The Catholic Summer School of America originated at the end of the nineteenth century. A Catholic summer school is an assembly of Roman Catholics, both clergy and laity, held during the summer months. It aims to foster intellectual culture in harmony with Christian faith by means of lectures and special courses along university extension lines.
History
editIt first took form in the Champlain Summer School which was founded at New London, Connecticut, 1892, and located more permanently in 1893 at Cliff Haven, New York. Of those who attended, reaching 10,000 annually, 75% were women.[1] Bishop Henry Gabriels, of Ogdensburg, NY, former Rector of the Seminary of Troy, NY, was responsible for the growth and development of the Catholic Summer School at Cliff Haven near Plattsburgh, which was a strong influence in Catholic education for many years.[2]
The Columbian Summer School was established at Madison, Wisconsin, 1895, and was more permanently located at Milwaukee; the Winter school of New Orleans was founded in 1896, and the Maryland Summer School in 1900.
References
edit- ^ Keller, Rosemary Skinner; Ruether, Rosemary Radford; Cantlon, Marie (2006). Encyclopedia of Women and Religion in North America. Indiana University Press. p. 157. ISBN 9780253346858. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- ^ "Advance news. (Ogdensburg, N.Y.) 1967-current, October 20, 1968, Image 15". 20 October 1968. p. 15.
Further reading
edit- White, James Addison (1950-01-01). The founding of Cliff Haven: early years of the Catholic Summer School of America. United States Catholic Historical Society. ISBN 9780930060060. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Catholic Summer Schools". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. The entry cites:
- Catholic Reading Circle Review;
- Mosher's Magazine;
- Champlain Educator, I-XII;
- Report of U. S. Commissioner of Education (1894–95);
- Michael Joseph Lavelle in Amer. Cath. Quart. Rev. (Jan., 1892);
- Sheedy in Ecclesiastical Review (Oct., 1904);
- Egan in Ave Maria (1892);
- Conway in Report of Columbian Catholic Congress (Chicago, 1894);
- Messenger of the Sacred Heart (Oct., 1902);
- Catholic World (June, 1905; Feb. and Aug., 1906; March, 1909)
