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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[St. Aloysius (Garryowen, Iowa)]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA["The cornerstone for Saint Aloysius Church was laid in November 1892. The frame building was blessed in June 1893. A few years later an interior balcony and a sacristy were added. Bishop Hennessy designated about fifty families as the nucleus, almost all of Irish ancestry. Most of them had belonged either to Saint Patrick Parish, Garryowen, or Saint Lawrence Parish, Otter Creek. The sacramental records begin with 1893." <br /><br />-Rev. Msgr. Edgar Kurt, Parish Profile #225, <em>The Witness,</em> May 19, 1991.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:tableOfContents><![CDATA[Financial documents (2 documents)<br />
History (7 documents)<br />
Status change documents (6 documents)<br />
Correspondence (5 documents)<br />
<br />
Noonan, Patrick. &quot;Warranty Deed (No. 150).&quot; 23 January, 1903.<br />
<br />
Unknown author. Handwritten journal, likely of sermons. n.d.<br />
<br />
Unknown photographer. Photograph of church. n.d.]]></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[1892- 11 July, 1989<br />
History of the parish over the span of 97 years, including information about its priests and parishioners. ]]></dcterms:coverage>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://dmz4.loras.edu/items/show/5764">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[St. Francis Xavier (Hawkeye, Iowa)]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA["As early as 1891 Father James Mulligan, pastor of West Union, visited the Hawkeye area Catholics and celebrated Mass in the home of Michael Riley, the railroad section foreman. In 1893 under Father Mulligan’s direction, they built a small frame church. There were only seven Catholic families, but funds were given by all citizens irrespective of creed."<br /><br /> -Rev. Msgr. Edgar Kurt, Parish Profile #214, <i>The Witness</i>, March 3, 1991.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:tableOfContents><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" id="docs-internal-guid-dd12b58d-7fff-c89a-8c9e-ca88f7590bd2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Church/parish history (4 documents)</span></p>
<br />
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Confraternity diplomas (2 documents)</span></p>
<br />
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Pastors/vocations (6 documents)</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Memos/correspondence (4 documents)</span></p>
<br />
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Pew purchase and installation documents (11 documents)</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Centennial documents (6 documents)</span></p>
<br />
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Parish closing (2 documents)</span></p>
<br />
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Unknown author(s). The Archdiocese of Dubuque:St. Francix Xavier census. 9 October, 2007</span></p>]]></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[1893- <br />
History of the parish over the span of 125 years, including information about its priests and parishioners.]]></dcterms:coverage>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Sacred Heart (Meyer, Iowa)]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA["Sacred Heart Parish began as a branch school of the Stacyville parish for the Meyer area pioneers. Both communities are in Mitchell County. Toward the close of the 1880s, the Stacyville parish had grown so large as to need a larger school. The Meyer settlers suggested they be permitted to build a school in their area. Father John Anler, the pastor granted permission. The frame school, named Saint Mary’s, opened in 1889 to sixteen children taught by Miss Anna Kloth of Galena, Illinois. In 1901 Father Peter John Naebors, pastor of Stacyville, and his Meyer parishioners planned a combination building. Two classrooms and the Sisters’ quarters occupied the first floor, and a church the second floor." <br /><br />-Rev. Msgr. Edgar Kurt, Parish Profile #116, <em>The Witness</em>, March 19, 1989.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:tableOfContents><![CDATA[ANNIVERSARY (2 documents) <br />
ANNUAL REPORT (2 documents)  <br />
CLUSTER (2 documents) <br />
COMMUNION PHOTOS (4 photographs) <br />
COUNCIL/CONSTITUTION (2 documents) <br />
DECREE (1 document) <br />
GOLDEN JUBILEE (1 booklet)  <br />
HISTORY (20 documents) <br />
LETTERS (3 documents) <br />
PASTOR LIST (2 documents)<br />
STRENGTHS/LIMITATIONS (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[1889-2005<br />
