St. Joseph (Stone City, Iowa)

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Title

St. Joseph (Stone City, Iowa)

Description

"In 1870 Father Clement Lowery went to visit Stone City from his Cedar Rapids parish. He celebrated Mass, administered baptism, and instructed the children of the French, German, and Irish immigrants, who had been attracted to work in the quarries. Father Patrick J. Maher, pastor of Anamosa, continued in the 1870s the Stone City visitations begun by Father Lowery. In the 1880s Father Maher’s successor in Anamosa, Father T. McCormick, kept up the pastoral care of the Stone City Catholics. He secured the use of a large hall for Mass and named it Saint Joseph Chapel. He established a cemetery outside of Anamosa, which was used by the Catholics of a wide area."

-Rev. Msgr. Edgar Kurt, Parish Profile #178, The Witness, June 10, 1990.

Source

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

Contributor

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

Type

Various primary and secondary resources.

Language

English.

Publisher

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

Coverage

1870-1993
History of the parish over the span of 123 years, including information about its priests and parishioners.

Table Of Contents

History (2 documents, 1 collection)
Financial statement (2 documents)
Pastor List (4 documents)

Unknown author. “St. Joseph Stone City.” Parishioner historical population information. Ca. 1983-84.

Kurt, Rev. Msgr. Edgar. “Parish Profile #178, Saint Joseph Parish, Stone City.” The Witness. 10 June 1990.

Rasdal, Dave. “Wanna buy part of old church?” The Gazette. 1993.

Rasdal, Dave. “Stone City church gets grant.” The Gazette. 5 April 2004.

Ummel, Dawn. “Stone City: Keeping its past alive.” The Gazette. 29 May 1988.

Ummel, Dawn. “Tours showcase her own backyard.” The Gazette. 29 May 1988.

Unknown Author. “St. Joseph’s Church, Stone City.” Centennial History of the Archdiocese of Dubuque, 462-464.

Unknown Author. “Stone City Mass.” The Cedar Rapids Gazette, 12 June 1993.

Citation

“St. Joseph (Stone City, Iowa),” Loras College Digital Collections, accessed November 23, 2024, https://digitalcollections.loras.edu/items/show/5782.