“A Great and Lasting Beginning” : Bishop John McMullen’s Educational Vision and the Founding of St. Ambrose University

Authors

  • George W. McDaniel St. Ambrose University

Abstract

Catholic education surfaces as a focus and concern in every age of the U.S. Catholic experience. This article examines the struggles in one, small Midwestern diocese surrounding the establishment and advancement of Catholic education. Personal rivalries, relationships with Rome, local politics, finances, responding to broader social challenges, and the leadership of clergy were prominent themes then, as they are now. Numerous historical insights detailed here help explain the abiding liberal character of Catholicism in the Midwestern United States.

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2005-09-01

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McDaniel, G. W. (2005). “A Great and Lasting Beginning” : Bishop John McMullen’s Educational Vision and the Founding of St. Ambrose University. Catholic Education: A Journal of Inquiry and Practice, 9(1). Retrieved from https://ejournals.bc.edu/index.php/cej/article/view/672

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Vol. 9 No. 1 (2005)

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