St. Gertrude House, 1985-2005

Series

Identifier: Series A

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

This collection covers 66 subgroups, each representing a location served by friars within the Province. Each house or priory is listed under their location, while areas that they worked with through missions or stations are also listed but connected to their house of residence.

“Houses” are arranged alphabetically by the city in which they are located, each city constituting a distinct Subgroup. Within a Subgroup each foundation constitutes a distinct Series and are arranged by foundation date. Each Series is designated by letters in alphabetical order as needed.

Houses that do not have a Series associated with them either do not have any records associated with them or were fillial houses of other foundations. Historical information for each house is provided by Provincial Catalogus or internal historical writings.

The collection covers 106 boxes.

Dates

Existence: 1985-2005

Extent

1 Linear Feet (1 Box shared with Salina, KS and Santa Fe, NM)

Language of Materials

From the Sub-Group: English

Additional Description

General

Michigan was apppointed part of the Province of St. Albert the Great after the establishment of the Province of St. Martin de Porres (Southern Province) in 1979. The Province of St. Joseph reatined a parish near Detroit with a shrine. After some period of negotiation, the Province of St. Albert took over and became an official house in 1995.

No superior appointed after 2003 and the Friars left in 2009. Following their departure, the church was merged into the current Our Lady of Hope Parish.