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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[St. Bridget (Bluffton, Iowa)]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA["The first settlers in Bluffton Township, Winneshiek County, arrived in 1851. The Catholics among them were the families of Michael Gelice, Terrence McDonnell, Charles McLaughlin, and Barney Sutton. Before any church could be built visiting missionaries celebrated Mass in the homes of Michael Gelice and Patrick Nolan. The village of Bluffton, prosperous for those times, sprang up on the banks of the Upper Iowa River, where the first post office opened in 1855. In 1858 Patrick Nolan donated land for a church, and the log structure was dedicated to Saint Bridget, as most of the pioneers were either from Ireland or had Irish ancestors."<br /><br /> - Rev. Msgr. Edgar Kurt, "Parish Profile #162," <em>The Witness</em>, February 18, 1990.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:tableOfContents><![CDATA[LETTERS TO PARISHIONERS (4 documents)<br />
PARISH HISTORY (3 documents)<br />
PRIEST INFORMATION (2 documents)<br />
<br />
Unknown author. “The Archdiocese of Dubuque.” Income form. 1995-2007. Unknown date.]]></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;<br />
]]></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[1858-<br />
History of the parish over the span of 160 years, including information about its priests and parishioners. ]]></dcterms:coverage>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[St. Anthony (Dubuque, Iowa)]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA["Saint Anthony’s was a school for several years before it was a parish. As a parish it was dedicated first to Saint Malachi, then to Saint Aiden in 1880. Later to Saint Ambrose and still later to Saint Anthony. The parish had its beginning when Bishop John Hennessy directed Father Thomas O’Reilly, rector of the Cathedral, to build a school at the present corner of St. Ambrose and Seminary Streets in 1866. It was the policy of the new bishop to have a school in every parish, and he intended establishing a parish for the people of the hill district of Dubuque. The school was staffed by lay teachers until the coming of the Presentation Sisters in 1876, when the men of the area built a convent for them and became the pioneers of the new parish."<br /><br /> - Rev. Msgr. Edgar Kurt, Parish Profile #52, <em>The Witness</em>, December 1, 1987.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:tableOfContents><![CDATA[RENOVATION AND REDEDICATION MATERIALS (3 documents) PARISH HISTORY MATERIALS (4 documents) <br />
MASS PROGRAMS (3 documents) <br />
PARISH NEWSLETTERS (4 documents) <br />
<br />
“Souvenir Program… St. Anthony’s Church Concert.” 4 February, <br />
1900. <br />
<br />
Van der Meer, W.J, Jr. “Saint Anthony’s Church, Dubuque, Iowa: Rt. Rev. Peter O’Malley, Pastoral Golden Jubilee, 1898-1948.” <br />
<br />
“St. Anthony CELEBRATION OF REDEDICATION.” Invitation pamphlet. December 1996. <br />
<br />
“Rededication of St. Anthony Church.” Mass program. 14 December, 1996. <br />
<br />
Unknown author(s). “St. Anthony’s Church; Dubuque, Iowa, 1985.” Parish directory.   1985. <br />
<br />
McCarey, John and Karla. “St. Anthony’s High School Youth Retreat.” Invitation and release form. 1990. <br />
<br />
Parish Plan Task Force. “St. Anthony’s Parish Plan.” 1975. <br />
<br />
Blessington, W.H. Letter to James Byrne. 11 December, 1975. <br />
<br />
Byrne, James. Response to William Blessington. 15 December, 1975.]]></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;<br />
]]></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[1876-<br />
History of the parish over the span of 142 years, including information about its priests and parishioners.  ]]></dcterms:coverage>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Parish (Cresco, Iowa)]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA["The oldest Catholic parish in Howard County began with four families from Canada with the family names of Christmas, Hannigan, Ryan and Welsh. At first priests from Prairie du Chien came to serve them, but in 1853 Father Clement Lowery from Decorah attended to their needs. They built a limestone church on property purchased from James Upton in Vernon Springs, just south of Cresco. Family names then included Barnes, Carroll, Conner, Conry, Donahue, Glass, Higgins, Logue, Long, Ploff, Reynolds, Schaefer and Sweet. When the railroad located its depot in Cresco, many of the Catholics moved from Vernon Springs into Cresco and so the first resident pastor, Father James Harding, celebrated Mass in Cresco." <br /><br />- Kurt, Rev. Msgr. Edgar, "Parish Profile #58," <em>The Witness,</em> January 24, 1988.]]></dcterms:description>
    <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;<br />
]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Burback, Emily. Burns, Daniel. Gibson, Michael. Oberfoell, Carol. Waldmeir, Helen. Waldmeir, John.]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:references><![CDATA[Various primary and secondary sources.]]></dcterms:references>
    <dcterms:language><![CDATA[English. ]]></dcterms:language>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[ca. 1853-<br />
Historical documents pertaining to Assumption parish and its parishioners. ]]></dcterms:coverage>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Holy Trinity (Baldwin, Iowa)]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA["In the southwest corner of Jackson County, between Maquoketa and Wyoming, the town of Fremont was platted in the center of Monmouth Township in 1859. Five years later, on May 5, 1864, Joseph J. Kopsa called a meeting of the area Catholics. He gave the land to the newly formed society that later became Saint John Bohemian Church. The name recognized that most of the members were of Czech ancestry. These settlers had been attending the Catholic Church in Onslow and then in their own homes when priests would visit the area from Cascade, Delmar, Garryowen, Hughes’ Settlement, and Oxford Junction. It is claimed that at least forty-five children were baptized in the old Ales homestead. They began building a stone church in 1864, and it was used for Mass before it was completed in 1871."<br /><br /> - Rev. Msgr. Edgar Kurt, "Parish Profile #120," <em>The Witness,</em> April 16, 1989.]]></dcterms:description>
    <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;<br />
]]></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[1864-<br />
History of the parish over the span of 125 years, including information about its priests and parishioners. ]]></dcterms:coverage>
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