CONTENTS PREFACE iii CHAPTER I. — The Introduction of Catholicity into Western Pennsylvania. First settlers, Dutch, Swedes, Finns — The territory of Pennsylvania granted to William Penn — His treaty with the Indians — Irish and German immigration — The Jesuits in Maryland — Early Catholic settlements in Eastern Pennsylvania — The Catholics suspected of disloyalty — and persecuted — Catholics in Western Pennsylvania — The nationality and character of the settlers 17 CHAPTER II. — Pittsburg. Early history of Pittsburg — French and English claims — Indians — Major Washington's mission to the French — English occupation — Fort Duquesne and its capture by the English — Baptismal register of Fort Duquesne — Fort Pitt — The town laid out — The Whiskey Insurrection — First Catholic settlers — Rev. B. J Flaget — Rev. F X. O'Brien — First Catholic church — Very Rev. F. De Andreis — Rev. Ch. B. M'Guire — The Church enlarged — St. Paul's Church begun — The Nuns of St. Clare — Visit of Bishops Kenrick and Conwell — Death of Father M'Guire — Biographical notice 29 CHAPTER III. — St. Paul's Church. Rev. John O'Reilly, pastor of St. Paul's — The church finished and dedicated — A description of it — The Germans take possession of St. Patrick's — The nuns of St. Clare withdraw — The Sisters of Charity arrive — An orphan asylum opened — New congregations formed — Withdrawal of Father O'Reilly — His death — Sketch of his life — Arrival of Very Rev. Michael O'Connor — His works — He visits Rome 49 CHAPTER IV. — History of St. Paul's Cathedral from the Erection of the See of Pittsburg to its Division and the Erection of the See of Erie. The manner in which the Church was first governed in the United States — Pittsburg an episcopal see — Very Rev. M. O'Connor consecrated first Bishop— Sketch of his early life — Condition of the Church on his arrival — The first ordination — The first synod — The colored chapel — The Catholic published — St. Michael's Diocesan Seminary — The Bishop visits Europe — The first visitation of the diocese — The Cathedral in danger — Statistics — The Cathedral destroyed by fire^-A new Cathedral commenced — The Bishop visits Rome — Erection of the See of Erie — Bishop O'Connor transferred thither — Statistics 55 CHAPTER V. — History of St. Paul's Cathedral from the Erection of the See of Erie to the Resignation of Bishop O'Connor. Visit of Cardinal Bedini — Know-Nothingism — Bishop O'Connor returns to Pittsburg — He visits Rome — Consecration of the Cathedral — A description of the building — Decline of the Bishop's health — He travels in Europe and the Holy Land — Petitions for a coadjutor — Travels in Mexico — Thinks of resigning — Visits Rome — Resigns — His episcopate — Death — Biographical notice 71 CHAPTER VI. — History of St. Paul's Cathedral from i860 to 1873. Statistics of the diocese — Appointment and consecration of Rt. Rev. Michael Domenec — Biographical notice — He visits Rome and Madrid — Rev J. Hickey, rector of the Cathedral — Father McMahon retires to Philadelphia — The new organ — The Bishop again visits Rome — The towers built — Consecration "of Bishop Mullen of Erie — The Golden Age of Pittsburg — The Bishop again visits Rome to attend the Vatican Council — Death of Dr. Keogh, and biographical notice — The Sisters of Charity and the Ursuline Nuns — Death and sketch of Rev. D. Devlin — Little Sisters of the Poor — Sisters of the Good Shepherd — The Catholic Institute 85 CHAPTER VII. — History of St. Paul's Cathedral from 1873 to the Present Time. The new episcopal residence — Death of Father McMahon, with sketch of his life — The Italians — The Bishop visits Rome — Division of the diocese — Statistics — Consecration of Rt Rev. John Tuigg, with sketch of his life — State of the diocese — The Cathedral on fire — Death of Rev. P. Cassidy, with sketch of his life — Bishop Domenec visits Rome — Resigns his see — Returns