nd of April of the same year, the newly-ordained priest Johann Wolf held 
his Primiz then, in the course of which Theology Professor Dr. Johann Farago acted as 
official orator and the local pastor as Manuductor.   The Abbot Canon Josef Olagos 
from Timisoara was also present at the beautiful ceremony.  Before the Primiz, an 
unbelievable crowd of faithful appeared in a solemn procession in the parental home in 
order to be witnesses of the leave-taking of the new priest from his parents.  After the 
first Holy Mass, the Primiziant  gave the customary blessing which continued up to the 
midday hour.
	In addition, the 22nd of April 1934 was a big day of rejoicing for the community; 
after all, the deserving pastor of the community was able to celebrate his 60th birthday on 
this day.  The community did not leave things take care of themselves to honor the most 
worthy pastor in an appropriate manner on this occasion, thankful for the untiring, 
successful work of 30 years.  It was not only a festival for the 60-year-old priest, not only 
a festival for the 8 men of the same age of the community; no, it was a festival for 
everyone, poor and rich, great and ordinary, distinguished and humble; it was a family 
festival in the true sense of the word, where all the members of the parish, of one mind 
about their spiritual father and leader, assembled to offer their admiration and respect to 
him, to give their thanks to him for his long, long-standing, self-sacrificing work.
	Already on the evening before, all 8 men of the same age (recruits) went to Holy 
Confession together with their wives.  On Sunday, the contemporaries of the pastor, in 
particular Jakob Klemens, Georg Schmidt, Jakob Schwager, Josef Wolf, Peter Plennert, 
Franz Mittermüller, Peter Janson and Karl Wachter, together with their wives, went with 
musical accompaniment in front of the rectory, from where they collected the pastor, 
their contemporary, for the Mass.  In the early Mass, these 60-year-olds ministered to the 
60-year-old minister.  They also went together with their wives to the Lord's Supper.  
Afterwards, the pastor gave a moving speech which touched many deeply.  The beautiful 
thought of a colleague of the 60-year-olds made a deep impression on the inhabitants of 
the community.  After the High Mass, not only the recruits (60-year-olds) but 
representatives of all the community organizations, community administration, church 
committee, principal of the school and of the funeral society had appeared in the rectory 
to give an expression of their devotion and esteem.
	Also, the beautiful choral festival which the Obermaroschgruppe  of the Banater 
Deutschen Sängerbund  under the direction of the group chairman Wendel Vormittag 
from Glogowatz held here on Pentecost Monday in the year 1935 cannot remain 
unmentioned.  The festival, at which the choral societies of Glogowatz, St. Ana,  
Livada, Sanlean  and Panatulnou and a delegation from Sanmartin  took part, 
proceeded in a most festive mood.
	At 9 o'clock AM, a solemn service took place under the open sky then the general 
meeting was held in the course of which Johann Weber gave the formal address.  The 
festival singing began at 3 o'clock PM, at which every society brought two choirs to the 
performance.  After the festival concert, the societies, accompanied by the entire 
community, proceeded to the cemetery where an impressive ancestor ceremony was held, 
the center of which was the deeply-touching speech of the pastor.  Returned to the 
festival ground, the festival was brought to a close, which will be a lasting memory for all 
the participants.
	Finally in the framework of this short history, that emigration cannot remain still 
unmentioned which starting from the year 1905 drew many of our compatriots to the 
New World as if the history of our ancestors from the year 1787 had repeated itself.  The 
size of this emigration was quite large and only the restriction of immigrants to the 
United States, which took place after years, was able to dampen the desire to emigrate at 
home.  From the year 1905, those disillusioned here sought success for their work and 
even if no longer any rise for themselves surely at least for their children.  Every path for 
that in this homeland seemed cut off for them and every prospect shrunken.  They wanted 
out of the endless unrest and hoped for a chance in foreign parts.  They were not simply 
the unemployed who complained and hoped that way.  Good, industrious farmers and 
artisans also were among those who held onto the rest of their wealth saved from an 
unexpected collapse and now wanted to save what could be saved.  It was certainly 
regrettable to have to see them move who especially could have been used for the 
construction of the homeland first.  But who wanted to hold it against the farmers in 
particular if they, on account of daily torture, were on the lookout for another homeland 
where they could at least work in peace even though with hard work?  And so they, one 
family after another, moved first to the United States then to Canada, Argentina, 
Paraguay and so forth.  In addition, our emigrated tribe brothers abroad have caused us 
no damage and competition.  They settled down like here and in addition are now among 
our truest national brothers in the world whether they are in Chicago or Portland or 
Canada or Argentina.  They are still in constant correspondence not only with their 
relatives but also with the good old pastor and so it was possible that, informed of many a 
want, of many a need of the old homeland, they especially rushed to help the native 
church through their heartfelt offerings which they sent here for the acquisition of the big 
bell and of the iron bell-loft.  In this way, they have proven that our holy Catholic 
religion is a precious blessing to them which they inherited from our ancestors and intend 
to cherish in the future.


