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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. 4015. Magnificent Churches on the Prairie A story of immigrant priests, builders and homesteaders, by James Coomber and Sheldon Green (read 25 Apr 2005) This book, put out by Concordia College, a Lutheran college in Moorhead, Minn., highlights the work of a Milwaukee architect in the early 20th century and the Catholic churches he worked on in the central Dakotas. It made me want to take off and see the churches involved (those which have not been spoiled by modernization) such as "the Cathedral of the Plains" in Hoven, S.D. The accounts of the efforts made by the priests and people to build these churches in those days of economic travail is awe-inspiring. ( ) no reviews | add a review
James Coomber and Sheldon Green are both Minnesota authors.
"Magnificent Churches on the Prairie" is a story of optimism, faith and the fortuitous joining of people who longed for the kind of community they had left behind in Europe. As large numbers of immigrants homesteaded in the central Dakotas at the turn of the century, Benedictine missionaries came to minister to them. Together they built churched of stone and stained glass that today are magnificent reminders of our pioneer heritage. - Back cover. No library descriptions found. |
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