Sacred Heart (Meyer, Iowa)

Sacred Heart (Meyer, Iowa)

"Sacred Heart Parish began as a branch school of the Stacyville parish for the Meyer area pioneers. Both communities are in Mitchell County. Toward the close of the 1880s, the Stacyville parish had grown so large as to need a larger school. The Meyer settlers suggested they be permitted to build a school in their area. Father John Anler, the pastor granted permission. The frame school, named Saint Mary’s, opened in 1889 to sixteen children taught by Miss Anna Kloth of Galena, Illinois. In 1901 Father Peter John Naebors, pastor of Stacyville, and his Meyer parishioners planned a combination building. Two classrooms and the Sisters’ quarters occupied the first floor, and a church the second floor."

-Rev. Msgr. Edgar Kurt, Parish Profile #116, The Witness, March 19, 1989.

The Archdiocese of Dubuque.
The Center for Dubuque History at Loras College.

Burback, Emily. Burns, Daniel. Gibson, Michael. Oberfoell, Carol. Waldmeir, Helen. Waldmeir, John.

Various primary and secondary sources.

English.

Loras College
Kucera Center for Catholic Thought
Frank and Ida Goedken Series: "Spiritual Life in the Upper Mississippi River Valley"

1889-2005
History of the parish over the span of 116 years, including information about its priests and parishioners.

ANNIVERSARY (2 documents)
ANNUAL REPORT (2 documents)
CLUSTER (2 documents)
COMMUNION PHOTOS (4 photographs)
COUNCIL/CONSTITUTION (2 documents)
DECREE (1 document)
GOLDEN JUBILEE (1 booklet)
HISTORY (20 documents)
LETTERS (3 documents)
PASTOR LIST (2 documents)
STRENGTHS/LIMITATIONS (1 document)