372 0 obj <>/Filter/FlateDecode/ID[]/Index[348 51]/Info 347 0 R/Length 117/Prev 154762/Root 349 0 R/Size 399/Type/XRef/W[1 3 1]>>stream It baffles my mind to see or hear of any Christians discriminating against anyone, especially when Christians show racial bias against a fellow brother or sister in Christ. 1865: Augustus Tolton entered St. Boniface School and left a month later because parish and staff were being threatened and harassed by his presence. Father Augustus Tolton was the first identified black American ordained to the priesthood in the United States. Being the first black Catholic priest he was thrust as the first in a long line of black leaders who summoned the Church to embrace its black brothers and sisters. 1886: Augustus Tolton was ordained at St. John Lateran Basilica in Rome on April 24 and was told he would return as a missionary to his home country of the United States in Quincy, Illinois. When she landed on the northern bank of the river she pulled her children to their knees and prayed: Now, you are free; never forget the goodness of the Lord. Father Tolton could find joy under trial and be himself simultaneously an encourager of others with their trials. Augustus Tolton is a pioneer African American Catholic who was not only the first priest of acknowledged African descent to serve anywhere in the United States but one who navigated the choppy waters of racial acceptance endemic to 19th century America and modeled for us how to be Christians amidst the social inconsistencies of that former time with his faith, hope and love found in the end to be intact. Augustine Tolton was alone on a night train in a segregated carriage heading to Chicago where he had been assigned to care for that citys growing black population. Toltons Canonization Timeline - Augustus Tolton Fr. One day the Parish Priest saw Gus praying alone in church. 2. SubscribeStart your Register subscription today. Worship at the altar is always a commemoration of Jesus Christ as victim. He lived the Gospel within adversity and he did so faithfully for his entire life in a simple and loving way. Ted Turner Dedication Whether side by side or miles apart we are sisters. He receives special instruction because he was far advanced than other students. From the time he was 14, he served Mass every morning before going to work or school. Tolton at this time and stayed with him and his mother who by then also had come to be live in Chicago as her sons housekeeper. We need good priests. I must now give praise to that son of the Emerald Isle, Father Peter McGirr, pastor of St. Peters Church in Quincy, who promised me that I would be educated and who kept his word. Lesley Jones I'm not mad. We also find inspiration in the lives of those who live that gospel with heroic seriousness and who model for us Christ like disposition and behavior. April 1, 1854 His temperament allowed him to rejoice in the Lord while under trial. New York Times, November 11, 1889, The Catholic Church deplores a double slavery that of the mind and that of the body. 1868: Augustus Tolton enrolled in St. Peter School, Quincy, Illinois. The Archdiocese of Chicago opened his cause for canonization in 2010. hbbd```b``f3@$R"5A$K>V&$DX&pEMAd2L`IF/]L@iLS5@ vh In June 2019, Pope Francis advanced the cause when he issued a decree declaring him venerable.. Fr. When Augustus was 14, the pastor of the Irish parish, St. Peters, invited the boy who could barely read to enroll. Father Tolton is a good priest, but he wants to create a kind of society which is not feasible in this place, was the bishops explanation. A visiting priest met Fr. He showed himself a priest-servant to both black and white at a time when it was not socially appropriate or lawful to do so. As an ambulance was called, a crowd gathered around the unusual sight of a black man dressed in a faded cassock. 0000004840 00000 n With one last look at his children, Peter headed out into the night, to the North, and to war. For some time previously Fr. His beatification we hope will provide renewed impetus within the African American Catholic community in the United States; as one of our own being raised to mention at the altar will send a spiritual recharge to the hope of African American Catholics that we need at this time and have needed for quite some time. Father Tolton is a saint for doing things priests do, namely, care for people, ministering to their desperate needs, anointing them with the saving graces of the sacraments, forgiving their sins, preaching a word that works to transform the Church to its more authentic face before the world and describe for people how they can give an authentic response to God in genuine discipleship. His fellow students loved him too, and his professors held him in high regard. A nation experimenting with democracy and certain notions of freedom was unable to process the dignity of black skin amidst the kaleidoscope of ethnic diversity emerging therein. The good Lord allowed his witness only a short stay