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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[St. Peter (Clermont, Iowa) ]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[&quot;Bishop Clement Smyth directed Father Richard Nagle to acquire land within the town of Clermont, and a frame church was dedicated by the bishop in the fall of 1860. It was named for the patron saint of Peter Cummings who donated the land. Father John Hackett came to the parish in 1881 and planned a larger church built of Clermont brick and native stone. It was dedicated in June 1884 by Bishop John Hennessey, who also blessed a bell given by State Senator William Larrabee. Years later, Governor Larrabee gave the parish a pipe organ.&quot;<br />
<br />
-Rev. Msgr. Edgar Kurt, Saint Peter Parish, Clermont, Parish Profile #45, The Witness, October 18, 1987. ]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:tableOfContents><![CDATA[Anniversary – 150th (2 documents) <br />
Annual Parish History (1 document) <br />
Centennial (7 documents) <br />
Cluster Agreement with St. Joseph the Worker (1 document) <br />
Correspondence (1 document) <br />
History and Correspondences regarding historical information (2 collections) <br />
Legal and Land Document Copies (2 documents) <br />
Pastor cards (1 collection)<br />
Welcome Pamphlet (1 document) <br />
<br />
“Clermont observes jubilee,” The Witness. July 20, 2003. ]]></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[1853- <br />
History of the parish over the span of 166 years, including information about its priests and parishioners. <br />
]]></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>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[St. Peter (Sabula, Iowa) <br />
]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA["Saint Peter’s in Sabula is another of those parishes than can point the 1840s for its beginning. The Catholic Almanac of 1842 lists the river town about forty miles south of Dubuque as Charleston and as a “station,” that, as a place where Mass was offered at least on an occasional basis and the sacraments administered. A few years later the Almanac indicates that a church is to be built dedicated to St. James. In 1855 an acre of land for church and cemetery was deeded to Bishop Mathias Loras. It was there the church was built in 1870, about a mile from the present location. In 1883 two lots were purchased in the town and the frame church moved to that location." <br /><br />- Rev. Msgr. Edgar Kurt,<em> </em>Parish Profile #6, <i>The Witness</i><b>, </b>January 11, 1987.]]></dcterms:description>
    <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;<br />
]]></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. 1850- <br />
History of the parish over the span of 168 years, including information about its priests and parishioners.<br />
]]></dcterms:coverage>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[St. Peter (Temple Hill, Iowa) ]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[<p>“Father Patrick Maginnis came from Garryowen in 1852 to be the first resident pastor in the county. That year he saw to the building of the first church, a small frame structure, planned to serve as both church and school, but there is no school records until 1892. To this location Fr. Maginnis gave the name Temple Hill because the temple of God was built on a low hill overlooking the surrounding countryside. When the church was destroyed by fire in the early 1860s, consuming all the records, the present limestone structure was planned and later completed in 1866 at the close of the Civil War.”</p>
- Rev. Msgr. Edgar Kurt, “Parish Profile #10: Saint Peter Parish, Temple Hill,” Dubuque: <i>The Witness</i>, 8 February 1987.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:tableOfContents><![CDATA[<p>1852-2002 History Book on St. Peters Catholic Church Temple Hill (1 book)</p>
<p>ACCW History Copies (1 packet)</p>
<p>Article “St. Peter’s Temple Hill,” regarding first communicants, unknown publisher, 1997.</p>
<p>Centennial History 1975 (1 packet)</p>
<p>Flyer for “29<sup>th</sup> Annual Pork Barbeque,” 2001 (1 document)</p>
<p>History (3 packets)</p>
<p>History of the Aquin System Parishes Timeline (1 packet)</p>
<p>History of St. Peter Redecoration (1 packet)</p>
<p>Letter regarding Centennial and all Parish Histories, Rev. Kurt, 1990 (1 document)</p>
<p>Letter regarding photographs 1937 (1 document)</p>
<p>New Parishioners Directory May 1990-1991 (2 documents)</p>
