St. Joseph (Chelsea, Iowa)

St. Joseph (Chelsea, Iowa)

"Czech families of the 1850s and 1860s were served by missionaries who knew their language.  Father Anthony D. Urban was certainly one of them, but his extensive missionary travels make it difficult to determine where he took up residence at any particular date. While Father Urban visited them, he urged the Tama County Czechs to build a church near Chelsea. Before that the little church in Toledo, built by Father William Emmonds in the 1850s, had been the place for Catholic services. In 1867 they bought four acres of land from John Frnka, about one mile west of the present town of Chelsea, and built a church named for Saint Anthony."

-Kurt, Rev. Msgr. Edgar, “Parish Profile #80,” The Witness, June 26, 1988.

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.

1864-
History and historical documents pertaining to the parish and it's parishioners.

Annual Report (9 documents)
Bulletin (2 documents)
History (4 documents)
History Picture Packet 1864-1964 (1 document)
Pastor cards (1 collection)
Photographs (6 documents)
Mission Statement Booklet (1 document)
Witness Articles (1 document)