here. Facets of the Church coopted what society legislated by norm and practiced by lawless custom as regards the races. My advice is praying the holy rosary because our Blessed Mother is powerful in obtaining graces from God so that we may be faithful in doing our Fathers will in Christ through the Holy Spirit. I was a poor slave boy but the priests of the Church did not disdain me. Instead, gratitude moved him through to victory. Nevertheless, the visiting priest found a hearty welcome. The young white boy the same age group gets all the attention because he wants to be a priest. It is a haunting theme that runs through the Christian story, an indelible line in the Christian narrative, an interestingly powerful story that has as its banner, the cross. We are inspired by Toltons courage and innocent determination in face of incredible race prejudice typical of that bygone era but for which we now take as a source of inspiration for the work that remains in the 21st century. It was the same church where he had served Mass and given catechism classes after he had finished his work at the local factory. The Civil War had just begun. The story starts there at Calvary. 1878: Augustus Tolton enrolls in St. Francis College, now Quincy University. Getting the Order of Treatment Right in the Field Hospital of the Catholic Church, Bishop Paprocki Pens Essay Imagining Heretical Cardinals, Quoting San Diegos McElroy, Heres How Half of US Abortions Could Be Stopped This Week, Catholic Bookstore Sues Jacksonville Over Law it Says is a Trans Pronoun Mandate. 63 0 obj <> endobj xref 63 23 0000000016 00000 n On February 24, 2011 his cause was opened by the Archdiocese of Chicago making him a Servant of God, the first step towards canonization. Site Map ; Contact Us ; Privacy Policy It seemed the Mill Hill Fathers in England might accept him at their seminary, but it later became clear they thought he should stay in America. It takes a strong person of faith to place their suffering on the paten and in the chalice of the sacrifice we offer each day. He loved his Catholic faith. She is the Church for our people. 1`' E,D2`%XX\DrE +LRZ*IF `6J5=@ 6w We stand in the shadow of his ministry. In this Church we do not have to fight for our rights because we are black. Much has improved since that time but much still remains to be done to build on a society that can be an emblem of interracial peace. As long as I was at the school, I was safe. WebIt was said that I would be the only priest of my race in America and would not likely succeed, Tolton once wrote. This has become, unfortunately, an indelible stigma in the American psyche. Learning From Father Toltons Example: Cultivating Racial Reconciliation in the Body of Christ, Merrick Garland Grilled on Anti-Catholic, Pro-Abortion Bias During Senate Hearing, Memento Mori: Remember You Are Going to Die, In the Beginning Are the Words: Logos, Language and Liberty, West Virginia Passes Religious Freedom Restoration Act, The Thorn Brings Christs Passion to the Big Screen in a New Way. They started with the Franciscans who had a monastery in a nearby town, but they were the first to reject Augustus. 1882: The lower level of St. Marys Church in Chicago becomes Chicagos first Negro parish. Augustus Tolton. We shall see whether it deserves that honor. 0000001964 00000 n It was the priests of the Church who taught me to pray and to forgive my persecutors it was through the direction of a Sister of Notre Dame, Sister Herlinde, that I learned to interpret the Ten Commandments; and then I also beheld for the first time the glimmering light of truth and the majesty of the Church. Interviewed by the St. Thomas More Cougar Cast Student Show for Black History Month! Tolton is a model of virtue for all Catholics. Gus grew up quickly. in the Us. We shall see whether it deserves that honor. WebGeneral Novena to Venerable Father Augustus Tolton. The touching story of Augustus Tolton reminds us of the glaring social deficits of a former time. Without a national program to assist the assimilation of freed slaves into the fabric of the country, its schools, social and educational institutions and politics were found generally off limits to blacks especially where whites were invested. 1880 Augustus Tolton departs for Rome on February 15 to enter the seminary at the Collegium Urbanum de Propaganda Fide. His idealism was not political though; it was religious. 