Shaping Catholic Identity in the American West

American Catholic Historical Association 32
Saturday, January 10, 2026: 3:30 PM-5:00 PM
Conference Room 4A (Hilton Chicago, Fourth Floor)
Chair:
Kathleen Holscher, University of New Mexico
Papers:
Missions of Ink and Lore: History, Language, Westward Expansion, Acceptance, and Erasure in John Dawson Gilmary Shea’s History of the Catholic Missions Among the Indian Tribes of the United States, 1529–1854
Philip Alexander Chivily, Florida State University
Brownson Settlement House: Americanization in Los Angeles, 1902–20
Jose Luis Castro Padilla, University of California, Los Angeles
A New Ireland in the West: Fr. Eugene McNamara’s California Colony and Irish Catholic Visions for the American West
Conor Donnan, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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