<p>Pastor List and History (2 documents)</p>
<p>Vocations and History (1 packet)</p>
<p>“Mass at Temple Hill for area Hispanics.” Dubuque: <i>The Witness,</i> 12 November 2006.</p>
<p>“Rural Churches Served by Rec,” Anamosa: Your Co-Op. 23 February 1973, p. 1-2. (considered bulletin)&nbsp;</p>
<p>Kurt, Rev. Msgr. Edgar, “Parish Profile #10: Saint Peter Parish, Temple Hill,” Dubuque: <i>The Witness</i>, n.d.</p>
<p>“St. Peter’s, Temple Hill, will celebrate 150 years.” Dubuque: <i>The Witness</i>, 25 August 2002, p. 1.</p>
“The Onslow Catholic Parish, Onslow, Iowa.” 27 November 1991.]]></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[1852-<br />
History of the parish over the span of 167 years, including information about its priests and parishioners.]]></dcterms:coverage>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[St. Pius X (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) ]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA["In 1947 Archbishop Henry P. Rohlman founded All Saints Parish in the southeast quarter of Cedar Rapids. In 1959 Archbishop Leo Binz established Saint Pius X Parish in the northeast quadrant and chose the Saint Jude Parish site in the northwest area. Three new parishes within a decade and a half! After the site at Collins Road and Council Street N.E. had been chosen and the parish named for the recently canonized Pope Pius X, the parish was incorporated in 1959. It was a year before the people of Saint Pius first met on September 25, 1960, as a parish community to celebrate mass in Regis High School. Regis served as a temporary church for about 400 families." <br /><br />- Kurt, Rev. Msgr. Edgar, Parish Profile #222, <i>The Witness</i>, April 28, 1991.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:tableOfContents><![CDATA[Anniversary (3 documents)<br />
Annual Report (1 document)  <br />
Dedication (3 documents) <br />
Parish Picnic (1 document) <br />
Pastor List (2 documents) <br />
Pius X Press (1 document) <br />
Yearly Parish Info 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[1959- <br />
History of the parish over the span of 59 years, including information about its priests and parishioners.]]></dcterms:coverage>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://digitalcollections.loras.edu/items/show/5845">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[St. Raphael Cathedral (Dubuque, Iowa)]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Historical documents pertaining to the history of Saint Raphael Cathedral in Dubuque, Iowa. ]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:tableOfContents><![CDATA[Adult Formation (1 document) <br />
Archives Correspondence (1 document) <br />
Budget Boxes (2 documents) <br />
Budget Payment Requests 1929/Letter Regarding Marriage on back (2 document) <br />
Buildings from Iowa, p. 84 (1 document) <br />
Bulletin (1 document) <br />
Callahan: Loras Thesis: A History of St. Raphael’s Church Buildings 1965 (1 document) <br />
Catholic Annual Guide (1 document) <br />
Encyclopedia Dubuque (1 document) <br />
History and History Pamphlet (2 documents) <br />
Historical Notes and Items Pamphlet (1 document) <br />
Holy Week Services 1943 (1 document) <br />
Homecoming 150 (2 documents) <br />
Interior Picture (1 document) <br />
Inventory of Items from St. Raphael Rectory (2 documents) <br />
Johnson: Loras College Paper: The History of St. Raphael’s Cathedral, 1955 (1 document) <br />
Keane Letter 1908 (1 document) <br />
Legal Documents and Correspondences (5 documents) <br />
Little Dublin News 1999 (1 document) <br />
Lot Certificates (4 documents) <br />
News Articles (4 documents)<br />
News Article ca. 1865 – Cathedral Choir (1 document) <br />
News Article 1837-1838 (2 documents) <br />
Organ (1 collection) <br />
Picture Copy 1975 (1 document) <br />
Remodeling 1886 (1 document) <br />
Renovation 1986 (1 document) <br />
September 11, 2001 Remembrance Day (1 document) <br />
Sisters of Mercy (1 collection) <br />
St. Raphael Patron Picture (1 document) <br />
Vocations from Cathedral (3 documents) <br />
Evans, Mary Ellen. “Finish Work of Cathedral’s Redecoration.” The Witness, December 3, 1936. (2 documents) <br />
Hoffman, M. M. “Who Built the First Church in Iowa?” The Witness, March 29, 1928. <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 documents. ]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[1833-<br />
