St. Michael (Nashua, Iowa)

St. Michael (Nashua, Iowa)

“The Catholics of Nashua in Chickasaw County bought property and built a church in 1868. Before that, Mass was celebrated in the homes of the O’Donnells and the Doughertys. After forty years as a mission, the parish received its first resident pastor when Father William A. Kunkel was appointed in August 1903. He began the sacramental records. He at once set about having the church repaired and enlarged. In the summer of 1904 a rectory was built, and one room of the rectory was furnished as a school. For two years a lay teacher conducted the parish school, but in 1906 Father Kunkel resigned because of health and the school closed.”

Rev. Msgr. Edgar Kurt, “Parish Profile #68: Saint Michael Parish, Nashua.” Dubuque: The Witness, 3 April 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.

1868-
History of the parish over the span of 151 years, including information about its priests and parishioners.

Annual History 1962-1964, 1970-1971, 1980-1989, 1990-1992 (15 collections)

History (5 collections)

History 1937-1961 (1 document)

Pastor Cards (1 collection)

Pastor List (1 document)

Photographs:

              Rev. Louis T. Flynn ca. 1970

              St. Michael’s Church ca. 1970

              St. Michael’s Hall and Garage ca. 1970

St. Michael’s rectory ca. 1970

Property Letters 1912 (1 document)

Official 1917 Catholic Directory Information (1 document)

Official 1992 Catholic Directory Information (1 document)

World Marriage Day 2004 (6 documents)

“Good Shepherd parishes host 500 at fairgrounds,” The Witness, 28 September 2003, p. 2.