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“The Catholic Church in Benton County began with the deeding of two sections of prairie near Keystone, Iowa, to the University of Notre Dame in Indiana in January 1863. Francis Murphy, a Benton county pioneer, gave those 1,280 acres in return for…

“Immaculate Conception Parish owes its origin to Father Thomas Hore, a native of the parish of Our Lady’s Island in County Wexford, Ireland. His life would be good material for an interesting saga. Father Hore, born in 1796, completed his theological…

Peter Hoffmann stands in a German Trench that is near Fey-en-Haye, France during World War I. The walls of the trench are covered in stone and dirt, some parts may have concrete. There is a log that is laying over the two opposite sides of the trench…

God with his arms open in front of a cup and bread in a table. There are 6 people in the back looking down.

The face on a man behind a fence

Man in the desert with his hands in the air

Photograph of an infant Louise, she wears a long white garment.