GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 2: Midwest United States
Minnesota: MN-12
St. John 鈥� Holy Rosary Catholic Community
10 East Fifth Street
P.O. Box 549
Grand Marais, MN 55604-0549
Phone: 218-387-1409
Email: See website (Contact)
History: St. John Church and Holy Rosary Church, Grand Marais, Cook County, Minnesota, are two predominantly non-Native American parishes in the Diocese of Duluth (Archives: Duluth, Minnesota).
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1837 |
Rev. I. Frederic Baraga visited Grand Portage (Ojibwa) |
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1838-1839 |
Rev. Francis Pierz established and administered St. Peter Chapel and School (Ojibwa), Grand Portage |
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1842 |
Rev. Pierz established and administered a chapel and school at Pigeon River (Ojibwa) |
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1846-1848 |
Milwaukee diocesan priests (Archives: Milwaukee, Wisconsin) at St. Joseph鈥檚, La Pointe, Wisconsin, attended to the chapels at Grand Portage and Pigeon River |
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1848-1849 |
Jesuits (Canadian Province) (Archives: Montreal, Quebec) established and administered Immaculate Conception Mission, Pigeon River, which moved to Thunder Bay/ Fort William, Ontario |
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1849-1907 |
Jesuits at Immaculate Conception, Thunder Bay, Ontario, attended to the stations and later missions at Grand Portage and Grand Marais |
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1856-1857 |
A Jesuit residing at Grand Portage, Cook County, established a school |
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1865-1907 |
Jesuits at Immaculate Conception, Thunder Bay, Ontario, established and attended to Holy Rosary Mission, Grand Portage |
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1894-1907 |
Jesuits at Immaculate Conception, Thunder Bay, Ontario, established and attended to St. Francis Xavier Mission, Grand Marais |
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1907-1933 |
Benedictines (St. John's Abbey) (Archives: Collegeville, Minnesota) at Holy Family, Cloquet, attended to St. John's/ St. Francis Xavier, Grand Marais |
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1907-1933 |
Benedictines at Holy Family, Cloquet, attended to Holy Rosary, Grand Portage, Grand Portage Reservation |
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1933-present (few Natives by 1950s) |
St. John's became a parish; Benedictines administered St. John Church |
Benedictines at St. John鈥檚 attended to the following Native American (Ojibwa) missions:
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1933-present |
Holy Rosary Mission, Grand Portage Reservation, Grand Portage |
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1933-1940 (closed) |
St. Francis Xavier Mission, Chippewa Village (unidentified) |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1938-ongoing
Volume: At least 1 volume
Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for Native American parishioners of St. John鈥檚 Church, Holy Rosary Mission and St. Francis Xavier Mission.
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.
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