to Spain — His death — Closing scenes of his life — Reunion of the two dioceses — Improvements 96 CHAPTER VIII. — Congregations formed from St. Paul's Cathedral. St. Patrick's Church — Death and sketch of Rev. Jas. Byrnes — St. Mary's Church — Church of the Sacred Heart — St. John the Baptist's Church — St. Peter's Pro-Cathedral, Allegheny City 106 CHAPTER IX. — Congregations formed from St. Paul's Cathedral (Concluded) St. Andrew's Church, Allegheny — Death and sketch of Rev. Denis O'Brien — St. Bridget's Church, Pittsburg — St. Joseph's (colored) Church — St. James' Church — St. John's Church — St. Stephen's Church — Death and sketch of Rev. P. M. Ward — St. Agnes' Church — Death and sketch of Rev. P. Kerr — St. Mary of Mercy's Church — Death and sketch of Rev. J. A. O'Rourke — and of Rev M. F, Devlin — St. Malachy's Church — St. Mary of the Mount 121 CHAPTER X. — German Churches of Pittsburg and Allegheny. The advent of German Catholics in Pittsburg — Formation of a German congregation — St. Patrick's a German church— St. Mary's Chapel — Establishment of the Redemptorist Fathers in Pittsburg — St. Philomena's Church — Formation of new congregations — St. Michael's Church — The Passionist Fathers — St. Joseph's Church, Mount Oliver — St. Martin's Church — St. Peter's Church 145 CHAPTER XI. — German Churches of Pittsburg and Allegheny (Concluded). St. Mary's Church, Allegheny — Death and sketch of Rev. John Stiebel — St. Joseph's Church — Church of the Holy Name of Jesus — St. Winceslaus' Bohemian Church — Holy Trinity Church, Pittsburg — Death and sketch of Rev. Fr. Grimmer — and of Rev. Charles Schuler — The Carmelite Fathers — Sts. Peter and Paul's Church — Death and sketch of Rev. A. Hune, D.D. — St. Augustine's Church — Death and sketch of Rev. Philip Schmidt — The Capuchin Friars — St. Joseph's Church — St. Stanislaus' Polish Church 165 CHAPTER XII. — Churches in Allegheny County. St. Joseph's Church, Verona — Chapel of the Sacred Heart, Plumb Creek — St. James' Church, Wilkinsburg — Braddock's Field — Chapel at Tarra Hill — St. Thomas' Church — Death and sketch of Rev. P. Hughes — St. Joseph's German Church — M'Keesport — St. Peter's Church — Death and sketch of Rev. N. Hoeres — and of Rev. Cajetan Klocker — St. Agnes' Church, Bull's Run — St. Patrick's Church, Alpsville — St. Michael's Church, Elizabeth — Death and sketch of Rev. M. J. Brazill — Transfiguration Church, Monongahela City, Washington County 186 CHAPTER XIII. — Churches of Allegheny County (Concluded). St. Philip's Church, Broadhead — St. Luke's Church, Mansfield — Death and sketch of Rev. J. O'G. Scanlon — St. Joseph's German Church, Mansfield — St. Patrick's Church, Noblestown — St. Mary's German Church, Chartier's Creek — St. James' Church, Sewickley — St. Mary's German Church, Glenfield — St. Alpbonsus' Church, Wexford — St. Teresa's Church, Perrysville — St. Mary's Church, Pine Creek — Death and sketch of Rev. M. Eigner — St. Joseph's Church, Sharpsburg — St. Mary's German Church — St. Anne's Church, Millvale 205 CHAPTER XIV. — Catholicity in South-western Pennsylvania. General remarks — St. Anne's Church, Waynesburg — St. James' Church, West Alexander — Death and sketch of Rev. D. Hickey — Church of the Immaculate Conception, Washington — St. James' Church, Claysville — Other stations in Green and Washington counties — Fayette and Somerset counties — Scenery, aborigines, Indian paths — First settlers — Brownsville — First Catholic settlers — Pittsburg visited as a station from Brownsville — St. Peter's Church, Brownsville — Uniontown — St. John's Church — Farmington Mission — General Braddock's grave — Church of the Immaculate Conception, Connellsville — St. Aloysius' Church, Dunbar — Le Mont Furnace Mission — St. John the Baptist's Church, Scottdale — St. John the Baptist's Church, New Baltimore — St. Matthew's Church, Meyersdale — Death and sketch of