First Holy Mass Offered in Moville 1888 to 1893
The Moville parish chronicles the early Masses held in residences and the public schoolhouse from 1888 until the 1892 church dedication, noting priests like Rev. M M Tierney and Rev. James Gilchrist. It details parish growth, key families, land purchases, and the move of the church buildings to Immaculate Conception parish with a 1941 establishment and postwar expansion under Msgr Vollmer and Fathers O Reilly, Dougherty, and Weimer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moville
Michael M. Tierney
St. Michael's
Kingsley
M.M. Tierney
Tierney
James Gilchrist
Holy, Name
Marcus
Sacred Heart
William J. Halpin
Father Tierney
Tom Harrington
Joseph Rosemeier
M.H. Haley
A.h.roberts
Rose Broderick
R. Magirl
John McDermott
County Donegal
Ireland
Elizabeth Farrer
Eva McMahon
Are Murray
Bernard O'Reilly
John W. Toohill
Mathias Marx
Immaculate Conception
Edmond Heelan
Robert J. O’reilly
O’reilly
Bernard Fitzpatrick
Robert Smith
Mary Nash
Annunciation
Sioux City
Edward V. Vollmer
Annunciation Parish
4Th and Jones
Humboldt St Mary's parish history marked by pioneering service
The Humboldt church's long history traces from 1875 mission visits by Fathers J J Smith and T M Lenihan through 1916 parish incorporation after a $100,000 bequest from Dennis Hessian. It recalls early homesteaders from Dubuque, pastors, school growth, fire losses, and later construction of a new church and rectory, with present pastor Father Richard J Macke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary's Parish
Dennis Hessian
Thomas J. Davern
Father Davern
St. Mary’s School
Richard V. Sweeney
Humboldt
St. Mary's School
Msgr
Tolan
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Peter J. Friedman
Father Macke
Richard J. Macke
St. Mary’s
St. Mary's
Presentation Sisters
St Joseph Parish Wesley Iowa A Catholic community history
Wesley Iowa’s St Joseph parish began in 1891 after settlers built a school and sought a priest. Father Eckert celebrated the first Mass in December 1891, with the church completed in 1901. The parish, now about 900 members, is linked to Garrigan High School and features a 1917 rectory and 1955 convent, plus active Catholic Daughters and Knights of Columbus groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ced
Gerald R. Wingert
St. Robert’s Hall
Eugene F. Ceperley
Heelan High
Sioux City
St. Michael’s
Kingsley
Gerald F. Feierfei
Tor At
Heelan
Patrick J. Nooney
Sisters of St. Francis of Briar Cliff College
Sacred Heart
Ayrshire
Gerald M. Fisch
Fisch
CCD
Moville
Leonard M. ‘Ziegmann
James Zigrang
St. Joseph’s
Bede
Zigrang
Dakota City
St. Mary’s
Father Zigrang
the Liver
Henry C. Eckert
St. Benedict
Ed Kunz
Father Eckert
Wesley
St. Francis Convent
Milwaukee
Wis
St. Benedict’s
Garrigan High School Corporation
St. Joseph Parish
St. Joseph
Catholic Daughters of America
St. Joseph Guild
Diocesan Council of Catholic Women
Knights of Columbus
Algona
Paul M. Doberstein
Herman Bode
Clare Wingert
Robert J. McClintock
St. Joseph's- Wesley
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Globe
Jones St
Father O'Reilly
Sisters of the Servants of Mary
Papor
Arlington Township Cemetery
Father Dougherty
Harry Nash
Father O’reilly
Edgar L. Schleyer
Robert E. Dougherty
Joseph M. Mueller
Msgr. Vollmer
The
Globe
Ralph Obermire
Father Cooper
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Sioux City Heelan
Moville Parish
Ziegmann
Henry V. Weimer
Father Weimer
Paul Parks
Farrell Wright
Yonue
Dubuque
Iowa
Sisters of the Presentation
Mary Joseph
Sumner Avenue
Thomas M. Parle
George D. O’brine
John Dunphy
Thomas Owens
Bernard Callahan
John Lattin
Edward Sherman
Rodger McGuire
James Myles
Thomas Scott
Patrick Sweeney
John J. Smith
Emmetsburg
T.M. Lenihan
Bishop Lenihan
Fort Dodge
Mission Church
St. Mary’s Church
Third Avenue
Thomas J. McCarty
George J. Theobald
Spirit Lake
Father O'Brine
Fourth Street North
Joseph T. Fitzpatrick
John Healy
Sylvester A. Grady
J. E. ‘Tolan
Msgr. Tolan
Council of Churches
Humboldt Junior High
St. Mary’s - Humboldt
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