The Catholic Church in the United States
Subtitle: Pages Of Its History Translated And Enlarged By John Gilmary Shea
Publisher: Edward Dunigan and Brother
Published: 1857
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng
Table of contents: title: DEDICATION, iii; title: PREFACE v; title: CHAPTER I.  —  THE EARLY INDIAN MISSIONS.; title: Missions of the Norwegians in the ante-Columbian times  —  Spanish missions in Florida, New Mexico, Texas, and California —  French missions among the Indians in Maine, New York, Michigan, Wisconsin, and the Valley of the Mississippi 11; title: CHAP. II.  —  THE COLONIAL CHURCH.; title: Maryland —  Settled by Catholics  —  Their persecution  —  Their emancipation —  From the year 1684 to 1774 23; title: CHAP. III.  —  THE CHURCH IN THE REPUBLIC.; title: Maryland  —  Father John Carroll  —  How the United States granted liberty of conscience to the Catholics —  Mission of Father Carroll to Canada 36; title: CHAP. IV.  —  THE CHURCH DURING THE REVOLUTION.; title: Father Carroll and Father Floquet —  Father Carroll at Rock Creek 47; title: CHAP. V.  —  THE CHURCH IN THE REPUBLIC.; title: Maryland (1776-1790) —  Negotiations for the erection of an Episcopal See. 54; title: CHAP. VI. —  DIOCESE OF  BALTIMORE.; title: Consecration of Bishop Carroll —  Jesuit College at Georgetown —  Sulpitain Seminary at Baltimore  —  The French clergy in the United States  —  Bishop Neale coadjutor —  Reorganization of the Society of Jesus  —  Importance of French immigration 68; title: CHAP. VII.  —  THE CHURCH IN MARYLAND.; title: The Carmelites  —  Poor Clares  —  Visitation nuns  —  Sisters of Charity  —  Baltimore an ecclesiastical province with four suffragans —  Death of Archbishop Carroll 76; title: CHAP. VIII.  —  DIOCESE OF  BALTIMORE. (1815-1828.); title: Most Rev. Leonard Neale, second Archbishop —  Most Rev. Ambrose Marechal, third Archbishop —  Difficulties of his administration  —  Progress of Catholicity  —  Bishops appointed for New Orleans, Charleston, Richmond, and Cincinnati —  Labors of the Sulpitlans  —  Death of Archbishop Marchal 98; title: CHAP. IX.  —  DIOCESE OF BALTIMORE. (1828-1829.); title: Most Hon. James Whitfield, fourth Archbishop of Baltimore —  The Oblates of St. Frances and the colored Catholics —  The Association for the Propagation of the Faith and the Leopoldine Society —  First Provincial Council of Baltimore, and a retrospect on previous synods of the clergy 118; title: CHAP. X.  —  DIOCESE OF BALTIMORE. (1829-1834.); title: Second Provincial Council —  Decrees as to the election of bishops  —  Decrees for confiding to the Jesuits the Negroes and Indians —  The colony of Liberia and Bishop Barron — The Carmelites —  Liberality of Archbishop Whitfield —  His character and death. 139; title: CHAP. XI.  —  DIOCESE OF BALTIMORE. (1834-1840.; title: Most Rev. Samuel Eccleston, D. D., fifth Archbishop of Baltimore  —  The Brothers of the Christian Schools —  The Redemptorists  —  The German Catholics —  The Lazarists —  Third Council of Baltimore  —  New Episcopal Sees —  Fourth Council of Baltimore —  Bishop Forbin-Janson In America —  Dioceses of Richmond and Wheeling, and a glance at religion in Virginia 145; title: CHAP. XII.  —  DIOCESE OF BALTIMORE. (1840-1846.); title: Decrees as to ecclesiastical property —  Fifth Council of Baltimore —  Decrees against divorce and mixed marriages —  Subdivision of the dioceses —  Sixth Council of Baltimore —  Decree as to the Immaculate Conception —  Labors of the Society of Jesus in the United States. 