Rev. Thos. Fitzgerald — Stations: Ursina, Sand Patch, Wellsburg, etc 225 CHAPTER XV. — Bedford and Huntingdon Counties. General remarks on the early Catholic settlements — Bedford — St. Thomas' Church — Death and sketch of Very Rev. Thos. Heyden — St. John's Church, Clearville — St. Mary's Church, Shade Valley — Huntingdon — Early Catholic settlement — Holy Trinity Church — Death and sketch of Rev. P. B. Halloran — Mount Union — Church of the Immaculate Conception, Broad Top 253 CHAPTER XVI. — Blair County. General remarks — St. Patrick's Church, Newry — Rev. Jas. Bradley — St. Luke's Church, Sinking Valley — Hollidaysburg — Early Catholic settlers — St. Mary's Church — Conversion of Heyden Smith — St. Michael's German Church — Williamsburg — St. Joseph's Church — Altoona — St. John's Church — Lloydsville Mission — German Church of the Immaculate Conception — St. Matthew's Church, Tyrone 265 CHAPTER XVII. — Cambria County. General features of the county — First settlers Catholics — Captain M'Guire — First visit of a priest — First appearance of Dr. Gallitzin — His parentage and early life — He visits America — Resolves to become a priest — Is ordained — His first missions — M'Guire's settlement — He takes up his residence in the future Loretto — St. Michael's Church — His estates — Loretto 282 CHAPTER XVIII. — Cambria County (Continued). Dr. Gallitzin as a land agent — As a pastor — Regulations for Mass, etc. — Sermons — Troubles — Death of the Princess Gallitzin — Wolves in sheep's clothing — Settlement of the litigations regarding his estate — Gradual extension of the colony — Bishop Egan visits Loretto — Dr. Gallitzin as a writer — A new church — Scanty remittances from his estate — He asks aid from his friends — The crisis — Relief — The little chapel — Bishop Kenrick of Philadelphia — Rev. Henry Lemcke arrives at Loretto — Fr. Lemckc at Ebensburg — Other writings of Dr. Gallitzin — The end approaching — Last illness — Death of Dr. Gallitzin — Remarks on the Loretto settlement — Church property — Dr. Gallitzin's successors 299 CHAPTER XIX. — Cambria County (Continued) — Congregations formed from Loretto. St. Bartholomew's Church, Wilmore — German Church of the Immaculate Conception, New Germany — St. Alovsius' Church, Summitville — Death and sketch of Rev. Thos. M'Cullagh — and of Rev. John Hackett — St. Patrick's Church, Gallitzin — St. Augustine's Church, St. Augustine — Death and sketch of Rev. Ed. Bums — St. Monica's Church, Chest Springs 328 CHAPTER XX. — Cambria County (Concluded). Church of the Holy Name of Jesus, Ebensburg — Carrolltown — St. Joseph's Church, Hart's Sleeping Place — St. Benedict's Church, Carrolltown — St. Laurence's Church, Glen Connell — St. Boniface's Church, St. Boniface — St Nicholas' Church, St. Nicholas — Johnstown — St. John Gualbert's Church — Death and sketch of Rev. P. Brown — St. Joseph's German Church — German Church of the Immaculate Conception, Cambria City 343 CHAPTER XXI. — Westmoreland County. The place it occupies in our history — First Catholic settlement in Western Pennsylvania — The first Mass — The first priest — The first church — Death of Rev. Theodore Browers — Troubles — Rev. P. Heilbron — New settlements — Death of Father Heilbron — Rev. Ch. B. M'Guire — Trustees — Rev. Terence M'Girr — Arrival of Rev. J. A. Stillenger — The Bishop and the trustees — The new church 359 CHAPTER XXII. — Westmoreland County (Continued) — The Benedictine Order at St. Vincent's. Departure of the Benedictines from Germany and their arrival at St. Vincent's — Condition of the place — Taking possession — The first ordination — Spread of the order — St. Vincent's an independent priory — Improve- ments — A seminary and college opened — St. Vincent's an exempt abbey — Further improvements — The congregation — Present state of the order — Church of the Most Holy Sacrament, Greensburg — St. Boniface's Chapel, Chestnut Ridge — St. Vincent's Chapel, Youngstown — Ligonier, Church of the Holy Family — Bolivar Station — St. Mary's Church, New Florence 373 CHAPTER XXIII. — Westmoreland County (Concluded) — Indiana County. Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel — St. Martin's Church, New Derry — Church of the Holy Family, Latrobe — St. Boniface's Church, Penn. — Church of St. Mary of the Assumption, Irwin — Sutersville Mission — Smithton Mission — Indiana County — St. Patrick's Church, Cameron Bottom — Church of the Seven Dolors, Strongstown — St. Bernard's Church, Indiana — Blairesville — Sts. Simon and Jude's Church — Death and sketch of Very Rev. J. A. Stillenger — St. Matthew's Church, Saltzburg 387 CHAPTER XXIV. — The Donegal Settlement — Armstrong County. Character and nationality of the colonists — Crossing the ocean and coming West — Settlement — The first visit of a priest — Armstrong County — St. Patrick's Church, Sugar Creek — A resident priest — The church farm — Death and sketch of Rev. P. O'Neil — and of Rev. P. Rafferty — and of Rev. Jos. Cody — and of Rev. P. M. Doyle — Church of St. Mary of the Nativity, Freeport — St. Joseph's Church, Natrona, Allegheny County — St. Patrick's Church, Brady's Bend — St. Mary's German Church — Kittanning, St. Mary's Church — Holy Guardian Angel's Church, Easly's Settlement — Parker City, an oil-country town — Church of the Immaculate Conception 409 CHAPTER XXV. — Butler County. The Indians and Moravians — Location of the Catholic inhabitants — St. Peter's German Church, Butler — St. Paul's Church — St. Bridget's Chapel, M'Neil's Settlement — St. Wendelin's Chapel — St. Mary's German Church, Summit — St. Joseph's Church, North Oakland — St. Joseph's German Church — St. John's Church, Clearfield — Church of the Mother of Sorrows, Millerstown — St. Alphonsus' Church, Murrinsville — Death and sketch of Rev. Jos. Haney — Chapel at Fairview — St. James' Church, Petrolia 439 CHAPTER XXVI. — Beaver and Lawrence Counties. Visit of a French missionary — Sts. Peter and Paul's Church, Beaver — Death and sketch of Rev. Jas. Reid — St. Cecilia's Church, Rochester — St. John the Baptist's Church, Baden — St. Joseph's Church, New Brighton — St. Rose's Church, Cannelton — St. Mary's German Church, Beaver Falls — St. James' Church, New Bedford — St. Mary's Church, Newcastle — St. Francis Xavier's Church, Stonerstown — St. Teresa's Church, Clinton 454 CHAPTER XXVII. — Colleges — Religious Orders of Men. Remarks — St. Michael's Seminary — The Brothers of the Presentation — St. Vincent's Abbey and College — The Franciscan Brothers — St. Francis' College — The Congregation of the Holy Ghost and the Immaculate Heart of Mary — The Pittsburg Catholic College — Other religious orders — The Passionists — The Oblates of St. Charles Boromeo — Death and sketch of Rev. P. M'C. Morgan 470 CHAPTER XXVIII. — Religious Orders of Women — Academies. The Nuns of St. Clare — St. Clare's Academy — The Sisters of Charity — The Sisters of Mercy — St. Xavier's Academy — St. Aloysius' Academy — The Sisters of St. Francis — The Sisters of St. Joseph — Mount Gallitzin Seminary — The Benedictine Nuns — The Ursuline Nuns — Other religious communities 483 CHAPTER XXIX. — Charitable Institutions — Religious Orders of Women. The Mercy Hospital, Pittsburg — St. Francis Hospital, Pittsburg — Asylum of the Little Sisters of the Poor, Allegheny — St. Paul's R. C. Orphan Asylum, Pittsburg — St. Joseph's German Asylum, Allegheny — St. Michael's German Orphan Asylum, Pittsburg — House of the Good Shepherd, Allegheny — Conclusion 496 SUPPLEMENTARY CHAPTER. — Errors in our Early Catholic History. "The old priest" mentioned by Wm. Penn in 1686 — The first priest to say Mass in Philadelphia — The first church in Philadelphia — Miss Elizabeth M'Gawley's Chapel near Nicetown 521 Digitized by Google.

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