World War

	On the 26th of July 1914, on the feast of St. Mother Anna,  on a Sunday, the 
order for partial mobilization appeared, which total mobilization soon followed.  One 
hardly wanted to believe the first news and considered the outbreak of war to be 
impossible.  Yet one soon sorted things out.  For many it meant: Report for duty!
	Indescribable conditions followed everywhere.  The time for leave-taking and for 
departure, oh how heavily it had fallen.  Dear hands stretched out for the farewell: hands 
of a loving wife, of a worried father, of a little old mother, hands of dear siblings and 
children.  How many hearts bled at that time, how many eyes wept at that time!  But the 
heroic sons marching off gave comfort and shouted enthusiastically to those weeping: 
"Soon, yes soon, we will see each other again." But it took a long time when all is said 
and done.  Reporting for duty did not come to an end!  Day after day, there were still 
those who had to go forth onto the field of honor until hardly any 18-year-old youths 
were at home.  And when their turn also came, there was the village as if deserted.  Only 
old men, women and children still remained there.  Difficult days came afterwards; hot 
battles and privations, need and grief and worries at home as well as abroad in the 
trenches.
	Then suddenly, the black day came on which a well-aimed enemy bullet hit the 
beloved husband, the brave son-in-law, so unlucky that he was left dead on the bloody 
field.
	The first short message came to the homeland: "Killed in action on the field of 
honor.  Franz Plennert, army reservist with service division number 7 (bridge building 
platoon 115) military post 91, died on the 26th of September 1914 in the royal and 
imperial filed hospital 1/7 in Nagybencznye (Zemplen County)."  The father-in-law 
himself had to hear this sad news like that in Timisoara.  And then the additional bad 
news came uninterrupted.  For perpetual memory, the names of the heroes from 
Panatulnou killed in action in the World War shall follow in the appendix.  (See 
appendix.)
	Misery and need became greater and greater, the situation worse and worse and 
more alarming.  The houses of God filled more and more often, the devotions were 
redoubled, the prayers became more and more heartfelt, everybody pleaded with God so 
that He would take pity on the people and would send peace to the nations the sooner.
	Meanwhile, more and more demand was put on those left at home and when that 
was not enough either, there was requisitioning.  What that meant, only those who lived 
through it understand.  Not only foodstuffs were requisitioned.  In the year 1917 on the 
8th of January, Franz Kovacs, reserve engineer, appeared here with 12 soldiers and quite 
simply notified the local pastor that the bells were requisitioned.  Without more ado, one 
went into the steeple and after an hour's work one threw 3 bells out of the window in 
front of the church.  On top of everything, the community had to carry these off to the 
Glogowatz station  on the next day.
	Still in the same year on the 25th of November, a corporal by the name of Eiser 
wanted to requisition the last bell but the local pastor resisted at that time, blocked off the 
door leading to the steeple and warned the corporal mentioned that he would report him 
to his authorities if he dares to break the door open and requisition the bell to which he 
can have no right.  After a rather intense argument, he moved away and did not come 
again.  A year after that, Ferdinand Gonda, organ builder, requisitioned 27 of the 
principal pipes of the organ, the transportation of which he was in charge of himself.
	Now, the year 1918 had advanced.  Every human being felt that it cannot last 
much longer.  And really!  The Bulgarians abandoned the war;  soon came the collapse 
which put a quick end to the war.
	In the year 1919 in the month of May, a unit of the royal Romanian army marched 
into Arad and the County of Arad was definitively annexed to Greater Romania by the 
entry of the royal Romanian army.