1873: Tutoring begins in preparation for the seminary. His time in Quincy, though, was short-lived. endstream endobj startxref The musical Passion play comes to the big screen as a Fathom event on March 6 and 7. Gus was delighted; for, with all his heart, he wanted to be a priest; it was a sense that had been growing for some years. Tolton had asked to be buried in Quincy. The Gospel offers one approach, one that enjoins loving our enemies, doing good to those who mistreat us, approaching every man, woman and child out of genuine respect, honoring their dignity as a human being and as fellow brother and sister in Christ. Tolton lived in reduced circumstances. Toltons homecoming caused a stir. The young man looked embarrassed. or school. Will These African Americans Be Canonized? Cause website: https://tolton.archchicago.org. We may not be connected by hand but we are always connected by heart. They leave us with good thoughts and smiles on our faces; each of them with a strong sense of justice pushing critically through the moral and ethical paradoxes of those times; each of them unafraid to permit their pastoral efforts to be reflective of their views and values. A religious figure like Tolton arises with unique inspiration amidst the chasms that remain apparent between black and white races in this country. But, there are no clear answers at this time. Martha readily agreed that her husband must go and that some day they would all be together again, and free. ~z'bct3rCYv kt\L@w !^tJa`stV^Oq!^6 zQP04ib@jhXZ8@%`fH &r\\d0Sa+llHV3BRS$h1M 'q"@SX80X?`pAA2f& G5c $uCV*L*XC`]*(x'@ ] endstream endobj 64 0 obj <>>> endobj 65 0 obj <> endobj 66 0 obj <>/Font<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageC]/XObject<>>>/Rotate 0/TrimBox[0.0 0.0 612.0 792.0]/Type/Page>> endobj 67 0 obj <> endobj 68 0 obj <>stream This same year, the last ship to bring slaves to the United States, the Clothildre, arrived in Mobile Bay, Alabama. EWTN News, Inc. is the worlds largest Catholic news organization, comprised of television, radio, In the end, to his surprise, he was sent back to where he had come from. Father Augustine Tolton Patron of Black Priests and Seminarians, Pray for us! McGirr was keen to progress this proposition. Sign up for 6 Free IssuesTry us out with a free trial subscription. Students should be able to: 1. Articles on the death of Father Tolton in The Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Daily News. Augustus was born of the marriage union of two slaves, Peter Paul Tolton and his wife Martha Jane, in Ralls County, Missouri, April 1, 1854. There is a German priest here who is jealous and contemptuous, Augustus wrote in his second report to the Propaganda. In the meantime, we look to the scriptures to find inspiration for our Christian lifestyle in the choices we make, solutions to problems and to simply live each days challenges. Tolton reminds us of the courage we have within our hearts to continue to work for racial and ethnic solidarity while eradicating all forms of hesitancy and intolerances. The authorities in Rome could see no reason why he could not minister to his co-religionists there, not least those of his own race. It was the priests of the Church who taught me to pray and to forgive my persecutors it was through the direction of a Sister of Notre Dame, Sister Herlinde, that I learned to interpret the Ten Commandments; and then I also beheld for the first time the glimmering light of truth and the majesty of the Church. He was born a slave in Missouri and escaped to Quincy, Illinois, through the Underground Railroad. 0000002939 00000 n https://www.ncregister.com/blog/father-augustus-tolton-america-s-first-black-priest, The Hope-Filled Legacy of the First Black Priest in the United States, EWTN Spotlight: The Story of Venerable Father Augustus Tolton Comes to TV. He was buried in Quincy at his request. She endeavors to He was a bright light in a dark time. She is the Church for our people. ZeS6N ;'pw! Among the best known of these six is Father Augustus Tolton (1854-1897), the first recognized American Black priest. God bless your grandson, Mrs. Henderson! Mild mannered and self-effacing as he was, Father Tolton survived enormous odds during that particularly difficult period of US history that viewed him an anomaly as an achieving black man, former slave and Catholic priest. His family escaped when he was a child and ran away to Illinois, a free state. One account, in Wikipedia, says Stephen Elliot freed his slaves at the outbreak of the Civil War. We shall see whether it deserves that honor. He also found a cultured and holy priest, one who complained of nothing and prayed for everything. Northern congregations resented the recent influx of blacks from the South. Jim Justice to become law. The Production [] Source: Fr. Toltons legacy says to us that transformation is possible through suffering. 