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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Good Shepherd (Jewell, Iowa)]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA["From 1898 to 1902 Father Eckhart was pastor of Saints Peter and Paul Parish, Gilbert. The church was on the western edge of Story County, about five miles north of Ames and west of the town of Gilbert but call “the Gilbert parish.” In the missionary spirit of those times, Father Eckhart drove about 15 miles northwest to seek out the Catholics in the Jewell Junction area of Hamilton County. (Junction was dropped early in this century.) He celebrated mass in private homes and a little store building. In the summer of 1899, at Father Eckhart’s direction, the handful of families built the first Catholic church, a small frame building. Father Eckhart continued to care for the mission parish by regbular visits. Parish records were kept at the Gilbert rectory."<br /><br /> -Rev. Edgar Kurt, <em>The Witness,</em> Profile #183, 22 July 1990]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:tableOfContents><![CDATA[Parish Life (8 documents)<br />
Pastor lists (3 documents)<br />
Parish history (4 documents)<br />
Land sale documents (6 documents)<br />
Photography (4 documents)<br />
Financial documents (3 documents)<br />
Construction (5 documents)<br />
Correspondence (4 documents)<br />
Closing decree (3 documents)<br />
<br />
Recker, Philip. “The Official Catholic Directory.” Parish survey and information. 5 October, 1994.]]></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[1899-2003<br />
History of the parish over the span of 104 years, including information about its priests and parishioners. ]]></dcterms:coverage>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://digitalcollections.loras.edu/items/show/5752">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Holy Cross (Keystone, Iowa)]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Historical documents pertaining to Holy Cross parish in Keystone, Iowa. ]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:tableOfContents><![CDATA[Correspondence (5 documents)<br />
History (7 documents)<br />
Photography (2 documents)<br />
<br />
Norris, T,J. Transfer of cemetery property to Holy Cross Cemetery Association. 9 November, 1937.<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[1863-<br />
History of the parish over the span of 146 years, including information about its priests and parishioners.]]></dcterms:coverage>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://digitalcollections.loras.edu/items/show/5753">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[St. Joseph (New Hartford, Iowa) ]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA["The sketchy early history states the parish was established in 1888 and that Father D. J. Kelly, pastor of Parkersburg, was given charge of Aplington and New Hartford. The early Catholic directories indicate that the Parkersburg pastor has had charge of Saint Joseph Parish in New Hartford from that time until the present, except of twelve months in 1942-1943. For two decades the pastors served short terms. With the coming of Father Joseph P. Quirin in 1907, the New Hartford Catholics were blessed with Mass every Sunday, and that continued until 1918 when the war caused a shortage of priests in the archdiocese." <br /><br />-Rev. Msgr. Edgar Kurt, Parish Profile #186, <em>The Witness,</em> August 12, 1990.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:tableOfContents><![CDATA[Land purchase documents (3 documents)<br />History (3 documents) <br />Financial statements (4 documents)<br /> Closing articles (3 documents) <br /><br />Kurt, Edgar. “Parish Profile #186: Saint Joseph Parish, New Hartford.”<em> The Witness,</em> 12 August, 1990. Unknown author. <br /><br />“125th Anniversary.” <em>The Witness,</em> 23 October, 1986.]]></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[1888-14 July, 1992 <br />
History of the parish over the span of 104 years, including information about its priests and parishioners.]]></dcterms:coverage>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://digitalcollections.loras.edu/items/show/5754">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[St. Joseph (Paint Rock, Iowa) ]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Historical documents pertaining to St. Joseph parish in Paint Rock, Iowa. ]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:tableOfContents><![CDATA[Parish history (3 documents)<br />
<br />
Byrne, James. Foley, Leo. Holzer, William. McCormick, Leo. Watters, Loras. “Financial Statement of St. Joseph’s Church, Paint Rock, 1968.” 31 January, 1969.<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[1855-1975<br />
