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"While pastor of Parkersburg, Father B. W. Coyle served Shell Rock for nine years, from 1882 to 1891. He led them to build a church in 1891 and dedicated it to the Holy name of Jesus. From Father Coyle’s time, the Holy Name Mission continued to be…

“The first resident pastor was Father Patrick McMahon, coming to West Union in April 1879. It was he who began sacramental records. He lived with the John Owens family during his one-year pastorate. Father Laurence H. Burns came in May 1880 and…

"As the “north end” of Dubuque grew during the 1880s, Archbishop John Hennessy found it necessary to establish Sacred Heart Parish. Continued growth in that area inspired the Archbishop to found another parish, Holy Ghost, on Central Avenue. Holy…

The baby Jesus lays in a straw-bedded manger. Mary, dressed in red and dark blue with a golden head wrap and halo, is either picking him up from the manger or laying him down. Joseph, in deep red and green with a golden halo as well, stands over…

In a stable, Mary in red and white holds a naked baby Jesus. Joseph in blue stands behind her. In front of them kneels a shepherd with a crook, dressed in brown. There is a cow next to the people. The card is on a white, gold, and holly background…

The card depicts the small figures of Joseph, Mary, and baby Jesus beside a donkey and ruined colums under the night sky. Holly clusters and a star border it on either side, and below is printed: "A Joyful Christmas / Let naught dismay, / For Christ…

The card features a white, pink, and blue-robed Mary, holding the baby Jesus. Joseph is beside them, carrying a walking stick and looking out over the landscape to the right of the card while shading his eyes. Behind them is a donkey. The background…

Mary in an orange robe and white head wrap sits on a rock with a naked baby Jesus on her lap. Joseph in green and white stands behind them to the right. To the left, there are two standing angels and one sitting, who sings or reads from a book. Two…

“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…

Historical documents pertaining to the history of Holy Family parish in New Hampton, Iowa.