th Street. The cornerstone of a large stone church was set on October 18, 1891, and the interior completed in 1893."

-Kurt, Rev. Msgr. Edgar, Parish Profile #118, The Witness, April 2, 1989.]]> Correspondences (1 document)
Dedication (2 documents)
Development (1 document)
News Articles (2 documents)
Pastoral Plan (1 document)
Pastor List (1 document)
Petras Last Will and Testament (1 document)
Promissory Notes (1 package)
Schools Development Booklet (1 document)

“St. Patrick’s Church Cedar Rapids” in Centennial History of the Archdiocese of Dubuque, edited by Rev. M. M. Hoffman, 347-350. Dubuque: Columbia College Press, 1937.]]> 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 132 years, including information about its priests and parishioners.]]> ]]>
-Kurt, Rev. Msgr. Edgar, Parish Profile #138, The Witness, August 27, 1989.]]> History (2 documents)
Mason City Deanery Parish History (1 collection)
News Articles (5 documents)
Pastor List (2 documents)
Timeline (1 collection)
75th Anniversary Booklet (1 document)

Bremmer, Alice. “St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, Clear Lake, Iowa: History September 1981- September 1982 (1983-1984; 1988; 1989; 1990).” ACCW. ca. 1982. (5 collections)

Sheilds, Father Edward J. “St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, Clear Lake, Iowa: History January 3, 1988 - December 31, 1988.” ACCW. ca. 1988-1990. (3 collections 1988-1990).

Ssasseiman, Deacon Leo & Yers, Deacon John A. “. “St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, Clear Lake, Iowa: History September 30, 1983-September 30, 1984.” ACCW. ca. 1984. (1 collection)]]> 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 117 years, including information about its priests and parishioners.]]> “Bishop Mathias Loras purchased a site in 1854 for the first church in Colesburg in northeastern Delaware County. Before that time, visiting priests celebrated Mass in various homes for the Irish settlers, who came into the area as early as the 1840s, and that explains the choice of Saint Patrick for their patron. They built their first church about 1862 under Father Michael Lynch’s direction and it served until a replacement was built in 1877. Land for the cemetery was donated by John McMahon, probably in 1857 as the oldest tombstone bears that date.”

Rev. Msgr. Edgar Kurt, “Parish Profile #91: Saint Patrick Parish, Colesburg.” Dubuque: The Witness, 18 September 1988.]]> History (1 document)
History and Baptism Records (2 documents)
Photographs (3 documents)
Pastor cards (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 66 years, including information about its priests and parishioners.]]> “The mission was raised in the status of a parish in 1858, and Father Andrew Trevis was appointed the first pastor in addition to his duties as seminary president. He was soon followed by Father Patrick McCabe as the first permanent pastor. In 1870 Father Roger Ryan began a forty-two year pastorate during which the parish grew in numbers and spirit. In 1876 preparations were made for a new church, with the cornerstone laid in 1877 and the building dedicated August 15, 1878. During part of his pastorate Father Ryan served as vicar general of the diocese and present of Saint Joseph College (later renamed Loras College).”

- Rev. Msgr. Edgar Kurt, “Parish Profile #19: Saint Patrick, Dubuque.” Dubuque: The Witness, 12 April 1987.

]]> Annual History (1 document)

Baptism Registers 1859-1908 (8 documents)

Collection Information (1 document)

Catholic 1917 Directory Paperwork (1 document)

Copies of Newspaper Articles – no date (1 collection)

Hispanic Ministry (1 collection)

History (6 collections)

Inquiry Class (1 document)

Insurance (1 document)

Jubilee Celebration Rev. Driscoll Homily (1 collection)

Liturgy for the Feast of St. Patrick (1 document)

Mass of Healing (1 document)

News Clipping (1 document)

Organ Recital in memory of Doris Clare McCaffrey (1 document)

Pastor Cards (1 set)

Parish Plan 1982-1985 (2 documents)

Rt. Rev. Msgr. Casey Letter (1 document)

Sesquicentennial (1 document)

Summer Stag Picnic Ticket (1 document)

The Forty Hours/Mulligan Correspondences (1 document)

Timelines (3 documents)

Vocations (2 documents)

Walsh Thesis for Loras College – History of St. Patrick’s (1 document – several drafts)

Meyer, Jeff. “Irish immigrants brought sisters, schools, and shamrocks,” Dubuque: Telegraph Herald, May 20, 2008.

- Rev. Msgr. Edgar Kurt, Parish Profile #103, The Witness, December 11, 1988

Saint Patrick Parish, Epworth

]]> Financial Report (2 documents)
History (5 documents)
Priest List (1 document)
Witness articles (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 140 years, including information about its priests and parishioners. ]]>
- Kurt, Rev. Msgr. Edgar, Parish Profile #2, The Witness, December 7, 1986.

