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Texas Catholic history journal established
On this day in 1987, the Journal of Texas Catholic History and Culture
came into being when the president of the society, Patrick Foley, urged the
membership to establish such a publication. Shortly after that, an
editorial board was formed with Foley as editor of the new periodical.
At its first official meeting, the editorial board adopted the new
publication's name. The first annual volume of the journal appeared in
the spring of 1990. Its academic tone, as well as that of future
volumes, was enunciated by the late dean of American Catholic
historians, Monsignor John Tracy Ellis, who wrote in his introductory
essay to the inaugural issue that Texas Catholic history must be set in
the broader context of universal church history. Such an approach has
been followed by the editors in every volume published since then. Each
issue of the journal is made up of several scholarly articles, a number
of book reviews, announcements and comments about Catholic history and
cultural developments throughout the nation, and notes from the Texas
Catholic Historical Society. By 1994 the Journal had won three
national awards from the Catholic Press Association of the United States
and Canada. At its February 29, 1996, meeting, the editorial board voted
to rename the journal Catholic Southwest: A Journal of History and
Culture to include those neighboring states whose Catholic heritage
shares the same roots as that of Texas.
- Links to Related Handbook of Texas Online Articles
- JOURNAL OF TEXAS CATHOLIC HISTORY AND CULTURE
- TEXAS CATHOLIC HISTORICAL SOCIETY
- CATHOLIC CHURCH
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- Catholic Southwest: A Journal of History and Culture
- Texas Catholic Historical Society
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