The Apostle of Ohio: Bishop Edward Fenwick, O.P.

August 06, 2012 by Pat McNamara

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The British author Frances Trollope, who wrote a book about her travels through the United States, had little use for most Americans. She had less for Roman Catholicism, later authoring novels with anti-Catholic themes. But when she met Fenwick during her journey, she was deeply impressed. Never, she wrote, had she met

in any country a priest of a bearing and character more truly apostolic. He was an American, but I never should have discovered it from his pronunciation or manner. He received his education partly in England and partly in France. His manners were highly polished; his piety active and sincere . . .

This week Catholics celebrate the Feast of St. Dominic; it's an opportunity to celebrate the founding of the Dominican order in America. Today it continues to flourish here through the ministry of its priests, religious, and laypeople who embody the Dominican charism through their preaching, teaching, and personal example.

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Dr. Pat McNamara is a published historian. He blogs about American Catholic History at McNamara's Blog.

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