1925 The Sisters of the Humility of Mary establish St. Joseph Junior College at the site of their motherhouse.

1926 St. Joseph Hospital moves to a site on North Ash Street, on the estate of Dr. Benjamin W. Searle. Construction is underway on a new building on Alta Vista Avenue.

1926 St. Mary’s Parish buys the Fourth Street building which housed St. Joseph Hospital from the Sisters of the Humility of Mary for $40,000.

1926 The building housing Sacred Heart school at the corner of Fifth and Court is razed and the land is sold to Lester Jay, who plans to build a funeral home there.

1926 July. Fr. James Foley of Sacred Heart celebrates the 50^th anniversary of his ordination at Sacred Heart.

1926 Sept. 14^th. St. Mary’s Parochial School is dedicated. It is located in the Fourth Street building which formerly housed the Academy of the Visitation, St. Joseph’s Academy and St. Joseph Hospital.

1929 St. Patrick’s parochial school is established.

1929 Sept. 22^nd. The last Masses are said in the old St. Mary’s Church (the second St. Mary of the Visitation) and the razing is begun the next day.

1929 Oct. 21^st. The first spade of earth for the new St. Mary of the Visitation Church is moved. The building is to be built of Bedford stone with a brick interior, in the style known as English perpendicular Gothic. It will cost $250,000.

1930 (Early) The old St. Mary’s rectory is moved 100 feet east to provide room to work on the back of the new church and to build a new rectory. The move was done with mule power, assistant pastor Fr. Dennis Cahalan, was ill with the flu, made the move in his bedroom, and said he didn’t feel any motion.

1930 May 25^th. The cornerstone of the third church of St. Mary of the Visitation is dedicated by Bishop Rohlmann of Davenport, who also awards diplomas to the first graduation class of St. Mary’s High School.

1930 July 1^st. St. Joseph Junior College and Academy is renamed Ottumwa Heights College and Ottumwa Heights Academy in order to limit confusion with other institutions and to more closely identify with the community.

1930 Sept. 29-30. The new St. Mary’s rectory is completed and opened for public inspection. The Ottumwa Courier describes a feature unusual for the time; the white enameled kitchen sink is 60 inches long, with a double drainboard, and is equipped with "a new swinging spout-type faucet combination."

1930 Oct. 19^th. The first services are held in the basement of the new St. Mary of the Visitation.

1930 Dec. 25^th. The first Solemn High Mass is celebrated at 5 a.m. in the new St. Mary of the Visitation by Fr. J. M. Walsh. 45 vested acolytes are in the processional march.

1931 May 10^th. St. Mary of the Visitation, the third church of that name, is officially dedicated.

1931 (About) With the completion of the new rectory, the former St. Mary’s rectory is used as a convent for the Sisters of the Humility of Mary.

1934 Fr. Walsh is invested as a Monsignor of the Catholic Church at a ceremony at St. Mary’s with Bishop H.P. Rohlmann of the Davenport Diocese in charge.

1935 St. Mary’s High School now serves all three parishes and is known as Catholic Central High School, teaching boys only.

1936 St. Joseph School of Nursing is formally affilated with Ottumwa Heights College.

1948 March 17^th. The Catholic Central High School basketball team makes its first appearance at the state basketball tournament.

1948 April 25^th. Sister Mary Grace dies. She served as principal of Catholic Central High School from 1934 to 1940, and again from 1946 to 1948.

1949 July 28^th. Msgr. J. M. Walsh announces his retirement after 25 years as pastor of St. Mary’s. The announcement is made on his 80^th birthday.