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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Sacred Heart (Green Island, Iowa)]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA["Green Island is a small Mississippi River town in the extreme southeastern corner of Jackson County and of the Archdiocese of Dubuque and named for the only patch of green showing during the high water. The town was first called Clarkestown or Clarkesville for its founder, James Clarke, who settled there in 1839. The streets were named for his wife and family. The junction of two rail lines brought some importance to the town. The pioneers attended mass in the homes of James Clarke, George Hay, and Frank Dittoe, and dinner was always served after Mass because of those who came from a distance. The visiting priests were from Bellevue and Lyons. The latter is now the northern part of Clinton." <br /><br />-Rev. Msgr. Edgar Kurt, Parish Profile #106, <i>The Witness</i>, January 8, 1989.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:tableOfContents><![CDATA[DRAWINGS (2 documents) <br />
ANNUAL REPORT (5 documents) <br />
Parish Profile (3 documents) <br />
CLOSING BOOKLETS (2 documents) <br />
<br />
Belk, Irene. “History of Sacred Heart Church, Green Island, Iowa.” ca. 1969-1975. (handwritten) <br />
Horst, Mary. “Letter and Pastor List.” <br />
Callaghan, Joanna Clarke. “Letter and Family History.” <br />
Binz, Leo. “To The Faithful People of Sacred Heart Parish, Green Island (In regards to <br />
Marquette High School.” 13 September 1956. <br />
Nevans-Pederson, Mary. “Tri-Sate: Group Unsure if it wants gift of Chapel.” Telegraph Herald, <br />
Dubuque, Iowa. 22 November 1995. <br />
Carlson, Lowell. “Green Island’s Sacred Heart closes doors.” Herald-Leader. 4 July 1991. <br />
Callaghan, Margaret (great granddaughter of James Clarke). “Clarke Family and Green Island.” KMAQ. Letter acquired: 4 April 1968.<br />
<br />
]]></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[ca. 1839-<br />
History of the parish over the span of about 179 years, including information about its priests and parishioners.]]></dcterms:coverage>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://digitalcollections.loras.edu/items/show/5742">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Saint Patrick (Jerico, Iowa)]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Historical documents pertaining to the history of Saint Patrick parish in Jerico, Iowa. <br />
]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:tableOfContents><![CDATA[MAPS (1 document)<br />
NEWS ARTICLES (2 documents) <br />
PASTOR LIST (2 documents)]]></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[1857-1969<br />
History of the parish over the span of 112 years, including information about its priests and parishioners.]]></dcterms:coverage>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://digitalcollections.loras.edu/items/show/5743">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Saint Paul (Geneva, Iowa)]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA["In late April of 1914, Father Thomas W. Drumm of the Archdiocesan Mission Band preached the first mission in Geneva, at which time the parish received its “Mission Cross.” Father Drumm was later appointed Bishop of Des Moines. Father Michael L. Kerper replaced Father Wieneke in May of 1914. Father Frederick W. McKinley came that year as assistant, probably because of the three missions. Meanwhile the frame church was quickly built at a cost of $7,000. It was dedicated on May 31, 1914, and named for Saint Paul."<br /><br /> - Rev. Edgar Kurt, Profile #217, <em>The Witness,</em> 24 March 1991.&nbsp;]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:tableOfContents><![CDATA[Correspondence (8 documents)<br />
Financial documents (19 documents)<br />
Jubilee documents (3 documents)<br />
Mapping materials (2 documents)<br />
Parish history (2 documents)<br />
Parish society/population information (6 documents)<br />
<br />
Unknown author(s). List of pastors from 1913-1988. Unknown date.<br />
<br />
Unknown photographer. “St. Mary’s Church; 611 Sherman; Ackley, Iowa.” Unknown date.]]></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[1914-<br />
History of the parish in the span of over 100 years, including information about its priests and parishioners.]]></dcterms:coverage>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://digitalcollections.loras.edu/items/show/5744">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[St. Kierans (Plymouth Rock, Iowa)]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Historical documents pertaining to the history of St. Kierans parish of Plymouth Rock, Iowa. ]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:tableOfContents><![CDATA[HISTORY (4 documents) <br />
