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Podcast #7 – Father Augustine Tolton

Posted on 27. Jun, 2009 by ATLAS.

When the time came for Augustine to be ordained, the cardinal prefect of the congregation announced that if the Americans had never seen a black priest, it was now time for them to see one. After his ordination on April 24, 1886, Father Tolton was sent home to Quincy, Illinois, where he had a triumphal return.

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