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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[St. Patrick (Parkersburg, Iowa)]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA["For over fifteen years the first Catholics of Butler County in the Parkersburg area west of Cedar Falls were cared for by the missionary priests who ventured beyond parish territory. The first of these, Father John Sheils, pastor of Waverly, celebrated the first Mass in the area in the Downey home. Others were Fathers Thomas F. Gunn, Maurice Flavin, and Patrick J. Smith, successive pastors of Cedar Falls, and Father Peter O’Dowd of Ackley. Father Sheils began with a congregation of three families in 1861. By November 1877 there were enough families to begin building the first Saint Patrick Church under the guidance of Father Patrick Smith. Finished in 1878 at a cost of $1,300, it was dedicated free of debt that spring." &emsp;<br /><br /> - Rev. Edgar Kurt, Profile #185, <em>The Witness,</em> 5 August 1990]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:tableOfContents><![CDATA[Construction documents (4 documents)<br /> Correspondence (3 documents) <br />Financial documents (8 documents) <br />Parish history (11 documents)<br />Pastor list (2 documents)<br /><br />Unknown author. “Grundy County… Holy Family Parish is anticipating new church.” <em>The Witness</em>, 11 June 2006 <br /><br />Hanus, Jerome. “DECREE Regarding St. Patrick Parish; Parkersburg, Iowa.”<em> The Witness</em>, 8 August 2004.<br /><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[6 October 1996 -6 August 2004<br />
History of the parish over the span of 8 years, including information about its priests and parishioners.]]></dcterms:coverage>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://dmz4.loras.edu/items/show/5754">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[St. Joseph (Paint Rock, Iowa) ]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Historical documents pertaining to St. Joseph parish in Paint Rock, Iowa. ]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:tableOfContents><![CDATA[Parish history (3 documents)<br />
<br />
Byrne, James. Foley, Leo. Holzer, William. McCormick, Leo. Watters, Loras. “Financial Statement of St. Joseph’s Church, Paint Rock, 1968.” 31 January, 1969.<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[1855-1975<br />
History of the parish over the span of 120 years, including information about its priests and parishioners. ]]></dcterms:coverage>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://dmz4.loras.edu/items/show/5753">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[St. Joseph (New Hartford, Iowa) ]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA["The sketchy early history states the parish was established in 1888 and that Father D. J. Kelly, pastor of Parkersburg, was given charge of Aplington and New Hartford. The early Catholic directories indicate that the Parkersburg pastor has had charge of Saint Joseph Parish in New Hartford from that time until the present, except of twelve months in 1942-1943. For two decades the pastors served short terms. With the coming of Father Joseph P. Quirin in 1907, the New Hartford Catholics were blessed with Mass every Sunday, and that continued until 1918 when the war caused a shortage of priests in the archdiocese." <br /><br />-Rev. Msgr. Edgar Kurt, Parish Profile #186, <em>The Witness,</em> August 12, 1990.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:tableOfContents><![CDATA[Land purchase documents (3 documents)<br />History (3 documents) <br />Financial statements (4 documents)<br /> Closing articles (3 documents) <br /><br />Kurt, Edgar. “Parish Profile #186: Saint Joseph Parish, New Hartford.”<em> The Witness,</em> 12 August, 1990. Unknown author. <br /><br />“125th Anniversary.” <em>The Witness,</em> 23 October, 1986.]]></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[1888-14 July, 1992 <br />
History of the parish over the span of 104 years, including information about its priests and parishioners.]]></dcterms:coverage>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://dmz4.loras.edu/items/show/5752">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Holy Cross (Keystone, Iowa)]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Historical documents pertaining to Holy Cross parish in Keystone, Iowa. ]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:tableOfContents><![CDATA[Correspondence (5 documents)<br />
History (7 documents)<br />
Photography (2 documents)<br />
<br />
Norris, T,J. Transfer of cemetery property to Holy Cross Cemetery Association. 9 November, 1937.<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[1863-<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/5751">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Good Shepherd (Jewell, Iowa)]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA["From 1898 to 1902 Father Eckhart was pastor of Saints Peter and Paul Parish, Gilbert. The church was on the western edge of Story County, about five miles north of Ames and west of the town of Gilbert but call “the Gilbert parish.” In the missionary spirit of those times, Father Eckhart drove about 15 miles northwest to seek out the Catholics in the Jewell Junction area of Hamilton County. (Junction was dropped early in this century.) He celebrated mass in private homes and a little store building. In the summer of 1899, at Father Eckhart’s direction, the handful of families built the first Catholic church, a small frame building. Father Eckhart continued to care for the mission parish by regbular visits. Parish records were kept at the Gilbert rectory."<br /><br /> -Rev. Edgar Kurt, <em>The Witness,</em> Profile #183, 22 July 1990]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:tableOfContents><![CDATA[Parish Life (8 documents)<br />
Pastor lists (3 documents)<br />
Parish history (4 documents)<br />
Land sale documents (6 documents)<br />
Photography (4 documents)<br />
Financial documents (3 documents)<br />
Construction (5 documents)<br />
Correspondence (4 documents)<br />
Closing decree (3 documents)<br />
<br />
Recker, Philip. “The Official Catholic Directory.” Parish survey and information. 5 October, 1994.]]></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[1899-2003<br />
