GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 2: Midwest United States
Minnesota: MN-20

St. Stephen Church
2211 Cinton Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55404

Phone: 612-767-2430
Email: See website (About Us: Our Staff)

 

History: St. Stephen Church and School, Minneapolis, has been a predominantly non-Native American parish in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis (Archives: St. Paul, Minnesota), which has been administered by St. Paul and Minneapolis archdiocesan priests.

1960s-present	St. Stephen’s has had some Native American (e.g. Ojibwa) parishioners
1970s	Sister Irene (Kathryn) De Marrais (Sisseton-Wahpeton, 1915-2004) of the Sisters of the Divine Savior, served the parish with home visitations and teaching part-time in the school

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:

Inclusive dates: 1915-ongoing

Volume: At least .6 cubic foot

Description: The records at St. Stephen Church were not organized according to a classification scheme when reviewed by a Marquette University archivist, 1980. Consequently, the description is by record type.

 

/1 Sacramental records

Inclusive dates: 1960s-ongoing

Volume: .1 cubic foot

Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for Native American parishioners of St. Stephen Church.

 

/2 Student files

Inclusive dates: 1970s-ongoing

Volume: .5 cubic foot

Description: Incomplete files arranged alphabetically by students’ surname.

 

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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