Like the rosary itself, the influence of Catholicism on the social and historical development of the American West has been both visible and hidden: visible in

Roman Catholic sisters first traveled to the American West as providers of social services, education, and medical assistance. In Across God's Frontiers, Anne M

When Americans migrated west, they carried with them not only their hopes for better lives but their religious traditions as well. Yet the importance of religio

How did Southern Catholics, under international religious authority and grounding unlike Southern Protestants, act with regard to political commitments in the r