GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 2: Midwest United States
Minnesota: MN-23

St. Therese Church, The Little Flower
43408 Oodena Drive
P.O. Box 26
Onamia, MN 56359

Phone: 320-532-3601
Email: hconamiaparishoffice@yahoo.com

 

History: St. Therese Church, The Little Flower. Has been a predominantly Native American (Ojibwa) parish in the Diocese of Crookston (Archives: Crookston, Minnesota).

1941-1960s	Sister Laura Hesch, O.S.B. [Benedictine Sisters] (St. Benedict's Monastery) (Archives: St. Joseph, Minnesota) and Rev. Frank Biwer, O.C.S. [Crosier Fathers] (Archives: Phoenix, Arizona) ministered to Ojibwa Indians in the Mille Lacs area
1944-1964	Crosier Fathers established and attended Little Flower Mission/ Inn (Ojibwa)
1964-present	Crosier Fathers have administered St. Therese Church/ Little Flower Mission

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:

Inclusive dates: 1942-ongoing

Volume: At least 5 volumes

Description: Sacramental records for St. Therese Church/ Little Flower Mission: Baptisms, 1942-ongoing; marriages, 1943-ongoing; deaths, 1943-1948, 1957-ongoing; first communions, 1942-ongoing; and confirmations, 1943-ongoing.

 

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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