St. Mary (Hanover, Iowa)

St. Mary (Hanover, Iowa)

"Saint Mary’s of Hanover and Saint Mary’s of Dorchester in Allamakee County have been joined by only eight miles of road, and they had a common pastor until 1915. In the beginning the pastor of Lansing, Father William Jacoby, celebrated Mass in a little school house two miles north of the present Hanover church in 1875. Father Edmond Heelen came from Dorchester to direct the building of a little frame church beside the school house and to celebrate Mass there occasionally until he left Dorchester in 1878."

- Rev. Msgr. Edgar Kurt, Parish Profile #69, The Witness, April 10, 1988, Saint Mary Parish, Hanover

The Archdiocese of Dubuque.
The Center for Dubuque History at Loras College.

Burback, Emily. Burns, Daniel. Gibson, Michael. Oberfoell, Carol. Waldmeir, Helen. Waldmeir, John.

Various primary and secondary sources.

English.

Loras College
Kucera Center for Catholic Thought
Frank and Ida Goedken Series: "Spiritual Life in the Upper Mississippi River Valley"

1889-
History of the parish over the span of 130 years, including information about its priests and parishioners.

Annual Parish History (23 documents)

Destruction of Hanover Rectory Letter 1947 (2 documents)

Financial Report (4 documents)

History (4 documents)

Pastor Cards (1 set)

Photographs Church and Rectory (2 documents)

Savings Bond Series (3 documents)

St. Mary's Shrine Postcard (1 document)

“Hanover parish marks centennial of church,” The Witness, 19 July 1998.