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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[St. John (Clarion, Iowa)]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA["Father Hanley supervised the building of the first church. On January 3, 1883, the church was dedicated to Saint John the Evangelist by Father Toohill. Father John Egan came to Belmond in 1887 and also cared for Clarion until 1900. When a tornado destroyed the church on June 20, 1894, Mass was celebrated in a public hall. A new brick veneered church was dedicated on January 1, 1895."<br /><br />-Kurt, Rev. Msgr. Edgar, “Parish Profile #79,” <i>The Witness</i>, June 19, 1988.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:tableOfContents><![CDATA[Anniversary Booklet (1 document) <br />Annual Report (4 documents)<br /> Guild Histories (3 documents)<br />History (4 documents) <br />Note (1 document) <br /><br />Staudt, Monica. “Haitian priest visits Wright County.” <em>The Witness.</em> September 30, 2008.]]></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. 1945-<br />
History of the parish over the span of 94 years, including information about its priests and parishioners. ]]></dcterms:coverage>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://digitalcollections.loras.edu/items/show/5815">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[St. Joseph (Chelsea, Iowa)]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA["Czech families of the 1850s and 1860s were served by missionaries who knew their language.&nbsp; Father Anthony D. Urban was certainly one of them, but his extensive missionary travels make it difficult to determine where he took up residence at any particular date. While Father Urban visited them, he urged the Tama County Czechs to build a church near Chelsea. Before that the little church in Toledo, built by Father William Emmonds in the 1850s, had been the place for Catholic services. In 1867 they bought four acres of land from John Frnka, about one mile west of the present town of Chelsea, and built a church named for Saint Anthony."<br /><br />-Kurt, Rev. Msgr. Edgar, “Parish Profile #80,” <i>The Witness</i>, June 26, 1988.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:tableOfContents><![CDATA[Annual Report (9 documents) <br />
Bulletin (2 documents) <br />
History (4 documents) <br />
History Picture Packet 1864-1964 (1 document) <br />
Pastor cards (1 collection) <br />
Photographs (6 documents) <br />
Mission Statement Booklet (1 document)<br />
Witness Articles (1 document) ]]></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[1864-<br />
History and historical documents pertaining to the parish and it&#039;s parishioners. ]]></dcterms:coverage>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://digitalcollections.loras.edu/items/show/5816">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[St. Jude (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) ]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA["Saint Jude School opened in September 1962 with 370 students. It was staffed by six Sisters of Charity B.V.M. and five lay teachers. Archbishop James J. Byrne dedicated the church-school to Saint Jude the Apostle on September&nbsp;23. Mary Green, the Saint Patrick’s housekeeper, is said to have suggested Saint Jude as the patron saint because it would take the “Saint of the Impossible” to get the parish going. In 1966 the parish moved into a new parish center, which was to serve as its church until 1989." <br /><br />-Kurt, Rev. Msgr. Edgar, “Parish Profile #220,” <i>The Witness</i>, April 14, 1991.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:tableOfContents><![CDATA[Building Plans Booklet (1 document) <br />
Dedication (7 documents) <br />
Pastor List (4 documents)<br />
Society of Peace Conference (1 document) <br />
Statements of Receipts and Disbursements (1 document) <br />
Timeline (2 documents)<br />
]]></dcterms:tableOfContents>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[The Archdiocese of Dubuque.<br />
The Center for Dubuque History at Loras College.<br />
]]></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[ca. 1959-<br />
History of the parish over the span of 60 years, including information about its priests and parishioners. ]]></dcterms:coverage>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://digitalcollections.loras.edu/items/show/5817">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[St. Ludmila (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) ]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA['“As the Czech population of Cedar Rapids grew early in this century, many had to find homes farther from Saint Wenceslaus Church. It was the only Czech-speaking Catholic church in the city and it was on the east side of the Cedar River. Some of the parishioners living west of the Cedar began to ask for a church of their own, in their desire to have their parish church nearby. A house with almost four acres was purchased on the West Side in early 1914 and remodeled for school use. In October 1914 the school opened to 65 students taught by four Notre Dame Sisters from Fenton, Missouri.&nbsp; At Saint Ludmila church the Sisters established their first American novitiate, which was later transferred to Omaha.”'