Sacred Heart (La Porte City, Iowa)

Sacred Heart (La Porte City, Iowa)

“Before building a frame church in 1887, the Catholics of La Porte City in Black Hawk County gathered for monthly Mass in the home of Peter Trost whenever Father Thomas F. O’Brien visited them from his Eagle Center Parish. These pioneers built a frame church for two thousand dollars under Father O’Brien’s direction and sponsored a fair in the local opera house to complete it free of debt. The first Mass was celebrated at the dedication in 1888, Father O’Brien continued to care for them until 1892.”

- Rev. Msgr. Edgar Kurt, “Parish Profile #78: Sacred Heart Parish, La Porte City.” Dubuque: The Witness, 12 June 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.

1888-
History of the parish over the span of 131 years, including information about its priests and parishioners.

Archdiocesan Building Committee (1 document)
Bicentennial Parish Directory 1976 (1 document)
Building History of Prince of Peace Cluster (1 document)
Centennial (1 document)
Centennial Booklet covering the Sesquicentennial of the Archdiocese of Dubuque, Centennial of Sacred Heart, and the Golden Anniversary of ordination for Rev. Bernard G. Collins (1 document)
Financial Statement 1968, 1976, 1982, 1983 (4 documents)
History 1937-1961 (1 document)
Kolash, the Letter (1 document)
Pastor cards (1 collection)
Priest List (3 documents)
Photographs Church and Rectory (2 documents)