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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Immaculate Conception (Allison, Iowa)]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA["Father Bernard W. Coyle of Waverly is reputed to have celebrated the first Mass in the Allison community in the 1880s. He continued to care for the Catholics there on his many journeys. The further accounts of the parish’s beginning are confusing. One account claims the church was built in 1800 and dedicated on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, 1890, while Father Coyle was still serving the community. Another account gives the date as 1895 and Father James Ryan directing the building during his pastorate. The date of the transfer of title to Archbishop John Hennessy on December 10, 1890, would tend to favor the earlier date."<br /><br /> - Rev. Msgr. Edgar Kurt, "Parish Profile #195," <em>The Witness</em>, October 14, 1990.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:tableOfContents><![CDATA[FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (2 documents)<br />
PARISH HISTORY (6 documents)<br />
<br />
“Catholic Church Calendar and Souvenir: Immaculate Conception Church.” 1902.  <br />
<br />
St. Mary’s Church. Cheque for $19.71. Received by J. Morley. 15 August, 1874.]]></dcterms:tableOfContents>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[The Archdiocese of Dubuque. <br />
The Center for Dubuque History at Loras College. ]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[ Loras College<br />
 Kucera Center for Catholic Thought <br />
 Frank and Ida Goedken Series: &quot;Spiritual Life in the Upper Mississippi River Valley&quot;<br />
]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Burback, Emily. Burns, Daniel. Gibson, Michael. Oberfoell, Carol. Waldmeir, Helen. Waldmeir, John. ]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:language><![CDATA[English. ]]></dcterms:language>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Various primary and secondary sources. ]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[1890-<br />
The history of the parish over the span of 128 years, including information about its priests and parishioners. ]]></dcterms:coverage>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://digitalcollections.loras.edu/items/show/5712">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Immaculate Conception (Blessing, Iowa)]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA["Father Scallan directed the building of a church, probably in 1880. Patrick and Bridget Farrell deeded four acres of their farm to the Diocese of Dubuque on May 25, 1880, a year after they had purchased it. The Centennial History of the Archdiocese states that Father Kelly celebrated Mass in Anthony and Martin Cummings’ homes, but no further reference to Father Kelly can be found in the Archives. Before it was called the Blessing Church, it was known as the Hudson or Lincoln Church, according to old directories. Blessing appears to have been named for James Blessington Dunn, a storekeeper and postmaster. The church was dedicated from its beginning to the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary."<br /><br /> - Rev. Msgr. Edgar Kurt, "Parish Profile #119,"<em> The Witness</em>, April 9, 1989.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:tableOfContents><![CDATA[ART EXHIBIT (5 documents)<br />
CLOSING (4 documents)<br />
HISTORY (16 documents)<br />
LISTS OF PRIESTS (3 documents)<br />
PARISH LIFE (10 documents)<br />
PHOTOGRAPHS (1 document) <br />
<br />
Beenken, David. Weber, Lonny. “Results of meeting of September 2, 1998 at immaculate Conception Blessing.” Letter to Msr. Walz. 3 September, 1998.<br />
<br />
Kelley, Sister Elvira. Letter to Lawrence J. Guter. 25 June, 1985. <br />
<br />
Kurt, Edgar. “Priests From the Archdiocese: Frank A. Geinitz: Priest of the Leavenworth Diocese, Kansas; later of the Kansas City, Kansas, Diocese.” 3 April, 1989.<br />
<br />
Reuter, Lloyd. “Pastoral Associate/Minister Contract (Model.” 18 May, 1996. <br />
<br />
Unknown author(s). “The Blessing Parish 1937 to 1961.” A.C.C.W Parish History Project. Unknown date.<br />
<br />
Unknown author(s.) “Blessing Parish History-- 1962-63.” A.C.C.W Parish History Project. Unknown date.<br />
<br />
Unknown author. “Blessing Cemetery Directory.” 5 August, 2000. <br />
<br />
Unknown author(s). “Immaculate Conception Parish: Blessing, Iowa (Hudson): Rectory 1435 E. Eagle Road, Waterloo, Iowa.” 1982.<br />
<br />
Unknown author(s). Immaculate Conception Parish: Blessing, Iowa (Hudson): Rectory 1435 E. Eagle Road, Waterloo, Iowa.” 1985.<br />
<br />
Unknown author(s). Immaculate Conception Parish: Blessing, Iowa (Hudson): Rectory 1435 E. Eagle Road, Waterloo, Iowa.” 1983. <br />
<br />
Unknown author(s). “Immaculate Conception Rectory: Buckingham, Iowa: Blessing.” A.C.C.W Parish History Project. Unknown date.<br />
<br />
Unknown author. “To Do Today: Put in DataBase.” 12 March, 1996.]]></dcterms:tableOfContents>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[The Archdiocese of Dubuque. <br />