<br /><br />-Kurt, Rev. Msgr. Edgar, “Parish Profile #221,” <i>The Witness</i>, April 21, 1991.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:tableOfContents><![CDATA[Kolach Festival (1 document) <br />History (4 documents) <br />Parish Brochure (2 documents)<br /> Pastor cards (1 collection)<br /> Pastor List (4 documents) <br />The Year of Our Lord (1 document)<br /><br /> “Czechoslovak Wit and Wisdom With Great Kolache Recipes from St. Ludmila Parish,” compiled by Pat Martin. Iowa City: <em>Penfield Press</em>, 1984. <br /><br />Joens, George A., “Do Not Tear Down My People’s Church, Honor Czech Pioneers who build Ludmila’s.” Cedar Rapids: <em>The Gazette</em>, 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>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[ca. 1906-<br />
History of the parish over the span of 113 years, including information about its priests and parishioners. ]]></dcterms:coverage>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://digitalcollections.loras.edu/items/show/5818">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Notre Dame (Cresco, Iowa) ]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA["The two Catholic parishes of Cresco - Assumption and St. Joseph's - were officially merged into the unified parish of Notre Dame on Thursday, July 1. The birth of the new parish was celebrated on July 3-4 during masses offed by Archbishop Jerome Hanus, OSB. The selection of the name Notre Dame Parish was made by parishioners of Assumption and St. Joseph's to give continuity to the school and the parish, both of which will now be known as Notre Dame."<br /><br /> - Unknown Author, "Cresco parishes merge into single community." Dubuque: <em>The Witness</em>, July 18, 1999.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:tableOfContents><![CDATA[“Cresco parishes merge into single community,” <em>The Witness</em>, 1999. <br /><br />Hanus, Most Rev. Jerome, O.S.B., “A Decree Canonically Establishing The Territorial Parish of Notre Dame Parish, Cresco, Howard County.”<em> The Witness</em>, June 27, 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>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[1999-<br />
History of the parish over the span of 19 years, including information about its priests, parishioners, and school.  ]]></dcterms:coverage>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://digitalcollections.loras.edu/items/show/5819">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[St. Matthew (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) ]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA["Saint Matthew Parish began in August 1922 when Archbishop James J. Keane sent Father Daniel&nbsp;P. Mulcahy from Vinton to Cedar Rapids.&nbsp; He had no church and only a few parishioners. In 1926 a combination brick church-school-rectory was completed and dedicated. The Sisters of Mercy staffed the school from the beginning and continue to be a part of the faculty to this day. During the ten years Father Behan was pastor the parish grew from a dozen families to 240. The school grew from 40 students in 1926 to 200 in 1939."<br /><br />-Kurt, Rev. Msgr. Edgar, “Parish Profile #207,” <i>The Witness</i>, January 13, 1991.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:tableOfContents><![CDATA[Anniversary - 50th (3 documents) <br />
Anniversary – 75th (2 documents) <br />
Annual Report/Pastor Letter (1 document) <br />
Bulletin (2 documents) <br />
Chronological History (1 document) <br />
Dedication (3 documents) <br />
History (5 documents) <br />
Parish Pastoral Plan (1 document) <br />
Pastor List (5 documents) <br />
Renovate (1 document)  <br />
Ron Gonder – Chairman of Holy Name Society and Sports Radio (1 document)]]></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[1922-<br />
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/5820">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[St. Matthias (Cascade, Iowa) ]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Historical documents pertaining to the history of Saint Matthias parish in Cascade, Iowa. ]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:tableOfContents><![CDATA[Annual Cemetery Report (3 documents) <br />
Bulletin (3 documents)<br />
Canonical Establishment Mass (3 documents) <br />
Community Group Social Activity (1 document) <br />
Decree Canonically Establishing the Territorial Parish of St. Matthias (2 documents) <br />
Dubuque Franciscan Sisters who served in Cascade, Iowa (1 document) <br />
Financial Report (10 documents) <br />
History (1 document) <br />
Parish Council (1 document) <br />
Pastor List (2 documents) <br />
Parish Survey 1999 (1 document) <br />
Promulgation of the Formation of St. Mathias Parish (3 documents) <br />
Witness (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[Merged St. Martin’s and St. Mary’s in Cascade into St. Matthias in 1992- <br />
