| Out west of Houston or East of San Antonio in the | | | | churches for the full experience. High hill is located |
| area of Schulenburg you will find the painted | | | | northwest of Schulenburg on 2672 |
| churches. These are old churches that were built by | | | | You will find other painted churches in the small |
| early settlers and they were built and painted in such | | | | towns in the area. Two other notables are St Cyril |
| a That would be Ascension Catholic Church in | | | | and Methodius in Dubina anway as to remind them of |
| Moravia. This is my favorite because every time I | | | | the churches of their home country whether that is |
| was at my grandparents and especially at Easter and | | | | Germany or Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic). These |
| Christmas that is where we went to Mass. The ceiling | | | | churches are definitely worth the drive. ] |
| is painted with murals as well as the walls. The best | | | | Saturday is the best day to the week to make the |
| way to get there is to take 957 southwest out of | | | | drive as that is the day most of them have the |
| Schulenburg | | | | doors unlocked. They have to lock them most of the |
| Just a short trip down the road from Moravia take | | | | time due to vandalism and the prevention of such. I |
| FM 532 to fm 1295. You will arrive at St Mary's Parish | | | | can't imagine who would vandalize these works of |
| in Praha. This one of the most elaborate of the | | | | art, nonetheless, it has happened. |
| Texas painted churches. The town of Praha is | | | | I will begin with my favorite of al the painted |
| somewhat of a ghost town, but the church is | | | | churches.d St John the Baptist in Ammansville. |
| definitely worth the visit. A good time to visit is | | | | There are several others in the area such as Shiner |
| August 15. This is the Feast of the Assumption and | | | | and Serbin. You might even find some that are not |
| they have a church bazaar of sorts. The food and | | | | publicized anywhere. That would be a good area to |
| fun are great and it gives an opportunity to visit the | | | | get lost and just see what you can find in these |
| church. The ceilings are painted and there is a lot of | | | | small towns. |
| ornate wood work. | | | | In order to get more information contact the |
| Another of the prominent painted churches is in the | | | | Schulenburg Chamber of Commerce and some of the |
| community of High Hill just north west of | | | | local restaurants. They can be a wealth of |
| Schulenburg. This church is absolutely beautiful. I have | | | | information as most of the people working in these |
| had problems finding it open, but usually Saturday | | | | restaurants are parishioners of some fine old |
| afternoon and Sunday morning have been good | | | | churches. |
| times. One can always attend mass at any of these | | | | |