The Center for Dubuque History at Loras College. ]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[Loras College<br />
Kucera Center for Catholic Thought <br />
Frank and Ida Goedken Series: &quot;Spiritual Life in the Upper Mississippi River Valley&quot;]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Burback, Emily. Burns, Daniel. Gibson, Michael. Oberfoell, Carol. Waldmier, Helen. Waldmeir, John. ]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:language><![CDATA[English. ]]></dcterms:language>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Various primary and secondary sources. ]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[1880-2006<br />
The history of the parish over the span of 126 years, including information about its priests and parishioners. ]]></dcterms:coverage>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Immaculate Conception (Castle Grove, Iowa) ]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA["The first European settlers in the Castle Grove area of Jones County were of Irish origin, arriving about 1846. They were visited regularly by Father Jeremiah Trecy from Garryowen on his missionary circuit. Then they were visited by Father Patrick McGuinnes. In 1853 he directed the building of the first church, dedicated to Saint Aloysius Gonzaga. Years later the parish was named for the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. In the incitement of the Know Nothing animosity toward Catholics and immigrants, the small church was burned to the ground soon after its completion. “Upon the ashes and ruins of it the holy sacrifice was offered the day following, and the new stone church is now nearly completed,” the Catholic Almanac for 1856 reported. No real town grew up around the church, but Castle Grove is listed as a post office from the ‘60’s through the ‘80’s. Under the direction of Father Matthew Murphy, the school was moved to a new location and opened as a parochial school with the Clinton Franciscan Sisters in charge. Father Murphy served a long pastorate of thirty-one years. Later Father John J. Hennessy, nephew of Archbishop Hennessy, served a still longer time, from 1922 to 1966." <br /><br />- Rev. Msgr. Edgar Kurt, "Parish Profile #21,"<em> The Witness</em>, n.d.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:tableOfContents><![CDATA[CENSUS AND MAP MATERIALS (4 documents)<br /> CLOSING ARTICLES (3 documents) <br />FINANCIAL REPORTS (3 documents)<br /> FIRE ARTICLES (2 documents)<br /> JUBILEE DOCUMENTS (1 document)<br />KEHOE FAMILY DOCUMENTS (8 documents)<br /> NEWSPAPER ARTICLES (3 documents)<br /> PARISH HISTORY (11 documents)<br /><br /> Unknown author/artist. “Immaculate Conception Church: Castle Grove. 1877-1977.” <em>Preston-Hopkinson Co</em>., c. 1977.]]></dcterms:tableOfContents>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[The Archdiocese of Dubuque. <br />
The Center for Dubuque History at Loras College. ]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[Loras College<br />
Kucera Center for Catholic Thought <br />
Frank and Ida Goedken Series: &quot;Spiritual Life in the Upper Mississippi River Valley&quot;]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Burback, Emily. Burns, Daniel. Gibson, Michael. Oberfoell, Carol. Waldmier, Helen. Waldmeir, John. ]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:language><![CDATA[English. ]]></dcterms:language>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Various primary and secondary sources. ]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[1853-<br />
The history of the parish over the span of 165 years, including information about its priests and parishioners. ]]></dcterms:coverage>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://digitalcollections.loras.edu/items/show/5714">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Immaculate Conception (Clutier, Iowa)]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA["From 1900 to 1903 Father Vincent Opava resided in a house near Saint Wenceslaus Church in Carroll Township, about a mile and a half west of Clutier. He cared for both Holy Trinity in Otter Creek and Saint Wenceslaus. In 1905, during the four-year pastorate of Father Aloysius Kolar (1903-1907), a rectory was built in Clutier. The next pastor, Father Joseph Gregor, served from 1907 to 1912. During his pastorate the Methodist church in Clutier was purchased and converted to Catholic use. When Father Gregor began celebrating Mass in Clutier every Sunday, Mass was said on alternate Sundays at Saint Wenceslaus and Holy Trinity. This continued until 1919, when Holy Trinity church was given into the care of the pastor of Saint Mary Church in Vining." <br /><br />-Rev. Msgr. Edgar Kurt, "Profile #230," <em>The Witness,</em> n.d.