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Table of Contents

Timeline..................................................................... 2 History .................................................................. 5–14 All Saints / Dellona .............................................. 5 St. Patrick’s / Winfield ....................................... 6 Sacred Heart / Reedsburg................................... 7 Auxiliary Organizations, Committees and Other Volunteer Groups Associated with the Parish .......................... 14 Current Church.................................................. 15–24 Architecture......................................................... 15 Implements ......................................................... 15 Faceted Glass Windows..................................... 18 Sacred Heart School .......................................... 25–29 The Sacred Heart (feast, symbol, icon, devotion) .......................... 30

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PARISH HISTORY TIMELINE

MAJOR PARISH EVENTS

PRIESTS OF THE PARISH

1855

Masses in homes in rural Dellona

No assigned pastor.

(Mission of Lyndon Station.)

1857

All Saints Church and cemetery

established in Dellona

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Rev. Stehle

No assigned pastor. �

(Mission of Lyndon Station.)

1868

St. Patrick’s Church built in

Winfield

No assigned pastor. � �

(Mission of Lyndon Station.)

1872

Rectory built in Dellona Rev. DeGoey, OSFC � �

First resident pastor of

Dellona with St. Patrick’s

as a mission: 1872-1878

1878

Sacred Heart Parish created in

Reedsburg with plans for a new

church. This date marks the

beginning of Sacred Heart parish.

Rev. Van Droste � � � �

Attending pastor at

Reedsburg living in Dellona

Rectory: 1878-1882

1880

Sacred Heart Church built in

Reedsburg: Corner of Fourth &

Locust Streets as a mission of

Dellona.

Rev. Conroy � � � �

Pastor: 1882-1885

1885

Rectory built in Reedsburg.

Dellona became a mission of

Reedsburg.

Rev. James Campbell � � �

First resident pastor in

Reedsburg: 1885-1889

Rev. Fitzpatrick Pastor: 1889-1892

Rev. Dean Nevins Pastor: 1892-1894

1901-

1902

New rectory built on Fourth Street. Rev. Hugh Duffy �

Pastor: 1894-1897

Rev. Robert B. Condon Pastor: 1897-1905

1902

First Church destroyed by fire � �

1903

Second church built at the corner

of Fourth & Locust Streets

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1905 Church debt paid Rev. Daniel O’Donovan Pastor: June-Dec. 1905

Rev. M. J. Delaney Pastor: 1905-1906

Rev. Patrick Garrity Pastor: 1906-1909

1910

Land purchased for Calvary

Cemetery

Rev. E. C. O’Reilly � �

Pastor: 1909-1911

1912

Church frescoed and embellished

by Henry Gartner of Milwaukee

Rev. Eugene Kiernan � � �

Pastor: 1911-1965

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1927

Church basement remodeled—hall

seated over 300 people.

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1935

Three parishes (Sacred Heart, All

Saints, St. Patrick’s) combined

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1938

St. Patrick’s Church razed � �

1946

Diocese of Madison formed. Sauk

County included in new diocese.

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Rev. Albert Schubiger Associate: 1948-1953

1954

Ground broken for new school Rev. Joseph Braig �

Associate: 1953-1956

1955

Convent and school built on Oak

Street

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Rev. Wayne A. Turner Associate: 1956-1957

Rev. Roman A. Wiedholz Associate: 1957-1958

1958 All Saints Church razed Rev. Thomas Lovell Associate: 1958-1963

Rev. G.W. Fox Associate: 1963-1966

Rev. Joseph Brickl Pastor: 1965-1969

1969

Third church built on corners of

Sixth and Willow Streets

Rev. Donald Lins � �

Pastor: 1969-1972

New rectory constructed on

Willow St.

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1971

Old church (on Fourth & Locust)

razed

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Rev. Kenneth Klubertanz Associate: 1969-1972

Rev. Eugene Graham Pastor: 1972-1977

Rev. Douglas Dushack Associate: 1972-1976

Rev. Thomas F. Baxter Associate: 1976-1979

Rev. Delbert D. Klink Pastor: 1977-1981

Rev. Clarence Koch Associate: 1979-1984

Rev. Gerald P. Vosen Pastor: 1981-1989

1994

Convent re-designed into pre-

school and kindergarten

classrooms

Rev. Donald J. Wiecki � �

Pastor: 1989-1999

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2002

6th Street abandoned between Oak

& Willow to create a parish

“block”

Rev. Thomas J. Monaghan � � �

Pastor: 2000- Present

2003

School damaged by fire on last

day of school; cleaned and

refurbished during the summer

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2003

House on 8th Street purchased to

serve as new rectory; old rectory

converted into more offices and

meeting rooms

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