CATHOLIC CHURCH IN AMERICAN HISTORY (4 films)

Duration: 30 min

Year Published: 1958

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: Sound

Description: Kinescopes. Titles: 1. EXPLORING NEW HORIZONS. Relives the trials of early Catholic frontiersmen. Portrays some of the greatest names in American history and the Church's contribution to America's development. 2. HISTORY OF CATHOLIC EDUCATION. Early struggles of the American Catholic Church in the field of teaching. Fathers de la Casas, Serra and others. 3. SOCIAL REFORM. The industrial revolution comes to America and brings new problems to the Church...the immigrant, the workingman and the Negro. 4. RELIGIOUS FREEDOM. The Catholic contribution to American heritage of religious freedom from Lord Calvert's Act of Toleration to the present day.

Complete Record: Source: CathMen Interest level: jh-sh-c-ad Price: ea $95, rent ea $10 Format: sd b&w

Metadata Source:Educational film guide. Supplements (1959-62)