Spirit Alive: The American Catholic Story: Telling the Story Anew Minicourse

A five-week minicourse conducted by historian Dr. Thomas Rzeznik
Tuesdays, Jan. 28 – Feb. 25
7 p.m. EST

History is not just a chronicle of the past, but the stories we share. This series will reexamine common American Catholic narratives and explore some of the ways that recent historical scholarship contributed to a richer and more complex understanding of U.S. Catholic history, including confronting some of the more challenging realities of the past. It will encourage us to consider how the stories we tell can serve the church’s ongoing mission today.

Location: via Zoom

IMPORTANT – PLEASE NOTE: If you register for the first session of this five-week minicourse presentation, you are automatically registered for all five sessions within the course and will receive a link 24 hours before each session starts. You do not have to attend all sessions.

If you register for any session after the first, you are automatically registered for that session and the remaining sessions within the course. You will receive the link to join each session 24 hours before each session starts. You do not have to attend all sessions.

Registration is free.

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Thomas Rzeznik, Ph.D., is an associate professor of history at Seton Hall University in South Orange, New Jersey, and co-editor of the quarterly journal, American Catholic Studies. He is author of “Church and Estate: Religion and Wealth in Industrial-Era Philadelphia” (Penn State Press, 2013) and co-editor with Margaret M. McGuinness of “The Cambridge Companion to American Catholicism “(Cambridge University Press, 2021). He is currently completing a history of St. Vincent’s Hospital and Catholic health care in New York City.