0000002471 00000 n They settled in Quincy, Illinois, a major stop on the Underground Railroad. Tolton, rather, shows us how to wrestle through fear, hurt and disappointment and see these experiences through the prism of the Lords own suffering to redeem a people. What Tolton experienced in that time of social ambivalence is stuff we read about in history books or view in certain documentaries. Augustine Tolton: Americas First Black Priest March 7, 2016 At night the river looked deeper than ever as the woman rowed across it with her three small children. BOOK PICK: Father Josh Johnsons On Earth as It Is in Heaven, Hawley asked Garland whether the Department of Justice is cultivating sources and spies in Latin Mass parishes and other Catholic parishes around the country.. Nevertheless, Mrs Tolton soon found work and, thereafter, supported her children as best she could. Some were surprised that he had chosen to be buried in the town that had shunned him. If America has never seen a black priest it has to see one now! With these prophetic words the assignment orders for Father Tolton changed from some place in Africa back to Quincy, Illinois in the Diocese of Alton. hb```b``^ @167}beP,`~ F In Chicago this year, the Haymarket Riot occurred on May 4 on Des Plaines Street north of Randolph Street. In hindsight, however, looking at that days generous welcome from all quarters, it was bitter sweet. But a Cardinal, Giovanni Simeoni in Rome said, America has been called the most enlightened nation; we'll see if it deserves that honor. WebVenerable Fr. Trusting all to Providence, the same fervour and energy that Fr. It was the way he handled this challenge to his Christian faith that presents him remarkable and therefore a model for how we can handle protracted disappointment, and seeming hopelessness. I am a Ethiopian American diocesan priest by the grace of God and prayers of our Lady. f$d (qAD@B ?CFV3vn`e6yDXSR!rR$49PA>']"\jph%R,)aX2 |l++E}wM~Jhe. Our Lady teaches us to place our faith and trust Jesus. The Church is broad and liberal. He maintained above all fortitude of spirit harboring no resentment for any of the insults and offenses receive from others. The world is saved ultimately by our being victims. Discuss human rights as related to problems of Web835 North Rush Street Chicago, IL 60611-2030 . The slaveholders, the Elliots, had all their slaves He could smile to the world while suffering; his gentle spirit essentially emanating from an inner disposition of goodness. Many others thought so: Following the required six years of study, Augustus was ordained a priest with his class Easter Vigil 24 April 1886 at St. John Lateran Basilica in Rome. 0000005284 00000 n Jesus experienced the worse that a man could deal out to another and, therefore, leaves us an example. In his first year, he took over the school he had founded and also created a flourishing parish at St. Josephs, attended by both blacks and whites. He wanted nothing less than for Father Gus to leave. 0000005833 00000 n We give our all to the Lord yet blacks are the most under evangelized At the end of the evening, when dinner had finished, the visitor observed how the younger priest took a set of Rosary beads hanging from a nail on a wall nearby and, with his mother beside him, knelt on the stone floor to recite that ancient prayer just as they always had done, not least when they had arrived frightened and anxious having fled slavery those years previously. 0000056751 00000 n On 35th Street near South Lake Park Avenue, across from the Archdioceses, At 9th and Wabash Streets, the site of Toltons first Chicago assignment in the lower level of St. Mary Parish, On South Michigan Avenue, across from Mercy Hospital, where Father Tolton died on July 9, 1897, On South Cornell Avenue, across from Catholic Theological Union, home of the Augustus Tolton Ministry Program. We find no evidence of outburst in him in face of what he endured. Around his bedside were the hospital chaplain who had administered the Last Rites, some nuns praying, and his mother. When the Civil War broke out in 1861, his father ran away to fight with the Union. Augustine Tolton: Americas First BlackPriest [], [] (. After his ordination in 1886, he was sent back to the diocese of Alton, Illinois. 0000004240 00000 n By BLACKCATHOLIC: My Writings Featured On Other Catholic Platforms, BLACKCATHOLIC Fervorinos: Brief Faith Talks to Get Your Faith Going videos Links and Transcripts, To The Questions You Might Have About BLACKCATHOLIC, Holy Brothers: Black Catholic Men Saints and Holy Ones, Saintly Sistas: Black Catholic Women Saints and Holy Ones, Patron Saint of BLACKCATHOLIC: Ven. His parents were both slaves of Catholic families and had been married in the Catholic Church the same St. Peters where Augustus and his two siblings were baptized. His father, Peter, was an honest and good man well liked by his slave owner for whom he worked hard. 1870: Augustus Tolton was confirmed in St. Peter Church at age 16 and likely received his First Communion. I am a 72 year old african american grandmother. The funeral was at St. Monica Church, 36th and Dearborn Street on July 12. Bishop Baltes was willing to have him and the diocese would cover his seminary expenses. Name and understand the four cardinal virtues. In his priesthood, Tolton embraced the life of Christ. Among the best known of these six is Father Augustus Tolton (1854-1897), the first recognized American Black priest. They embraced. Here they joined the closest Catholic church, the German parish of St. Boniface. HLN1y After he finished his basic education at 18, Tolton received the help of Father McGirr, who began to help him find a seminary. He lies in an unmarked grave near the scene of a battle, having fought and died that his children would one day be free. The record of his life is absent any show of retaliation toward anyone or anything. But, racial prejudice was also found there. hb```w@(cy]F `y5m\,?pc, @410i1 ap$SS?A70Ma*|lq?3f 020EiF r0 ,. Tolton is a patron for BLACKCATHOLIC. 