Closing Words

	In short, this would be what I wanted to write down in these commemorative 
pages about the origin, the development and about the special events of this community 
for the 150th new year of its existence.
	One who followed the development of the community briefly sketched in these 
commemorative pages with a scrutinizing eye will spontaneously have a twofold 
conviction forced on him:
	1. That this community over a period of 150 years has withstood the vicissitudes 
of time victoriously so far;
	2. That only the devoted collaboration of the faithful with their pastor, only a firm 
religious fidelity and magnanimous willingness to make sacrifices have helped this parish 
in working its way up to a fine, awe-inspiring community.
	In view of this conviction, it is indeed fitting and just  that all the children of the 
parish assemble on this jubilee, that they jointly praise God the Almighty, sincerely thank 
Him and the heavenly mother of God and St. Ignatius Loyola for the refuge and blessings 
which they have bestowed on us in the past one and a half centuries.  It is fitting and just 
at the same time humbly to entreat the Lord God that He might continue to protect and 
preserve the community Panatulnou with His blessing.
	At the same time however, may the spirit of unanimous collaboration, the firm 
belief in God and the magnanimous readiness to make sacrifices which filled our 
ancestors continue in the community and pass to those who will come after us.  Indeed, 
may this spirit continue through the years which God will grant to us and to our 
descendants on earth until all of us one day happily find each other again in the heavenly 
fatherland.  With this sincere wish, I call to all the living children of the parish a heartfelt, 
"God bless you," but for the deceased children of the parish I intend to pray in loving 
memory, "Lord, give them eternal peace and may eternal light shine on them."

