“When Father John J. Hanley became pastor in 1887, he saw to the building of a three-story frame school and convent, which was known as Saint Xavier’s for many years. Cedar Rapids Sisters of Mercy staffed the school until 1940; then the Dubuque Franciscans. Accredited in the 1920s, the school was reduced to eight grades in 1950. The present church and rectory was finished in 1963 under Father Cooney’s direction. The sanctuary’s north wall is a window 30 feet by 50 feet imported from France and believed to be the largest faceted window in the nation.”

- Rev. Msgr. Edgar Kurt, “Parish Profile #59, Saint Mary Parish, Manchester.” Dubuque: The Witness, 31 January 1988.

]]> Anniversary 125th (1 document)

Cluster Documents (1 compilation)

Episcopal Certificates (3 documents)  

Fax Cover Sheet (1 document)

History of Parish and School (6 documents)

Joint Agreement for Cluster (1 packet)

Narrative and Outline History, Edgar Kurt (2 documents)

New Church Picture and Building Layout (1 document)

Pastor Cards (1 document)

Pastor List (1 document)

Pastoral Planning Documents (1 compilation)

Photographs School Postcard 1952, Parish Hall and Catechetical School 1961, Rectory 1961 (2), Church 1961 (5 documents)

Preparing for Chrism Mass (1 document)

School New Building Picture Witness Article (1 document)

Timeline (2 collections)

Welcome Packet including schedules, organizations, councils, school related information, marriage requirements (7 documents)

Blobaum, Harry. “A progress report on Seeds of Hope,” The Witness, 8 March 2009, 2.

“Greed or grace?” Manchester.

]]> The Center for Dubuque History at Loras College.]]> Kucera Center for Catholic Thought
Frank and Ida Goedken Series: "Spiritual Life in the Upper Mississippi River Valley"]]> History of the parish over the span of 147 years, including information about its priests and parishioners. ]]> “When John Plettchette died in 1859, he left six acres on condition that a church be built within two years. When Bishop Clement Smyth did not send a priest on the grounds that there was no church, John Heles and Joseph Friedman assumed leadership and a church was built in 1861 with Adolph Langel in charge of carpentry and John Maiers of masonry. Without a priest, the people gathered in the undedicated church on Sundays to be led in the Mass prayers and rosary by Anton Pfeffer, the schoolmaster. The parish school really existed before the bishop formally established the parish.”

- Rev. Msgr. Edgar Kurt, “Parish Profile #32: Holy Trinity Parish, Luxemburg.” Dubuque: The Witness, 19 July 1987.]]> Actus Erectionis Stationum Viae Crucis (1 document)

Archbishop Mgr. Fernand Frank’s visit to those who wandered from Luxembourg to America: Compiled by Rev. Edgar Kurt (1 compilation)

Audit Letter (1 document)

Catholic Foundations of Luxemburg / History of Catholic Education in Archdiocese (5 documents)

Chapel Blessing Document (1 document)

Church Inventory (2 documents)

Collection Records 1913 (2 documents)

Convent/House Inventory (3 documents)

Dedication Invitation (1 document)

Election Ballots 1912, 1915 (2 documents)

Employee Payroll (5 documents)

Hennessy Letters 1871-1873 copies (2 documents)

History (5 documents)

Meisch Glass Letters 1881 (1 document)

New Holy Trinity School Building Picture 1926 (1 document)

Pastor Cards (1 collection)

Pastor List (1 document)

Photographs: Church 1961, Rev. Reiss, Rev, John Theobald (3 documents)

Fr. Ludovicus Theissling Sacred Theology Professor Official Document (1 document)

School Inventory (2 documents)

Summarium Indulgentiarum Soldalibus Confraternitatis (1 document)

Teacher Agreement Document (1 document)

Jerde, Lyn. “Luxemburg honored by namesake,” Dubuque:
The Telegraph Herald, 12 September 1994.

Kranz, Cindy. “Small boy makes big music.” The Cedar Rapids Gazette, 5 March 1988.

Rediger, Bill. “Luxembourg sends memento,” The Dyersville Commercia, 31 August 1994.

Schuster, David. “Eleven-year-old organist is music to Holy Trinity’s ears,” Dubuque: The Witness, Vol.LXVII No. 44, 3 January 1988.

Theobald, Rev. John. “History of the Luxemburg Parish and Community Commemorating the Parish Centennial Jubilee of Holy Trinity Church and the Golden Sacerdotal Jubilee of the pastor the Rev. John Theobald.”

