Missions and Houses

Crow Indians with priests
St. Francis Xavier Mission, Montana, c.1895


This is the heart of JOPA's historical resources. Materials can be found dating from the early 1840s, when Jesuit missionizing first began in the Northwest.

Most of the original documents have been microfilmed; the accompanying Published Guides offer the most detailed view of this Collection's contents. The following inventory is provided for an easy scan of its Subgroups and their relative size.




# Cu. Ft. Subgroup5.5 AKULURAK [AK]: St. Mary's Mission, Station of St. Joseph2.0 ALMA COLLEGE [CA]1.5 ANDREAFSKI [AK]: St. Mary's Mission2.0 BETHEL DISTRICTS and KUSKOKWIM [AK]0.5 CHANILIAT [AK]1.0 CHEVAK [AK]5.5 COPPER VALLEY SCHOOL [AK]0.5 DAKOTA MISSIONS [SD]: Holy Rosary; St. Francis2.5 DILLINGHAM [AK]0.5 DOUGLAS ISLAND [AK]: St. Paul Mission0.5 EAGLE [AK]: St. Francis Xavier3.5 FAIRBANKS [AK]: Immaculate Conception Church; Monroe High School0.5 HARDIN [MT]: St. Joseph Church0.5 HAVRE [MT]: St. Jude Church and High School12.5 HOLY CROSS [AK]5.0 HOLY FAMILY MISSION [MT]4.5 HOOPER BAY [AK]: Includes Chevak, Kashunak, Little Flower Mission, Sisters of Our Lady of the Snows, Scammon Bay1.0 INCHELIUM [WA]: St. Michael's Mission1.0 JUNEAU [AK]: Includes Shrine of St. Terese,  St. Ann's Hospital1.0 KETCHIKAN [AK]: Holy Name Church0.5 KOKRINES, RUBY [AK]2.0 KING ISLAND, LITTLE DIOMEDE ISLAND MISSIONS [AK]0.5 KOTZEBUE [AK]: St. Francis Xavier Mission0.5 LAPWAI [ID]3.5 LEWISTON [ID]: St. Stanislaus Church0.5 LOS GATOS [CA]: Sacred Heart Novitiate3.5 MISSOULA [MT]: Includes City, St. Francis Xavier Church,  St. Patrick's Hospital, Loyola High School21.0 MOUNT ST. MICHAEL'S [WA]: Includes Twin Lakes Villa1.5 " " " ST. MICHAEL'S INSTITUTE [WA]1.5 MOUNTAIN VILLAGE [AK]: St. Barbara/St. Lawrence Mission0.5 NELSON ISLAND, TUNUNAK, KANILIAK [AK]0.5 NENANA [AK]: St. Theresa's Church0.5 NESPELEM [WA]: Sacred Heart Mission2.0 NOME [AK]: St. Joseph Residence and Church4.0 NULATO [AK]: Our Lady of the Snows3.0 PENDLETON [OR]: St. Andrew's Mission7.0 " : St. Mary's Church1.0 PILGRIM SPRINGS [AK]: Our Lady of Lourdes Mission0.5 PILOT STATION [AK]: St. Charles Mission6.5 PORT TOWNSEND [WA]: Manresa Hall Tertiate2.0 PORTLAND [OR]: Provincial's House1.5 " : Jesuit High School0.5 " : Loyola Retreat House, St. Michael's Church0.5 " : Novitiates at former Holy Child Academy and  St. Ignatius Convent1.0 PORTLAND [OR]: St. Ignatius Church15.0 SACRED HEART (DESMET) MISSION [ID]5.5 ST. FRANCIS REGIS MISSION [WA]5.0 ST. FRANCIS XAVIER MISSION [MT]15.0 ST. IGNATIUS MISSION [MT]0.5 ST. IGNATIUS MISSION, CUSICK [WA]0.5 ST. LABRE MISSION, ASHLAND [MT]9.0 ST. MARY'S [AK]5.5 ST. MARY'S MISSION, OMAK [WA]1.0 ST. MARY'S MISSION, STEVENSVILLE [MT]2.5 ST. MICHAEL'S [AK]; Includes Alakanuk, Emmonak0.5 ST. MICHAEL'S MISSION, SPOKANE [WA]6.5 ST. PAUL'S MISSION [MT]0.5 ST. PETER'S MISSION [MT]4.0 SEATTLE PREP [WA]: Includes Matteo Ricci12.5 SEATTLE UNIVERSITY [WA]0.5 SEATTLE [WA]: Mt. Virgin Parish0.5 " : Early St. Ignatius Church, Immaculate Conception Church7.0 " : St. Joseph Parish12.0 SHERIDAN NOVITIATE [OR]2.0 SLICKPOO, ST. JOSEPH [ID]4.5 SPOKANE [WA]: City8.5 " : Gonzaga Prep School2.5 " : St. Aloysius Church2.5 " : St. Patrick Church3.0 TACOMA [WA]: Bellermine Prep School 3.0 " : St. Leo Parish and School0.5 " : St. Rita's Church0.5 TANANA, TOK JUNCTION [AK]: St. Aloysius Church, Holy Rosary Mission0.5 TULALIP MISSION [WA]1.0 TUNUNAK [AK]: Includes Nelson Island, Chefornak,  Toksook, Nightmute, Newtok0.5 VALDEZ [AK]: Includes Cordova, Seward, Sitak,  St. Gregory's Church at Sitka0.5 WOODBURN [OR]: St. Luke Church1.5 YAKIMA [WA]: Marquette High School5.5 " : St. Joseph Church

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