GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 2: Midwest United States
Michigan: MI-23

Baraga Country Catholic Community. Sacred Heart of Jesus Church. St. Ann Church. Most Holy Name of Jesus – St. Kateri Tekakwitha Church

Email: bccc@up.net

Sacred Heart of Jesus Church
16 South Sixteenth Street
L’Anse, MI 49946

Phone: 906-524-6424

St. Ann Church
318 Lyons Street
Baraga, MI 49908

Phone: 906-524-6424

Most Holy Name of Jesus – St. Kateri Tekakwitha Church
14808 Assinins Road
Assinins, MI 49908

Phone: 906-524-6565

 

History: The Baraga Country Catholic Community has been a cluster of three parishes in the Diocese of Marquette (Archives: Marquette, Michigan). Two of the three parishes, St. Ann’s and Most Holy Name of Jesus – St. Kateri Tekakwitha, have served Native American (Ojibwa) parishioners.

St. Ann Church, Baraga:

1886-1920s (no longer Native)

Marquette diocesan priests at Most Holy Name of Jesus, Baraga/ Assinins, attended to St. Ann’s Church/ Mission (Ojibwa), Baraga

Most Holy Name of Jesus – St. Kateri Tekakwitha Church, Baraga:

1843	Father Frederic Baraga began evangelizing the Ojibwa Indians at L’Anse, where he established a school staffed by a lay teacher
1844-1957	Father Baraga founded Holy Name of Jesus Mission, which was administered by diocesan priests
1866-1906	Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet (Archives: St. Louis, Missouri) staffed Holy Name of Jesus Day School
1881-1906	Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet staffed St. Joseph's Orphan Home for Boys, which also admitted girls beginning in 1902
1906-1954 (closed)	Sisters of St. Agnes (Archives: Fond du Lac, Wisconsin) staffed Holy Name of Jesus Day School
1906-1954 (closed)	Sisters of St. Agnes staffed St. Joseph's Orphan Home
1957-1971	Capuchins from Sacred Heart Friary, Baraga, administered Holy Name of Jesus Mission
1971-2010s	Capuchins (St. Joseph Province) (Archives: Detroit, Michigan) administered Holy Name of Jesus-St. Kateri Tekakwitha Church; Rev. John S. Hascall (Ojibwa), O.F.M. Cap. [Capuchins], served as pastor
2010s-present	Marquette diocesan priests have administered Holy Name of Jesus-St. Kateri Tekakwitha

Marquette diocesan priests and Capuchins at Holy Name of Jesus-St. Kateri Tekakwitha attended to the following Native American (Ojibwa) missions and stations: 

1872-1886 (became a parish)	St. Joseph Mission, L’Anse
1886-1920s (no longer Native)	St. Ann Mission, Baraga
1906-1916 (closed)	Keweenaw Bay Mission
1972-2010s	Native Community station, Iron River
1972-2010s	Native community stations, Marquette, Big Bay, and Copper Counties
1972-2010s	Native community stations, Ontonagon and Ironwood
1972-2010s (became a parish)	Immaculate Conception Mission/ Native Community station, Watermseet
1982-2010s (closed)	St. Catherine Church/ Mission, Zeba

St. Catherine Church, Zeba:

1949-1958	Jesuits (Detroit Province) (Archives: St. Louis, Missouri) at Marquette and Escanaba established and attended to St. Catherine Mission
1958-1971	Capuchins from Sacred Heart, Baraga, attended St. Catherine’s
1971-1982	Became a parish; Capuchins (St. Joseph Province, Detroit, Michigan) administered St. Catherine’s
1982-2010s (closed)	Capuchins at Holy Name, Baraga, attended to St. Catherine’s

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:

Inclusive dates: 1843-ongoing

Volume: More than .7 cubic foot

Description:

/1. St. Ann Church, Baraga

Inclusive dates: 1843-1949

Volume: .4 cubic foot

Description: The records at St. Ann’s are not organized according to a classification scheme. Consequently, description is by record type. Although St. Ann's was administered from Most Holy Name of Jesus until 1949, Holy Name’s sacramental records from 1843-1949 are at St. Ann's.    

A. Sacramental records, 1843-1949, 3 volumes: baptisms, marriages, and deaths for Most Holy Name of Jesus Church and St. Ann Church

B. "Status Animarium" or census record, ca. 1880, 1 volume: for Most Holy Name of Jesus Church; lists names of family members, birth and death dates, and whether sacraments were received

C. Financial and Statistical Reports, 1928-1947, 1 folder: annual reports for Most Holy Name of Jesus Church

 

/2. Most Holy Name of Jesus – St. Kateri Tekakwitha Church, Baraga:

Inclusive dates: 1843-ongoing

Volume: At least .3 cubic foot

Description: Sacramental records for Native American parishioners of Most Holy Name of Jesus and St. Catherine’s: baptisms, marriages, and deaths, 1843-ongoing, first communions, 1952-ongoing, and confirmations, 1960-ongoing; sacramental records (copies) for St. Ann’s, 1843-1949

 

Unless otherwise noted, the repository on this page holds (or held) the records described here and they are not held at the Marquette University Archives.

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