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The Labor of Building Dobberstein had an invaluable coworker at the
Grotto. Matt Szerensce, whom Dobberstein apparently referred to
occasionally as "my good right arm" began working with
the priest as a young man. Graduating from high school in 1912,
Szerensce signed on as full-time grotto collaborator, a career
move ultimately resulting in fifty-two years of intense labor.
There are almost a hundred carloads of rocks and stones, the vast bulk of which had to be processed, stored, classified and handled many times before it found it's final and proper place in the harmonious structure. |
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One of the most amazing things about the Grotto at West Bend is the great tenacity of purpose the builder displaying in carrying out his plans. Indeed, it is the largest known accomplishment of it's kind anywhere in the world. |
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accounting was made either of the many man-hours of labor involved
in building the Grotto or the money expended in gathering the
stones and shaping them into a harmonious unit. This is perhaps
because Father Dobberstein wanted the cost to be known to God
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