Listen "Ep. 1.39: The Osage, Sacred Heart Sisters, Jesuits"
Episode Synopsis
Bishop DuBourg’s efforts to evangelize the Osage Nation unfold amid broken treaties and federal neglect. The Jesuits return to St. Louis thanks to Father Nerinckx’s unexpected recruiting success, bringing future leaders like Peter De Smet and Felix Van Quickenborn. The seeds of Catholic expansion in the American heartland begin to take root.
*Saint Louis: The Story of Catholic Evangelization of America's Heartland originally aired on Covenant Network Catholic Radio. These podcast episodes are being released in anticipation of the Bicentennial Celebrations of the founding of the Archdiocese of St. Louis as the Diocese of St. Louis on July 18, 1826.
*Saint Louis: The Story of Catholic Evangelization of America's Heartland originally aired on Covenant Network Catholic Radio. These podcast episodes are being released in anticipation of the Bicentennial Celebrations of the founding of the Archdiocese of St. Louis as the Diocese of St. Louis on July 18, 1826.
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