GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 2: Midwest United States
Minnesota: MN-16
St. Michael – St. Joseph Catholic Community
120 West Jefferson Avenue
Mahnomen, MN 56557
Phone: 218-935-2503
Email: stmikes@arvig.net
History: The St. Michael – St. Joseph Catholic Community, comprised of St. Michael Church, Mahnomen, and St. Joseph Church, Beaulieu, Mahnomen County, Minnesota, has been a predominantly non-Native American parish cluster in the Diocese of Crookston (Archives: Crookston, Minnesota).
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1891-1895 |
Benedictines (St. John's Abbey) (Archives: Collegeville, Minnesota) at St. Benedict's, White Earth, attended to the Wild Rice River station (Ojibwa) |
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1895-1900 |
Benedictines at St. Benedict's, White Earth, established and attended to St. Joseph Mission (Ojibwa), Beaulieu |
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1900-1982 |
Became a parish; Benedictines at St. Benedict's, White Earth, administered St. Joseph Church (Ojibwa), Beaulieu |
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1982-present |
Crookston diocesan priests at St. Michael's, Mahnomen, have attended to St. Joseph’s |
Benedictines at St. Joseph's have attended to the following Native American (Ojibwa) missions and stations in Minnesota:
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1900-1903 (transferred to St. Theodore's, Ponsford) |
Sacred Heart Mission, Leech Lake, Leech Lake Reservation |
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1900-1908 (became a parish) |
St. Michael Mission, Mahnomen/ Pembina Settlement |
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1900-1918 (transferred to St. Theodore's, Ponsford) |
Twin Lakes station, Freeborn County |
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1900-1927 (closed) |
Big Bend station, Chippewa County |
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1908-1909 (closed) |
Ebro station, Falk County, near Red Lake and White Earth Reservations |
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1937-1947 (transferred to St. Michael's, Mahnomen) |
Immaculate Conception Mission, Bejou, White Earth Reservation |
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1939-1942 |
Big Elbow Lake station, Grant County |
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1939-1950 (became a parish) |
St. Anne Mission, Naytahwaush, White Earth Reservation |
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1939-1950 (transferred to St. Anne's, Naytahwaush) |
St. Agnes Mission, Island Lake, St. Louis County |
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1942-1950 (transferred to St. Anne's, Naytahwaush) |
St. Francis Cabrini Mission, Big Elbow Lake, Grant County |
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1971 (closed) |
St. Agnes Mission, Island Lake, St. Louis County |
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1976-1979 (became a parish) |
St. Anne Mission, Naytahwaush, White Earth Reservation |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1933-1939, undated
Volume: .4 cubic foot
Description: Because diocesan priests no longer reside at St. Joseph Church, most sacramental and historical records have been transferred to St. Michael Church, Mahnomen. However, some records remained at St. Joseph's. These records are described by record type, since they were not organized according to a classification scheme when reviewed by a Marquette University archivist, 1980.
/1 Announcement books
Inclusive dates: 1933-1939
Volume: 2 volumes
/2 Financial books
Inclusive dates: 1933-1939
Volume: .2 cubic foot
Description:
A. Day books, 1933-1939, 2 volumes
B. Annual reports, 1935-1939, 1 folder
/3 Cemetery records
Inclusive dates: undated
Volume: 1 folder
Description: Lists of individuals buried in the parish cemetery.
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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