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Virtually Garraghan

The Jesuits of the Middle United States

Jesuit Gilbert J. Garraghan was born on August 14, 1871, in Chicago. He attended St. Ignatius High School and College before entering the Jesuit novitiate in Florissant, Missouri, on September 1, 1890. He studied philosophy and theology at Saint Louis University and was ordained to the priesthood at the university’s St. Francis Xavier (College) Church on June 29, 1904. He later earned a PhD in history from Saint Louis University. Gilbert J. Garraghan died in Chicago on June 6, 1942.

Garraghan held many posts throughout his life as a Jesuit. He served as executive assistant (socius) to the provincial and as an instructor for Jesuit seminarians (scholastics). In addition to his responsibilities internal to the Society of Jesus, he held administrative, research, and teaching posts at Xavier College in Cincinnati, Creighton University in Omaha, Loyola University in Chicago, and Saint Louis University.

Garraghan published nearly one hundred articles, books, and reviews. He is perhaps most well known for his The Jesuits of the Middle United States.Originally published in 1938, the three-volume work is an indispensable resource for researchers of Catholic, Jesuit history in the United States. In cooperation with Loyola University Press, the Midwest Jesuit Archives is pleased to provide you with Virtually Garraghan.

Volume One
Title Page and Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter One: The Maryland Jesuits
Chapter Two: Bishop Du Bourg and the Society of Jesus
Chapter Three: The Journey to Missouri
Chapter Four: The First Years at Florissant
Chapter Five: St. Regis Seminary
Chapter Six: First Missionary Ventures among the Indians
Chapter Seven: Early Parochial Ministry
Chapter Eight: Missionary Excursions in Missouri and Illinois
Chapter Nine: The Beginnings of St. Louis University
Chapter Ten: The Visitation of 1831-1832
Chapter Eleven: Recruiting the Mission
Chapter Twelve: The Kickapoo Mission
Chapter Thirteen: The Potawatomi Mission of Council Bluffs
Chapter Fourteen: The Mission of Central Missouri
Chapter Fifteen: The Succession of Superiors, 1831-1848
Chapter Sixteen: John Anthony Elet, Vice-Provincial, 1848-1851
Chapter Seventeen: The Succession of Superiors, 1851-1871
Chapter Eighteen: Training the Personnel

Volume Two
Title Page and Table of Contents
Chapter Nineteen: The Residences
Chapter Twenty: The Ministry of the Exercises
Chapter Twenty-One: Literary Work-Relations with Hierarchy and Sisterhoods
Chapter Twenty-Two: The Jesuits and the Civil War
Chapter Twenty-Three: The Potawatomi of Sugar Creek
Chapter Twenty-Four: The Oregon Missions, I
Chapter Twenty-Five: The Oregon Missions, II
Chapter Twenty-Six: The Indians of the Plains
Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Osage Mission
Chapter Twenty-Eight: St. Mary’s of the Potawatomi, I
Chapter Twenty-Nine: St. Mary’s of the Potawatomi, II
Chapter Thirty: Peter De Smet: Personal Aspects
Chapter Thirty-One: Educational Problems and Conditions
Chapter Thirty-Two: A Jesuit College in Louisiana
Chapter Thirty-Three: St. Xavier College, Cincinnati
Chapter Thirty-Four: St. Louis University, 1833-1867
Chapter Thirty-Five: Educational Ventures in Louisville
Chapter Thirty-Six: St. Joseph’s College, Bardstown
Chapter Thirty-Seven: The Origins of Marquette College, Milwaukee
Chapter Thirty-Eight: The Antecedents of St. Ignatius College, Chicago

Volume Three
Title Page and Table of Contents
Chapter Thirty-Nine: Provincial Superiors, 1871-1919
Chapter Forty: Colleges
Chapter Forty-One: Missions, Home and Foreign
Chapter Forty-Two: The Parochial Ministry
Chapter Forty-Three: Service in Many Fields
Chapter Forty-Four: The Jesuits of the Middle West: A Survey
Bibliography
Index

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