Cooney, Terence P. and Joanne. “Our Visit,” Correspondence to DBQCAO. 27 October 2003.]]></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[1869-<br />
History of the parish over the span of 149 years, including information about its priests and parishioners.]]></dcterms:coverage>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://digitalcollections.loras.edu/items/show/5745">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[St. Agnes (Plymouth Rock, Iowa)]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA["In 1868 the Catholic settlers decided to build a church more centrally located. Father Thomas M. Lenihan directed the building on land given by Andrew and Catherine (Hinger) Gossman, who had come from Zanesville, Ohio, in 1864. The new site is about three miles south of the Minnesota border and five miles west of Burr Oak, about one and a half miles northeast of the first church site. Because Plymouth Rock was its postal address for a time, that place name continues to be a part of its title to the present time. The oldest record book of the parish has extensive details from 1868 to 1872 for the situation and building of the church. The committee meeting on April 1, 1868, was made up of Joseph Gossman, president, Martin Ryan, treasurer, William Horan, Michael Fleming, Nicholas Snider, and Martin Durant, chairman." <br /><br />- Rev. Edgar Kurt, <em>The Witness,</em> Profile #122, 30 April 1989.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:tableOfContents><![CDATA[ANNUAL REPORT (1 document) <br />
DECREE OF POSSESSION (2 documents) <br />
FINANCIAL STATEMENT (8 documents) <br />
HISTORY (3 documents) <br />
LETTERS (2 documents) <br />
NEWS (3 documents) <br />
PASTOR LIST (2 documents)<br />
<br />
Cooney, Terence P. and Joanne. “Our Visit,” Correspondence to DBQCAO. 27 October 2003.<br />
<br />
St. Kieran’s Parish and St. Agnes Parish. “Papers in Chancery Files.” Archives: Archdiocese of Dubuque.” Dubuque, Iowa, 29 January 1929.]]></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 documents. ]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[1868- <br />
History of the parish over the span of 150 years, including information about its priests and parishioners.]]></dcterms:coverage>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://digitalcollections.loras.edu/items/show/5746">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[St. Michael (Plymouth, Iowa)]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA["For Saint Michael’s first century we rely somewhat on an anonymous history brought up to date in 1987, but probably begun many years earlier. That history states that two Czechs, Albert Cobeen and Frank Yarick started to build a church. Lacking sufficient funds, they were helped by the Irish Catholics to finish the church in 1872. Father Sulac, a Jesuit missionary, visited the church twice a year, but the years are not given. Historians are searching old Catholic directories and Jesuit archives for his full name and the specific years he worked in the Iowa missions."<br /><br /> -Rev. Msgr. Edgar Kurt, Parish Profile #219, <em>The Witness</em>, April 7, 1991]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:tableOfContents><![CDATA[CENTENNIAL (1 document) <br />
CERTIFICATES (2 documents) <br />
DECREE (2 documents) <br />
FINANCIAL STATEMENT (2 documents) <br />
HISTORY (1 document)<br />
]]></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[1872-2004<br />
The history of the parish over the span of 132 years, including information about its priests and parishioners.]]></dcterms:coverage>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://digitalcollections.loras.edu/items/show/5747">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[St. Bridget (Pinhook - Bremer County, Iowa)]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA["Bishop Clement Smyth sent missionaries to the area in the 1860s. They celebrated Mass in homes and in the church at Christian Prairie. Father John Sheils established Saint Bridget in 1868, when Michael McClaskey donated two acres for the site of the church and the present Mount Olivet Cemetery. The church was built by men of the congregation at a cost of $1000."<br /><br /> -Rev. Edgar Kurt, <em>The Witness,</em> Profile #226, 26 May 1991.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:tableOfContents><![CDATA[CENTENNIAL (1 document) <br />
CLUSTER (1 document)<br />
DEED (1 document) <br />
HISTORY (5 documents)<br />
NEWS (5 documents) <br />
PASTOR LIST (2 documents)<br />
PINHOOK (1 document)  <br />
POSTCARD (1 document)<br />
]]></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[1868-1992<br />
