St. Mel (McIntire, Iowa)

St. Mel (McIntire, Iowa)

"On April 8, 1928, Father Joseph F. Wiehl and three members of his parish in Chester drove through muddy roads to nearby McIntire in the northeast corner of Mitchell County. There he celebrated the Easter Mass with more than one hundred faithful of the area. The few Catholic families living in or near McIntire had purchased the small church from the Congregationalists and named it for Saint Mel, a companion of Saint Patrick. The parish never received a resident pastor."

- Rev. Msgr. Edgar Kurt, Parish Profile #176, The Witness, May 27, 1990.

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.

1928-
History of the parish over the span of 90 years, including information about its priests and parishioners.

FINANCIAL REPORT (3 documents)
HISTORY (5 documents)
LETTERS (3 documents)
MISSION CHURCH (1 document)
ORATORY REGULATION (1 document)
PASTOR LIST (2 documents)
PROPERTY/LOCATION (1 document)
WITNESS (3 documents)