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:tableOfContents><![CDATA[CLOSING (5 documents) <br />CONSTITUTION (1 document)<br /> DIRECTORY (1 document)<br /> FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (3 booklets) (1930, 1947, 1954) <br />HISTORY (22 collections)(A.C.C.W Parish History Project 1910-1990)<br /> Office of Pastoral Planning (1 collection) <br />PASTOR LIST (3 documents) <br />PHOTOGRAPHS (3 documents)<br /> VOCATION PROFILES (2 documents) <br /><br />Hanus, Jerome. “Jerome Hanus, O.S.B. By the Grace of God and the Favor of the Apostolic See Archbishop of Dubuque DECREE Regarding Immaculate Conception Parish Clutier, Iowa.” <em>The Witness</em>. 16 July 2006.<br /><br />Kurt, Rev. Edgar. "Parish Profile #230: Immaculate Conception Parish, Clutier.”<em> The Witness</em>. 23 June, 1991.]]></dcterms:tableOfContents>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[The Archdiocese of Dubuque. <br />
The Center for Dubuque History at Loras College. ]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[Loras College<br />
Kucera Center for Catholic Thought <br />
Frank and Ida Goedken Series: &quot;Spiritual Life in the Upper Mississippi River Valley&quot;]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Burback, Emily. Burns, Daniel. Gibson, Michael. Oberfoell, Carol. Waldmier, Helen. Waldmeir, John. ]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:language><![CDATA[English. ]]></dcterms:language>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Various primary and secondary sources. ]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[1910-2006<br />
The history of the parish over the span of 96 years, including information about its priests and parishioners. ]]></dcterms:coverage>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://digitalcollections.loras.edu/items/show/5715">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Immaculate Conception (Haverhill, Iowa)]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA["Under Father Murphy’s guidance 21 families collected $1,285 in 1877 for a parish church. They put up a small frame building about a mile west of the present town, on two acres donated by Ben Welp. On December 8, 1879, Father Murphy celebrated the first mass in the Church of the Immaculate Conception. About the same time J. B. Determan, Killian Kunkel, and Henry Lemker started a one-room parochial school for 25 children. Miss Mary Foley was the first teacher. Miss Mary Tasshaller and Miss Gertrude Eich were later teachers, using the same course of studies in secular subjects as the public schools. They later joined the Dubuque Franciscan Sisters."<br /><br /> - Rev. Edgar Kurt, "Profile #144,"<em> The Witness,</em> 8 October 1989.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:tableOfContents><![CDATA[ANNUAL REPORT (2 documents)<br /> CENTENNIAL (1 booklet) <br />CONSTITUTION (3 collections) <br />DECREE (1 document) <br />FINANCIAL REPORT (3 documents)<br /> HISTORY (3 documents) <br />JOINT AGREEMENT/CLUSTER (1 document)<br /> LETTERS (6 documents) <br />NEWS ARTICLES (1 document)<br /> PASTOR LISTS (4 documents) <br />SCHOOL/PARISH HISTORY (1 collection) <br /><br />“Haverhill Centennial.” <em>The Witness</em>. 2 September 1984.]]></dcterms:tableOfContents>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[The Archdiocese of Dubuque. ]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[Loras College<br />
Kucera Center for Catholic Thought <br />
Frank and Ida Goedken Series: &quot;Spiritual Life in the Upper Mississippi River Valley&quot;]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Burback, Emily. Burns, Daniel. Gibson, Michael. Oberfoell, Carol. Waldmeir, Helen. Waldmeir, John. ]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:relation><![CDATA[The Center for Dubuque History at Loras College. ]]></dcterms:relation>
    <dcterms:language><![CDATA[English. ]]></dcterms:language>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Various primary and secondary sources. ]]></dcterms:type>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://digitalcollections.loras.edu/items/show/5716">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[St. John (Andrew, Iowa)]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA["Father John M. Wolfe was appointed pastor of Sacred Heart Parish, Maquoketa, February 1913, in his eighth year of the priesthood. He set about the spiritual and material development of this county seat parish. He soon gave attention to the Catholics in the area of the former county seat town of Andrew. In 1914 he began celebrating Mass in Hansen Hall, the second floor of the original Jackson County Court House. That fall and the next year he led the Catholics of the Andrew area in building Saint John church. It was dedicated on October 1, 1915."<br /><br /> - Msgr. Edgar Kurt, Parish Profile #213<em> The Witness</em>, February 24, 1991.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:tableOfContents><![CDATA[HISTORY (6 documents) <br />PARISH LIFE (10 documents) <br /><br />Schmitz. St. John’s Cemetery Association. Pauper Grave List. Circa 1940s.<br /><br /> Schwager, Antone. Wagener, Theodore. Wolfe, J.M. “Financial Statement of St. John Church (Incorporated). Andrew, Iowa. June 16, 1914 to April 22, 1916.” 22 April, 1916.]]></dcterms:tableOfContents>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[The Archdiocese of Dubuque.<br />
