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*CHAD = "Centennial History of the Archdiocese of Dubuque" (1937) * Driscoll = "We pray for our priests" (1965) |
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Description/Year | Location of material | |||
April 1954: Franciscans sell "Our Lady of Lourdes" property on 17th St. It had served many educational needs, including a female college founded by Catherine Beecher, sister of Harriet Beecher Stowe. | The Witness | |||
April 2, 1902: Immaculate Conception, Haverhill had its beginnings in 1877 with 12 German and 9 Irish families. By 1900 the parish numbered 73 families and on April 2, 1902 the cornerstone for a larger church was laid. | CHAD, pp. 337-339 | |||
April 2, 1963: Archbishop Byrne announces plans for the development of three central high schools to serve 16 areas in the Dyersville Deanery. | The Witness | |||
April 2, 2005: Death of Pope John Paul II. | ||||
April 4, 1994: Death of Msgr. Leroy J. Enzler, then oldest priest of the Archdiocese. | The Witness | |||
April 6, 1938: Perpetual Novena in honor of Our Sorrowful Mother began at St. Patrick's, Dubuque. | The Witness | |||
April 7, 1851: Beginning of the "Catholic Congregation of Guttenberg"; later named Holy Trinity -- first church of any denomination in Clayton County | CHAD, p. 43 | |||
April 7, 1991: Archbishop Kucera dedicated the recently constructed St. Stephen Student Center in Cedar Falls. | The Witness | |||
April 8, 1974: Archbishop Edward D. Howard celebrated the golden anniversary of his ordination, a Dubuque native son. He was an Auxiliary Bishop in Davenport and later the Archbishop of Portland, Oregon. | The Witness | |||
April 10, 1882: St. Joseph's, Independence. Parish began when some of the German pioneers in the area met with a view of founding their own parish and sent a petition to Bishop Hennessy | CHAD, p. 335 | |||
April 13, 1863: "German Roman Catholic Building Association of Dubuque" organized. Its purpose was to raise money to construct a larger church for St. Mary's. | CHAD, p. 37+ | |||
April, 13, 1947: Establishment of St. Thomas Aquinas Church and Catholic Student Center, Ames. | The Witness | |||
April 15, 1905: Confraternity of Christian Doctrine (CCD) ordered to be established in every parish in the world by Pope Pius X. | The Witness | |||
April 16, 1210: Official founding of the Franciscan Order | ||||
April 19, 1839: Bishop Loras arrived in the recently created Diocese of Dubuque | The Witness | |||
April 19, 2017: Msgr. Thomas Zinkula named Bishop of Davenport | The Catholic Messenger (Davenport) | |||
April 20, 1839: First baptism by Bishop Loras in Dubuque was that of Thomas Bourne. Bishop Loras kept good records. | CHAD, p. 9 | |||
April 22, 1837: Bishops at a Council in Baltimore recommended to Pope Gregory XVI, the erection of the See of Dubuque, Iowa in the great hinterland | CHAD, p. xxvii | |||
April 23, 1993: Dedication and blessing of Loras College's Alumni Campus Center. | The Witness | |||
April 24, 1866: John Hennessy chosen Bishop of Dubuque. | The Witness | |||
April 24, 1957: Two Dubuque priests raised to the episcopacy; Msgr. George Biskup, Auxiliary to the Archbishop of Dubuque and Msgr. James Casey, Auxiliary to the Bishop of Lincoln. | The Witness | |||
April 24, 1963: St. John's Church and School dedicated, after the old church and school were destroyed by fire in 1960 | The Witness | |||
April 25, 1898: Cornerstone ceremony for St. Joseph's Elkader, designed by architect, Guido Beck of Dubuque. | CHAD, p. 78 | |||
April 26, 1784: Death of Nano Nagle, founder of Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (PBVM) in Ireland. Sisters arrived from Ireland in 1874 to open a school in St. Joseph Parish, Key West. | The Witness | |||
April 26, 1950: New Hampton celebrated the golden anniversary of the erection of St. Joseph's church and pastor | The Witness | |||
April 27, 2014: Historic day on which Pope Francis canonized two popes: Sts. John XXIII and John Paul II. Three Dubuque seminarians took part in the celebration. | The Witness | |||
April 28, 1901: New Hampton (new) church building dedicated | CHAD, pp. 276-277 | |||
April 28, 1945: This issue of The Saturday Evening Post's lead article was about Father Albert Hoffmann, known as "The Father Duffy Of World War II", because he followed the soldiers under his charge even into battle. | The Witness | |||
April 29, 1932: Sacred Heart, Maquoketa, a newly improved church building was rededicated by Archbishop Francis J Beckman. | CHAD, p. 315 | |||
April 30, 1970: Visitation Academy's last graduation, ending a 99-year tradition in Dubuque. | The Witness |