St. Bridget (Pinhook - Bremer County, Iowa)

Dublin Core

Title

Description

"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."

-Rev. Edgar Kurt, The Witness, Profile #226, 26 May 1991.

Source

The Archdiocese of Dubuque.
The Center for Dubuque History at Loras College.

Publisher

Loras College
Kucera Center for Catholic Thought
Frank and Ida Goedken Series: "Spiritual Life in the Upper Mississippi River Valley"

Contributor

Burback, Emily. Burns, Daniel. Gibson, Michael. Oberfoell, Carol. Waldmeir, Helen. Waldmeir, John.

Language

English.

Type

Various primary and secondary sources.

Coverage

1868-1992
History of the parish over the span of 124 years, including information about its priests and parishioners.

CENTENNIAL (1 document)
CLUSTER (1 document)
DEED (1 document)
HISTORY (5 documents)
NEWS (5 documents)
PASTOR LIST (2 documents)
PINHOOK (1 document)
POSTCARD (1 document)