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 ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Archives.
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