GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 2: Midwest United States
Wisconsin: WI-42
St. Francis Solanus Mission and School
13891 West Mission Road
Stone Lake, WI 54876
Phone: 715-865-3662
Email: schsis@cheqnet.net
History: St. Francis Solanus Mission, Stone Lake, Lac Courte Oreilles Reservation, Wisconsin, has been a predominantly Native American (Ojibwa) parish in the Diocese of Superior (Archives: Superior, Wisconsin).
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ca. 1845-1860 |
Milwaukee diocesan priests from St. Joseph’s, La Pointe, visited the Lac Courte Oreilles Reservation (Ojibwa) |
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1860-1868 |
Milwaukee diocesan priests at Christ Church, Bayfield, visited the Lac Courte Oreilles Reservation |
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1868-1878 |
La Crosse diocesan priests at Christ Church, Bayfield, visited the Lac Courte Oreilles Reservation |
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1878-1880s |
Franciscans (Sacred Heart Province) (Archives: St. Louis, Missouri) at Christ Church, Bayfield, visited the Lac Courte Oreilles Reservation |
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1885-1894 |
Franciscans at St. Francis, Superior, established and attended St. Francis Solanus Mission (Ojibwa) |
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1885-1908 |
School Sisters of St. Francis (Archives: Milwaukee, Wisconsin) established and staffed Lac Court Oreilles Day School (Ojibwa), Stone Lake |
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1894-1918 |
Franciscans from St. Agnes, Ashland, attended to St. Francis Solanus |
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1910-1920 (closed) |
Sisters of St. Joseph (Superior, Wisconsin) staffed the school |
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1918-1938 |
Became a parish; first Rev. Philip Gordon (Ojibwa), a Superior diocesan priest, and then other Superior diocesan priests, administered St. Francis Solanus Church |
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1921, 1923-1924 |
Lightning destroyed St. Francis Solanus Church, which was rebuilt within three years using distinctive local red pipestone |
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1927-present |
School Sisters of St. Francis (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) established and staffed St. Francis Solanus School |
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1938-1988 |
Franciscans administered St. Francis Solanus Church |
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1988-present |
Superior diocesan priests have administered St. Francis Solanus |
Superior diocesan priests and Franciscans at St. Francis Solanus attended to the following missions among Ojibwa Indians in the Superior Diocese, Wisconsin:
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1918-1919 (closed) |
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Mission, Mouth of Yellow River |
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1918-1937 (closed) |
Holy Angels Mission, Mud Lake |
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1918-1944 (became a parish) |
St. Anthony of Padua Mission, Lac du Flambeau, Lac du Flambeau Reservation |
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1922-1934 (closed) |
St. Anthony of Padua Mission, Pakwawong |
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1934-1964 (transferred to St. Philip's, Stone Lake) |
St. Ignatius Mission, New Post |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1885-ongoing
Volume: Over 8 cubic feet
Description: The records at St. Francis Solanus Church and School are described by record type because they lacked a classification scheme when reviewed by ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ archivists, 1980.
/1 Sacramental records
Inclusive dates: 1885-ongoing
Volume: More than 10 volumes
Description: Baptisms, 1885-present; marriages, deaths, first communions, 1896-present; and confirmations, 1901-present, held at the church.
/2 Student files
Inclusive dates: 1920s-ongoing
Volume: Over 6 cubic feet
Description: Held at the school and/or convent.
A. Permanent record cards arranged alphabetically by surname; cards prior to 1950 contain only biographical information; after 1950, cards include grades and occasionally progress reports and other supporting information
B. Photographs, 1965-present, 24 photo albums each containing 125-150 prints
C. Student files, 1970s-present, approximately 1 cubic foot: arranged by grade and thereunder by surname
D. Attendance and grade reports, 1927-1962, 36 volumes
E. Chronicle, 1960-present, 2 volumes: includes handwritten daily entries and newspaper clippings on the Mission and School
F. Diary, 1964-1966, 1 volume: author unidentified
G. Writings by Sister Sirilla La Rush, S.S.S.F., re: the mission, school, and local Ojibwa Indian history and culture, 1925-1960, 3 notebooks
H. Photographs, 1930s-1940s, 125 prints
I. Clippings and publications relating to the mission and School, 1960s-present, .1 cubic foot
J. Microfilm, Sacred Heart Franciscan Records relating to St. Francis Assisi, Red Cliff, St. Francis Solanus, Reserve (Stone Lake), St. Philip, Stone Lake, and St. Francis Xavier, Superior, and papers of Rev. Odoric Derenthal, O.F.M.; reels 22-23, 28-30, 5 reels from ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ, Special Collections and Archives (Milwaukee, Wisconsin).
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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