History of the parish over the span of 124 years, including information about its priests and parishioners.]]></dcterms:coverage>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://digitalcollections.loras.edu/items/show/5748">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[St. Patrick (Monti, Iowa)]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA["At first, Saint Patrick’s at Monti was known as the Buffalo Grove parish, and sometimes as The Buffalo or Erin, but the community became known as Monti in 1882, when Charles O’Hagan opened a post office in his store and gave the town a new name. The Buffalo was a parish, a community, and a stream in the everyday language of southeastern Buchanan County. Sometimes the community was called Erin because the first settlers were Irish. They came in the early 1850s and 1860s and continued to be an Irish parish until the advent of the first German named family in 1900. Now they are almost equally of Irish and German ancestry. The Buffalo Grove area was first served by missionary priests who traveled on foot or horse to celebrate Mass and the sacraments in the homes. The Catholic Almanac mentions 15 Catholic families in 1853 information; 25 the next year. Furthermore, the Almanacs of 1854, 1855 and 1856 mention a school." <br /><br />-Rev. Msgr. Edgar Kurt, Parish Profile #22,<em> The Witness,</em> May 3, 1987.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:tableOfContents><![CDATA[CENTENNIAL (3 documents) <br />
CORRESPONDENCE (1 document) <br />
HISTORY (6 collections) <br />
PARISH ROSTER BOOKLET (1 document) <br />
PHOTOGRAPHS (2 documents)<br />
]]></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[1855-<br />
History of the parish over the span of 137 years, including information about its priests and parishioners.]]></dcterms:coverage>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://digitalcollections.loras.edu/items/show/5749">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Holy Rosary (LaMotte, Iowa)]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA["In 1892 Bishop John Hennessy appointed Father Peter D. O’Malley to form a parish at LaMotte, about four miles from his country parish at Saint Theresa’s. Many area Catholics had poor roads and long distances for attending Bellevue, Otter Creek, Saint Donatus, or Saint Theresa’s. The Bishop foresaw a growing parish and a future parish school. LaMotte is in northern Jackson County and a few miles east of the Dubuque-to-Davenport highway. Land for church, school, rectory, and playground was purchased that year. The church was completed in time for the dedication on June 4, 1893."<br /><br /> -Rev. Edgar Kurt, <em>The Witness,</em> Profile #148, 5 November 1989]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:tableOfContents><![CDATA[CEMETERY PHOTOGRAPHS (1 document; 2 photos) <br />
CENTENNIAL (2 documents) <br />
CLOSING DECREE (4 documents) <br />
CORRESPONDENCE (3 documents)  <br />
FINANCIAL REPORT (7 documents) <br />
HISTORY (1 booklet; 1 document) <br />
JUBILEE (1 document) <br />
NEWS (8 documents) <br />
PASTOR LIST (14 documents) <br />
SCHOOL CLOSING NEWS (8 documents) <br />
WITNESS (3 documents)]]></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[1892-2006<br />
History of the parish over the span of 114 years, including information about its priests and parishioners.]]></dcterms:coverage>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://digitalcollections.loras.edu/items/show/5750">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Annunciation (Lattnerville, Iowa)]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA["As early as September 1866, the Catholics west of Dubuque in the Lattnerville area met with Catholics of the Centralia area to build a church. Unable to agree on a suitable location, the Lattnerville people quietly turned to Father Alois Meis of Dubuque, who had been deputized by Bishop John Hennessy to help them. They built a church for themselves in 1867 at the present site, where a town thrived for some decades. The cornerstone was laid on August 15, 1868, by Father J. B. McGown of Bankston at a solemn Mass celebrated in the maple grove close to the church. The sermon was preached in German by Father John B. Welkman and in English by Father Meis." <br /><br />-Rev. Edgar Kurt, <em>The Witness</em>, Profile #71, 24 April 1988]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:tableOfContents><![CDATA[Anniversary documents (2 documents)<br />
Articles/photography (3 documents)<br />
Correspondence (10 documents)<br />
Financial documents (2 documents)<br />
History (8 documents)<br />
Land acquisition/Merger documents (12 documents)<br />
Parish life (5 documents)]]></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[15 August, 1868-11 July, 1989<br />
History of the parish over the span of 121 years, including information about its priests and parishioners.]]></dcterms:coverage>
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