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"Families of Irish railroad workers in the 1850s were the nucleus of Saint Patrick Parish in Anamosa, the county seat of Jones County. The present brick church near the center of the town, completed in 1929, was the third church for the parish. The first, a small brick church, was dedicated by Bishop Clement Smyth in 1861. A larger stone church was built 1876 and had served for half a century when it was destroyed by fire." - Kurt, Rev. Msgr. Edgar, Parish Profile #44, The Witness, October 18, 1987.
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1861-1987 History of the parish over the span of 126 years, including information about its priests and parishioners.
"In 1877 a group of settlers went to Bode, south of Algona, so seven young people could receive first Holy Communion. That was in the time when children had to be 12, 13, or 14 to receive first Eucharist. In 1877 a Britt parishioner was taken to Bode to be baptized by Father Theodore Wegmann. The Britt church property was acquired in 1879 and the church built the following year under the direction of Father Zigrang, who was pastor of Algona and Bode. The 1880 to 1885 sacramental records for Britt are at Algona." -Kurt, Rev. Msgr. Edgar, "Parish Profile #168," The Witness, April 1, 1990.
1880- History of the parish over the span of 138 years, including information about its priests and parishioners.
"In the year of his ordination to the priesthood, Father Michael Carolan went to Mason City on October 25, 1877, and remained as pastor of Saint Joseph Parish until his death on December 30, 1917. Because he extended his missionary efforts throughout a large area and especially northwest of Mason City, he was probably the first to serve the Catholics of the Buffalo Center area. His assistants also probably gave pastoral service to the area. Among them were Fathers Laurence Hayes (1899 to 1902) and Patrick Molloy (1908 to 1918)." -Kurt, Rev. Msgr. Edgar, “Parish Profile #133,” The Witness, July 23, 1989.
Ca. 1899/1912- History of the parish over the span of 119 years, including information about its priests and parishioners.
"Saint Patrick Parish in Cedar Falls traces its history to the first Mass in Cedar Falls, celebrated by Father Patrick McGinnis in the home of Andrew Mullarky in 1855. Father John Shiels began to minister to the Catholics of Cedar Falls in 1856 and directed the building of a brick church on the corner of 8th and Washington Streets in 1857, making it the oldest parish in Black Hawk County. For eight years Father Shiels visited Cedar Falls every month or so as he looked after the spiritual needs of people in several counties." -Kurt, Rev. Msgr. Edgar, "Parish Profile #28," The Witness, June 14, 1987.
1855- History of the parish over the span of 163 years, including information about its priests and parishioners.