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From The Cincinnati Story (1877, Eng. 1972) by Sygurd Wiśniowski
The creation of a colony in Cincinnati, Ohio, affords an excellent example of the consequences of propaganda that depopulates the Catholic countries in the Old World in the illusion that the New World will render tribute.
A few years ago thee came to Cincinnati a worthy priest. He was Father K . . . ski, a refugee from Italy at the time of the closing of the cloisters there. This clergyman was a very good wood carver, and so his relatives in Cincinnati had no difficulty in finding him work. There were, however, certain persons who looked upon the arrival of Father K and the liberality of the local Irish and German Catholics as an unexhaustible source of revenue, first through the collection of funds for the building of a church for a non-existent community, and second through managing the settlement that would inevitably collect around the church. These were people who weren't very literate, but endowed with that trickiness and irresponsibility which often help more in America than learning.
Father K, having distinguished himself from the general run of American priests by his garb, could not comprehend even the secondary plans of those who held his fate in their hands. Inspired by these persons with the idea of creating a new parish, he presented himself to Archbishop Purcell, one of the most able and important American prelates. He asked him for the privilege of collecting money for the purpose. The privilege was granted and his endeavors among American Catholics brought him enough for a deposit on a Lutheran church that was for sale.
The rest of the money needed for the purchase of the church was quickly collected in the usual manner of that community, by balls, lotteries, and social events in which beer flowed copiously and the maidens of the community sold kisses to the young men making the highest bid. This transformation of the house of God into a tavern is one of the unpleasant sides of colonization in the western hemisphere.
In order, however, that wealthy persons might frequent the various fund-raising events, it was necessary to have a parish to display. And so letters were written to Europe, embroidered with gold and silver fairy tales. The dust of the streets in Cincinnati contained banknotes, and factories whistled with invitations to those across the sea. And those beyond the ocean came. (Etc.)
AMERYKA 100 YEARS OLD A Globetrotter's View
Translated, Edited, and Arranged by Marion Moore Coleman
Cheshire, Conn. : Cherry Hill Books 1972, pp. 10-11.
Purcell, Archbishop (John Baptist), 1800-1885.
Title The Roman Catholic Church and free thought : a controversy between Archbishop Purcell, of Cincinnati, and Thomas Vickers, minister of the First Congregational Church of the same city ; together with an appendix, containing the encyclical letter and syllabus of Pope Pius IX, dated December 8, 1864, in the original Latin with a faithful translation.
Publisher New York : James Miller, [1868?]
Description v, 112, 15, 15 p. ; 24 cm.
ISBN 0837082919 (microfiche)
Language English
Note Imprint under label reads: Cincinnati : First Congregational Church, 1868.
Opposite pages (Appendix, p. 2-15) numbered in duplicate.
Campbell, Alexander, 1788-1866.
Title A debate on the Roman Catholic religion : held in the Sycamore-Street Meeting House, Cincinnati, from the 13th to the 21st of January, 1837 / Between Alexander Campbell, of Bethany, Virginia, and the Rt. Rev. John B. Purcell, Bishop of Cincinnati ; taken down by reporters and revised by the parties.
Publisher Nashville : McQuiddy Printing, 1914.
Description vii, 455 p. ; 20 cm.
Language English
Note Includes bibliographical references.
Gladstone, W. E. (William Ewart), 1809-1898.
Title The battle of the giants: a debate on the Roman Catholic religion, held in Cincinnati, between the late Alexander Campbell and the Right Rev. John B. Purcell; together with the Vatican decrees in their bearing on civil allegiance, with the replies of Dr. Newman, Archbisop Manning, the Right Rev. Monsignor Capel, Lord Acton, and Lord Camoys, and a full abstract of Gladstone's rejoinder.
Publisher Cincinnati, C.F. Vent, 1875.
Description 2 v. in 1.
Language English
Note The Vatican decrees in their bearing on civil allegiance has also special t.p.
Subject Vatican Council (1st : 1869-1870)
The Roman Catholic Church and free thought : a controversy between Archbishop Purcell, of Cincinnati, and Thomas Vickers, Minister of the First Congregational Church of the same city : together with an appendix containing the Encyclical Letter and Syllabus of Pope Pius IX, dated December 8, 1864 : in the original Latin, with a faithful translation.
Publisher Cincinnati : Published by the First Congregational Church ..., 1868.
Description 112, 16 p. ; 22 cm.
Language English
Note Title from cover.
"Appendix: the Encyclical letter of Pope Pius IX, and the Syllabus of modern errors, dated Dec. 8, 1864, with a parallel translation": 16 p. at end of text.
Campbell, Alexander, 1788-1866.
Title A debate on the Roman Catholic religion : held in the Sycamore-Street Meeting House, Cincinnati, from the 13th to the 21st of January, 1837 / between Alexander Campbell and John B. Purcell ; taken down by reporters and revised by the parts.
Publisher Cincinnati : U.P. James, 1855.
Description 358 p. ; 19 cm.
ISBN 0524078572 (microfiche) [UC]
Campbell, Alexander, 1788-1866.
Title A debate on the Roman Catholic religion: held in the Sycamore-Street Meeting House, Cincinnati, from the 13th to the 21st of January, 1837. Between Alexander Campbell, of Bethany, Va., and the Rt. Rev. John B. Purcell, Bp. of Cincinnati.
Publisher New York, Cincinnati : Benziger Brothers, 1837.
Description xxviii, 360 p. 19 cm. Note A debate held in the Sycamore Street Meeting House, Cincinnati, Jan. 13-21, l837.
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