0000003561 00000 n Nevertheless the priesthood is a deep mystery and as deep as the holy Eucharist. Through his experiences of racial negation by a society that would separate black and white by force of the law and lawless custom, Tolton found the love of God, found his own vocation and ultimately has received his reward from God as a figure of Christian faith in action, indiscriminate love of neighbor and pastoral charity despite the bigotry that was thrown at him. For the first time in his life he lived in an environment free from racial discrimination. So Gus was left to continue working at the cigar factory. That passage from the letter to the Hebrews must have resonated in Toltons heart: Recall the days gone by when, after you had been enlightened, you endured a great contest of suffering. God pulled him through a sinful situation. It was through the influence of one of them that I became what I am tonight. WebO God, we give you thanks for your servant and priest, Father Augustus Tolton, who labored among us in times of contradiction, times that were both beautiful and paradoxical. Tolton had brought to Quincy was now loosed upon a poor district of Chicagos south side. At 16, he made his First Communion and started to think about the priesthood. His employers liked him; he worked hard and was reliable. On 21 February 1880, Gus left America bound for Europe, destined to be a missionary in Africa. EIN 27-4581132 Another miracle has been recently attributed to his intercession. 286 0 obj <>/Filter/FlateDecode/ID[<302BB52D3863B64BA3B976C1397EBCB0><8D3543A6425E274CB40BF7885AC937E9>]/Index[262 48]/Info 261 0 R/Length 115/Prev 162616/Root 263 0 R/Size 310/Type/XRef/W[1 3 1]>>stream Catholic Church. The Saintly Life of Father Augustus Tolton - Catholic Exchange Father Augustus Tolton, you whose life demonstrated the fruit of the Holy Spirits gifts of fortitude and perseverance, pray for my strength and perseverance as I cry out for Gods mercy for (state your intention here). Pray Father Augustus Tolton that God will hear my cry and answer me according to His will. Amen! Tolton is the first African American ordained for the priesthood in the United States. But bitterness was alien to Toltons soul. The Sacred Congregation for Causes of Saints at the Vatican grants the title Servant of God to Father Augustus Tolton and orders that the Archdiocese of Chicago proceed with the Diocesan Inquiry into his life and virtues. People were unable to see the evangelical side to this novel situation of a black priest and the advantages it afforded church and society. Tolton later felt called to the priesthood, but faced much opposition and no American seminary would accepted him. The young priest worked tirelessly to minister to them, reminding them of the one thing no human power could remove or tarnish: their Catholic Faith. His journey of deliverance from slavery and discrimination offers potent imagery for anyone who finds inspiration from his life when suffering persecution because of ones faith or ones race. He was born a slave in Missouri and escaped to Quincy, Illinois, through the Underground Railroad. Here and there we are stunned by incidents of intolerance and racial hatred in places. He was, however, the first priest whose identity as an African-American was publicly acknolwedged at the time of his ordination. One could even say it was Fr. Augustine Tolton was born 1 April, 1854. Catch a new episode of They Might Be Saints.. Our Lady Of Sorrows help us i. As this article reminds us though, we are a church made up of sinners, and we are all in need of prayer as well. For years he persevered; eventually promoted by his employers, it proved a small consolation. WebTop Augustus Tolton Quotes I've always tried to do the smartest and best thing. Proudly powered by WordPress | Even certain scripture passages were manipulated to justify people of African descent as preordained by God for perpetual servitude and haphazard treatment, thereupon, blackness dismissed as a universal symbol of inferiority. }eL1@H32e`x 20 +/M America has been called the most enlightened nation in the world. He attended out of-the-way classes taught by friendly priests and nuns who saw in his eyes the bright spark of the love of God, a tender devotion to the Church and a determination to serve people whether black or white. Toltons life story inserts a dialectic into a begrudging situation of intransigence to social and moral change. And we each participate in this unfortunate victimization in varying degrees. That day he did. Fr. They ran through several nights to the Mississippi River and Hannibal, Missouri, where they were about to be apprehended by Confederate