History of the parish over the span of 116 years, including information about its priests and parishioners.]]></dcterms:coverage>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://dmz4.loras.edu/items/show/5762">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[St. Mel (McIntire, Iowa)]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA["On April 8, 1928, Father Joseph F. Wiehl and three members of his parish in Chester drove through muddy roads to nearby McIntire in the northeast corner of Mitchell County. There he celebrated the Easter Mass with more than one hundred faithful of the area. The few Catholic families living in or near McIntire had purchased the small church from the Congregationalists and named it for Saint Mel, a companion of Saint Patrick. The parish never received a resident pastor."<br /><br />- Rev. Msgr. Edgar Kurt, Parish Profile #176, <em>The Witness</em>, May 27, 1990.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:tableOfContents><![CDATA[FINANCIAL REPORT (3 documents) <br />
HISTORY (5 documents) <br />
LETTERS (3 documents) <br />
MISSION CHURCH (1 document) <br />
ORATORY REGULATION (1 document) <br />
PASTOR LIST (2 documents)<br />
PROPERTY/LOCATION (1 document) <br />
WITNESS (3 documents)]]></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[1928-<br />
History of the parish over the span of 90 years, including information about its priests and parishioners.]]></dcterms:coverage>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://dmz4.loras.edu/items/show/5761">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[St. Mary (Lycurgus, Iowa)]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA["Landolm Haas, a veteran of the Mexican War, was the first settler in Saint Mary Parish, arriving in 1851 to take advantage of choice land at a low price. Father David Slattery was the first resident pastor and began the parish records. He came in December of 1875 and stayed until May of 1882. His successor, Father M. J. Gaffney, was the first of four pastors who stayed for short terms, until the advent of Father Michael K. Norton in December 1887. Father Norton stayed until September 1905. A parish hall was built and a wing added to the rectory, which was probably built for the first pastor in the 1870s. During his pastorate the locality’s name changed from Lansing Ridge to Lycurgus, the name of a classical Greek statesman." <br /><br />-Rev. Msgr. Edgar Kurt, Parish Profile #65, <em>The Witness</em>, March 13, 1988.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:tableOfContents><![CDATA[Priests/vocations (4 documents)<br />
History (8 documents)<br />
Financial documents (5 documents)<br />
Parish news (4 documents)<br />
Closing documents (2 documents)<br />
Photography (2 documents)<br />
<br />
Parkinson and Dockendorff architects. “Specifications for Church Located at Lycurgus, Iowa for St. Mary’s Catholic Congregation (No. 5).” Ca 1913.<br />
<br />
Duffy, Raymond. “Remembrance of the Mission Given by Father Blaze Citizen(.)” Prayer card. Ca. 1963.]]></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[1860-2006<br />
History of the parish over the span of 146 years, including information about its priests and parishioners.]]></dcterms:coverage>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://dmz4.loras.edu/items/show/5760">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Sacred Heart (Littleport, Iowa)]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA["From 1872 to 1875 Father Michael Quirk, pastor of Elkport served the needs of the Littleport parish and the earliest records go back to his time.Father Edward L. Dullard next served as pastor from 1893 to 1898.In the fall of 1898 Father Daniel T. Minogue came as pastor of the two parishes. The 1902 flood waters entered the church and destroyed the vestments. Worse tragedy struck on the night of July 16, 1908, when the church burned to the ground. In the midst of storm and flood, the adjoining lumber yard caught fire, which spread to the church and could not be fought because of the high water. The congregation worked immediately to replace the church. The foundation and cornerstone were laid in the fall of 1908. The building was finished in May 1909, with Henry Benschneider as contractor. The church was dedicated by Father John F. Reilly of Elkader." <br /><br />-Rev. Msgr. Edgar Kurt, Parish Profile #84, <em>The Witness</em>, July 31, 1988.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:tableOfContents><![CDATA[Anniversary documents (3 documents) <br />Financial documents (8 documents)<br /> History (7 documents) <br />Closing documents (2 articles) <br /><br />Photography/articles (2 documents) <br /><br />Printed by <em>Griffith Press, Inc.</em> “AUCTION: Stained Glass Windows &amp; Contents of Sacred Heart Church; Littleport, Iowa.” 10 June, 1989.]]></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[1870-11 July 1989<br />
