Saint Patrick parish

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St. Patrick Catholic Church
900 Park St, Tama, IA 52339

Join us for Sunday Mass at 10:30 am in English or 12:00 pm in Spanish. On Tuesday nights, we have Daily Mass at 5:30 pm, followed by Confession, Adoration, and Healing Prayer. We also have Daily Mass at 8:00 am on Friday followed by fellowship and coffee in the cafeteria. We’d love to have you join us! If you have any questions or would like to connect, Lisandra Ordaz is a wonderful person to reach out to.

In the spring of 1859 Fr. William Emonds, a pasor of St. Mary's Church of Iowa City made his first visit to the Catholics in Tama County. It was in the home of William Rodericks of Toledo that Fr. Emonds said Mass for the first time. From 1859 - 1864 religious services were held in the Catholic homes in the vicinity. In the spring of 1864 Fr. Emonds undertook the construction of St. Boniface Church, Toledo. The new church stood in the corner of Ross and Main Street and cost $1,000.

The greatest period of parish development was during the pastorate of Fr. Patrick J. Carroll (1887-1912) First he built St. Mary's Academy which opened in the fall of 1894. The school was staffed by the Franciscan Sisters of Clinton. Next he built the rectory on Oswego Street, and in 1900 the present St. Patrick's Church.

In July of 1998, St. Patrick's in Tama and St. Boniface in Garwin became linked. Fr. Birch was named as pastor of both parishes. This began another procees in the area called clustering. The four parishes St. Michael, Belle Plaine; St. Jospeh, Chelsea; St Boniface, Garwin, and St. Patrick, Tama were being refered as the Circle of Saints.

St. Patrick's Parish Community continues to grow as a place of word, worship and action.