GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 2: Midwest United States
Minnesota: MN-12

St. John – Holy Rosary Catholic Community
10 East Fifth Street
P.O. Box 549
Grand Marais, MN 55604-0549

Phone: 218-387-1409
Email: See website (Contact)

 

History: St. John Church and Holy Rosary Church, Grand Marais, Cook County, Minnesota, are two predominantly non-Native American parishes in the Diocese of Duluth (Archives: Duluth, Minnesota).

1837

Rev. I. Frederic Baraga visited Grand Portage (Ojibwa)

1838-1839

Rev. Francis Pierz established and administered St. Peter Chapel and School (Ojibwa), Grand Portage

1842

Rev. Pierz established and administered a chapel and school at Pigeon River (Ojibwa)

1846-1848

Milwaukee diocesan priests (Archives: Milwaukee, Wisconsin) at St. Joseph’s, La Pointe, Wisconsin, attended to the chapels at Grand Portage and Pigeon River

1848-1849

Jesuits (Canadian Province) (Archives: Montreal, Quebec) established and administered Immaculate Conception Mission, Pigeon River, which moved to Thunder Bay/ Fort William, Ontario

1849-1907

Jesuits at Immaculate Conception, Thunder Bay, Ontario, attended to the stations and later missions at Grand Portage and Grand Marais

1856-1857

A Jesuit residing at Grand Portage, Cook County, established a school

1865-1907

Jesuits at Immaculate Conception, Thunder Bay, Ontario, established and attended to Holy Rosary Mission, Grand Portage

1894-1907

Jesuits at Immaculate Conception, Thunder Bay, Ontario, established and attended to St. Francis Xavier Mission, Grand Marais

1907-1933

Benedictines (St. John's Abbey) (Archives: Collegeville, Minnesota) at Holy Family, Cloquet, attended to St. John's/ St. Francis Xavier, Grand Marais

1907-1933

Benedictines at Holy Family, Cloquet, attended to Holy Rosary, Grand Portage, Grand Portage Reservation

1933-present (few Natives by 1950s)

St. John's became a parish; Benedictines administered St. John Church

Benedictines at St. John’s attended to the following Native American (Ojibwa) missions:

1933-present

Holy Rosary Mission, Grand Portage Reservation, Grand Portage

1933-1940 (closed)

St. Francis Xavier Mission, Chippewa Village (unidentified)

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:

Inclusive dates: 1938-ongoing

Volume: At least 1 volume

Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for Native American parishioners of St. John’s Church, Holy Rosary Mission and St. Francis Xavier Mission.

 

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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