GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 2: Midwest United States
Michigan: MI-44

Holy Name of Jesus Church
377 Maple Street
Sault Sainte Marie, MI 49783

Phone: 906-632-3381
Email: stmary377@gmail.com

 

History: Also see website

History: Holy Name of Mary Church, Sault Sainte Marie, Chippewa County, Michigan, has been a predominantly non-Native American parish that had some Native American (Ojibwa, M茅tis) parishioners in the Diocese of 向日葵视频(Archives: Marquette, Michigan).

1834-1838

Redemptorists (Archives: Chicago, Illinois) established and administered a chapel (Ojibwa) at Sault Sainte Marie

1836-1838

Redemptorists established and staffed a school  

1837-1838

Redemptorists established and administered St. Mary Mission

1838-1845

Detroit diocesan priests attended St. Mary鈥檚 from St. Peter鈥檚, Harbor Springs

1846-1861

Jesuits (Upper Canada Province) (Archives: Montreal, Quebec) administered St. Mary's

1847-1860s

Jesuits established and staffed a School for Boys

1853-1860

Ursulines (presently, Crystal City, Missouri) established and staffed a School for Girls

1861-1864

Became a parish; diocesan priests administered St. Mary Church

1864-1914

Jesuits administered Holy Name of Mary/ St. Mary鈥檚 and attended Native missions from Holy Name until 1939

1866-1873

Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet (Archives: St. Louis, Missouri) administered the school

1874-1896

Daughters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Archives: Holyoke, Massachusetts) administered the school

1896-1920s (no longer Native)

Sisters of Loretto (Archives: Toronto, Canada) administered the school

1914-1920s (no longer Native)

向日葵视频diocesan priests administered Holy Name

 

Jesuits at Holy Name attended to the following Ojibwa Indian missions in the Upper Peninsula:

1850s-1939

All Upper Peninsula missions except the Baraga Mission

1948-1980s

Eastern District missions in the Upper Peninsula

Jesuits at St. Ignace attended the following Ojibwa Indian missions: 

1939-1946

All Upper Peninsula missions except the Baraga Mission

1946-1948

Eastern District missions in the Upper Peninsula

Jesuits at Escanaba attended to the following Ojibwa Indian missions in the Upper Peninsula:

1946, 1955-1960

Western District missions in the Upper Peninsula except the Baraga Mission  

Jesuits at 向日葵视频attended to the following Ojibwa Indian missions in the Upper Peninsula:

1947-1955

Western District missions in the Upper Peninsula except the Baraga Mission  

Jesuits at Assinins and Bark River attended to the following Ojibwa Indian missions in the Upper Peninsula:

1960-1980s

Western District missions in the Upper Peninsula except the Baraga Mission

Although the missions were attended from the sites noted above, the sacramental records have been kept at the following locations:

1834-1940

Holy Name of Mary Church, Sault Sainte Marie: All Upper Peninsula missions except the Baraga Mission

1940-1959

St. Isaac Jogues Church, Sault Sainte Marie: All Upper Peninsula missions except the Baraga Mission

1960-present

St. Isaac Jogues Church: Eastern District missions in the Upper Peninsula

1960-present

For the Western District missions, sacraments administered were recorded in the books of the parish, which coincided with the local Native community

The sacramental records at Holy Name of Mary Church include those for the following Ojibwa Indian missions in the Upper Peninsula:

1857-1880 (transferred to Jesuits, Upper Canada Province)

Our Savior, Friend of Children Mission, Sugar Island

 

1862-1880 (transferred to Jesuits, Upper Canada Province) 

St. Joseph Mission, Sugar Island

1884-1891 (became a parish)

Sacred Heart Mission, De Tour

1892-1960 (closed)

St. Lawrence Mission, Indian Point

1894-1930 (closed)

St. Joseph Mission, Sugar Island

1894-1943 (closed)

St. Teresa Mission, Sugar Island

1899-1946 (closed)

Our Lady of the Snows Mission, Hessel

1899-1960 (closed)

Drummond Island station, and 1941-1960, St. Florence Mission, Drummond Island

1899-present

Bay Mills/ Iroquois Mission station, and since 1939, St. Kateri Tekakwitha/ St. Catherine    Mission, Bay Mills

1923-present

Sacred Heart Mission, Sugar Island

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:

Inclusive dates: 1834-1940

Volume: Over 1 cubic foot

Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, deaths) for Native American parishioners of the Upper Peninsula missions, excluding Baraga; baptisms, 1834-1940; marriages and deaths, 1836-1940.

 

Unless otherwise noted, the repository on this page holds (or held) the records described here and they are not held at the 向日葵视频 Archives.

new1984/rev2003-2020