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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Holy Cross (Schley, Iowa)]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA["Although Holy Cross Parish began with a resident pastor in 1928, it has been served by neighboring pastors during most of its history. The Catholics of the area had longed for a parish of their own. Perhaps Father Thomas Ballon, pastor of Vining in Benton County, knew something of their yearnings. He asked the Archbishop’s permission to visit Schley to determine the need for a parish. The result was Archbishop James J. Keane’s appointment of Father Ballon to be their pastor and organize a parish in 1928."<br /><br /> -Rev. Msgr. Edgar Kurt, Parish Profile #204,<em> The Witness</em>, December 16, 1990.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:tableOfContents><![CDATA[Anniversary correspondences (4 documents) <br />Articles of Incorporation (1 document) <br />Certificate (1 document) <br />Closure (2 documents)<br /> Correspondence (8 letters) <br />Donations (1 document)<br /> Elections (2 documents) <br />Financial/Insurance documents (3 documents) <br />Golden Jubilee (2 documents)<br /> History (4 documents)<br /> Inventory (1 document) <br />Land/Building documents (3 documents)<br /> Oratory (4 documents) <br />Pastor List (5 documents) <br />Post Office receipt (2 documents)<br /> Priest’s Council (1 document)<br /><br /> “Holy Cross Church Schley, To Be Dedicated Sun., Sept. 14.” Source unknown. ca. 1941. <br /><br />“Holy Trinity Church, Protivin and Holy Cross Church, Schley” Centennial History of the Archdiocese of Dubuque. 321.<br /><br /> Kurt, Rev. Msgr. Edgar, “Parish Profile #204: Holy Cross Parish, Schley.” <em>The Witness.</em> 16 December 1990.<br /><br /> “Schley Parish Jubilee Sept. 24.” <em>The Witness.</em> 21 September 1978.]]></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[1928-1994<br />
History of the parish over the span of 66 years, including information about its priests and parishioners.]]></dcterms:coverage>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://digitalcollections.loras.edu/items/show/5772">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Sacred Heart (Reilly Settlement, Iowa)]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA["Irish settlers in the eastern part of Chickasaw County gathered for Mass in homes until the small community was able to organize a parish in 1856 and build the first church in the county in 1857. Although the church was named for Saint Ignatius, it was the beginning of the present Sacred Heart Parish at Reilly Settlement, popularly known as the Ridge. The parish was attended by Waucoma pastors until a resident pastor was appointed about 1907 and Saint Patrick’s at Jerico became a mission."<br /><br /> -Rev. Msgr. Edgar Kurt, Parish Profile #38,<em> The Witness</em>, August 30, 1987.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:tableOfContents><![CDATA[Pastors and vocations (2 documents) <br />History (7 documents)<br /> Financial documents (40 documents) <br />Notes and correspondence (8 documents) <br />Centennial documents (2 documents) <br />Church construction and addition documents (3 documents) Student and school documents (6 documents) <br />Status change documents (3 documents)<br /><br /> Kucera, Daniel. "Official Announcement; Parish Status Changes(.)" <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:relation><![CDATA[ ]]></dcterms:relation>
    <dcterms:language><![CDATA[English. ]]></dcterms:language>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Various primary and secondary sources.]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[1857-11 July, 1989<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/5773">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Immaculate Conception (Sand Springs, Iowa)]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA["The first Catholics bought a stone church built by the Sand Springs Baptists at the beginning of Civil War and closed for ten or more years. The church was dedicated to the Mother of God under her title of the Immaculate Conception. The first recorded baptism was in 1878. Father J.P. O’Connor, pastor of Monticello, was the first to care for them. His successor at Monticello, was the first to care for them. His successor at Monticello, Father John Tobin, continued that pastoral care from 1884 to 1887. When Father Tobin was transferred to the Fairbank parish, on Christmas Day 1887 Father John McCormick began 26 years of service to the Monticello parish and its Sand Springs mission." <br /><br />-Rev. Msgr. Edgar Kurt, Parish Profile #179,<em> The Witness,</em> June 17, 1990.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:tableOfContents><![CDATA[Annual Report (1 document)<br />Deed/Legal Documents (3 documents) <br />History (1 document)<br /> History booklet (1 document)<br /> News Articles (3 documents) <br />Oratory (1 document)<br /><br /> Hanus, Most Rev. Jerome. O.S.B. “Decree of Parish Closure.” Chancery, Dubuque, Iowa, 2 June 1997.<br /><br /> Kurt, Rev. Msgr. Edgar. “Parish Profile #179: Immaculate Conception Parish, Sand Springs.” <em>The Witness</em>. 17 June 1990. <br /><br />Miller, Kiley. “The new center of Sand Springs.” <em>Cascade Pioneer.</em> 09 January 2002. <br /><br />“The Immaculate Conception Church, Sand Springs.” <em>Centennial History of the Archdiocese of Dubuque.</em> 544,545.]]></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. 1880-1997. Oratory: 1997.<br />
