GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
California: CA-6
St. Kateri Tekakwitha Community
1234 Palm Avenue
Beaumont, CA 92223
Phone: 951-845-2849
Email: stkateritekakwitha@sbdiocese.org
History: St. Kateri Tekakwitha Community, Beaumont, Riverside County, California, has been a predominantly non-Native American two-parish cluster in the Diocese of San Bernardino (Archives: San Bernardino, California) that was formed by the merger of Precious Blood Church, Banning, and San Gorgonio Church, Beaumont, 2006. Various priests at Precious Blood Church attended to the following Native American mission and school in Riverside County.
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1890-1921 |
Society of the Precious Blood (Cincinnati Province) (Archives: Dayton, Ohio) established and administered St. Boniface School (Cahuilla, Serrano, Cupeño) |
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1890-1913 |
Rev. B. Florian Hahn, C.Pp.S. [Society of the Precious Blood] (1850-1916) served as superintendent of St. Boniface School |
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1890-1956 |
Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet (Los Angeles Province, Los Angeles, California) staffed St. Boniface School |
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1895-1924 |
Los Angeles diocesan priests attended to St. Mary Mission/ Morongo Reservation station (Cahuilla, Serrano) |
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1921-1952 (no longer Native) |
Franciscans (Santa Barbara Province) (Archives: Santa Barbara, California) administered St. Boniface School |
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1924-1952 |
Franciscans (Santa Barbara Province) attended to St. Mary’s |
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1953-1978 |
San Diego diocesan priests attended to St. Mary’s |
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1978-2001 (transferred to St. Joseph’s, San Jacinto) |
San Bernardino diocesan priests attended to St. Mary’s |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1890-2001
Volume: Several entries among several volumes
Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for the Native American students of St. Boniface School and the Native American parishioners of St. Mary 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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