about Catholic secessionist sentiments ~

[lookingland]

The Story of the Mountain: Mount Saint Mary's College and Seminary by Mary E. Meline & Edward F.X. McSween, published by the Emmitsburg Chronicle, 1911

what an excellent resource! came upon this purely by accident ~ it's a rare glimpse into the priesthood and priestly formation during the 19th century with great chapters on the Civil War and the transition into the Reconstruction era.

George H. Miles returned to the College this year, 1865, and as the war was now over Dr. McCaffrey took the oath of allegiance, and invited his neighbors to follow his example.

We have also a last glimpse of our third president [of Mount Saint Mary's College and Seminary] standing before the bar of the State this year having been indicted by the grand jury at Cape Girardeau, Mo., for not taking the oath of allegiance to the Federal Government. "The fine old man whose ancestors fought in the Revolution was arrested with four other priests on a December Saturday night at nine o'clock." (Catholic Mirror, Jan. 13, 1866.)

i've often wondered about reintegration from the Church's viewpoint and here's an interesting look at a handful of dissidents and other characters (all the usual suspects are mentioned briefly: hughes, whelan, etc.) ~ some great period details (with regards to the coursework and life at the seminary, students who went to war, etc.)

i hope to go back to this and read in depth when i get a chance.

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another beautiful day. i'm getting so spoiled.

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Comments

[tiellan.livejournal.com]

Hey cool! I went to the Mount for my first year of college! It's a University now, apparently.

[lookingland.livejournal.com]

sweet ~ ! it looks like it has a really interesting and colorful history!

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That IS fascinating!

[inkidink.livejournal.com]

I've had a long running interest in the Civil War but have always veiwed it mostly from the Yankee perspective --family being Yankees and all. ha.

I only recently learned of and read some portions of the correspondence between Pope Pius IX and Jefferson Davis--very interesting stuff there.

Nifty, you found that!

I am struggling today with outlining software and a sleep-deprived brain --it isn't pretty.

YAY for you and your beautiful day!

m.

Re: That IS fascinating!

[lookingland.livejournal.com]

the yankee side ain't innerestin' at all ~ hahahahaha ~

but yeah, this was cool and also led to the discovery of a (sadly out of print) book about Georgetown during the war (something i've wanted to write about for a long time, it being the seminary morse walked away from in '62). i'm gonna see if i can get the book through inner-liberry loan mebbe.

ya know, moo, eventually ya gots to stop outlinin' and start writin' ~

~ either way, even it it ain't pretty, i hope it's productive.

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[lady-morgaine.livejournal.com]

Wow, that seems really cool! Have you been to Mt. St. Mary's? It's beautiful up there! Also, have you read Catholicism and American Freedom? It's an intellectual history discussing the differences between Catholic intellectual and "liberal" ideas about "freedom," and it's got a few chapters on slavery, the civil war, and reconstruction.

[lookingland.livejournal.com]

ooo ~ thanks for the tip ~ i often avoid political-sounding texts, but history is definitely of interest. i'll have to check it out!

i ain't never visited Mt. St. Mary's (my real interest is in Georgetown, actually), but if i have a chance to toodle around visiting historical sites again any time soon, i definitely want to make sure churches and colleges are on my list.

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