“Parishioners of Mason City’s second Catholic parish gathered with their founding pastor, Father Edward J. Dougherty, in the public library for their first Mass on an October Sunday in 1908. Construction of the church began the following spring and they celebrated Mass in their new church on Christmas 1909. The church was dedicated to the Holy Family the next year by Bishop John P. Carroll of Helena, Montana. He had been a companion of Father Dougherty on the Archdiocesan Mission Band.”

- Rev. Msgr. Edgar Kurt, “Parish Profile #232: Holy Family Parish, Mason City.” Dubuque: The Witness, 14 July 1991.

]]> Anniversary 50th 1959 Booklet (2 booklets)

Annual History and Guild Summary 1969, 1987-1992 (4 compilations)

Articles of Reincorporation (1 document)

History (2 compilations)

Holy Family Church Booklets ca. 1951 (3 booklets)

Holy Family Parish in Mason City Descriptions and Photographs (2 documents)

I.C. Mission Information (3 documents)

Information Concerning Holy Family from 1937-1961 (1 compilation)

Pastor Cards (1 collection)

Pastor List (1 document)

Photographs:

              Church or school with red negative (1 document)

              Retouched Copy of Church (1 document)

Timeline 1908-1991 (6 documents)

“History of Holy Family Parish, Mason City,” The Witness, 4 December 1933.

Scholl, Stephanie, “Food drive tops record, but needs not fully met: Mason City volunteers carry on Thanksgiving project,” The Witness, 30 November 2008, p. 3.]]> The Center for Dubuque History at Loras College.]]> Kucera Center for Catholic Thought
Frank and Ida Goedken Series: "Spiritual Life in the Upper Mississippi River Valley"]]> History of the parish over the span of about 136 years, including information about its priests and parishioners. ]]>

- Kurt, Rev. Msgr. Edgar, Parish Profile #140, The Witness, September 10, 1989.

]]> Hanus, Rev. Jerome, O.S.B., “Decree Canonically Establishing the Territorial Parish of Holy Family, New Hampton, Iowa,” The Witness, 12 May 2002, p. 2.

Remembrance of Mission, St. Therese of Lisiuex, The Reverend J.M. Stanton, St. Joseph Church of New Hampton, October 17-22, 143, from The E.M. Lohmann Co., St. Paul, Minn. (1 document)

Warranty Deed, 2004 (1 document)

]]> The Center for Dubuque History at Loras College. ]]> Kucera Center for Catholic Thought
Frank and Ida Goedken Series: "Spiritual Life in the Upper Mississippi River Valley"]]> History of the parish over the span of 17 years, including information about its priests and parishioners. ]]> Hanus, Rev. Jerome, O.S.B., “Decree Canonically Establishing the Territorial Parish of Holy Family, New Hampton, Iowa,” The Witness, 12 May 2002, p. 2.

Remembrance of Mission, St. Therese of Lisiuex, The Reverend J.M. Stanton, St. Joseph Church of New Hampton, October 17-22, 143, from The E.M. Lohmann Co., St. Paul, Minn. (1 document)

Warranty Deed, 2004 (1 document)]]> The Center for Dubuque History at Loras College.]]> Kucera Center for Catholic Thought
Frank and Ida Goedken Series: "Spiritual Life in the Upper Mississippi River Valley"]]> History of the parish over the span of 17 years, including information about its priests and parishioners.]]> “Holy Family Parish owes its beginning and many years of its existence to its close neighbors, the monks of New Melleray Abbey. Because the people had little funds and the monastery wished to help them have their own church, one of the monks appealed to his wealthy sister in Europe for a donation which made possible the building of a small stone church. The parish continued to be taken care of by the monks, and a larger church became necessary. So a frame church was built at the north end of the present cemetery. That church was replaced 20 years later by the present brick structure, which was dedicated to the Holy Family in 1889 by Bishop Hennessy.”

- Rev. Msgr. Edgar Kurt, “Parish Profile #17: Holy Family Parish, New Melleray.” Dubuque: The Witness, 29 March 1987.]]> Announcement for the Witness regarding recalling New Melleray Abbey from pastoral work of the surrounding neighborhood and the appointment of Rev. Kraphfl to Holy Family, 25 December 1952 (2 documents)

Centennial 150th Liturgy (1 document)

Clergy List 1910-1972 (3 documents)

Freeman, E. Brendan, New Melleray History including Bishop Loras’s role, 2 December 1986 (6 documents)

History (2 collections – 16 documents)

Parish Quota for National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception 11 July 1953 Biskup Letter (1 document)

Peosta and Holy Family Booklet to Fr. Loras, 2009 – Includes History, Family Directory Pictures ca. 1870, Early Peosta History Horse ads (5 documents)

Pictorial Atlas of Dubuque County, Iowa – 1979, Compiled and Published by Title Atlas Co., Inc. Minnesota, on New Melleray Abbey and Our Lady of the Mississippi Abby, Dubuque, Iowa. (1 document)

Souvenir of the Mission: Passionist Fathers, Holy Family Aug. 27th-Sep. 3rd 1950. (1 document)

“Centennial,” Dubuque: The Witness, Vol. LXIX No. 25, 13 August 1989. (2 documents)

Colton, Ray E., “Penetrating the Silent Halls of the Monastery Near Dubuque, Iowa,” The Des Moines Register, 20 January 1935.

“Holy Family Parish will celebrate 150th,” The Witness, 25 June 2000.

“Trappists in Iowa Withdraw from Parish Work, Ending Link with Days of Pioneers in West,” Washington D.C.: Domestic N.C.W.C. News Service, 29 December 1952 (2 documents)]]> The Center for Dubuque History at Loras College.]]> Kucera Center for Catholic Thought
Frank and Ida Goedken Series: "Spiritual Life in the Upper Mississippi River Valley"]]> History of the parish over the span of 170 years, including information about its priests and parishioners.]]> http://libguides.loras.edu/special/roseliep]]> http://libguides.loras.edu/special/rights]]> http://libguides.loras.edu/special/roseliep]]> http://libguides.loras.edu/special/rights]]> http://libguides.loras.edu/special/roseliep]]> http://libguides.loras.edu/special/rights]]> http://libguides.loras.edu/special/roseliep]]> http://libguides.loras.edu/special/rights]]> http://libguides.loras.edu/special/roseliep]]> http://libguides.loras.edu/special/rights]]>
- Rev. Msgr. Edgar Kurt, Parish Profile #198, The Witness, November 4, 1990.]]> FINANCIAL REPORTS (4 documents)
INFORMATION ON PARISHIONERS AND PARISH LIFE: (3 documents)
INFORMATION ON PAST SERVING PRIESTS (4 documents)
PHOTOGRAPHY (3 documents)
SCHOOL (4 documents)

Byrne, James J. Dunn, Francis J. Hogan, R.G. Luksetich, Thomas. Smyth, Michael. “International Year of the Handicapped 1981 Annual Financial Report.” 1982.

The Mount Calvary Cemetery Board. “An Open Letter To Parishioners At: Holy Ghost Church; Holy Trinity Church; Sacred Heart Church; and Saint Mary’s Church.” 30 December, 2001.

Unknown author. “Holy Ghost Church, 1989.” Calendar. Printed 1988.]]> The Center for Dubuque History at Loras College. ]]> Kucera Center for Catholic Thought
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