History of the parish over the span of 120 years, including information about its priests and parishioners. ]]></dcterms:coverage>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://digitalcollections.loras.edu/items/show/5755">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[St. Patrick (Parkersburg, Iowa)]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA["For over fifteen years the first Catholics of Butler County in the Parkersburg area west of Cedar Falls were cared for by the missionary priests who ventured beyond parish territory. The first of these, Father John Sheils, pastor of Waverly, celebrated the first Mass in the area in the Downey home. Others were Fathers Thomas F. Gunn, Maurice Flavin, and Patrick J. Smith, successive pastors of Cedar Falls, and Father Peter O’Dowd of Ackley. Father Sheils began with a congregation of three families in 1861. By November 1877 there were enough families to begin building the first Saint Patrick Church under the guidance of Father Patrick Smith. Finished in 1878 at a cost of $1,300, it was dedicated free of debt that spring." &emsp;<br /><br /> - Rev. Edgar Kurt, Profile #185, <em>The Witness,</em> 5 August 1990]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:tableOfContents><![CDATA[Construction documents (4 documents)<br /> Correspondence (3 documents) <br />Financial documents (8 documents) <br />Parish history (11 documents)<br />Pastor list (2 documents)<br /><br />Unknown author. “Grundy County… Holy Family Parish is anticipating new church.” <em>The Witness</em>, 11 June 2006 <br /><br />Hanus, Jerome. “DECREE Regarding St. Patrick Parish; Parkersburg, Iowa.”<em> The Witness</em>, 8 August 2004.<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[6 October 1996 -6 August 2004<br />
History of the parish over the span of 8 years, including information about its priests and parishioners.]]></dcterms:coverage>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[St. Peter (New Haven, Iowa)]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA["While Father Patrick Feeley of Charles City visited the Mitchell County pioneers in the 1870s, the New Haven area Catholics decided to build a church that would unite the Irish to the north and the Germans to the south and west. In the spring of 1877 they began to build a church on five areas of land purchased from James McCarthy for $100. The limestone for the foundation was quarried at the Albert Morse farm southeast of Osage. Named for Saint Peter, the frame church was completed in October 1877. Although it was the third church to be built in Mitchell County, it was the first to have a resident pastor."<br /><br /> -Rev. Msgr. Edgar Kurt, Parish Profile #112,<em> The Witness,</em> February 19, 1989.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:tableOfContents><![CDATA[Financial documents (10 documents)<br />
Pastors and vocations (3 documents)<br />
Parish history (20 documents)<br />
Unknown author. Flad, J.J photographer. “St. Peter-- New Haven.” The Witness, unknown date<br />
Photographs (10 documents)<br />
Unknown author. Remembrance mass for John Breitbach brochure. 11 May, 1961.<br />
Silver Sacretorial Jubilee (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[1877-<br />
History of the parish over the span of about 141 years, including information about its priests and parishioners.]]></dcterms:coverage>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://digitalcollections.loras.edu/items/show/5757">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[St. Mary (New Hampton, Iowa)]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA["Saint Mary Parish is the second parish to be founded in New Hampton. Its beginning is unusual. The school was established and in operation for three years before the first church was built. The German speaking parents in Saint Joseph Parish wanted their children to receive religious instruction in German so that they could assist in teaching their children. If we review the resident pastors of Saint Joseph’s, we realize it must have been English speaking from its beginning: Father Burke, Gosker, Leahy, and Reilly. In 1890 the German Catholics established a parochial school. The first teachers were laymen. In March 1892 land was purchased for the building of a church, which was completed the next summer. On the feast of the Visitation, July 2, 1894, Father Bernard H. Forkenbrock was appointed pastor." <br /><br />-Rev. Msgr. Edgar Kurt, Parish Profile #151, <em>The Witness,</em> November 28, 1989.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:tableOfContents><![CDATA[CLOSING/MERGER DOCUMENTS (6 documents)<br />
PARISH HISTORY (4 documents)<br />
Financial statements (3 documents)<br />
Newspaper articles (3 documents)<br />
Jubilee/Anniversary news and articles (4 documents)<br />
Parish news (2 documents)<br />
<br />
Unknown photographer. Satellite image of former church lot. Unknown date.<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[2 July, 1894-30 October, 2013<br />
