Jackson County IA Archives Church Records.....Rev. John M. Garland Copyright Date 1910 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ia/iafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ken Wright wright@prestontel.com August 19, 2010, 11:07 pm History of Jackson County, Iowa, 1910, J. W. Ellis REV. JOHN M. GARLAND. Rev. John M. Garland, a prominent representative of the Catholic clergy in Jackson county, has since October, 1907, been the pastor of St. Theresa's parish in Prairie Spring township. His birth occurred in Kewanee, Illinois, on the 18th of December, 1877, his parents being Patrick and Katherine (O'Neil) Garland, both of whom were born in Ireland. The father crossed the Atlantic to the United States in the '40s. Father Garland began his education in the city of his nativity and after completing the high school course there he entered St. Benedict's College at Atchison, Kansas, from which institution he was graduated in 1897. Subsequently he attended the St. Paul Seminary of St. Paul, Minnesota, and then continued his studies in preparation for the priesthood at Louvain, Belgium, and also the Catholic University at Lille, France. On returning to the United States he was ordained to the priesthood at St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1903 and was given charge of a parish at Stone City, Jones county, Iowa, where he remained for two years. During the following two years he was located at Waukon, Iowa, and since October, 1907, has been pastor of St. Theresa's parish in Prairie Spring township. This parish was founded by Father Donahue of Dubuque in 1853 and the first masses were said by Father Tracy, a visiting priest. The first resident priest was Father Vehey, who in turn was followed by Fathers McGinnis, Kenney, Brennan, McCabe, O'Reilley, Gaffney and O'Ferrell. The last named built the present parsonage and his successors were Fathers English, Mclnerny, Kelley and Hennessey. Father O'Malley, who next took charge of the parish, built the church at Lamotte and conducted it as a mission from St. Theresa's. Father O'Malley was succeeded by Father Hetherington and the latter by Father Brady, who erected a new house of worship in 1903. In October, 1907, Father Garland was installed as pastor and has since discharged the duties of his holy office with a zeal and devotion that have made his name a power for good in the community. His thorough and comprehensive education has made him a man of scholarly attainments, which he is using for the upbuilding of the church to which he has consecrated his life. (Note: St. Theresa's Church was closed by the Archdiocese of Dubuque and the church and parsonage were sold in 2007.) File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ia/jackson/churches/revjohnm8gbb.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/iafiles/ File size: 3.0 Kb