]]> The Center for Dubuque History at Loras College.]]> Kucera Center for Catholic Thought
Frank and Ida Goedken Series: "Spiritual Life in the Upper Mississippi River Valley"]]> History of the parish over the span of 158 years, including information about its priests and parishioners. ]]> “Under the leadership of Father James Nelson, the parish built a gothic style brick church in 1901 to seat 500. It was dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary under the title The Immaculate Conception, which is inscribed to the cornerstone. During the dedicated ceremonies Archbishop John J. Keane promised to obtain a statue of Our Lady of Lourdes for the parish and directed that the title of the parish be changed accordingly.”

- Rev. Msgr. Edgar Kurt, “Parish Profile #64: Our Lady Lourdes Parish, Lourdes.” Dubuque: The Witness, 6 March 1988.

]]> Annual Parish History Update for the Archives (1 document)
Annual Report (4 documents)
Baptismal Certificate 1906 (1 document)
History (1 document)
History Notes (5 pages)
Jubilee Souvenir 1926 (1 book)
Pastor Cards (1 collection)
Photographs: Church, Convent, School (3 documents)
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Frank and Ida Goedken Series: "Spiritual Life in the Upper Mississippi River Valley"]]> History of the parish over the span of 118 years, including information about its priests and parishioners. ]]> ]]>
- Kurt, Rev. Msgr. Edgar, Parish Profile #113, The Witness, February 26, 1989, Sacred Heart Parish, Fillmore.]]> Anniversary 50th News article (1 document)

Centennial History of the Archdiocese of Dubuque pages 373 and 375 (2 documents)

Financial Statement (6 documents)

Golden Jubilee Booklet (1 document)

Golden Jubilee 1940 Sermon booklet (1 document)

History Profile (2 documents)

Klinkner poem (1 document)

Pastor List (2 documents)

Breyfogle, Bill. “Cheerful, charitable madness.” Telegraph Herald, 25 November 1981, 1-2.  

“Centennial Sunday,” Dubuque: Telegraph Herald, 2 June 1990.

“Sacred Heart, Fillmore plans parish centennial,” The Witness, 3 June 1990.

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Frank and Ida Goedken Series: "Spiritual Life in the Upper Mississippi River Valley"]]> History of the parish over the span of 129 years, including information about its priests and parishioners. ]]>
- Rev. Msgr. Edgar Kurt, Parish Profile #69, The Witness, April 10, 1988, Saint Mary Parish, Hanover]]> Annual Parish History (23 documents)

Destruction of Hanover Rectory Letter 1947 (2 documents)

Financial Report (4 documents)

History (4 documents)

Pastor Cards (1 set)

Photographs Church and Rectory (2 documents)

Savings Bond Series (3 documents)

St. Mary's Shrine Postcard (1 document)

“Hanover parish marks centennial of church,” The Witness, 19 July 1998.]]> The Center for Dubuque History at Loras College.]]> Kucera Center for Catholic Thought
Frank and Ida Goedken Series: "Spiritual Life in the Upper Mississippi River Valley"]]> History of the parish over the span of 130 years, including information about its priests and parishioners. ]]>
- Rev. Msgr. Edgar Kurt, Parish Profile #107, The Witness, January 15, 1989, Saint Patrick Parish, Hampton
]]> A Century of Faith Booklets: Centennial (2 booklets)

Annual History (2 documents)

Dedication and Blessing (2 documents)

Dedication and Open House of Religious Education Center 1999 (1 document)

Financial Statement (5 documents)

History (2 documents)

History for St. Peter's Church Geneva (1 document)

History/Picture 1909 Fr. Wienke (1 document)

Kurt History/Pastor List/Letter (2 documents)

Membership Statement/Pew Rental Chart (1 document)

Pastor Cards (1 set)

Welcome Invitation Booklet (1 document)

Catholic News Service, “Ten commandments… Louisiana bishop offers remarks on controversy,” The Witness, 28 September 2003.

Grady, Father Bernie. “Hampton tabbed pilgrimage site,” The Witness, 7 June 2009, p. 2.

“Hampton marks “Century of Faith,”’ The Witness, 28 May 1995.

“Hampton’s St. Patrick’s turns 100,” Mason City, Clear Lake: Globe Gazette, 27 May 1995.

Hicks, Brad. “Catholics have temporary home at UMC,” Hampton Chronicle, 8 January 1997.

Krotz, David. “Hampton hosts the Feast of Our Lady of
Guadalupe,” Mason City/Clear Lake: Globe Gazette, 13 December 1999.