History of the parish over the span of 117 years, including information about its priests and parishioners.]]></dcterms:coverage>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://digitalcollections.loras.edu/items/show/5774">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Queen of Heaven (Reinbeck, Iowa)]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA["Archbishop Leo Binz established Queen of Heaven Parish in Reinbeck on July 19, 1955. Father John E. Graham, pastor of Immaculate Conception at Blessing, had conducted a survey of the area Catholics to determine their interest in forming a parish. There were thirty families living in and around three towns: Reinbeck, Lincoln and Morrison. The new congregation was placed in the care of Father Graham. On July 24 he joined 100 parishioners in celebrating the first Mass in Reinbeck. They gathered in the memorial building, which they used until their own church was ready. The fledgling parish planned to build a church. However the Wayne Wheeler building became available and was purchased for $16,500. Parish labor converted the interior for $2,000. They obtained pews from a church that was to be razed—Saint Joseph Church near Woolstock and Clarion." <br /><br />-Rev. Msgr. Edgar Kurt, Parish Profile #218,<em> The Witness</em>, March 31, 1991.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:tableOfContents><![CDATA[History (12 documents)<br />
News articles (2 documents)<br />
Financial documents (6 documents)<br />
Closing documents (2 documents)<br />
<br />
Unknown author. &quot;Queen of Heave Rosary Society.&quot; Meeting minutes from first meeting. February 1956.]]></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[1955-8 August 2004<br />
History of the parish over the span of 49 years, including information about its priests and parishioners.]]></dcterms:coverage>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://digitalcollections.loras.edu/items/show/5775">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[St. Theresa (St. Theresa, Iowa)]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA["Saint Theresa Parish began with the acquisition of forty acres of land, as did so many of the rural parishes of the 1850s. This transaction in 1853 makes it the 14th parish in the history of the present territory of the Archdiocese of Dubuque. The church is about twelve miles south of Dubuque and lies in Jackson County on the border of Dubuque County. Father Terence Donaghue of Dubuque was the founder. The first church, built of stone, was small, about the size of a one room schoolhouse. When it became too small for the congregation, and a larger frame church was built, the stone church became a schoolhouse for a time. The present brick church was built in 1903, and the frame church was sold for salvaged lumber." <br /><br />-Rev. Msgr. Edgar Kurt, Parish Profile #31,<em> The Witness,</em> July 12, 1987.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:tableOfContents><![CDATA[History (4 documents)<br />
Priests and parish life (5 documents)<br />
Parish anniversaries (3 documents)<br />
Parish closing (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 resources]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[1853-2006<br />
History of the parish over the span of 153 years, including information about its priests and parishioners.]]></dcterms:coverage>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://digitalcollections.loras.edu/items/show/5776">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[St. Patrick (St. Cecelia, Iowa)]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA["The first church in western Howard County was Saint Patrick Church at Cecelia built in 1860 on a plot given by James Roche. Made of logs, it measured 16 by 21 feet and stood in the present cemetery. For some years before, Mass had been celebrated in homes of that area by missionary priests. When a priest arrived, the word was spread through the countryside by boys on horseback. The pioneers before 1860 were mostly French. Later the Irish came in good numbers. Although it was never a town, the place was early named Cecelia, perhaps for one of the first settlers. From 1875 to 1886 there was a post office named Cecelia. About the turn of the century the title St. was prefixed to the name."<br /><br /> -Rev. Msgr. Edgar Kurt, Parish Profile #82, <em>The Witness</em>, July 17, 1988.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:tableOfContents><![CDATA[History (6 documents)<br />
Anniversary documents (2 documents)<br />
Correspondence (2 documents)<br />
