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 ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Archives.
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