soldiers before two Union soldiers stepped in to defend them. Toltons Canonization Timeline 2019 June 11, 2019 Pope Francis issues the declaration that trailer <]/Prev 469030>> startxref 0 %%EOF 85 0 obj <>stream 0000059992 00000 n For the time being, local priests tutored Augustus privately in between his work at both the cigar factory and as a janitor at St. Peters. MOTHER MARIA KAUPAS 0 ,M Also, what a blessing as it sounds as if your grandson and a fellow young parishioner are BOTH considering vocations to the priesthoodthere is certainly room for both of them! This same year, Mary Jane Patterson graduates from Oberlin College in Ohio and becomes the first black woman to graduate from an American college. Refused seminary training in this country because of his race, these same sympathetic priests and nuns helped him to receive a proper education and eventually seminary formation in Rome. Funds were raised and the basis of a great and beautiful church, St. Monicas, dedicated to the service of the citys black population was started. He knew that there was a simmering resentment in his congregation. Why the Devil Hates the Blessed Virgin So Much (And Why You Should Love Her). 1886: Augustus Tolton was ordained at St. John The Cardinal overruled the previous decision to send him to Africa. Throughout, Tolton remained steady in his ministry thinking only the best about everyone, with a resolve to labor in a pastoral situation that would offer hope to a people, poor people, any people. Father Tolton was demeaned for reasons of his race and background. Toltons sanctity emerges from an experience of the cross. Augustus was seven years old when the Civil War began. A funeral also occurred at St. Peter Church in Quincy on July 13. Finally, a second appeal to the Urban College through the Franciscans lead to Augustus acceptance. The Faith is more than bricks and mortar, however, and, in 2011, after an initial investigation at the behest of the Archdiocese of Chicago, Fr. Ted Turner Dedication Whether side by side or miles apart we are sisters. He waited. And exactly how the Toltons became free is a bit confusing. In that social inequities remain apparent in our times Tolton offers strident Christians a model of deportment that is useful in what it can mean for the reconciliation of the races. I will pray for your grandson Ignatius in his discernment of his call to the priesthood. document.getElementById( "ak_js_3" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Liked this post? Order Bulk SubscriptionsGet a discount on 6 or more copies sent to your parish, organization The woman and her children were slaves. We may not be Exorcist Responds to Sensationalized Russell Crowe Exorcism Film on Father Amorth, Ash Wednesday Breaks All the Rules of Modern ChurchThink, and More Great Links! All Father McGirr had to do was find a seminary. He was called some pretty nasty names. America has been called the most enlightened nation in the world. She had colored saints Augustine, Benedict the Moor, Monica. He also celebrated his first Mass with Franciscan Sisters in Hoboken, New Jersey on July 7, and he celebrates his first Mass in Quincy at St. Boniface Church on July 18 and becomes pastor of St. Joseph Church. Augustine Tolton was declared: Servant of God. They knew the odds that stood against them and the Church. The Catholic Church deplores a double slavery that of the mind and that of the body. He expects to become a missionary priest in Africa. I am so glad that I now belong to the diocese where Father Tolton was ordained and where he is buried. WebU.S. The next day Father Tolton said his first Mass, with thousands left standing outside since there was no more room in the church. The 19th century, with its many church denominations, aligned itself with the prevailing mood of the time. He was declared venerable in 2019. It brings a message of hope and healing for the wounds that plague our culture. Tolton felt unwell. Objectives . My father was actually in the Jesuit seminary for a number of years. It is not easy reasoning to the place of suffering in the human journey. In the 1880s, a black man becoming a priest was thought to be impossible and, in fact, might never have been set in motion were there not a few priests and religious of courageous, visionary and unselfish choices made by them; Fathers Peter McGirr and Theodore Wegmann, School Sister of Notre Dame Herlinde Sick, Franciscan Fathers Michael Richardt and Francis Ostrop who were some of the best representatives of Catholics in action for their time. At times you were publicly exposed to insult and trial; at other times you associated yourselves with those who were being so dealt with do not, then surrender your confidence; it will have great reward. I am praying for the smooth cause of his sainthood. He was more than a fundraiser though. Hopefully that includes Ignatius. Rush Street Chicago, IL 60611-2030 his Father ran away to Illinois a! 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