GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 2: Midwest United States
Michigan: MI-45
St. Isaac Jogues Mission
1529 Marquette Avenue
Sault Sainte Marie, MI 49783
Phone: 906-632-3213
Email: See website
History: St. Isaac Jogues Mission, Sault Sainte Marie, Chippewa County, Michigan, has been a predominantly Native American parish in the Diocese of Marquette (Archives: Marquette, Michigan).
1949-1994 |
Jesuits (Detroit Province) (Archives: St. Louis, Missouri) established and administered St. Isaac Jogues Mission (Ojibwa) |
1994-present |
Capuchins (St. Joseph Province) (Archives: Detroit Michigan) have administered St. Isaac Jogues; Rev. John S. Hascall (Ojibwa), O.F.M. Cap., pastor, unknown-2020s |
Jesuits administered the Ojibwa Indian missions of the Upper Peninsula (excluding the mission at Baraga) from various sites including:
1850s-1939 |
Sault Sainte Marie |
1939-1946 |
St. Ignace |
1946 |
Upper Peninsula missions divided into Eastern and Western Districts |
1946-1948 |
St. Ignace for the Eastern District |
1946, 1955-1960 |
Escanaba for the Western District |
1947-1955 |
Marquette for the Western District |
1948-1994 |
Sault Sainte Marie for the Eastern District |
1960-1994 |
Assinins and Bark River for the Western District |
Although the missions were attended from the places noted above, the related sacramental records were kept at the following locations:
1834-1940 |
Holy Name of Mary Church, Sault Sainte Marie for the entire Upper Peninsula excluding the Baraga Mission |
1940-1959 |
St. Isaac Jogues Church, Sault Sainte Marie for the entire Upper Peninsula excluding the Baraga Mission |
1960-present |
St. Isaac Jogues Church for the Eastern District; for the Western District, the sacraments administered were recorded in the books of the parish where the Indian community resided |
St. Isaac Jogues Church holds records from the following missions among Ojibwa Indians:
1892-1960 (closed) |
St. Lawrence Mission, Indian Point |
1894-1943 (closed) |
St. Teresa Mission, Sugar Island |
1899-1946 (closed) |
Our Lady of the Snows Mission, Hessel |
1899-1960 (closed) |
St. Florence Mission, Indian Point |
1899-present |
Bay Mills/ Iroquois Mission station, and since 1939, St. Kateri Tekakwitha/ St. Catherine Mission, Bay Mills |
1923-1990s (transferred to Capuchins, Sacred Heart Friary, Baraga) |
Sacred Heart Mission, Sugar Island |
1941-1960 (closed) |
Holy Angels Mission, Sugar Island |
1942-1960 (closed) |
St. Aloysius Mission, Neebish Island |
1943-1960 (closed) |
Ss. John and Anne Mission, Sugar Island |
1946-1960 (transferred to Sacred Heart Friary, Baraga) |
St. James Mission, Hannahville |
1947-1958 (transferred to St. Charles, Rapid River) |
Sacred Heart Mission, Stonington |
1949-1958 (transferred to Sacred Heart Friary, Baraga) |
St. Catherine Mission, Zeba |
1953-1961 (closed) |
Our Lady of the Way Mission, Eckerman |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1940-ongoing
Volume: Over 1.8 cubic feet
Description: The records at St. Isaac Jogues Church were not organized according to a classification scheme when reviewed by a ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ archivist, 1980. Consequently, the description is by record type.
A. Sacramental records, 1940-ongoing, 6 volumes:
1. Baptisms, 1940-1946: for all Native missions in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan
2. Baptisms, 1947-1955: for Eastern District missions of the Upper Peninsula
3. Baptisms, marriages, deaths, first communions, and confirmations, 1947-1959: for the Western District missions of the Upper Peninsula
4. Baptisms, marriages, deaths, first communions, and confirmation, 1949-ongoing: for St. Isaac Jogues Church
5. Baptisms, marriages, deaths, first communions, and confirmations, 1962-ongoing: for Bay Mills, St. Catherine Mission
6. Baptisms, marriages, deaths, first communions, and confirmations, 1962-ongoing: for Sugar Island, Sacred Heart Mission
B. Subject file, 1940s-present, .7 cubic foot: alphabetically arranged; noteworthy folders include:
1. Assinins, St. Joseph Orphanage correspondence, 1940s
2. Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions correspondence, 1940s-present
3. Camp Baraga, 1940s
4. Diocesan correspondence, 1940s
5. Photographs of Native missions in the Upper Peninsula, 1960s, 25-30 prints
6. Reports to the bishop, 1940s-present
7. Sermon notes of Rev. Joseph Lawless, S.J., 1940s-1960s
8. Clippings, historical notes, 1940s-1960s
C. Financial records, 1950s, .5 cubic foot: primarily receipts and vouchers
Unless otherwise noted, the repository on this page holds (or held) the records described here and they are not held at the ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Archives.
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