Sacred Heart (Reilly Settlement, Iowa)

Sacred Heart (Reilly Settlement, Iowa)

"Irish settlers in the eastern part of Chickasaw County gathered for Mass in homes until the small community was able to organize a parish in 1856 and build the first church in the county in 1857. Although the church was named for Saint Ignatius, it was the beginning of the present Sacred Heart Parish at Reilly Settlement, popularly known as the Ridge. The parish was attended by Waucoma pastors until a resident pastor was appointed about 1907 and Saint Patrick’s at Jerico became a mission."

-Rev. Msgr. Edgar Kurt, Parish Profile #38, The Witness, August 30, 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.

1857-11 July, 1989
History of the parish over the span of 132 years, including information about its priests and parishioners.

Pastors and vocations (2 documents)
History (7 documents)
Financial documents (40 documents)
Notes and correspondence (8 documents)
Centennial documents (2 documents)
Church construction and addition documents (3 documents) Student and school documents (6 documents)
Status change documents (3 documents)

Kucera, Daniel. "Official Announcement; Parish Status Changes(.)" The Witness, 2 July 1989.