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Frank and Ida Goedken Series: "Spiritual Life in the Upper Mississippi River Valley"]]> History of the parish over the span of 124 years, including information about its priests and parishioners. ]]>
- Kurt, Rev. Msgr. Edgar, Parish Profile #13, The Witness, March 1, 1987, Saint Mary Parish, Guttenberg]]> Articles of Incorporation/Reincorporation (2 documents)
Board of Treasurers Letter (1 document)
Bulletin (Ligouri, Missouri) Teenagers and Vocation 1956 (1 document)
Campaign News (3 documents)
Cemetery, Rev. Otting Letter (1 document)
Century Booklet (1 document)
Charter Sacred Heart Society Envelop (1 document)
Church photographs (old to present) (1 document)
Diamond Jubilee (1 book compilation)
Dyersville Golf and Country Club Queen’s Night Letter (1 document)
Germany small Gloria Card (1 document)
Guttenberg Press Bob Andersen News Article (4 documents)
Handwritten Parish History (1 compilation)
History/ Recent History (4 compilations)
History of St. Mary’s School (3 documents)
Honor Roll for the Archdiocese 1945 (1 document)
Map (1 document)
Marriage License and Promissory Letters (July 1919) for the Baptism of Children (6 documents)
Mass of the Resurrection for Stephen Daniel Shannon (1 document)
Miracle in Mid-America Pages 57-63 (1 document)
Pastor List (1 document)
Pipe Organ News Story (1 document)
Reincorporation after Expiration of Terms 1932 document (1 document)
Rosary Society Indulgences/Instrumentum 1926 (3 documents)
Sweeney (Fr.) Farewell Party (1 document)
Timeline Card (1 document)
Torch of Faith in Guttenberg: A Historical Pageant (1 booklet)
Welcome Booklet (1 document)
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Frank and Ida Goedken Series: "Spiritual Life in the Upper Mississippi River Valley"]]> History of the parish over the span of 168 years, including information about its priests and parishioners. ]]>
- Kurt, Rev. Msgr. Edgar, Parish Profile #163, Saint Mary Parish, Greene, The Witness, February 25, 1990.]]> Annual History and Historian’s Report (7 compilations)

Centennial Booklet (1 document)

Deeds/Law Office Letters (5 documents)

Elevator blessing photograph and document (2 documents)

History (3 compilations)

Pastor Cards (1 set)

Pastor List (1 document)

Pastoral Plan Booklet (1 document)

Photographs priest and rectory in case (2 documents)

Summary of events (1 document)

The Catholic Church in Greene pgs 14-22 (1 document)

“Cost estimates for flood and tornado damage,” The Witness, 28 September 2008, p. 13.

“St. Mary’s, Greene dedicates elevator,” Dubuque: The Witness, Vol. LXXII No. 40, 22 November 1992.

“St. Mary’s Greene marks anniversary,” The Witness, 27 July 1997. (125th anniversary)

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Frank and Ida Goedken Series: "Spiritual Life in the Upper Mississippi River Valley"]]> History of the parish over the span of 147 years, including information about its priests and parishioners. ]]>
- Kurt, Rev. Msgr. Edgar, Parish Profile #23, The Witness, May 10, 1987

Immaculate Conception Parish, Gilbertville

]]> Annual History (7 documents)

Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Dubuque Warranty Deeds (3 documents)

Census 1914 (1 document)

Centennial (1 document)

Correspondence Rev. Ziegler (1 document)

Cremmer Letter and History (2 documents)

Golden Jubilee 1925 Booklet (3 documents)

Harvesting Our Potential: A Northeast Iowa Rural Women’s Conference with Public Hearings (1 document)

History (1 collection, 6 documents)

Letter 1914, 1912, 1913, 1928 Nemmers and Sullivan (3 documents)

Pastor Cards (1 set)

Witness Publishing Letter (1 document)

Morris, Adam. “Gilbertville parishioners take pride in renovation,” Waterloo Courier/The Witness, 16 January 2005.

“Personal growth program voted in by Dubuque priests,” Dubuque: The Witness, Vol. LXIV NO. 44, 6 January 1985.

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Frank and Ida Goedken Series: "Spiritual Life in the Upper Mississippi River Valley"]]> History of the parish over the span of 162 years, including information about its priests and parishioners. ]]>
- Kurt, Rev. Msgr. Edgar, Parish Profile #141, The Witness, September 17, 1989

Saint Peter & Paul Parish, Gilbert

]]> Centennial (1 document)

Centennial History of the Archdiocese of Dubuque pgs. 399-401 (1 document)

Corresondance (3 documents)

History (5 documents)

News Clipping (1 document)

Pastor Cards (1 set)

Pastor List (1 document)

Pastor/Priest List (4 documents)

Vocation Profiles (1 document)

Boone, Father Scott. “Parish working to be retreat site,” The Witness, 8 February 2009.  

Driscoll, Rev. Msgr. Justin. “With Faith and Vision,” Archdioceses of Dubuque: Bureau of Education, 28 October 1969, 318.

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Frank and Ida Goedken Series: "Spiritual Life in the Upper Mississippi River Valley"]]> History of the parish over the span of 137 years, including information about its priests and parishioners. ]]>