Keeping Faith : European and Asian Catholic Immigrants

by BURNS JEFFREY M. (ED)

• ISBN13: 9781570752971
• ISBN10: 1570752974
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-07-01
• Publisher: Orbis Books

Author Biography

Jeffrey M. Burns is archivist at Chancery Archives, the Archdiocese of San Francisco, and is adjunct professor of history at four Bay area universities Ellen Skerrett, editor of At the Crossroads, is an independent scholar specializing in the history of Irish Catholics in Chicago. Writer and historian Joseph M. White is author of The Diocesan Seminary in the United States and is working on the centennial history of the Holy Name Province of the Order of Friars Minor

Table of Contents

Foreword	xvii
Christopher J. Kauffman
Acknowledgments	xix
General Introduction	xxi
Jeffrey M. Burns
Ellen Skerrett
Joseph M. White
Part 1 ESTABLISHING THE IMMIGRANT CHURCH
Introduction	1	(2)
The French and Irish	3	(1)
Archbishop Ambrose Marechal's Views on the Irish, 1818	4	(1)
Bishop John Dubois and the New York Irish, 1827	5	(1)
Bishop John England's Views on French Leadership, 1835	6	(1)
The Irish	7	(1)
St. Patrick's Day Parade, Chicago, 1888	7	(2)
Views on Irish Immigration to the United States, 1900	9	(5)
Cardinal James Gibbons on Irish Immigration, 1897	14	(2)
Bishop Bernard McQuaid's Approval of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, 1894	16	(3)
Father Theobald Mathew's American Temperance Crusade, 1851	19	(1)
Henry Clay on Father Theobald Mathew, 1851	20	(2)
Father Theobald Mathew in Brooklyn, 1851	22	(1)
Irish Stereotype, 1861	22	(1)
Archbishop John Ireland on Total Abstinence, 1882	23	(1)
Irish-American Women and Labor, 1936	24	(1)
Margaret Haley and the Women's Catholic Order of Foresters, 1900	25	(1)
Letter to Sister Agatha M. Hurley, B.V.M., 1894	26	(1)
Jane Addams and the Sisters, 1910	27	(1)
Unitarian Minister Praises Irish Women and Catholic Schools, 1912	28	(1)
Helen Jackson's Convent Cruelties, 1923	29	(1)
Catholic Schools and Irish Female Social and Economic Mobility, 1920	29	(3)
Protests of Film The Callahans and Murphys, 1927	32	(1)
The Germans	33	(1)
Incorporation of Holy Trinity Church, Philadelphia, 1788	33	(2)
The Plan of Boniface Wimmer, O.S.B., for Ministry to German Immigrants, 1845	35	(7)
Views of German Catholic Trustees in Cincinnati, ca. 1850	42	(2)
Regulations for Cincinnati's German Catholic Parishes, 1850	44	(4)
Instructions for German Catholic Immigrants, 1869	48	(6)
The Germans and Irish	54	(1)
Immigrant Catholic Life in New York, 1830s and 1840s	54	(3)
A Missionary's Views on Catholics' Religious Behavior, 1854	57	(3)
German Catholic Grievances in the Abbelen Memorial, 1886	60	(8)
Reply of Bishops John Ireland and John Keane to the Abbelen Memorial, 1886	68	(6)
St. Raphael Societies' Memorial, 1891	74	(2)
The Cahensly Memorial, 1891	76	(1)
Reply of the American Archbishops to the Cahensly Memorial, 1892	77	(3)
Anti-Catholicism	80	(1)
Imminent Dangers to the Free Institutions of the United States, 1834	80	(3)
Samuel F.B. Morse
Orestes Brownson on Native Americanism, 1854, 1856	83	(2)
The Oath of the American Protective Association, 1893	85	(4)
Part 2 PHOTO ESSAY: BUILDING THE IMMIGRANT CHURCH
Introduction	87	(2)
Brick-and-Mortar Catholicism	89	(1)
Bishop John Carroll Blesses a Boston Church, 1803	89	(1)
Bishop Benedict J. Fenwick on Holy Cross Cathedral, Boston, 1829	89	(2)
Bishop John England's Appeal for St. Mary's, Charleston, South Carolina, 1838	91	(2)
Consecration of St. John's Cathedral, Milwaukee, 1853	93	(4)
Archbishop Gaetano Bedini on the Legacy of Brick-and-Mortar Catholicism, 1855	97	(5)
Bishop John J. Hogan on Church-Building in Chillicothe, Missouri, 1859	102	(2)
Proposals for a Jesuit College, 1857	104	(1)
