Neptune church history chronicles St Joseph parish 1884
The Neptune parish began with Father James P. Barron forming the St Joseph’s congregation in 1880. He built the first frame church in 1884, later serving as pastor until 1899, with subsequent pastors guiding the parish through 1926 and beyond, including a new church completed in 1926 and various parish organizations and vocations. The record details founding families, landmarks, key donations, and the growth to 95 families and about 400 members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neptune
St. Joseph’s
Lincoln Township
James P. Barron
Father Barron
Neptune Parish
William Sullivan
St. James Church
le Mars
Lincoln
Stanton Townships
Barron
Michael M. Tierney
Kingsley
B.J. O’reilley
Thomas J. Coffey
George Sitzmann
Tom Britt Sr
William T. Carel
Jaies Carel
Joseph Litzmann
Diocesan Council of Catholic Women
le Mars Court of
Catholic Daughters of America
Knights of Columbus Council of
Holy Name Society
Father Molloy
CYO
Msgr. Behrens
Cyclone destroys Sutherland church and early parish history
The Sutherland Catholic church's saga begins with services in homes and a store in the 1880s, progresses through multiple pastors, a cyclone in 1891 that flattened the unplastered building, and continues with reconstruction, expansion, and remodeling through 1974. It notes adjoining missions in Primghar and Sanborn, later becoming a mission church of Sutherland, and a 1950s brick superstructure. The parish now serves about 79 families from Sutherland, Calumet, Gaza, Peterson, and Paullina.
Larchwood St Mary parish roots stretch to 1898
The article chronicles St. Mary’s parish history in Larchwood Iowa from its 1887 Mass beginnings by Father Phelan, through 1898 parish establishment, the 1905 church relocation, early Holy Communion in 1900, 59 confirmations in 1903, and the 1915 opening of a 24,378 dollar parish school with five Mercy Sisters as first teachers.
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Larchwood
John ¥. Phelan
Rock Valley
Phelan
John Tracy
Henry Bruggeman
Dennis Nicolai
Sebastian Bornong
Dennis Corcoran
Michael Hughes
J.C. Gannon
Frank Ashauser
Dennis Quinlivan
Sykes
Dullard
Rock Rapids
James McCormack
St. Mary's
George
W.H. Bradley
Chidren
P.J. Garrigan
Sioux City
Father Cooke
Father Kelley
Simon P. Roth
St. Mary’s
WR. Ryan
Frank Lawler
Joseph Schoenfelder
A.J., Quinn
Fank Ripperda
John Cauley
John McCarty
R.J. McGuire
John Kerkvlier
Lambert Breuer
C.L. Lens
AP. Maher
George A. Castle
W.T. Ryan
Leo Doherty
P.W. Clercx
George Kramer
Frank Schettler
William Sweeney
William Bruggeman
George Schreurs
William Kerkvliet
Cliff Pruitt
William Roemen
St. Mary's Church
Sisters of Mercy
Wilkes-Barre
Sioux Rapids St. Joseph Church Grows From Mission to Parish
The Sioux Rapids St. Joseph church evolved from a 1886 mission to a full parish in 1947 under Bishop Heelan with first resident pastor Father Leo C. Harpenau. The article traces founding settlers in 1856, town plats, county-seat shifts, and the long history of pastors, missions, and construction including a brick church in 1947 and a 1949 rectory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Father Carey
St. Joseph’s
Bernard Kocher
Thomas Molloy
Edward Hoffmann
Gerald Wingert
Msgr. A.W. Behrens
Lloyd
Sioux Rapids
Edmond Heelan
Leo C. Harpenau
Edward S. Maynard
Bernard H. Loeffelholz
Michael C.wendi
Sutherland
Royal
Gabriel D. Barry
Laurens
William
Joseph M. Mueller
Clarence Madsen
Jean Madsen
Phyllis Herzenach
Rose Martin
Father Harpenau
Nelle Cullen
Harpenau
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the Globe
Joseph A. Murray
John Sitzman
Mary Connor
Maurice Lamb
Father Tierney
St. Joseph's
Father Michael C. Carey
Sibley
William A. Pape
St. Joseph’s Church
John P. McGuire
Newman Flanagan
George Plend
Joe McDermott
Frank Ruhland
Rosalia Kunkel
Benedict Ruhland
Clarence Litzmann
Alvina Ruhland
Lloyd Carel
Alphonse
Robert) Sitzmann
Marion
Jerome) Sitzmann
Richard Sitzmann
Eugene Sitzmann
Mary Avila
Emilda) Ruhland
John
Elizabeth Ruhland
Mamie. Litzmann
Mary Annette
OSM
Dorothy
Mary Ambrose
Eileen
Mary Marcella
Robert Mary
Gertrude
Mary Jerome
Esther
Mary Rosalie
OSB
Georgene
Mary Faith, Osb
Eunice
Altar Society
Alice Keenan Gaynor
Edward Sitzmann Sr
Joseph Zmann
Joseph Plendl
St. Joseph
Father Campbell
A.J. Lieh
Father McKeogh
Rolfe
Father Logue
Joseph G. Murtagh
McCormack
Sanborn
Herbert Collier
Elias Nelson
D.C
C. Woodbury
Michael B. Bradley
Rene M. LeCair
LeCair
Magnus A. Schemel
Michael C.carey
Bernard H. Loeffelborg
Michael C. Wendl
Father Bauch
Henry F. Pick
John Cullen
Jerome B Koenig
Father Cullen
Dean P. Walker
Msgr
Albert O. Grendler
Lloyd W. White
LeRoy L. Seuntiens
Don C. Ries
Calumet
Gaza
Peterson
Paullina
Primghar
Timothy Sullivan
Father McCormack
Sheldon
Gross Herbst
St. Anthony of Padua
Fortunatus LeBlond
Leonard J. Cooper
Clarence P. Conway
J.J. Calhoff
Mission Church of
St. Anthony
Mission Church
Schee
John Cassidy
LaCrosse
Janet ‘ Halbach
Victoryknoll Sisters
United States
Sacred Heart
Larchwood St. Mary
Cooke
St. Mary - Larchwood
Henry Hughes
Henry Agnew
Peter Flanagan
Mike Flanagan
Mike Kain
John Hughes
John Clancy
James Hoskins
Peter Smith
Storm Lake
Sisters of St. Francis
Dubuque
Father Roth
Henry A. Janse
Charles Kneip
Manson
Clemens A. Knobbe
Harold v. Cooper
Cooper
John C
Granville
Smith
D. McKeough
Renée M. LeCair
Michael C. Carey
Francis L. Launderville
Mary Maxine Madsen
St. Joseph’s Parish
Othmar W. Koester
Cletus L. Keleher
Henry Pick
Gabriel A. O’rourke
William B. Devine
Josef Lisowski
Gerald L. Zeman
Clair L. Bees
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North‘west
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St. Joseph-Sioux Rapids
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