1T0; title: CHAP. XIII  —  DIOCESE OF BALTIMORE. (1846-1852.); title: Election of Pius IX —  Popularity of the Sovereign Pontiff in the United States —  Peter's Pence —  Seventh Council of Baltimore —  Division of the United States into six ecclesiastical provinces —  Death of Archbishop Eccleston —  Most Rev. Francis P. Kenrick, sixth Archbishop of Baltimore —  National Council of Baltimore and new Episcopal Sees. 190; title: CHAP. XIV.  —  PENNSYLVANIA. (1680-1810.; title: First missions at Philadelphia, Goshenhoppen, Conewago, Lancaster  —  Influence of French intervention in securing respect and toleration for Catholicity —  The Augustinians In Pennsylvania  —  The Franciscans  —  Schism in the German Church of the Holy Trinity —  Foundation of the episcopal See of Philadelphia. 907; title: CHAP. XV.  —  DIOCESE OF PHILADELPHIA. (1810-1834.); title: The Rt Rev. Michael Egan, first bishop —  Very Rev. Louis de Barth, administrator — Rt.  Rev. Henry Conwell, second bishop -Schism of St.  Mary's Church —  Very Rev. William Mathews, administrator —  Rt.  Rev. Francis P. Kenrick, coadjutor, then third bishop —  Religious condition of the diocese in 1834 224; title: CHAP. XVI.  —  DIOCESE OF PHILADELPHIA. (1833-1844.); title: Commencement and progress of the Anti-Catholic agitation —  Various manoeuvres of the fanatics —  The Native party —  The Philadelphia riots. 240; title: CHAP. XVII.  —  DIOCESE OF PHILADELPHIA. (1844-1855.); title: Division of the diocese  —  State of Delaware  —  The Ladies of the Sacred Heart —  The Slaters of the Visitation  —  The Sisters of Notre Dame —  Father Virgil Barber and his family  —  Works of Bishop F. P. Kenrick —  His translation to the metropolitan See of Baltimore —  Rt.  Rev. John N. Neumann, fourth Bishop of Philadelphia. 258; title: CHAP. XVIII.  —  PENNSYLVANIA. (1750-1840.); title: Diocese of Pittsburg — The Recollects at Fort Duquesne —  The Rev. Father Brauers  — Sketch of Prince Demetrius Gallitzin 273; title: CHAP. XIX.  —  DIOCESE OF PITTSBURG  —  DIOCESE OF ERIE. (1792-1856.); title: The Abbe Flaget at Pittsburg —  The Rev. F. X. O'Brien and Charles B. Maguire  —  The Poor Clares —  The Colony of Asylum  —  The Chevalier John Keating  —  Colony of Harman Bottom —  Episcopate of the Right Rev. Dr. O'Connor —  Sisters of Mercy —  The Brothers of the Presentation —  The Franciscan Brothers  —  The Benedictines —  Passionists  —  Early missions at Erie —  Bishop Flaget —  The present state of the diocese  —  The Benedictine nuns —  Retrospect 258; title: CHAP. XX  —  STATE OF NEW YORK. (1642-1708.); title: Missions among the Iroquois  —  Father Jognes  —  Father Bressani —  Father Le Moyne — Emigration of Christians to Canada  —  Close of the Jesuit missions in New York. 314; title: CHAP. XXI.  —  DIOCESE OF NEW YORK. (1640-1760.); title: THE DUTCH —  The English occupation and Governor Dongan —  First Colonial Assembly in 16S8 —  Jesuits at New York —  Revolution, and persecution of the Catholics —  Pretended negro plot, and execution of the Rev. John Ury 334; title: CHAP. XXII.  —  STATE OF NEW YORK. (1776-1786.); title: Constitution of the State  —  The English Party and Protestantism —  Commencement of Catholic worship in the city of New York  —  St Peter's Church —  Father Whelan and Father Nugent —  A trustee of St Peter's in 1786. 345; title: CHAP. XXIII.  —  STATE AND DIOCESE OF NEW YORK. (1787-1813.); title: Father O'Brien and the yellow fever in New York —  The negro, Peter Toussaint —  The Abbe Sihourg —  Fathers Kohlmann and Fenwick  —  Erection of an episcopal See at New York —  Rt Rev. Luke Concanen, first bishop  —  His death at Naples  —  Father Benedict Fenwick, administrator —  The New York Literary Institution —  Father Fenwick and Thomas Paine  —  Father Kohlmann and the secrecy of the confessional. 