Title In Missouri's wilds : St. Mary's of the Barrens and the American Catholic church, 1818 to 2016 / Richard J. Janet

Published Kirksville, Missouri : Truman State University Press, [2017] ©2016

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Description 1 online resource Series American Midwest American Midwest (Kirksville, Mo.) Contents Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Part 1: Beginning to 1818 -- Chapter One: Vincentians, the Barrens, and the Americna Catholic Church -- Chapter Two: Founding of St. Mary's of the Barrens -- Part 2: An Era of Boundlessness at the Barrens, 181â#x80;#x93;1847 -- Chapter Three: Frontier Leadership -- Chapter Four: Policies and Problems -- Part 3: An Era of Fragmentation and Consolidation, 1847â#x80;#x93;1888 -- Chapter Five: Second-Generation Leadership -- Chapter Six: Civil War and Aftermath -- Part 4: The Barrens Triumphant, 188â#x80;#x93;1962 Chapter Seven: Revival and GrowthChapter Eight: Conforming to New Demands -- Part 5: Decline and Fall of St. Mary's of the Barrens, 1965â#x80;#x93;2016 -- Chapter Nine: Closure and Controversy -- Chapter Ten: Conclusion -- Works Cited -- Index Summary 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 west of the Mississippi River and only the fourth Catholic seminary in the United States Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher Subject St. Mary's of the Barrens Seminary (Perryville, Mo.) -- History Vincentians -- History Catholic Church -- Missouri -- Perryville -- History SUBJECT Catholic Church fast St. Mary's of the Barrens Seminary (Perryville, Mo.) fast Vincentians fast Subject Catholic theological seminaries -- Missouri -- Perryville -- History Catholic theological seminaries SUBJECT Perryville (Mo.) -- Church history Subject Missouri -- Perryville Genre/Form Church history History Form Electronic book LC no. 2017038615 ISBN 9781612481999 161248199X

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