Saint Patrick, Garryowen

]]> Archdiocese history Letter (1 document)
Cemetery Association By-Laws (1 document)
Centennial Booklet (1 document)
Correspondance Fr. Dunn (2 documents)
History (4 documents)
History of Bernard, Iowa (1 packet)
Kurt Letter (1 document)
Memoirs of Father Mazzuchelli, O.P. Chapter XXVIII Pages 254-256 (1 document)
Noonan History (11 documents)
O’Brien History (1 collection)
Otting, Rev., History Letter (1 document)
Pastor cards (1 set)
Parish Profile No. 2 (1 document)
Pastor List/ Historical Timeline (4 documents)
Perpetual Care Record Cemetery (1 document)
Priest’s Holy Hour booklet (2 documents)
Property Insurance List 1925 (1 document)
Sesquicentennial (5 documents)
Sesquicentennial Book (1 document)
Rev. Rooney Letter (2 documents)
Witness Parish Profile (1 document)
Kruse, Rachel. “Two churches share name, ancestry,” Cascade Pioneer, 3 May 2006.]]> 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 179 years, including information about its priests and parishioners. ]]>
- Rev. Msgr. Edgar Kurt, Parish Profile #107, The Witness, January 15, 1989, Saint Patrick Parish, Hampton
]]> A Century of Faith Booklets: Centennial (2 booklets)

Annual History (2 documents)

Dedication and Blessing (2 documents)

Dedication and Open House of Religious Education Center 1999 (1 document)

Financial Statement (5 documents)

History (2 documents)

History for St. Peter's Church Geneva (1 document)

History/Picture 1909 Fr. Wienke (1 document)

Kurt History/Pastor List/Letter (2 documents)

Membership Statement/Pew Rental Chart (1 document)

Pastor Cards (1 set)

Welcome Invitation Booklet (1 document)

Catholic News Service, “Ten commandments… Louisiana bishop offers remarks on controversy,” The Witness, 28 September 2003.

Grady, Father Bernie. “Hampton tabbed pilgrimage site,” The Witness, 7 June 2009, p. 2.

“Hampton marks “Century of Faith,”’ The Witness, 28 May 1995.

“Hampton’s St. Patrick’s turns 100,” Mason City, Clear Lake: Globe Gazette, 27 May 1995.

Hicks, Brad. “Catholics have temporary home at UMC,” Hampton Chronicle, 8 January 1997.

Krotz, David. “Hampton hosts the Feast of Our Lady of
Guadalupe,” Mason City/Clear Lake: Globe Gazette, 13 December 1999.

]]> 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 124 years, including information about its priests and parishioners. ]]> “During Father Kelly’s pastorate the people of Forest City also decided to build a church. Just before the church was completed, Father James P. Taken was appointed pastor of Forest City and Lake Mills with his residence in Forest City. Father Taken roomed in the Anderson Hotel until a rectory could be built in Forest City. Father Taken was caring for the Catholics at Armstrong, Bristol, Buffalo Center, Forest City, Lake Mills, Northwood, and Thompson during his seven years as pastor.”

- Rev. Msgr. Edgar Kurt, “Parish Profile #173: Saint Patrick Parish, Lake Mills.” Dubuque: The Witness, 6 May 1990.

]]> Annual History 1969, 1978-1989 (10 collections)

Centennial History of the Archdiocese of Dubuque pgs. 405-408

Financial Statement 1982-1989 (6 documents)

Timeline of Pastors (1 document)

Hejik, Kristi. “Linked parishes return from Rome pilgrimage.” Dubuque: The Witness, 15 March 2009, p. 7.

Annual History 1972, 1974-1977, 1983, 1985-1989 (10 compilations)

Annual History Update with no date (1 document)

Annual Parish History for the Archives 1992 (1 document)

Annual Report 1968, 1976, 1982 (3 documents)

Archives document (1 document)

Centennial History Booklet 1856-1956 (1 booklet)

Diamond Jubilee of St. Patrick’s Parish pages 7-12, 14-20 (2 collections)

Historical Data Letter Donlon to Wolfe 1937 (2 documents)

History Since 1937 (1 document)

Pastor Cards (1 collection)

Photograph of St. Wenceslaus Cemetery Monument (1 document)

Pioneer Cemetery Information (3 documents)

Release of Mortgage 1939 (1 document)

Warranty Deed 1915 (1 document)

“Parish in Monona planning its future,” The Witness, 17 July 2005.

“Restored Ancient Burial Ground,” N.P., N.D. (2 documents)

“St. Patrick’s, Monona plans dual celebration.” Compiled by Mary Auterman and Christine Bee. The Witness. 29 October 2006.]]> 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 163 years, including information about its priests and parishioners.]]>
-Rev. Msgr. Edgar Kurt, Parish Profile #22, The Witness, May 3, 1987.]]> CORRESPONDENCE (1 document)
HISTORY (6 collections)
PARISH ROSTER BOOKLET (1 document)
PHOTOGRAPHS (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 137 years, including information about its priests and parishioners.]]>