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This page in his journal is especially interesting because of the detailed drawing of Sac Prairie, here Inama settled in 1845. The Wilten Mission in the USA in the 19th century states: "Adalbert Inama arrived on November 25, 1845 in Sac Prairie. He…

This was the first "St.Norbert's House in Roxbury in 1846. In the book "The Wilten Mission in the USA in the 19th Century, it quotes Father Inama's enthusiasm for building this log cabin, which would also become a place of worship. You can see from…

The following pictures are a collection of Father Maximilian Gärtner's letters and diaries, which he wrote while traveling throughout Europe with Father Inama Adalbert O.Praem. The letters and diaries tell stories of the different countries he has…

Father Inama and Father Gartner performed missionary work together once they both got to the states safely. Together they were two priests strong in trying to spread the Catholic faith and the mission of the Wilten Abbey. This diary entry explains…

This is an image of a map in Father Gartner's diary of his trip from Europe across the Atlantic Ocean to the coast (New York area) and then eventually to the Midwest where he met up with Father Inama to do their missionary work together. This image…

In order to overcome several German Catholics in the United States switching faiths to Protestantism as a result of a lack of priests who knew German, Father Inama Adalbert began preaching in Southern Wisconsin, more specifically in the small city of…

In 1990, the parish began a five year plan to improve the exterior structure and interior of the church. Father Jim Stein, O. Praem. was the pastor and Jeff Kanzelberger of the college administration led the repair work.The Norbertine order funded…

Before Father Inama made his way to the Midwest he stopped on the coast, in New York as he was making his way from Europe to the center of the states. Father Inama traveled by train as well as postal boat. He conducted missionary work in Albany,…

Father Inama continues his writing about how crucial it was for him to make the trek overseas in order to preach in the United States. As emphasized earlier, Father Inama asked to come to the United States as a result of a high demand for…

Father Inama writes about how he traveled using many different modes of transportation, including trains and ships. He states that he only saw four Germans and the rest were Catholics. This observation is interesting to me because the reason why…