GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 2: Midwest United States
Minnesota: MN-3
St. Charles Church
308 Central Avenue North
P.O. Box 368
Cass Lake, MN 56633
Phone: 218-335-2359
Email: See website
History: St. Charles Church, Cass Lake, Minnesota, has been a predominantly non-Native American parish in the Diocese of Duluth (Archives: Duluth, Minnesota). administered by Duluth diocesan priests. St. Charles has held the records of St. Catherine Church, Cass Lake, which has been a center for Native American (Ojibwa) missions.
St. Catherine Church:
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1873-1975 |
St. Paul diocesan priests at St. Benedict/ Our Most Holy Redeemer, White Earth, attended to Cass Lake station (Ojibwa) |
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1875-1879, 1889 |
Northern Minnesota vicariate apostolate priests (Archives: St. Cloud, Minnesota) at St. Benedict/ Our Most Holy Redeemer, White Earth, attended to Cass Lake station (Ojibwa) |
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1879-1884 |
Benedictines (St. John's Abbey) (Archives: Collegeville, Minnesota) at Immaculate Conception/ St. Ignatius, Red Lake, attended to Cass Lake station |
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1880s-1895 |
Duluth diocesan priests at St. Benedict/ Our Most Holy Redeemer, White Earth, attended to Cass Lake station (Ojibwa) |
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1895-1898
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Benedictines (St. John's Abbey) (Archives: Collegeville, Minnesota) at Immaculate Conception/ St. Ignatius, Red Lake, attended to Cass Lake station |
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1898-1905 |
Benedictines at Holy Family, Cloquet, attended to Cass Lake station |
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1905-1926 |
Benedictines at St. Theodore’s, Ponsford, attended to Cass Lake station |
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1926-1934 |
Became a parish; Benedictine’s administered St. Catherine Church |
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1934-1945 |
Benedictines at Holy Family, Cloquet, attended to Cass Lake station, and later, to St. Catherine Mission, Cass Lake |
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1945-1952 (closed) |
Duluth diocesan priests at St. Charles', Cass Lake, attended St. Catherine’s |
Benedictines at St. Catherine’s, Cass Lake, attended to the following Native American (Ojibwa) missions:
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1926-1934 (transferred to Immaculate Conception, Red Lake) |
St. Anne Mission, Naytahwaush |
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1926-1934 (transferred to St. Joseph's, Ball Club) |
Cut Foot Sioux station
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1926-1928 (transferred to St. Theodore's, Ponsford) |
Sacred Heart Mission, Onigum |
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1926-1934 (became a parish) |
St. Joseph Mission, Ball Club |
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1926-1934 (transferred to St. Joseph's, Ball Club) |
St. Ann Mission, Bena |
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1926-1934 (transferred to St. Joseph's, Ball Club) |
Bowstring station |
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1926-1928 |
Island Lake station |
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1926-1934 (transferred to Holy Family, Cloquet) |
St. Joseph Mission, Mission Corner |
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1926-1934 (transferred to St. Joseph's, Ball Club) |
Round Lake station |
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1926-1934 (transferred to St. Joseph's, Ball Club) |
Lake Winnibigoshish station |
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1926-1934 (transferred to St. Michael's, Mahnomen) |
Big Elbow Lake station |
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1928-1934 (transferred to Immaculate Conception, Red Lake) |
St. Agnes Mission, Island Lake |
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1945-1952 (closed) |
St. Joseph Mission, Mission Corner |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1926-1952
Volume: 4 volumes
Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for Native American parishioners of St. Catherine Church and its missions and stations; also includes the records for parishioners of St. Joseph’s, Mission Corner, 1935-1944, when attended from Holy Family, Cloquet.
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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