History of the parish over the span of 104 years, including information about its priests and parishioners. ]]></dcterms:coverage>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://dmz4.loras.edu/items/show/5750">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Annunciation (Lattnerville, Iowa)]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA["As early as September 1866, the Catholics west of Dubuque in the Lattnerville area met with Catholics of the Centralia area to build a church. Unable to agree on a suitable location, the Lattnerville people quietly turned to Father Alois Meis of Dubuque, who had been deputized by Bishop John Hennessy to help them. They built a church for themselves in 1867 at the present site, where a town thrived for some decades. The cornerstone was laid on August 15, 1868, by Father J. B. McGown of Bankston at a solemn Mass celebrated in the maple grove close to the church. The sermon was preached in German by Father John B. Welkman and in English by Father Meis." <br /><br />-Rev. Edgar Kurt, <em>The Witness</em>, Profile #71, 24 April 1988]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:tableOfContents><![CDATA[Anniversary documents (2 documents)<br />
Articles/photography (3 documents)<br />
Correspondence (10 documents)<br />
Financial documents (2 documents)<br />
History (8 documents)<br />
Land acquisition/Merger documents (12 documents)<br />
Parish life (5 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[15 August, 1868-11 July, 1989<br />
History of the parish over the span of 121 years, including information about its priests and parishioners.]]></dcterms:coverage>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://dmz4.loras.edu/items/show/5749">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Holy Rosary (LaMotte, Iowa)]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA["In 1892 Bishop John Hennessy appointed Father Peter D. O’Malley to form a parish at LaMotte, about four miles from his country parish at Saint Theresa’s. Many area Catholics had poor roads and long distances for attending Bellevue, Otter Creek, Saint Donatus, or Saint Theresa’s. The Bishop foresaw a growing parish and a future parish school. LaMotte is in northern Jackson County and a few miles east of the Dubuque-to-Davenport highway. Land for church, school, rectory, and playground was purchased that year. The church was completed in time for the dedication on June 4, 1893."<br /><br /> -Rev. Edgar Kurt, <em>The Witness,</em> Profile #148, 5 November 1989]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:tableOfContents><![CDATA[CEMETERY PHOTOGRAPHS (1 document; 2 photos) <br />
CENTENNIAL (2 documents) <br />
CLOSING DECREE (4 documents) <br />
CORRESPONDENCE (3 documents)  <br />
FINANCIAL REPORT (7 documents) <br />
HISTORY (1 booklet; 1 document) <br />
JUBILEE (1 document) <br />
NEWS (8 documents) <br />
PASTOR LIST (14 documents) <br />
SCHOOL CLOSING NEWS (8 documents) <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[1892-2006<br />
History of the parish over the span of 114 years, including information about its priests and parishioners.]]></dcterms:coverage>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://dmz4.loras.edu/items/show/5748">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[St. Patrick (Monti, Iowa)]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA["At first, Saint Patrick’s at Monti was known as the Buffalo Grove parish, and sometimes as The Buffalo or Erin, but the community became known as Monti in 1882, when Charles O’Hagan opened a post office in his store and gave the town a new name. The Buffalo was a parish, a community, and a stream in the everyday language of southeastern Buchanan County. Sometimes the community was called Erin because the first settlers were Irish. They came in the early 1850s and 1860s and continued to be an Irish parish until the advent of the first German named family in 1900. Now they are almost equally of Irish and German ancestry. The Buffalo Grove area was first served by missionary priests who traveled on foot or horse to celebrate Mass and the sacraments in the homes. The Catholic Almanac mentions 15 Catholic families in 1853 information; 25 the next year. Furthermore, the Almanacs of 1854, 1855 and 1856 mention a school." <br /><br />-Rev. Msgr. Edgar Kurt, Parish Profile #22,<em> The Witness,</em> May 3, 1987.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:tableOfContents><![CDATA[CENTENNIAL (3 documents) <br />
CORRESPONDENCE (1 document) <br />
HISTORY (6 collections) <br />
PARISH ROSTER BOOKLET (1 document) <br />
PHOTOGRAPHS (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 sources. ]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[1855-<br />
History of the parish over the span of 137 years, including information about its priests and parishioners.]]></dcterms:coverage>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://dmz4.loras.edu/items/show/5747">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[St. Bridget (Pinhook - Bremer County, Iowa)]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA["Bishop Clement Smyth sent missionaries to the area in the 1860s. They celebrated Mass in homes and in the church at Christian Prairie. Father John Sheils established Saint Bridget in 1868, when Michael McClaskey donated two acres for the site of the church and the present Mount Olivet Cemetery. The church was built by men of the congregation at a cost of $1000."<br /><br /> -Rev. Edgar Kurt, <em>The Witness,</em> Profile #226, 26 May 1991.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:tableOfContents><![CDATA[CENTENNIAL (1 document) <br />
CLUSTER (1 document)<br />
DEED (1 document) <br />
HISTORY (5 documents)<br />
NEWS (5 documents) <br />
PASTOR LIST (2 documents)<br />
PINHOOK (1 document)  <br />
POSTCARD (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[1868-1992<br />
History of the parish over the span of 124 years, including information about its priests and parishioners.]]></dcterms:coverage>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://dmz4.loras.edu/items/show/5746">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[St. Michael (Plymouth, Iowa)]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA["For Saint Michael’s first century we rely somewhat on an anonymous history brought up to date in 1987, but probably begun many years earlier. That history states that two Czechs, Albert Cobeen and Frank Yarick started to build a church. Lacking sufficient funds, they were helped by the Irish Catholics to finish the church in 1872. Father Sulac, a Jesuit missionary, visited the church twice a year, but the years are not given. Historians are searching old Catholic directories and Jesuit archives for his full name and the specific years he worked in the Iowa missions."<br /><br /> -Rev. Msgr. Edgar Kurt, Parish Profile #219, <em>The Witness</em>, April 7, 1991]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:tableOfContents><![CDATA[CENTENNIAL (1 document) <br />
CERTIFICATES (2 documents) <br />
DECREE (2 documents) <br />
FINANCIAL STATEMENT (2 documents) <br />
HISTORY (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[1872-2004<br />
The history of the parish over the span of 132 years, including information about its priests and parishioners.]]></dcterms:coverage>
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