355; title: CHAP. XXIV.  —  DIOCESE OF NEW YORK. (1815-1842.); title: Bight Rev. John Connolly, second Bishop of New York —  Condition of the diocese  — Sketch of the Rev. F. A. Malou —  Bishop Connolly's first acts —  His clergy —  The Rev. Mr. Taylor, and his ambitious designs  —  Conversions —  The Rev. John Richard —  Spread of Catholicity —  Death of Bishop Connolly —  Very Rev. John Power, Administrator — Right Rev. John Dubois, third Bishop of New York —  Visitation of his diocese  —  His labors for the cause of education —  Controversies with the Protestants —  Very Rev. Felix Varela  —  Rev. Thomas C. Levins  —  Difficulties with trustees —  German Immigration  —  Conversion of Rev. Maximilian Certel  — Appointment of a Coadjutor —  Death of Bishop Dubois. 383; title: CHAP. XXV.  —  DIOCESE OF NEW YORK. (1888-1856.); title: Right Rev. John Hughes, Coadjutor and then Bishop of New York  —  He overthrows trusteeism  —  The school question  —  Bishop Hughes before the Common Council —  St John's College  —  The Ladies of the Sacred Heart and Madame Gallitxln —  The Redemptorists —  The Tractarlin movement, and the conversions resulting from it  — The French Church and the Bishop of Nancy —  Appointment of Right Rev. John McCloskey as Coadjutor —  The Sisters of Mercy —  Reorganization of the Sisters of Charity —  Division of the diocese —  Brothers of the Christian Schools  —  Progress of Catholicity in other parts of the diocese  —  New York erected into an archiepiscopal See  —  Erection of the Sees of Brooklyn and Newark —  First Provincial Council of New York —  The Church Property Bill and the discussion with Senator Brooks —  Retrospect 410; title: CHAP. XXVI.  —  DIOCESES OF ALBANY, BUFFALO, BROOKLYN, AND NEWARK.; title: Diocese of Albany —  Early Catholic affairs —  Church and Mission of the Presentation at Ogdensburg —  St. Regis  —  Chaplains at Ticonderoga and Crown Point  —  Rev. Mr. de la Valinidre and his church on Lake Champlain  —  Church at Albany —  Early pastors — Increase of Catholicity  —  Appointment of Rt Rev. John McCloskey as first bishop — His administration —  Institutions —  Religious Orders —  Jesuits  —  Ladies of the Sacred Heart —  Brothers of the Christian Schools.; title: Diocese of Buffalo  —  French chaplains at Fort Niagara —  Early Catholic matters —  Appointment of the Rt. Rev. John Timon as bishop  —  The Jesuits, Redemptorists, Franciscans, Christian Brothers, and Ladles of the Sacred Heart —  Sisters of Charity, Sisters of St. Joseph, Sisters of St. Bridget and of Our Lady of Charity —  State of the diocese.; title: Diocese of Brooklyn —  Catholicity on Long Island —  First church in Brooklyn —  Progress —  Rt Rev. John Loughlin first bishop  —  Visitation Nuns  —  Sisters of Charity  —  Sisters of Mercy —  Dominican Sisters.; title: Diocese of Newark  —  Catholicity in New Jersey —  Its progress —  Appointment of Rt. Rev. James R. Bayley, first bishop —  Seton Hall. 451; title: CHAP. XXVII. (1853, 1854.); title: Mission of the Nuncio, the Most Rev. Archbishop Bedini —  His arrival  —  Plot of the Italians —  Their slanders  —  Refutation —  Death of Sassi  —  Reaction  — Violence of the Germans  —  Result of his mission. 499; title: CHAP. XXVIII. (1854-1856.); title: Reaction against the Catholics  —  Organization of the Know-Nothings 521; title: CONCLUSION 681; title: APPENDIX.    589