Sacred Heart Church History

SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH

IN THE 1880's SEVERAL CATHOLIC PIONEER FAMILIES SETTLED THIS COMMUNITY, FIRST KNOWN AS BARTHLE CROSSING, LATER RENAMED ST. JOSEPH. WITHIN FIVE YEARS, THEY BUILT THEIR FIRST PLACE OF WORSHIP, KNOWN AS THE JUBILEE CHAPEL, WHICH WAS DEDICATED ON OCTOBER 1, 1888 BY REV. GERARD PILZ. OSB OF NEIGHBORING ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA PARISH. 

BY 1892. THE COMMUNITY HAD OUTGROWN THE CHAPEL AND A NEW CHURCH WAS BUILT, WITH THE ORIGINAL STRUCTURE BEING CONVERTED INTO A SCHOOLHOUSE. THE FIRST SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH WAS DEDICATED ON NOVEMBER 13. 1892 BY BISHOP JOHN MOORE OF ST. AUGUSTINE. TWO STAINED GLASS WINDOWS FROM THAT CHURCH NOW ADORN THE SANCTUARY WALL OF THE CURRENT CHURCH, WHICH WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1976. 

FOUNDING FAMILIES:

BARTHLE • BLOMMEL • BOETTINGER • BUTTWEILER • FRITZLER • GERNER • GUDE • NATHE • ZIERDEN