Our Roman Catholic Brethren, 1868	105	(4)
The Altar and Throne of St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York, 1877	109	(3)
Dedication of St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York, 1879	112	(2)
Confirmation Day Parade, Holy Family Parish, Chicago, 1895	114	(2)
Italian Church Dedication, 1899	116	(4)
Dedication of St. Josaphat's (Polish), Milwaukee, 1901	120	(3)
The Celtic Revival at St. Patrick's Church, Chicago, 1912	123	(3)
Memorial to Irish Patriot Terence MacSwiney, 1920	126	(2)
Eulogy for Terence MacSwiney, 1920	128	(2)
French Canadians Celebrate Church Reopening, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1996	130	(3)
Vietnamese Catholic Center, Santa Ana, California, 1996	133	(6)
Part 3 DIVERSIFYING THE IMMIGRANT CHURCH
Introduction	137	(2)
The Polish	139	(1)
Texas, 1866--70	139	(2)
Panna Maria
Thomas and Znaniecki on the Polish Parish, ca. 1918	141	(1)
St. Stanislaus Kostka, Chicago, 1917	142	(1)
Riot in Bay City, Michigan, 1897	143	(1)
Zuaves of St. Stanislaus Kostka, 1916	143	(1)
Instructions to Polish Catholics, Maspeth, New York, 1913	144	(1)
Waclaw Kruszka on the Polish School, 1905--8	145	(1)
Polish Clergy on the Polish School, 1920	146	(1)
Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth, 1885	147	(2)
Call for a National Polish Catholic Congress, 1896	149	(2)
``Polyglot Bishops for Polyglot Dioceses,'' 1901	151	(5)
Waclaw Kruszka
Polish National Catholic Church, 1907, 1901	156	(1)
Francis Hodur
Condemnation of the Kuryer Polski, 1912	157	(3)
Polish Clergy in the United States, ``I Polacchi'' Memorial, 1920	160	(1)
Response of the American Hierarchy, 1920	161	(2)
The Italians	163	(1)
American Bishops and Pastoral Care of Italians, 1884	163	(2)
Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini and Italian Immigrants, 1889	165	(2)
Jacob Riis on Italian Religious Festivals, 1899	167	(6)
Italian Women and the Return of San Rocco, ca. 1890	173	(4)
A Priest's View of Italian Religious Festivals, ca. 1900	177	(2)
Italians' Attitudes toward Catholicism, ca. 1900	179	(2)
Social Worker's Report, San Francisco, 1917	181	(5)
Sicilians Lay Merlo Away Like a Monarch, 1924	186	(1)
The Slovaks	187	(1)
Sketches from a Slovak Catholic Parish in Pittston, PA, 1900	187	(3)
Matthew Jankola
The Lithuanians	190	(1)
Lithuanian Dispute in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, 1877	190	(3)
The Czechs	193	(1)
Bohemians in Chicago, 1908	193	(1)
The Hungarians	194	(1)
Hungarians in Chicago and Cleveland, 1905	194	(3)
Eastern Rite Catholics	197	(1)
Archbishop John Ireland and Eastern Rite Catholics, 1889	197	(2)
The French Canadians	199	(1)
Bishop Antoine Racine on French-Canadian Catholics in the United States, 1892	199	(6)
French-Canadian Mutual Aid Societies, 1910	205	(1)
The Portuguese	206	(1)
Portuguese Mission in Boston, 1896	206	(5)
Part 4 AFTER 1924: THE PERSISTENCE AND TRANSCENDENCE OF ETHNICITY
Introduction	209	(2)
The Persistence of Ethnicity	211	(1)
``Solving the Italian Problem,'' 1938	211	(2)
John V. Tolino
Italian Procession, Bunker Hill, Michigan, 1939	213	(2)
Closing Polish Parishes, Boston, 1990s	215	(2)
``Why Are They Wrecking Our Churches? Once Center of Polonian Life, Churches Are under Attack,'' 1998	217	(2)
John Radzilowski
Lithuanian Cemetery, Chicago, 1999	219	(2)
The Transcendence of Ethnicity	221	(1)
Birth-Control Clinics	221	(1)
``Are Irish Catholics Dying Out in This Country?'' 1922	222	(1)
Mary Onahan Gallery, Letter to Archbishop Mundelein, 1924	223	(1)
``Will Ye Fight or Will Ye Run?'' 1932	224	(1)
James M. Gillis
Catholic Sacramental Practice and Birth Control in Chicago, 1932	225	(2)
Margaret Sanger on Catholics and Birth Control, 1934	227	(5)
Part 5 ASIAN IMMIGRANTS
