Members of St. Monica’s Circle taught Czech School students how to bake kolaches on Tuesday, June 26, 2018, at St. Wenceslaus Church in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (photo/Cindy Hadish)

St. Wenceslaus is a Czech National Parish in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (photo/Cindy Hadish)

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – Czech School students learned how to bake kolaches today, with help from the expert kolache-makers from St. Monica’s Circle at St. Wenceslaus Church.

Students rolled balls of the dough, used a glass to form a perfect circle in the center and filled the dough with poppyseed, cherry, apricot and prune filling, and buttered the end product before tasting the fruit-filled Czech favorite after baking.

A few also tried their hand at making rohlicky, a Czech twisted dinner roll.

They also toured the historic St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church, built in 1904, and the neighboring Czech Heritage Park, featuring a St. Ludmila sculpture created in the Czech Republic.

The church, founded in 1874 by Bohemian immigrants, is a Czech National Parish, meaning any Catholic of Czech origin can, regardless of parish boundaries, be a member of the parish.

See photos of the Czech School students learning the art of egg decorating, learn more about Czech activities in Iowa and view more images from today’s kolache-baking and tour, below:

Students use a glass to form a circle in the center of the kolache dough. (photo/Cindy Hadish)

Members of St. Monica’s Circle oversee kolache-making for Czech School students on Tuesday, June 26, 2018. (photo/Cindy Hadish)

Czech School students learn the steps of kolache-baking at the Glovik Parish Center of St. Wenceslaus Church in Cedar Rapids. (photo/Cindy Hadish)

Powdered sugar is sprinkled on poppyseed kolaches before baking at the Glovik Parish Center. (photo/Cindy Hadish)

Czech School students practice writing the Czech words for kolache ingredients on Tuesday, June 26, 2018. (photo/Cindy Hadish)

Students butter kolache dough in an early step in the process. (photo/Cindy Hadish)

A Czech School student twists dough to make Czech rohlicky on Tuesday, June 26, 2018. (photo/Cindy Hadish)

In addition to kolaches, Czech School students learned how to twist the dough to form rohlicky. (photo/Cindy Hadish)

Students butter kolaches after they are taken out of the oven. (photo/Cindy Hadish)

Czech School students return to their kolache-making after recess at Sinclair Park in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (photo/Cindy Hadish)

Czech School students sample the fruits of their labor after a morning of kolache-making. (photo/Cindy Hadish)

A St. Ludmila sculpture, created in the Czech Republic, is featured in Czech Heritage Park, which Czech School students visited on June 26. (photo/Cindy Hadish)

Reflections of Czech School students can be seen through a window at St. Wenceslaus Church in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (photo/Cindy Hadish)

Czech School students are shown paintings at St. Wenceslaus Church, built in 1904. (photo/Cindy Hadish)

Czech School students listen to the history of St. Wenceslaus Church in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (photo/Cindy Hadish)

A stained glass window is among the features Czech School students saw during their tour of St. Wenceslaus Church. (photo/Cindy Hadish)

Czech School students leave St. Wenceslaus Church in Cedar Rapids, after touring the historic church. (photo/Cindy Hadish)