History of the parish over the span of 26 years, including information about its priests and parishioners.]]></dcterms:coverage>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://digitalcollections.loras.edu/items/show/5821">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[St. Patrick (Buffalo Center, Iowa) ]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA["In the year of his ordination to the priesthood, Father Michael Carolan went to Mason City on October 25, 1877, and remained as pastor of Saint Joseph Parish until his death on December 30, 1917. Because he extended his missionary efforts throughout a large area and especially northwest of Mason City, he was probably the first to serve the Catholics of the Buffalo Center area. His assistants also probably gave pastoral service to the area. Among them were Fathers Laurence Hayes (1899 to 1902) and Patrick Molloy (1908 to 1918)."<br /><br />-Kurt, Rev. Msgr. Edgar, “Parish Profile #133,” <i>The Witness</i>, July 23, 1989.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:tableOfContents><![CDATA[Annual Parish Year Record (9 documents)<br /> Centennial (2 documents)<br /> ‘Ecuminicity’ Story (1 document)<br /> History (1 document) Historical data (1 document) <br />History and Memories Booklet (2 documents) <br />Pastor cards (1 collection) <br />Pastor List (1 document) <br />Report on Structural Integrity (1 collection)<br /> 1899 Warranty Deed (1 document) <br />Witness (2 documents) <br /><br />Birkedal, Julie, “Want to know about St. Patrick? Ask the Priest who has three of his churches,”<em> Globe Gazette,</em> 2007.]]></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. 1899/1912-<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/5822">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[St. Patrick (Britt, Iowa) ]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA["In 1877 a group of settlers went to Bode, south of Algona, so seven young people could receive first Holy Communion. That was in the time when children had to be 12, 13, or 14 to receive first Eucharist. In 1877 a Britt parishioner was taken to Bode to be baptized by Father Theodore Wegmann. The Britt church property was acquired in 1879 and the church built the following year under the direction of Father Zigrang, who was pastor of Algona and Bode. The 1880 to 1885 sacramental records for Britt are at Algona."<br /><br />-Kurt, Rev. Msgr. Edgar, "Parish Profile #168," <i>The Witness</i>, April 1, 1990.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:tableOfContents><![CDATA[Blessing and Laying of Cornerstone (1 document) <br />
Correspondences (2 documents) <br />
Financial Statement (3 documents)<br />
Fiscal Report (1 document) <br />
History (1 document) <br />
Last Will of Lillian McDermott (2 documents) <br />
Mason City Deanery History (1 document) <br />
News Articles (4 documents) <br />
Pastor List (1 document) <br />
Prayer Card 1949; 1974 (2 documents) <br />
Photograph (1 document) <br />
Stain Glass (1 document) <br />
Yearly History (17 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[1880-<br />
History of the parish over the span of 138 years, including information about its priests and parishioners.]]></dcterms:coverage>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://digitalcollections.loras.edu/items/show/5823">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[St. Patrick (Cedar Falls, Iowa) ]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA["Saint Patrick Parish in Cedar Falls traces its history to the first Mass in Cedar Falls, celebrated by Father Patrick McGinnis in the home of Andrew Mullarky in 1855. Father John Shiels began to minister to the Catholics of Cedar Falls in 1856 and directed the building of a brick church on the corner of 8<sup>th</sup> and Washington Streets in 1857, making it the oldest parish in Black Hawk County. For eight years Father Shiels visited Cedar Falls every month or so as he looked after the spiritual needs of people in several counties."<br /><br />-Kurt, Rev. Msgr. Edgar, "Parish Profile #28," <i>The Witness</i>, June 14, 1987.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:tableOfContents><![CDATA[Anniversary – 150th (2 documents/1 Ornament) <br />
Annual Report Booklet (5 documents) <br />
Centennial (2 documents)<br />
Correspondences – 1906, 1922, 1960 (4 documents) <br />
Decretum Erectionis Confraternitatis Doctrinae Christianae Binz 1955 (1 document) <br />
Dedication (2 documents)<br />
Donlon Item List (3 documents) <br />
1906 M. Flavin/W. Donlon Correspondences (3 documents)  <br />
History (4 collections) <br />
History Booklets – 80th (1 document) <br />
Liturgy of Worship (1 document) <br />
Mission Statement (1 document) <br />
1930s News Articles (2 documents) <br />
News Articles (1 document) <br />
Old St. Patrick’s School 100th Anniversary Witness 1991 (1 document) <br />
Old St. Patrick’s School (3 documents) <br />
Pastor cards (1 collection) <br />
Pastor List (2 documents) <br />
Pentecost Sunday 2005 (2 documents)<br />
Photographs (4 documents) <br />
Rosary Society (2 documents) <br />
Service of Blessing – Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare (1 document) <br />
“State of Grace Address 1984” (1 document) <br />
To Hope! (2 documents) <br />
Window Information (5 documents) <br />
“N0022 Saint Patrick’s Roman Catholic Church, Cedar Falls,” from “Buildings of Iowa,” 1993, <br />
359.]]></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 163 years, including information about its priests and parishioners. ]]></dcterms:coverage>
</rdf:Description></rdf:RDF>
