Travis the Hutterite, Canada 1996
Travis the Hutterite, Canada 1996
At the Calgary Stampede, I noticed a family dressed in sober old-fashioned clothes: black suits, white shirts and black shoes. I thought they were Amish people and approached them. When I asked them where they came from, they told me they were Hutterites (Anabaptists) from Drumheller in Alberta. A week later, on a Sunday, I went to visit their colony, but it looked deserted. Eventually I saw a young child and he pointed me to the church. From the pulpit, the preacher instructed me to sit on the men’s side of the church. After the service, I inquired about my new friends from the Stampede, but no one knew them. Apparently, it was frowned upon to attend such unChrist like event, and therefore, to keep their secret the Hutterites I met from the Stampede had directed me to a different colony. During my three-day stay in Drumheller I came upon Travis the Hutterite reading a hand-written 19th century German Bible.
The Canadian government needed settlers on the prairies and welcomed the Hutterites, assuring them of religious freedom and exemption from military service. In 1918, therefore, the Hutterites immigrated to Canada from Europe.
The Dariusleut and Lehrerleut founded four colonies each in Alberta.
At the Calgary Stampede, I noticed a family dressed in sober old-fashioned clothes: black suits, white shirts and black shoes. I thought they were Amish people and approached them. When I asked them where they came from, they told me they were Hutterites (Anabaptists) from Drumheller in Alberta. A week later, on a Sunday, I went to visit their colony, but it looked deserted. Eventually I saw a young child and he pointed me to the church. From the pulpit, the preacher instructed me to sit on the men’s side of the church. After the service, I inquired about my new friends from the Stampede, but no one knew them. Apparently, it was frowned upon to attend such unChrist like event, and therefore, to keep their secret the Hutterites I met from the Stampede had directed me to a different colony. During my three-day stay in Drumheller I came upon Travis the Hutterite reading a hand-written 19th century German Bible.
The Canadian government needed settlers on the prairies and welcomed the Hutterites, assuring them of religious freedom and exemption from military service. In 1918, therefore, the Hutterites immigrated to Canada from Europe.
The Dariusleut and Lehrerleut founded four colonies each in Alberta.
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