Panatulnou (Neupanat), the 20th of October 1937

Alexander Kummergruber
									       Pastor


Appendix

	List of name of the heroes from Panatulnou (Neupanat) killed in action in the 
World War.
1.	Anton Anzenberger, Private (2 Honved Regiment), died on the 10th of June 1915 
in Russian captivity in Skotovo near Vladivostok - 31 years old.
2.	Georg Baumann, Private (33 Infantry Regiment), died on the 29th of January 1918 
in the hospital at Miskolz, on the Russian front - 23 years old.
3.	Franz Bretträger, Private (33 I. Rgt.), died near St. Mihalo on the 3rd of January 
1916, on the Italian front - 22 years old.
4.	Franz Ernst, Private (2 H. Rgt.), killed in action on the 13th of September 1915 
near Nowie Stanislau, on the Russian front - 20 years old.
5.	Johann Ernst, Private (2 H. Rgt.), died on the 4th of January 1916 in Russian 
captivity near Taschkent - 23 years old.
6.	Peter Faber, Private (33 I. Rgt.), killed in action on the 15th of June 1915 near 
Warsaw on the Russian front - 22 years old.
7.	Adam Freer, Private (2 H. Rgt.), killed in action on the 13th of March 1916 near 
Asinara (Reparto Fornelli) on the Serbian front - 36 years old.
8.	Johann Freisinger, Private (2 H. Rgt.), died on the 31st of August 1918 in Wiener-
Neustadt - 38 years old.
9.	Martin Heinrich, Private (33 I. Rgt.), killed in action on the Serbian front - 28 
years old.
10.	Josef Hoffmann, Private (33 I. Rgt.), killed in action on the 26th of December 
1914 near Ungvar on the Russian front - 26 years old.
11.	Johann Hoker, Private (2 H. Rgt.), wounded on the 15th of December 1914 near 
Krozno by machine gun, on the Russian front, died in the hospital at Miskolz, 
buried here - 32 years old.
12.	Peter Huszar, Private (2 H. Rgt.), killed in action on the 3rd of November 1916 at 
the Azuga Mountains on the Romanian front - 42 years old.
13.	Josef Janzon, Private (2 H. Rgt.), killed in action in the vicinity of Przemysl on 
the Russian front in the year 1915 - 30 years old.
14.	Heinrich Kern, Service Unit Private, died on the 22nd of May 1917 in the hospital 
near St. Daniel (Meeresstrand) on the Italian front - 44 years old.
15.	Johann Kern, Private (33 I. Rgt.), died on the 9th of May 1916 in Russian 
captivity, during the transportation to Siberia - 22 years old.
16.	Josef Kern, Private (2 H. Rgt.), killed in action on the 16th of June 1916 near Milz 
(Bukowina) on the Russian front - 21 years old.
17.	Paul Klein, Private (2 H. Rgt.), killed in action on the 19th of May 1915 in 
Galacia, hit by a shell on the Russian front - 21 years old.
18.	Franz Klemenz, Private First Class (Field Artillery Rgt. 1/K), killed in action on 
the 4th of June 1918 near St. Stino on the Italian front - 19 years old.
19.	Johann Kock, Sergeant Major (33 I. Rgt.), killed in action on the 13th of 
December 1916 near Görz on the Italian front - 32 years old.
20.	Franz Konrad, Engineer Private (Rgt. Szeged), killed in action in the fall of the 
year 1917 in Albania on the Serbian front - 30 years old.
21.	Georg Kovàts, Private (28 Rifle Battalion), missing on the Russian front - 22 
years old.
22.	Jakob Lammersfeld, Private (2 H. Rgt.), died in February 1916 in Russian 
captivity, after his feet were frozen off - 24 years old.
23.	Anton Leis, Private (33 I. Rgt.), killed in action on the Serbian front in October 
1914 - 22 years old.
24.	Josef Lenhardt, Private (33 I. Rgt.), killed in action in September 1915 in the 
Bukowina on the Russian front - 20 years old.
25.	Anton Leptich, Service Unit Private, died at home on the 7th of October 1918 as a 
result of illness contracted on the Russian front - 50 years old.
26.	Jakob Leptich, Private (33 I. Rgt.), killed in action on the 15th of December 1914 
in Galicia on the Russian front - 35 years old.
27.	Peter Leptich, Private (28 Rifle Battalion), killed in action on the 25th of June 
1918, hit in the heart by a shell on the Russian front - 22 years old.
28.	Andreas Lump, Private (33 I. Rgt.), died in the parents' house on the 15th of 
December 1919 of bone tuberculosis as a result of a wound - 23 years old.
29.	Franz Lump, Private (2 H. Rgt.), killed in action on the 1st of January 1916 in 
Galicia near Karancsa on the Russian front - 32 years old.
30.	Franz Mandik, Reservist Private (33 I. Rgt.), died on the 11th of February 1915 of 