The Center for Dubuque History at Loras College.]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[Loras College<br />
Kucera Center for Catholic Thought <br />
Frank and Ida Goedken Series: &quot;Spiritual Life in the Upper Mississippi River Valley&quot;]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Burback, Emily. Burns, Daniel. Gibson, Michael. Oberfoell, Carol. Waldmeir, Helen. Waldmeir, John.]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:language><![CDATA[English. ]]></dcterms:language>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Various primary and secondary sources. ]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[1915-<br />
History of the parish over the span of 103 years, including information about its priests and parishioners.]]></dcterms:coverage>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://digitalcollections.loras.edu/items/show/5717">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[St. John (Cartersville, Iowa)]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA["Under Father Murphy’s guidance 21 families collected $1,285 in 1877 for a parish church. They put up a small frame building about a mile west of the present town, on two acres donated by Ben Welp. On December 8, 1879, Father Murphy celebrated the first mass in the Church of the Immaculate Conception. About the same time J. B. Determan, Killian Kunkel, and Henry Lemker started a one-room parochial school for 25 children. Miss Mary Foley was the first teacher. Miss Mary Tasshaller and Miss Gertrude Eich were later teachers, using the same course of studies in secular subjects as the public schools. They later joined the Dubuque Franciscan Sisters."<br /><br /> - Rev. Edgar Kurt, "Parosh Profile," Dubuque: <em>The Witness</em>, 8 October 1989.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:tableOfContents><![CDATA[HISTORY (7 documents)<br /> LEGAL DOCUMENTS (2 documents) <br />VOCATIONS/LIST OF PRIESTS (3 documents)<br /><br /> Author unknown. Letter to James J, Keane. 12 February, 1912. <br /><br />Kucera, Daniel W. “Official Announcent; Parish Status Changes: St. Joseph, Wadena to Oratory.”<em> The Witness,</em> 2 July 1989. <br /><br />Unknown author. “Parish changes announced… New status for thirteen archdiocesan parishes.” <em>The Witness</em>, 2 July 1989.]]></dcterms:tableOfContents>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[The Archdiocese of Dubuque. <br />
The Center for Dubuque History at Loras College. ]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[Loras College<br />
Kucera Center for Catholic Thought <br />
Frank and Ida Goedken Series: &quot;Spiritual Life in the Upper Mississippi River Valley&quot;]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Burback, Emily. Burns, Daniel. Gibson, Michael. Oberfoell, Carol. Waldmeir, Helen. Waldmeir, John.]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:language><![CDATA[English. ]]></dcterms:language>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Various primary and secondary sources. ]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[1912-<br />
History of the parish over the span of about 90 years, including information about its priests and parishioners.  ]]></dcterms:coverage>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://digitalcollections.loras.edu/items/show/5718">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[St. Joseph (Cresco, Iowa) ]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[<p>“In 1880, after the church was closed for ten years, Bishop Hennessy assigned Saint Joseph Church to the care of the Protivin pastor, ten miles away. The Jesuits of Prairie du Chien gave them spiritual care in the 1880s. And Father Francis X. Boeding of St. Lucas also cared for them for six years, visiting them every two weeks. But there is no clear record of the twenty years from 1880 to 1900. Saint Joseph Parish, Cresco, does not appear in the old Catholic directories until after 1900.”</p>
<p>- Rev. Msgr. Edgar Kurt, “Parish Profile #171: Saint Joseph Parish, Cresco.” Dubuque: <i>The Witness</i>, 22 April 1990.</p>]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:tableOfContents><![CDATA[ANNUAL REPORT (3 documents) <br />CERTIFICATE (1 document) Leo Binz. Confraternitatem Sanctissimi Sacramenti. 1955.<br />Church/Structure<br /> PHOTOGRAPHS (3 photos)<br />HISTORY (17 documents from 1968-1995) <br />PARISH PROFILE (2 documents) <br />SOCIETY PAMPHLETS (4 documents) <br />Fr. Paul (Weir). “Letter to Parishioners.” <br /><br />St. Joseph Church: Cresco, Iowa. 18 1 1995.<br /><br /> Hanus, Jerome. “Decree of Suppression: St. Joseph Parish, Cresco, Iowa.” <em>The Witness.</em> 27 June 1999.]]></dcterms:tableOfContents>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[The Archdiocese of Dubuque. <br />
