Sacred Heart (St. Anthony, Iowa)

Sacred Heart (St. Anthony, Iowa)

"When there were enough Catholics settled in and around the town of St. Anthony, they built a church in the town in 1893 and named it for the Sacred Heart. Father John McMahon became the first resident pastor of St. Anthony and celebrated the first Mass in the new church on Christmas morning of 1893. After only a year, Father McMahon moved on to another parish and Father John J. Hehir became the pastor in 1894. He remained five years."

-Rev. Msgr. Edgar Kurt, Parish Profile #147, The Witness, October 29, 1989.

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.

1860-2007
History of the parish over the span of 147 years, including information about its priests and parishioners.

Fire documents (4 documents)
History (3 documents)
Financial reports (4 documents)
Closing documents (3 documents