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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