American Catholic History

American Catholic History


Fr. John Bapst, SJ, and the “Know Nothings”

June 22, 2020

Before he was the first president of Boston College, Jesuit Fr. John Bapst served Catholics as a pastor in Maine. Tom and Noëlle Crowe tell us how Fr. Bapst ran afoul of the anti-Catholic Know Nothings, courageously standing up for his faith and his pe...