Loras Digital Collections

St. Mary (Marshalltown, Iowa)

Dublin Core

Title

St. Mary (Marshalltown, Iowa)

Description

“The first Catholics came to the county in the 1850s and their number increased as the Civil War veterans came west to claim government land. They were visited by Father William Edmonds of Iowa City and Father Clement Lowry of Cedar Rapids. Father William Walsh was appointed pastor in 1869, and he gathered the 25 Catholic families of the area for Mass in various homes for Sunday Mass. By late summer of 1869 they had gathered enough money to build a frame church, 40 by 80 feet, dedicated to the Immaculate Conception.”

- Rev. Msgr. Edgar Kurt, “Parish Profile #99: Saint Mary Parish, Marshalltown.” Dubuque: The Witness, 13 November 1988.

Source

The Archdiocese of Dubuque.
The Center for Dubuque History at Loras College.

Publisher

Loras College
Kucera Center for Catholic Thought
Frank and Ida Goedken Series: "Spiritual Life in the Upper Mississippi River Valley"

Contributor

Burback, Emily. Burns, Daniel. Gibson, Michael. Oberfoell, Carol. Waldmeir, Helen. Waldmeir, John.

Language

English.

Type

Various primary and secondary sources.

Coverage

1869-
History of the parish over the span of 150 years, including information about its priests and parishioners.

Table Of Contents

Assistants who served Saint Mary’s Parish List (3 documents)

Centennial 1989 (2 documents)

Centennial Committee Chairman History (1 compilation) 

Continued from Centennial History regarding fire in 1940 (1 document)

Continued from Centennial History regarding pastors (1 document)

Constitution Related Documents (1 letter, 1 Constitution)

Leen and Wolfe Photo Correspondence 1937 (1 document)

Letter to Witness Editor Ralf Regarding Centennial 1989 (3 documents)

Parish Assistants and Sisters (3 documents)

Pastor Cards (1 collection)

Religious Vocation Record (1 document)

St. Henry and Immaculate Conception Bulletins 2000 (2 documents)

St. Mary’s Buildings and Grounds History 1978-1989 (3 documents)

Vocation Profile 1934-1954 (3 documents)

“High Lines Salutes The Sisters of Humility,” High Lines. Published by the Students of St. Mary High School, Marshalltown, Iowa, Vol. 14 No. 7, 19 April 1954.

“Liturgist, musician workshop Aug. 23-24,” The Witness, 17 August 2003, p. 2.

Files

Citation

“St. Mary (Marshalltown, Iowa) ,” Loras Digital Collections, accessed November 23, 2024, http://loras.libraryhost.com/items/show/3755.