Introduction	229	(3)
Chinese Immigrants	232	(1)
``White Man or Chinaman --- Which?'' 1873	232	(2)
Father James Bouchard
Archbishop Joseph S. Alemany Requests Assistance with the Chinese Apostolate in San Francisco, 1871, 1874	234	(1)
Francis Leo Lem and Chew Yee to Archbishop Patrick W. Riordan Requesting Chinese Pastor, 1910	235	(1)
Chinese Ministry in San Francisco, 1945, 1942	236	(3)
Chinese Language School, 1936	239	(1)
Chinese Mission, New York, 1959	239	(3)
Resolutions of the Tenth Chinese Catholic Conference, 1961	242	(1)
Veneration of Ancestors, 1990	243	(2)
``What It Means to Be a Chinese Catholic in America?'' 1990	245	(2)
Zong Ming
Japanese Immigrants	247	(1)
Request for a Japanese Mission, San Francisco, 1912	247	(1)
Father Albert Breton on the Beginning of the Japanese Missions on the West Coast, 1912--19	247	(2)
Bishop John J. Cantwell on Japanese Sisters, 1921	249	(2)
Discrimination in Seattle, 1936	251	(1)
Maryknoll Protest of Japanese Relocation, 1942	251	(1)
Sister Paul Miki's Account of Manzanar, 1940s	252	(3)
Advice to Relocated Catholics, 1945	255	(1)
``Catholicism at Minidoka Internment Camp,'' 1941--44	256	(6)
James Y. Sakamoto
``The Role of the Japanese American in the Church,'' Seattle, 1992	262	(1)
John Hayatsu
Filipino Immigrants	263	(1)
Catholic Filipino Club, Seattle, 1922	263	(2)
Letter of Thanks for Catholic Filipino Club, San Francisco, 1927	265	(1)
Report on Filipinos in San Francisco, 1941--42	266	(4)
Report on Filipinos in Stockton, California, 1956	270	(2)
Inquiry and Response on Filipino Ministry, 1980	272	(2)
Filipino Catholic Affairs, Archdiocese of San Francisco, Annual Report, 1983--84	274	(2)
O.M.I., Survey of Filipino Priests and Religious --- Ministry Focus, 1995--96	276	(1)
Jose Arong
Santo Nino De Cebu Controversy (documents 121--24)	277	(1)
Agreement between Cebu Association and St. Joseph's Parish, San Francisco, 4 February 1979	277	(1)
``Hinckle's Journal/The Philippine Priest and the Philippine Saint,'' 1984	278	(2)
Warren Hinckle
Sally Famarin Protest Letter, 1982	280	(1)
Final Settlement, 1984	281	(1)
Nontraditional View of Santo Nino, ca. 1997	281	(1)
From the Peter Bacho Novel Cebu, 1991	282	(1)
Vietnamese Immigrants	283	(1)
Report on Vietnamese Ministry, San Francisco, 1977	283	(2)
Request for a Personal Parish, San Jose, California, 1984	285	(5)
Vietnamese Conflict in San Jose (documents 129--34)	289	(1)
``Feud Erupts as Vietnamese Split over Pastor: Excommunications and Death Threats in San Jose Parish,'' 1986	290	(3)
Teresa Baggot
Diocese of San Jose Report, 1988	293	(1)
Diocese of San Jose --- Office of the Bishop, 1988	294	(1)
Misuse of Former Mission Site, 1993	295	(1)
Letter of Bishop Pierre DuMaine to St. Patrick Proto-Cathedral, 27 November 1993	295	(1)
Office of the Bishop --- Diocese of San Jose, 1999	296	(1)
Generational Concerns in Sacramento, California, 1991	297	(3)
Korean Immigrants	300	(1)
Anselm Kyongsuk Min, On Korean Catholicism, 1999	300	(3)
Korean Pastoral Mission, San Francisco, 1980	303	(1)
Bishop of Overseas Korean Catholics, 1981	304	(1)
Other Asian Immigrants	305	(1)
Report on Asian Hearings: The Experience of Church in the United States, 1990	305	(1)
Recommendations to the Catholic Church at National and Local Levels from National Hearings of Asian Catholic Communities in the United States, 1990	306	(4)
Part 6 NEW MODELS AND CONCERNS
Introduction	309	(1)
Cultural Pluralism as New Paradigm, 1985	310	(1)
Chinese Pastoral Plan: Archdiocese of San Francisco, 1992	311	(1)
``Welcoming the New Americans: The Same Love,'' 1999	312	(1)
Kerry Tremain
Laotian Catholic Refugees in the United States, 1993	313	(3)
``The Mother Teresa of Immigration Detention,'' 1999	316
Robert W. McChesney