CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) – Dozens of Catholic churches across Eastern Iowa will stop holding weekend mass this summer as part of a reorganization plan within the Archdiocese of Dubuque.
One of the churches impacted by the plan is the first Catholic parish established in Cedar Rapids.
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, known as the “mother church” of Cedar Rapids, was established in 1858. The church in downtown Cedar Rapids will no longer host weekend mass come July…