History of the parish over the span of 186 years, including information about its priests and parishioners. ]]></dcterms:coverage>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://digitalcollections.loras.edu/items/show/5828">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[St. Stephen (Cedar Falls, Iowa) ]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[St. Stephen in Cedar Falls is home to the Catholic Student Center. In 1897, The Catholic Student&#039;s Club was organized. It was noted in 1907 that, &quot;The Association&#039;s purpose is to enable the Catholic students to more fully realize that religion is an energizing force affecting the character of the individual and society and is the fundamental stimulus of our society.&quot; St. Stephen The Witness Catholic Student Center is still active and alive today. <br />
<br />
- Information Gathered from Historical File at the Archdiocese of Dubuque. ]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:tableOfContents><![CDATA[Catholic Student Center (1 collection of documents from 1905-1966; 10 documents) <br />
Historical Notes (10 documents) <br />
1950s News Paper (5 documents) <br />
News Articles (4 documents)<br />
St. Stephen’s Move to New Home (1 document) <br />
Lang, William C. P.H.D., “A Century of Leadership &amp; Service: A Centennial History of the University of Northern Iowa,” Volume I, 1876-1928. (Chapter II, III, VII, <br />
“The Normal Eyte,” Vol. XIV, No. 15- December 1903. (1 page) – First Year Book, Documents from 1905-1966 <br />
“The Pedagog,” 1906. <br />
Tierny, Nancy, “Beck explains Bishops views on nuclear threat,” 1984.]]></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. 1905- <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/5827">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[St. Stephen (Central City, Iowa)]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA["When Father Stephen J. Kucera was appointed pastor of Prairieburg in 1927, he soon recognized Central City, eight miles west, as a potential parish. Central City’s location on busy highway 13 marked it for growth. In 1932 he secured the vacant Christian Church for $500 through Dr. J. W. Eckstein. There were two Catholic families in the town and only a few in the surrounding area. The church was dedicated on June 8, 1932. It was named for Saint Stephen in deference to Father Kucera. He and his housekeeper had provided over half the funds. Many of the furnishings were provided by neighboring parishes and pastors and his brother, Bishop Louis B. Kucera of Lincoln, Nebraska."<br /><br /> - Kurt, Rev. Msgr. Edgar, "Parish Profile #205", <em>The Witness</em>, December 23, 1990.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:tableOfContents><![CDATA[Bulletin (1 document)<br />
Fire and Recovery (4 documents)  <br />
Fire Post Card (1 document) <br />
History (3 documents) <br />
Dedication Papers (3 documents) <br />
Open House Booklet (2 documents) <br />
Pastor List (2 documents) <br />
Timelines (2 documents) <br />
Smith, Sue Davis. “Depicting Christ’s journey.” The Gazette. December 7, 2002.]]></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[1932-<br />
History of the parish over the span of 86 years, including information about its priests and parishioners.]]></dcterms:coverage>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://digitalcollections.loras.edu/items/show/5722">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[St. Stephen (Chester, Iowa)]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA["Chester had a post office as early as 1858, but it was only in 1916 that Catholics had their first church. With the help of Father John P. Wagner of Assumption Parish in Cresco, they bought the Presbyterian church for $1,500. In 1919 Father Edward J. Bendlage was appointed the first resident pastor of Chester and remained a long time, until 1928. During his pastorate Archbishop James J. Keane administered confirmation for the first time in the Chester church. The parish made improvements on the church and bought a large house to serve as a rectory." <br /><br />-Msgr. Edgar Kurt, "Profile #146," <em>The Witness</em>.n.d.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:tableOfContents><![CDATA[St. Theresa’s Study Club. “history of Saint Stephen’s Parish.” Scrapbook. Unknown date.<br />
<br />
Pisney, Mrs. Frank. “St. Stephen’s Catholic Church History.” 1 August, 1964.<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[1916-<br />
The history of St. Stephen church and it&#039;s 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:RDF>