History of the parish over the span of 119 years, including information about its priests and parishioners.]]></dcterms:coverage>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://digitalcollections.loras.edu/items/show/5758">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[St. Joseph (New Hampton, Iowa)]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA["Saint Joseph Parish in New Hampton was organized on April 3, 1870 and was the first Catholic parish in the town. The first settlers came in 1854. Until the church was built in 1870, the early Catholics attended Mass in homes and business places. Priests came from Saint Rose in Fayette County, North Washington and Charles City to celebrate mass and the sacraments. Mr. E. T. Runion, who was not Catholic, gave several lots for a church. The settlers themselves hauled the rock and laid the foundation, but this site was abandoned because it was too near the downtown area. The block south of the old city park was secured and a frame church was built on the corner of Hale and Broadway. Father Michael J. Flammang of Saint Donatus dedicated the church on December 16, 1870. The small congregation was cared for by the pastor of Immaculate Conception Church at North Washington." <br /><br />-Rev. Msgr. Edgar Kurt, Parish Profile #227, <em>The Witness,</em> June 2, 1991.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:tableOfContents><![CDATA[Unknown author. “Build in Faith.” Invitation to event on August 30, 1998. Printed ca. 1998.<br />
Buildings of Iowa (1993) (2 documents)<br />
CLOSING (2 documents)<br />
Donnelly, Florence. Multiple authors. “St. Joseph’s Catholic Church; New Hampton, Iowa; Centennial Souvenir, 1870-1970.” 2 August, 1970.<br />
FINANCIAL STATEMENT (5 documents) <br />
Eich, Ricarda. Kurt, Edgar. Matthewson, Linda. “Saint Joseph, New Hampton.” Compiled historical information about the church and parish. 27 May, 1991.<br />
PASTOR LIST (3 documents) <br />
Unknown photographer. “New Hampton Preschool.” The Witness, 27 September, 1992.<br />
WITNESS (7 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[1870-2002<br />
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/5759">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[St. Mary (Lamont, Iowa)]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA["Father Thomas J. Murtagh came from Masonville and Father Patrick S. O’Connor from Oelwein to celebrate mass for the Catholics of the area in the 1890s. They were of Czech, German, and Irish ancestry. In 1895 Father O’Connor brought together the Catholics of the Aurora, Lamont, and Dundee area to build a church. Lots were bought in Lamont, and the frame church was ready for use by the fall of 1896. It was dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary under the title of her Immaculate Conception. Within a few years the Hazleton parish grew in numbers sufficient to support their own pastor, and Father M. M. Grady was appointed in November 1898 to reside in the Hazelton parish and also care for the Lamont area Catholics. He remained until the end of 1902." <br /><br />-Rev. Msgr. Kurt, Parish Profile #123, <em>The Witness,</em> May 7, 1989.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:tableOfContents><![CDATA[Construction (3 documents) <br />History (13 documents)<br /> Pastor list (2 documents) <br />Finances (5 documents) <br /><br />Unknown author. “St. Mary’s Catholic Church cont… The Centennial Years.” <em>Lamont Leader</em>, 7 July 2007.<br /><br /> Hanus, Jerome. “DECREE Regarding St. Mary Parish; Lamont, Iowa.”<em> The Witness,</em> 3 July 2005]]></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[1895-<br />
History of the parish over the span of 123 years, including information about its priests and parishioners.]]></dcterms:coverage>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://digitalcollections.loras.edu/items/show/5760">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Sacred Heart (Littleport, Iowa)]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA["From 1872 to 1875 Father Michael Quirk, pastor of Elkport served the needs of the Littleport parish and the earliest records go back to his time.Father Edward L. Dullard next served as pastor from 1893 to 1898.In the fall of 1898 Father Daniel T. Minogue came as pastor of the two parishes. The 1902 flood waters entered the church and destroyed the vestments. Worse tragedy struck on the night of July 16, 1908, when the church burned to the ground. In the midst of storm and flood, the adjoining lumber yard caught fire, which spread to the church and could not be fought because of the high water. The congregation worked immediately to replace the church. The foundation and cornerstone were laid in the fall of 1908. The building was finished in May 1909, with Henry Benschneider as contractor. The church was dedicated by Father John F. Reilly of Elkader." <br /><br />-Rev. Msgr. Edgar Kurt, Parish Profile #84, <em>The Witness</em>, July 31, 1988.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:tableOfContents><![CDATA[Anniversary documents (3 documents) <br />Financial documents (8 documents)<br /> History (7 documents) <br />Closing documents (2 articles) <br /><br />Photography/articles (2 documents) <br /><br />Printed by <em>Griffith Press, Inc.</em> “AUCTION: Stained Glass Windows &amp; Contents of Sacred Heart Church; Littleport, Iowa.” 10 June, 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[1870-11 July 1989<br />
History of the parish over the span of 119 years, including information about its priests and parishioners.]]></dcterms:coverage>
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