St. Joseph (Prairieburg, Iowa)

St. Joseph (Prairieburg, Iowa)

"The 1850s brought to Iowa some priests willing to ride from one settlement to another to provide pastoral care for the Catholic pioneers. Among them was a Czech Redemptorist missionary, Father Francis Kroutil, who spent himself visiting the immigrants from his homeland. He is reputed to have been the first to celebrate Mass and the sacraments in the Prairieburg area. In the 1800s Father Anthony Urban visited the Prairieburg area on his rounds of Czech settlements. He was one of several priests who ventured regularly from their established parishes to care for the Catholic pioneers."

- Kurt, Msgr. Edgar, Parish Profile #109, The Witness, n.d.

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"

1874-
History of the Parish over the span of 145 years, including information about its priests and parishioners.

Annual report 1968 (1 compilation)

Archdiocesan Chancery Appointments and Correspondences 1968 (3 documents)

Archdiocesan Chancery Director and Catholic Cemeteries Appointment 1960 (2 documents)

Bus Situation Financial Statement (1 document)

Centennial History of the Archdiocese of Dubuque, “St. Joseph Church, Prairieburg,” p. 511.

Church Corporation 1969 September 30 1968 Meeting Excerpt (1 document)

Church Decoration Documents Schettler Studio 1964 (1 document)

Original Church photograph and Information (1 document)

Real Estate Assessment Roll for 1966 (4 documents)

School Improvement Donation 1957 (1 document)

Silver Jubilee Invitation (1 document)

“Church at Prairieburg Has Inspiring Story of Progress.” Central City News-Letter. 5 November 1931, p. 8.

“Prairieburg Parish Marks Its Centennial.” The Witness?, 26 December ca. 1974.

“Prairieburg to mark church centennial.” Dubuque: The Witness, 2 June 2002, p. 3. (2 copies)

“The Church at Prairieburg,” Catholicism in Linn County from Linn Co. History Book, p. 407.  

“St. Joseph’s Church to Observe Golden Jubilee.” Central City: News Letter and The Springville New Era, 1952, p. 9. (2 copies)