History of the parish over the span of 119 years, including information about its priests and parishioners.]]></dcterms:coverage>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://dmz4.loras.edu/items/show/5759">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[St. Mary (Lamont, Iowa)]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA["Father Thomas J. Murtagh came from Masonville and Father Patrick S. O’Connor from Oelwein to celebrate mass for the Catholics of the area in the 1890s. They were of Czech, German, and Irish ancestry. In 1895 Father O’Connor brought together the Catholics of the Aurora, Lamont, and Dundee area to build a church. Lots were bought in Lamont, and the frame church was ready for use by the fall of 1896. It was dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary under the title of her Immaculate Conception. Within a few years the Hazleton parish grew in numbers sufficient to support their own pastor, and Father M. M. Grady was appointed in November 1898 to reside in the Hazelton parish and also care for the Lamont area Catholics. He remained until the end of 1902." <br /><br />-Rev. Msgr. Kurt, Parish Profile #123, <em>The Witness,</em> May 7, 1989.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:tableOfContents><![CDATA[Construction (3 documents) <br />History (13 documents)<br /> Pastor list (2 documents) <br />Finances (5 documents) <br /><br />Unknown author. “St. Mary’s Catholic Church cont… The Centennial Years.” <em>Lamont Leader</em>, 7 July 2007.<br /><br /> Hanus, Jerome. “DECREE Regarding St. Mary Parish; Lamont, Iowa.”<em> The Witness,</em> 3 July 2005]]></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[1895-<br />
History of the parish over the span of 123 years, including information about its priests and parishioners.]]></dcterms:coverage>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://dmz4.loras.edu/items/show/5758">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[St. Joseph (New Hampton, Iowa)]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA["Saint Joseph Parish in New Hampton was organized on April 3, 1870 and was the first Catholic parish in the town. The first settlers came in 1854. Until the church was built in 1870, the early Catholics attended Mass in homes and business places. Priests came from Saint Rose in Fayette County, North Washington and Charles City to celebrate mass and the sacraments. Mr. E. T. Runion, who was not Catholic, gave several lots for a church. The settlers themselves hauled the rock and laid the foundation, but this site was abandoned because it was too near the downtown area. The block south of the old city park was secured and a frame church was built on the corner of Hale and Broadway. Father Michael J. Flammang of Saint Donatus dedicated the church on December 16, 1870. The small congregation was cared for by the pastor of Immaculate Conception Church at North Washington." <br /><br />-Rev. Msgr. Edgar Kurt, Parish Profile #227, <em>The Witness,</em> June 2, 1991.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:tableOfContents><![CDATA[Unknown author. “Build in Faith.” Invitation to event on August 30, 1998. Printed ca. 1998.<br />
Buildings of Iowa (1993) (2 documents)<br />
CLOSING (2 documents)<br />
Donnelly, Florence. Multiple authors. “St. Joseph’s Catholic Church; New Hampton, Iowa; Centennial Souvenir, 1870-1970.” 2 August, 1970.<br />
FINANCIAL STATEMENT (5 documents) <br />
Eich, Ricarda. Kurt, Edgar. Matthewson, Linda. “Saint Joseph, New Hampton.” Compiled historical information about the church and parish. 27 May, 1991.<br />
PASTOR LIST (3 documents) <br />
Unknown photographer. “New Hampton Preschool.” The Witness, 27 September, 1992.<br />
WITNESS (7 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 sources]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[1870-2002<br />
History of the parish over the span of 132 years, including information about its priests and parishioners.]]></dcterms:coverage>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://dmz4.loras.edu/items/show/5757">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[St. Mary (New Hampton, Iowa)]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA["Saint Mary Parish is the second parish to be founded in New Hampton. Its beginning is unusual. The school was established and in operation for three years before the first church was built. The German speaking parents in Saint Joseph Parish wanted their children to receive religious instruction in German so that they could assist in teaching their children. If we review the resident pastors of Saint Joseph’s, we realize it must have been English speaking from its beginning: Father Burke, Gosker, Leahy, and Reilly. In 1890 the German Catholics established a parochial school. The first teachers were laymen. In March 1892 land was purchased for the building of a church, which was completed the next summer. On the feast of the Visitation, July 2, 1894, Father Bernard H. Forkenbrock was appointed pastor." <br /><br />-Rev. Msgr. Edgar Kurt, Parish Profile #151, <em>The Witness,</em> November 28, 1989.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:tableOfContents><![CDATA[CLOSING/MERGER DOCUMENTS (6 documents)<br />
PARISH HISTORY (4 documents)<br />
Financial statements (3 documents)<br />
Newspaper articles (3 documents)<br />
Jubilee/Anniversary news and articles (4 documents)<br />
Parish news (2 documents)<br />
<br />
Unknown photographer. Satellite image of former church lot. Unknown date.<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[2 July, 1894-30 October, 2013<br />
History of the parish over the span of 119 years, including information about its priests and parishioners.]]></dcterms:coverage>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://dmz4.loras.edu/items/show/5756">
    <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>
</rdf:Description></rdf:RDF>
