A Catholic Pilgrimage through American History: People and Places that Shaped the Church in the United States

ISBN: 1646800907

Author: Schmiesing, Kevin

Condition: New

Awarded third place in pilgrimages/Catholic travel by the Catholic Media Association.Historian Kevin Schmiesing takes you to more than two-dozen sites and events that symbolize and embody Americas rich and sometimes tumultuous Catholic past, including the Santa Fe Trail, Gettysburg, and the Bourbon Trail. Youll also meet both famous and infamous Catholics-including Augustus Tolton, Dr. Samuel Mudd, and Frances Cabrini-who impacted our nations history.The idea for A Catholic Pilgrimage through American History came from Schmiesings mother, he says. She turned every childhood vacation into a pilgrimage, purposely inserting religious sites into the familys journey to places such as Niagara Falls, Washington, DC, or Myrtle Beach.Catholics have been part of the American experiment since the beginning-in founding the colonies and expanding the west, building education and health care systems, abolishing slavery, fighting on the front lines, and advancing science, technology, and space exploration. Each of the twenty-seven sites on Schmiesings virtual itinerary-including, the Washington Monument, Wounded Knee Creek, the University of Notre Dame, and Mission San Diego de Alcalá-transports you to a significant time in US history and connects the dots to our Catholic heritage. You will meet notable Catholics such as John F. Kennedy, Black Elk, and Katharine Drexel, and learn more about their contributions to history.You will explore the various and sometimes conflicting roles Catholics have played in key periods and events through the stories of shrines, memorials, and other historic places including: the Catholic Plymouth Rock-St. Marys City, Maryland; the Bourbon Trail-Church of St. Thomas, Bardstown, Kentucky; the Popes Stone-the Washington Monument in the District of Columbia; a Catholic mission and a Native American tragedy: Wounded Knee Creek, South Dakota; and the home of the first Black priest-the churches of Quincy, Illinois.

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