St Marys Parish History and Sacred Heart Church Timelines
The history traces St Marys parish origins from 1872 mass offerings by Father John Smith of Emmetsburg for four Catholic families, growth to 13 families by 1882, first church dedicated Our Lady of Grace, and a series of pastors through the early 20th century. Sacred Heart at Alvord builds church by 1891, expands in 1899 and 1913, faces a 1958 fire, redecorations, and a 1960 new church dedication, with Sacred Heart becoming a mission of St Marys by 1970, while parish life includes schools, cemeteries, and active Altar Society history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Valley
St. Mary's Parish
John Smith
Emmetsburg
St. Mary’s Parish
Our Lady of Grace
Sacred Heart Mission
Alvord
Rock Rapids
F.A. Haselman
W.P. Page
J. Paulson
Sioux City
Minneapolis
Chicago
Henry Wellendorf
William Snyder
Sacred Heart Church
Timothy H. Treacy
Thomas Dullard
George Cooke
Larchwood
William P. Desmond
Sacred Heart Parish
Joe Schnee
Joe Umhoefer
Gregory Umhoefer
John Drier
Jim Allen
Bernard Holthaus
Fred Kippley
James Waters
Tom Cleary
Leo Krebers
Henry Donnelly
Jacob Kramer
William
Chris Barron
William Kiner
Jim
Patrick Kelly
Nick Lehr
Daniel McMulin
Mathew Fahey
Mrs. Fagan
James McCormack
St. Mary‘s of Doon
St. Mary’s
Father McCormack
W.p.desmond
Leonard J. Cooper
James L. Fitzpatrick
Fortunatus LeBlond
Francis Wrenn
Peter J. Murphy
Joseph A. Roder
William Ignatius Richard Graf
William F. Buchholz
M. Leo Kelm
George J. Benjamin
Linus J. Eisenbacher
Elmer D. Thom
Vincent L. Beacom
Gabriel A. O’rourke
E. Everette Apt
Sacred Heart
Joseph M. Mueller
St. ‘Mary’s
Gerald Loutsch
Father Fisch
Sacred Heart, Alvord
Father Loutsch
Rock
Mass and parish origins in Coon Rapids hotel room
The first Mass in Coon Rapids proper was celebrated by Father Pape in a hotel room owned by HJ Mueller around 1880. An early church built for about 1850 dollars seated 100, lacked a sacristy, and allowed Mass behind the altar. Early parish members included the Mueller and Doran families among others, with missions and baptisms dating from 1845 to 1902. A brick school opened in 1916 under Pastor Wessling as a nine year term followed by expansion and the addition of a sacristy. the church and school milestones mark the growth of Annunciation parish through the early 20th century.
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Coon Rapids
Pape
H.J. Mueller
Bernard A. Schulte
Templeton
Annunciation Parish
Hij. Mueller
Albert Brutsche
Patrick Carroll
Peter Vanderloo
Michael Moylan
John Kennedy
William Campbell
John
Patrick Doran
Dennis Brannan
J. Murphy
Mary Stevens
Father Schulte
Marie Seidl
William Berger
Joseph A. Underberg
George F. Wessling
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George Forge
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John A. O'Reilly
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Christ
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August J. Foerster
David T. McGoey
Edward D. Hoffmann
Ralph W. Reinhart
Richard E. Zenk
Astor
Patrick J. Ooney
Elias (Joseph) Achatz
OSB
Bahamas
Thomas J. Flanagan
Maurice
O’connor
Pat Reynolds
Theodore Goldsmith
Thomas Levins
Tom Quinn
John O’meara
William O’meara
Stephen Kohl
Jensen
John Spain
William Hannagan
John McCarty
George Weisensee ,Sr
McDermott Brothers
Patrick
Bridget Coyne
Frank Leiterman
E.D. Rogers
Martin Sullivan
Barth
Healy
Theil
Pat Cullinan
Altar Society
Dale F. Koster
Charles P. Bormann
Gerald M. Fisch
Father Apt
Father Reinhart
Father Buchholz
St. Mary - Rock Valley
St. Mary’s School
Beeeneeel
St. Mary's
Coon Rapids Hotel
Mary
Shanahan
William Shanahan
Edward J. Neppel
Patrick T. Lynch
Anthony Erdmann
P.J. Garrigan
Joseph M. Kuemper
Carroll
Nellie Martin
Mary Schueller
Sisters of St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration
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Annunciation
Frank H. Greteman
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Lord
God
Father
Mueller
Greteman
Opus Spiritus Sancti
Secular Institute of Priests
Holy Spirit Sisters
Community of Apostolic Christians
Holy Spirit Retirement Home