▁organized ▁in ▁ 1 8 4 0 ▁in ▁what ▁was ▁then ▁the ▁Dioc ese ▁of ▁Dub u que . ▁Besides ▁John ▁Schw art z , ▁the ▁first ▁parish ion ers ▁included ▁his ▁brother ▁Henry ▁Schw art z , ▁H erman ▁D ing man , ▁Joseph ▁Hell man , ▁Henry ▁T ie ken , ▁Bernard ▁T ie ken , ▁Richard ▁Fa he y , ▁Lib orious ▁N elle , ▁Henry ▁Be cker , ▁and ▁their ▁families . ▁Within ▁six ▁years ▁their ▁numbers ▁had ▁sw elled ▁to ▁ 7 5 ▁families , ▁and ▁the ▁small ▁brick ▁church ▁the ▁first ▁families ▁built ▁became ▁too ▁small , ▁so ▁a ▁new ▁church ▁was ▁built ▁in ▁ 1 8 4 7 . ▁Father ▁Alle man ▁lived ▁in ▁a ▁room ▁in ▁the ▁bas ement ▁of ▁the ▁church ▁and , ▁at ▁the ▁request ▁of ▁Bishop ▁Math ias ▁Lor as , ▁minister ed ▁to ▁the ▁German ▁people ▁of ▁S out he astern ▁Iowa , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁the ▁Illinois ▁community ▁of ▁Nau vo o , ▁Illinois . ▁ ▁Father ▁Alle man ▁also ▁established ▁the ▁first ▁par och ial ▁school ▁at ▁St . ▁Joseph ' s ▁and ▁was ▁its ▁first ▁teacher . ▁The ▁School ▁Sister s ▁of ▁Notre ▁D ame ▁from ▁St . ▁Louis ▁were ▁the ▁first ▁sister s ▁to ▁teach ▁in ▁Fort ▁Mad ison . ▁They ▁were ▁replaced ▁at ▁St . ▁Joseph ▁by ▁the ▁Cong reg ation ▁of ▁the ▁Hum ility ▁of ▁Mary . ▁The ▁school ▁grew ▁to ▁include ▁elementary ▁and ▁secondary ▁gr ades . ▁The ▁last ▁church ▁building ▁for ▁the ▁parish