Finances (6 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[1865-1988<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/5777">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Sacred Heart (St. Anthony, Iowa)]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA["When there were enough Catholics settled in and around the town of St. Anthony, they built a church in the town in 1893 and named it for the Sacred Heart. Father John McMahon became the first resident pastor of St. Anthony and celebrated the first Mass in the new church on Christmas morning of 1893. After only a year, Father McMahon moved on to another parish and Father John J. Hehir became the pastor in 1894. He remained five years."<br /><br /> -Rev. Msgr. Edgar Kurt, Parish Profile #147, <em>The Witness,</em> October 29, 1989.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:tableOfContents><![CDATA[Fire documents (4 documents)<br />
History (3 documents)<br />
Financial reports (4 documents)<br />
Closing documents (3 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[1860-2007<br />
History of the parish over the span of 147 years, including information about its priests and parishioners.]]></dcterms:coverage>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://digitalcollections.loras.edu/items/show/5778">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[St. Angsar (Saint Ansgar, Iowa)]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA["Two years after Father Thomas J. Conroy returned from his World War II role as military chaplain he was appointed pastor of Sacred Heart Parish at Osage. The first Mass in the new church was celebrated on the morning of September 8, 1951. The dedication by Archbishop Leo Binz took place that afternoon. Original membership was 150. The church and parish are named for Saint Ansgar. That saint was chosen because of the town’s name. A Danish pastor, the Rev. Claus L. Clausen, founded the town in 1853 with other Lutherans from Wisconsin and named it for Saint Ansgar, 'the Apostle of the North.'"<br /><br /> -Rev. Msgr. Edgar Kurt, Parish Profile #206, <em>The Witness,</em> January 6, 1991.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:tableOfContents><![CDATA[Parish societies (2 documents) <br />Church opening (2 documents) <br />Parish history (2 documents) <br />Parish life (10 documents) <br />Closing articles (3 documents) <br /><br />Walk, Chuck. “St. Ansgar founded by C.L Clausen.” <em>Mason City Globe-Gazette,</em> n.d.<br /><br /> Beyer, Larry. Donahue, Bob. Heineman, Joseph. Herman, Neil. Kelley, Elvira. Klecknes, LaRayne. Mayer, Terry. Miller, Dianne. Mullerback, Margaret. Pierce, Ramona. Smith, John P. “Constitution.” Parish society constitution. 1985.]]></dcterms:tableOfContents>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[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[1951-2005<br />
History of the parish over the span of 54 years, including information about its priests and parishioners.]]></dcterms:coverage>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://digitalcollections.loras.edu/items/show/5779">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[All Saints (Rowley, Iowa)]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA["All Saint Parish, Rowley, was established by Father William Leen after he became a pastor of Walker in 1894. After the Rowley Catholics built the church in 1896 at his direction, Father Leen continued to care for the Walker parish and three missions: Rowley to the north, Spencer’s Grove to the southwest, and Sunny Side about ten miles west of Rowley. When Father Leen moved to the Farley parish in 1912, Father Augustine J. Walsh served the All Saints and Walker congregations into 1913."<br /><br /> -Rev. Msgr. Edgar Kurt, Parish Profile #160,<em> The Witness</em>, February 4, 1990.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:tableOfContents><![CDATA[Correspondence (3 documents) <br />History (4 documents)<br /> Parish life and news (21 documents)<br /> Closing articles (3 documents)<br /><br /> Unknown author. “All Saints, Rowley, makes plans for 100-year mark.” <em>The Witness</em>, ca. 1996.&nbsp;<br /><br /> Unknown author(s). “ALL SAINTS CHURCH; Rowley, IA; December 31, 1985.” <br /><br />Annual financial report. 31 December, 1985. Corkery, Daniel. Grover, James. Hatt, Vincent J. Kress, Leonard. Kucera, Daniel W. Van Sloten, Bonnie. Von Lehmder, Betty. “Constitution and Bylaws of All Saints Parish Council.” September 1985.]]></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[1896-2005<br />
History of the parish over the span of 109 years, including information about its priests and parishioners.]]></dcterms:coverage>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://digitalcollections.loras.edu/items/show/5780">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[St. Joseph (Rhodes, Iowa)]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[History of the St. Joseph church and parish in Rhodes, Iowa.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:tableOfContents><![CDATA[Financial documents (4 documents)<br />
History (2 documents)<br />
Newspaper articles (2 documents)<br />
Parish land documents (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[1860-<br />
History of the parish over the span of 158 years, including information about its priests and parishioners.]]></dcterms:coverage>
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