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Historical documents pertaining to the history of Saint Patrick parish in Jerico, Iowa.

"In late April of 1914, Father Thomas W. Drumm of the Archdiocesan Mission Band preached the first mission in Geneva, at which time the parish received its “Mission Cross.” Father Drumm was later appointed Bishop of Des Moines. Father Michael L.…

Historical documents pertaining to the history of St. Kierans parish of Plymouth Rock, Iowa.

"In 1868 the Catholic settlers decided to build a church more centrally located. Father Thomas M. Lenihan directed the building on land given by Andrew and Catherine (Hinger) Gossman, who had come from Zanesville, Ohio, in 1864. The new site is about…

"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…

"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…

"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.…

"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,…

"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…

"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…