St. Mary’s of the Barrens and the American Catholic Church, 1818 to 2016
by
Richard J. Janet
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2017
In 1818, a small group of Catholic clerics established a religious community in southeastern Missouri and opened a school, grounded in its European Vincentian roots but influenced by the isolation of its rural location. St. Mary’s of the Barrens became the first American institution of higher learning...