The Center for Dubuque History at Loras College. ]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[Loras College<br />
Kucera Center for Catholic Thought <br />
Frank and Ida Goedken Series: &quot;Spiritual Life in the Upper Mississippi River Valley&quot;]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Burback, Emily. Burns, Daniel. Gibson, Michael. Oberfoell, Carol. Waldmeir, Helen. Waldmeir, John.]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:language><![CDATA[English. ]]></dcterms:language>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Various primary and secondary sources. ]]></dcterms:type>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://digitalcollections.loras.edu/items/show/5719">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[St. Wenceslaus Parish (Carroll Township, Iowa)]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[History of the Saint Wenceslaus church and parish, from the time of its founding. ]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA["In Tama County, famed for Czech pioneers and parishes, one of the early churches was Saint Wenceslaus in Carroll Township. As its location is about a mile and a half west of the town of Clutier. Saint Wenceslaus Church was built in 1899 and blessed October 18, 1901. Father Vincent Opava resided in a house near Saint Wenceslaus Church in Carroll Township from 1900 to 1903. He cared for both Holy Trinity Church on Dupanda Road in Otter Creek Township and Saint Wenceslaus Church." <br /><br />-Rev. Msgr. Edgar Kurt, Parish Profile #231, <em>The Witness,</em> June 30, 1991.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:tableOfContents><![CDATA[Photograph of St. Wenceslaus church taken in May 1961. Clutier, IA, May 1961. <br /><br />Kurt, Edgar. “Parish Profile #231: Saint Wenceslaus Parish, Carroll Township.” <em>The Witness</em>, 30 June 1991. <br /><br />“St. Wenceslaus Church (St. Vaclav); Carroll Township, Tama County; 2000 Centennial Celebration.”]]></dcterms:tableOfContents>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[The Archdiocese of Dubuque.<br />
The Center for Dubuque History at Loras College. ]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[Loras College<br />
Kucera Center for Catholic Thought <br />
Frank and Ida Goedken Series: &quot;Spiritual Life in the Upper Mississippi River Valley&quot;]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Burback, Emily. Burns, Daniel. Gibson, Michael. Oberfoell, Carol. Waldmeir, Helen. Waldmeir, John.]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:language><![CDATA[English.]]></dcterms:language>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Various primary and secondary sources.]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[1899-<br />
History of the parish over the span of over 119 years, including information about its priests and parishioners.]]></dcterms:coverage>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://digitalcollections.loras.edu/items/show/5720">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Saint Joseph (Dysart, Iowa) ]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA["Saint Joseph Parish, Dysart, probably began as a triple-town parish. In 1937 Father James F. Delay wrote in a parish history, on November 11, 1878, Father P. Kenny was appointed the first resident pastor of Vinton, Dysart and Traer.” At that time church had allowed a priest to be pastor of only one parish. The other churches in his charge were called missions. Vinton may have been the parish from the start, with Dysart and Traer as missions. Soon churches were built in each of these towns."&emsp; <br /><br />- Rev. Edgar Kurt, Profile #193,<em> The Witness,</em> 30 September 1990.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:tableOfContents><![CDATA[ANNIVERSARY PACKET (1 document)<br /> CLOSING BOOKLET (3 documents) <br />HISTORY (3 document) <br />MASS BOOKLET (2 documents)<br /><br /> Hanus, Rev. Jerome. “Decree Regarding St. Joseph Parish, Dysart, Iowa.” <em>The Witness</em>. 16 July 2006. The Paraclete: Official Weekly Publication of Holy Ghost Church Dubuque, Iowa. Vol. 7, No. 2. 11 January 1953.]]></dcterms:tableOfContents>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[The Archdiocese of Dubuque. <br />
The Center for Dubuque History at Loras College. ]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[Loras College<br />
Kucera Center for Catholic Thought <br />
Frank and Ida Goedken Series: &quot;Spiritual Life in the Upper Mississippi River Valley&quot;]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Burback, Emily. Burns, Daniel. Gibson, Michael. Oberfoell, Carol. Waldmeir, Helen. Waldmeir, John.]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:language><![CDATA[English. ]]></dcterms:language>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Various primary and secondary sources. ]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[History of the parish, including information about its priests and parishioners.]]></dcterms:coverage>
</rdf:Description></rdf:RDF>
