Yesterday I came across James T. Keane’s piece in America magazine on Clement James McNaspy, S.J., a former associate editor (1960 to 1970) at the magazine. Keane writes that McNaspy, who taught music at Loyola University in New Orleans, “was […]
Jesuits
Episode 114: “How Slavery Helped Grow the American Catholic Church”
Did you know the Jesuits were some of the largest slaveholders in colonial America? Our guest in this episode is Rachel L. Swarns, author of The 272: The Families Who Were Enslaved And Sold to Build the American Catholic Church. We […]
Dealing with the painful past of a Native boarding school in Missouri
St. Regis Seminary opened on March 11, 1824 in Florissant, Missouri. Here PBS News Hour: In the last two years, Canada and several U.S. states have begun to recognize their histories with Native American boarding schools, institutions that set out […]