GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 1: Eastern United States
Florida: FL-12
St. Joseph the Worker Church
24065 U.S. Hwy 27
P.O. Box 1109
Moore Haven, FL 33471
Phone: 863-946-0696
Email: office@stjosephtheworkerfl.org
History: St. Joseph the Worker Church, Moore Haven, Glades County, Florida, has been a predominantly multicultural parish in the Diocese of Venice (Archives: Venice, Florida). Venice diocesan priests at St. Joseph’s have attended to the following missions among Native Americans (Seminole).
1970s-1990s |
Big Cypress Reservation station |
1970s-1990s |
Brighton Reservation station |
1990s-present |
St. Theresa of the Child Jesus Mission, Okeechobee |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1970s-ongoing
Volume: Few records
Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for Seminole Indian parishioners of St. Joseph the Worker Church and its stations and mission.
Unless otherwise noted, the repository on this page holds (or held) the records described here and they are not held at the Marquette University Archives.
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