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WHY FARMERS MATTER<br />
St. Patrick’s<br />
Church<br />
Garryowen<br />
Mary English, Don Meloy, Alan Gravel,<br />
Joyce Gibbs, Mike Burke and Sr. Marlene<br />
McDonnell, SFCC, are some of the loyal<br />
parishioners at St. Patrick’s, Garryowen.<br />
Many parishioners can trace their family<br />
trees back to the Irish immigrants who<br />
founded the church with the Rev. Samuel<br />
Mazzuchelli 180 years ago.<br />
EASTERN IOWA FARMER PHOTO / BROOKE TAYLOR<br />
practice their faith. Limestone<br />
for the church was quarried three<br />
miles south and hauled to the<br />
construction site by oxen. The lime<br />
was kilned in the area also. Parishioners<br />
did the unskilled labor,<br />
while expert stonemasons fitted<br />
and finished the pieces.<br />
The now-beautifully-repainted<br />
statues in the church came<br />
from further afield, perhaps Italy.<br />
Stained glass came from Germany.<br />
It was a tremendous investment<br />
for people with few resources and<br />
great risk, trying to eke out a new<br />
life for themselves in America.<br />
They ran out of money when<br />
they reached the church’s eaves,<br />
so prominent parishioners walked<br />
to Dubuque to get a loan, putting<br />
Don’t let pain<br />
get in the way.<br />
It’s important for me to be able to do my job day in<br />
and day out. So when I was having a lot of back pain,<br />
I was happy that Genesis in DeWitt had a pain clinic<br />
that could help me get healthy again. I was able to<br />
get back to work right away — and the pain is gone!”<br />
— Mark Haack, <strong>Farmer</strong> in Grand Mound<br />
The Pain Clinic at Genesis Medical Center, DeWitt can help<br />
relieve your pain so you can take back control of your life.<br />
Consider an appointment if you have:<br />
• Joint Pain<br />
• Back Pain<br />
• An Injury<br />
• Arthritis<br />
• Cancer<br />
• Fibromyalgia<br />
• General<br />
Discomfort<br />
For more information or to schedule, call 563-659-4326.<br />
1118 11th Street | DeWitt, IA | www.genesishealth.com/DeWitt<br />
eifarmer.com FALL <strong>2018</strong> | EASTERN IOWA FARMER 95
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