Product Description
HISTORY OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN THE U.S. - DVD
Historian Fr. Charles Connor hosts a stand-out EWTN Home Video series on Catholicism in the United States, from Colonial days to the present day. With the approach of a scholar and the heart of a lover of history, Fr. Connor takes us from the parishes of the 13 colonies, to the Civil War era, through ongoing religious persecutions and discriminations, to post-World War II years. 4 discs 6 1/2 hrs. (CC)
Episodes included in this EWTN Home Video:
- What is Roman Catholicism?
- The British Colonies
- Church & The American Revolution
- Organizational Tensions in Early National Period
- Jacksonian Era
- The Civil War Era
- Reconstruction: 1865-1877
- The Church Comes of Age
- Church Enters the 20th Century
- The Church of the Twenties
- Catholic Contributions
- Post World War II Years
- American Converts to Catholicism