Typhus in the Arad hospital - 40 years old.
31.	Franz Meisel, Private (2 H. Rgt.), died in Przemsyl on the Russian front in the 
year 1915 - 27 years old.
32.	Martin Mittermüller, Private (33 I. Rgt.), killed in action on the 6th of September 
1915 in Galicia on the Russian front - 25 years old.
33.	Franz Nachtbar, Private (Stationary Artillery Rgt. 5), died on the 8th of June 1915 
near Meljine (Cattaro) on the Serbian front - 37 years old.
34.	Josef Neusatz, Private (33 I. Rgt.), on the Italian front, died in the homeland on 
the 28th of July 1919 - 21 years old.
35.	Adam Plei, Private (33 I. Rgt.), killed in action on the 29th of July 1916 in the 
Bukovina near Havasmezö (Kreta Berk) on the Russian front - 20 years old.
36.	Franz Plennert, Private (3 Hussar Rgt.), died on the 25th of September 1914 in 
Nagyberezsnye (hospital) on the Russian front - 24 years old.
37.	Franz Plennert, Private (33 I. Rgt.), missing from the 16th of August 1916 near 
Doberdo on the Italian front - 21 years old.
38.	Josef Raaber, Private (Horse Artillery Rgt. 7), died in the fall 1914 near 
Szecsmezö on the Russian front - 32 years old.
39.	Andreas Reif, Private (2 H. Rgt.), killed in action in August 1916 in Galicia on 
the Russian front - 22 years old.
40.	Josef Reingruber, Private (2 H. Rgt.), killed in action on the 1st of March 1915 as 
a result of a bullet wound in the belly near Lupkow Cubenska on the Russian 
front - 29 years old.
41.	Venzel Reingruber, Private (2 H. Rgt.), missing since the 25th of September 1915.  
On authority of a report from Galicia, he was killed in action near Brody on the 
Russian front - 37 years old.
42.	Venzel Reingruber, Private First Class (Field Cannon Rgt. 21), died at home on 
the 1st of October 1917 of an illness contracted at the Russian theater of 
operations - 27 years old.
43.	Johann Render, Private (2 H. Rgt.), killed in action on the 13th of April 1915 near 
Przemsyl on the Russian front - 32 years old.
44.	Nikolaus Repp, Private (2 H. Rgt.), on the authority of a letter from Asinara, he 
died on the 26th of February 1916 in Asinara (Reparto Fornelli) on the Serbian 
front - 37 years old.
45.	Martin Rieger, Private (2 H. Rgt.), died on the 16th of June 1916 near Milz 
(Bukowina) on the Russian front - 21 years old.
46.	Peter Schan, Private (Horse Artillery Rgt. 7), killed in action in the year 1914 near 
Buczaca (Galicia) on the Russian front - 23 years old.
47.	Johann Schmalz, Private (2 H. Rgt.), killed in action on the 24th of September 
1915 in Galicia on the Russian front - 31 years old.
48.	Martin Schmalz, Sergeant (33 I. Rgt.), killed in action on the 29th of August 1917, 
Russian captivity - 31 years old.
49.	Sebastian Schnepf, Private (2 H. Rgt.), died at home on the 3rd of March 1916 as a 
result of a wound on the Russian front - 28 years old.
50.	Jakob Seiler, Corporal (33 I. Rgt.), died on the 7th of June 1916 in Kawaja (near 
Durazzo) Albania on the Serbian front - 40 years old; he is buried here.
51.	Franz Thomann, Private (2 H. Rgt.), killed in action on the 23rd of December 1914 
near Przemysl on the Russian front - 30 years old.
52.	Josef Tropfenbaum, Private First Class (Stationary Artillery Rgt. 5), died at home 
on the 13th of January 1918 as a result of an illness contracted on the Serbian front 
- 28 years old.
53.	Jakob Weber, Private (2 H. Rgt.), died on the 31st of March 1915 in Russian 
captivity near Antipicha - 33 years old.
54.	Kilian Wehrstein, Private (2 H. Rgt.), missing on the Russian front since 1914 - 
22 years old.
55.	Franz Wolf, Private (33 I. Rgt.), died on the 10th of May 1915 in Russian captivity 
- 31 years old.
56.	Jakob Wolf, Sergeant First Class (Hussar Rgt. 3), killed in action exactly at the 
collapse on the Italian front; last letter on the 28th of October 1918 - 31 years old.
57.	Michael Wolf, Private (Hussar Rgt. 3), killed in action in October 1915 in Galicia 
on the Russian front - 23 years old.
58.	Andreas Zollner, Private (33 I. Rgt.), died in the hospital in Bruck in the end on 
the 21st of April 1915, as a result of a bullet wound to the chest in the Carpathians 
on the Russian front - 21 years old.
59.	Anton Zahn, Private First Class (33 I. Rgt.), killed in action on the 8th of June 
1915 near Ostrozet (Galicia) on the Russian front - 31 years old.


