St. Patrick (Monti, Iowa)

St. Patrick (Monti, Iowa)

"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."

-Rev. Msgr. Edgar Kurt, Parish Profile #22, The Witness, May 3, 1987.

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

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

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

English.

Various primary and secondary sources.

1855-
History of the parish over the span of 137 years, including information about its priests and parishioners.

CENTENNIAL (3 documents)
CORRESPONDENCE (1 document)
HISTORY (6 collections)
PARISH ROSTER BOOKLET (1 document)
PHOTOGRAPHS (2 documents)