CONTENTS — VOL. I Chapter I. — Preliminary Reflections — St. Brendan, an Irish Monk, the First Discoverer of America — The Country Catholic by Discovery — Exploration and Christianization 21-30 Chapter II. — Obstacles to the Spread of Catholicity in the United States — British Penal Laws follow Catholics to America — Catholics vs. Protestants for Liberty of Conscience 31-41 Chapter III. — Early Pastors — Papal Bull Creating the Diocese of Vincennes — Consecration and Installation of Bishop Brut£ — His First Pastoral Letter 42-60 Chapter VI. — Administration of Bishop de la Hailandiere, Second Bishop of Vincennes — The First Diocesan Synod — The Bishop’s Resignation — His Death — Bishop Bazin's Short Reign 61-74 Chapter V. — Right Rev. Maurice de St. Palais, Fourth Bishop of Vincennes — State of the Diocese in 1849 — The Bishop's Labors and their Rich Rewards— His Death and Characteristics 75-90 Chapter VII. — Right Rev. Francis Silas Chatard, Fifth Bishop of Vincennes — His Consecration, Reception and Installation — Twenty years of Progress — Diocese of Indianapolis 93-105 Chapter VII. — Sketch of Right Rev. Francis Silas Chatard, Fifth Bishop of the Diocese of Vincennes, now the Diocese of Indianapolis — His First Pastoral Letter Sent from Rome 106-115 Chapter VIII.— Extracts from Bishop Chatard’s Lectures on Very Important Subjects which will be found both Instructive and Edifying for both Catholics and non-Catholics 116-131 Chapter IX. — Diocese of Fort Wayne — Early Times — Fathers Claude Allouez, Adrian Grelon, Lewis Hennepin — LaSalle, the Explorer — Father Stephen Theodore Badin — The Diocese of Bardstown, Ky., 132-150 Chapter X. — The Deceased Bishops — John Henry Luers — His Life and Services — Joseph Dwenger and his Long Administration 151-178 Chapter XI. — The present Bishop of Fort Wayne — The Right Rev. Bishop Rademacher, D. D. — His Admirable Administration 181-189 Chapter XII. — The Deceased Vicars-General of Fort Wayne Diocese — Julian Benoit— Joseph Henry Brammer 190-217 Chapter XIII. — The Catholic Churches in the State of Indiana— The Priests in Charge and their Congregations — Historical and Statistical Facts 218-481 Chapter XIV. — Bishop Brute, the Father of Free-school Education in Indiana — Catholic Education and Parochial Schools 482-535 Chapter XV.— The Higher Order of Catholic Educational Institutions of Indiana — Academies, Colleges, Universities, etc 536-581 Chapter XVI. — Monasteries, Convents and other Catholic religious houses in the State of Indiana 582-604 Chapter XVII. — Catholic Charities — Hospitals, Orphanages and other eleemosynary Institutions in the State 605-615 Chapter XVII (continued). — Catholic Sodalities and Fraternal Organizations — Ancient Order of Hibernians — Catholic Knights of America — American Sons of Columbus — Catholic Benevolent Legion— Young Men’s Institute 616-652 Chapter XVIII.— The Spanish Inquisition not a Church Institution but a State Court — Falsehoods and Misrepresentations Published by so-called Historians 652-673 Chapter XIX. — Retrospect, Summary andConclusion — The Spiritual, Educational and Material Progress of the Catholic Church in the State of Indiana 674-680 Digitized by Google.

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