Note:  Honved was the Hungarian National Guard


Translator's Appendix



Bell Donated by the Neupanaters in Chicago and Portland


 


"The beautiful work of love of the homeland
Neu-Panat, the 31st of July 1924
Donated by the brothers from Chicago and Portland."



Places Mentioned


Arad				Arad, Romania			5 mi W Neupanat
6170/77181 			(Germans/Total Population)
Baja				Baja, Hungary			124 mi W Neupanat
Baumgarten/Fakert		Livada, Romania		3.7 mi WNW Neupanat
792/971
Bruckenau			Pischia, Romania		20 mi SSW Neupanat
1118/1331
Carlovitz			Sremski Karlovci, Serbia	37 mi NW Belgrade
Dombo				Dubove, Ukraine		182 mi NNE Neupanat
Ernöhàza			Banatski Despotova, Serbia	64 mi SW Neupanat
Glogowatz			Vladimirsecu, Romania		4.6 mi SSW Neupanat
3882/4463
Guttenbrunn			Zabrani, Romania		10 mi SE Neupanat
2482/2797
Gyorok				Timisoara, Romania		35 mi SSW Neupanat
177/1995
Hellburg/Vilagos		Siria, Romania			5 mi NE Neupanat
1073/6042
Kovaszincz			Covasint, Romania		7.5 mi E Neupanat
Lippa				Lipova, Romania		13 mi ESE Neupanat
1922/6000
Lugosch/Lugos			Lugoj, Romania			40 mi SSE Neupanat
6152/23593
Mako				Mako, Hungary			51 mi W Neupanat
Menes/Minis			Minis, Romania			8.7 mi SE Neupanat
Moritzfeld			Maureni, Romania		53 mi S Neupanat
2015/2202
Neu Arad			Arad, Romania			5 mi W Neupanat
5110/6064
Neuberg			Neuberg, Austria		20 mi SSW Graz, Austria
Neupanat/Ujpanat		Horia, Romania			5 mi E Arad
1872/1919
Neusimand			Zimandul-nou, Romania	6.8 mi NNW Neupanat
Pankota				Pîncota, Romania		15 mi NNE Neupanat
1177/5235
Pantschova			Panceva, Serbia			114 mi SSW Neupanat
Perjamosch			Periam, Romania		30 mi WSW Neupanat
4047/5147
Petschka/Pescka		Pecica, Romania		20 mi W Neupanat
66/8625
Reschitz			Resita, Romania		65 mi SSE Neupanat
10637/19868
Sanktanna/St. Ana		Sîntana, Romania		10.6 mi N Neupanat
4922/5582
Sanktmartin/Sanmartin		Sînmartin, Romania		16.8 mi NNW Neupanat
2814/2965
Sanlean				Sînleani, Romania		3.8 mi W Neupanat
571/1401
Schimand/Simand		Simand, Romania		18 mi N Neupanat
539/2785
Segenthau			Sagu, Romania			12 mi SW Neupanat
1600/1694
Semlin				Zemun, Serbia			111 mi SW Neupanat
Szathmar			Satu Mare, Romania		132 mi NNE Neupanat
Szegedin			Szeged, Hungary		72 mi NW Neupanat
Temesvar			Timisoara, Romania		31 mi SSW Neupanat
Temesvar-Josefstadt		Timisoara, Romania		31 mi SSW Neupanat
Veszprem			Veszprem, Hungary		180 mi WNW Neupanat
Waradia			Varadia de Mures, Romania	37 mi ESE Neupanat
Winga				Vinga, Romania		18 mi SW Neupanat
392/4764
Zadorlak			Zadareni, Romania		11 mi W Neupanat



Translated by:
George Bretträger
Loves Park, Illinois
17 July 2005

  History of the house (of God)
  Canonical Visitation
  Hungarian for plain or estate like a ranch in the US west
  The Maros River is properly the northern border of the Banat
  10 miles NE of Neupanat
  5 miles
  6,057 acres
  4,583 acres
  229 acres
  167 acres
  7.5 miles E of Neupanat
  8.7 miles SE of Neupanat
  Meadow ditch
  6.8 miles NNW of Neupanat
  17.2 acres
  0.54 acre
  0.36 acre
  Person from Lorraine
  Szeged, Hungary; 72 miles NW of Neupanat
  Panceva, Serbia; 114 miles SSW of Neupanat
  A whole session was 37 acres of plow field and 17 acres of meadow
  "Richer," judge, the title of the mayor
  "Geschworene," juryman, the title of a member of the village council
  January 20 for both saints
  April 25
  May 4; patron saint of firemen
  The roofs were thatch at that time, and fires were a serious danger
  October 22
  "Manus proprius" means he signed with his own hand; without that indication, a person might have 
signed with a mark beside his name
  This was usually the oldest member of the parish
  People of rank, the Patronat, were expected to support the local parish and received privileges
  A diocesan priest as opposed to a priest in a religious order like the Jesuits
  SW of the city, now part of it
  An order dedicated to teaching children
  Veszprem Hungary, 180 miles WNW of Neupanat
  30 miles WSW of Neupanat
  13 miles ESE of Neupanat
  About $1.50 in 2005
  3.7 miles WNW of Neupanat
  Baja, Hungary, 124 miles W of Neupanat
  Varadia de Mures, Romania, 37 miles ESE of Neupanat
  An office similar to sheriff in Hungary
  Mako, Hungary, 51 miles W of Neupanat
  Lugoj, Romania, 40 miles SSE of Neupanat
  About $7500 in 2005
  About $15 in 2005
  Pecica, Romania, 20 miles W of Neupanat
  Franciscans, in this diocese they were Observant Franciscans
  "For the first time in the new church"
  Vestment
  "The church itself was consecrated on the first Sunday in Advent (27th November) 1828, when Franz 
Fritz was judge."
  About $370,000 in 2005
  "Renewed for the splendor of God from authentic donations as a jubilee gift 1825-1925."
  39.4 feet
  52.5 feet
  98.4 feet
  36.1 feet
  The first Mass a priest celebrates is called his "Primiz."
  About 558,000 in 2005
  About $414,000 in 2005
  428 pounds
  262 pounds
  68 pounds
  745 pounds
  "Cast by E. Egartner in Temesvar 1869"
  "Jakob Jungbauer cast me in Temesvar in the year 1808"
  "Joseph Egardner cast me at Temesvar 1816"
  About $114,000 in 2005
  "Donated by Johann Reif and wife Magdalena Hoday-Cast by Anton Novotny's Son by casting master 
Neduhal in Temesvar 1923"
  95 pounds
  About $25,000 in 2005
  "Donated by 40 school children and some generous donations.  Cast by Anton Novotny's Son by casting 
master Neduhal in Temesvar in 1923"
  2230 pounds
  About $82,400 in 2005
  About $220,000 in 2005
  35 miles SSW of Neupanat, 3 miles S of Temeswar
  772 pounds
  "Proclaim faith, hope and love-proclaim eternal peace to the people.  Donated by the Neupanaters from 
Chicago and Portland.  Cast by Biszak Josef, Gyorok 1924"
  Pîncota, 15 miles NNE of Neupanat
  About $3000 in 2005
  New Arad south of the Marosch, now part of Arad
  About $7400 in 2005
  35.3 pounds
  67.2 acres
  39.8 acres
  27.2 acres
  About $74,000 in 2005
  Josefstadt was SW of Timisoara but now is part of the city
  Schematism, the disposition of constituents of the diocese
  20 Groschen equaled 1 Guilder, so the pastor paid less than 1 Guilder as tax
  Official name of the Holy Roman Empire
  Lipova, Romania; see note 37
  Vladimirescu, Romania, 4.6 miles SSW of Neupanat
  Maureni, Romania, 53 miles S of Neupanat
  Pischia, Romania, 20 miles SSW of Neupanat
  Zemun, Serbia, 111 miles SW of Neupanat
  Steiermark, a province in Austria
  20 miles SSW of Graz, Austria
  Dubove, Ukraine, 182 miles NNE of Neupanat
  Maramaros County, formerly in NE Hungary, part now in Romania, part in Ukraine
  Now Satu Mare, Romania, 132 miles NNE of Neupanat
  Banatski Despotovac, Serbia, 64 miles SW of Neupanat
  Simand, Romania, 18 miles N of Neupanat
  Alternate spelling of Pankota
  Zadareni, Romania, 11 miles WSW of Neupanat
  Zabrani, Romania, 10 miles SE of Neupanat
  There is no central heating; the stoves serve the purpose of the potbellied stoves in the US but are made 
of masonry and covered with tiles.
  0.53 acres
  0.27 acres
  41.4 acres
  "Seal of the parish Neupanat"
  "Romania, 1787.  Panatulnou (Ujpanad) Arad District.  Roman Catholic Parish"
  On behalf of protocol
  Canon lawyer at the side
  Governor or in the case of Croatia viceroy of the Hungarian King
  Archbishop, probably an Orthodox archbishop; the purchase would not sit well with a Catholic
  Sremski Karlovci, Serbia, 37 miles NW of Belgrade
  About $21,500,000 in 2005
  1572 acres
  403 acres
  About $145 in 2005; 24.5 Guilders = 8.25 ounces of silver in 1837
  Viertel was a measure of land; he received the crops from 8.6 acres.  Farmers didn't have much cash.
  Legal cases were decided by a panel of judges instead of a jury
  11.4 acres
  The wheat harvested on 7.2 acres
  About $1070 in 2005
  About $475 in 2005
  About $740 in 2005
  1.43 acres
  The text says 1813, but Csajàghy was bishop of this diocese 1851-1860
  The sheaves were stacked in the shape of a cross
  The crop not cut down, not harvested, yet
  Resita, Romania, 65 miles SSE of Neupanat
  "Iron Quartet"
  "Of St. Theresa" by Theodor de La Hache
  Vinga, Romania, 18 miles SW of Neupanat
  Sagu, Romania, 12 miles SW of Neupanat
  A drum was beaten at the intersection of streets to draw attention to important events
  Leader by hand
  The celebrant of the Primiz
  Upper Marosch Group
  Banater German Choral Society
  Sîntana, Romania, 10.6 miles N of Neupanat
  Sînleani, Romania, 3.8 miles W of Neupanat
  Sînmartin, Romania, 16.8 miles NNW of Neupanat
  St. Anne, the mother of Mary
  There was a railroad station in Glogowatz
  26 September 1918
  Fr. Kummergruber is echoing the first words of the Preface in the Mass


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