HOUR WITH AUGUSTUS TOLTON

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HOUR WITH AUGUSTUS TOLTON is written by Maurice J. Nutt and published by . It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0764871846 (ISBN 10) and 9780764871849 (ISBN 13).

Spend an hour with this holy man who endured the inhumanity of slavery and racism to become the first ordained black priest in America. Cardinal Giovanni Simeoni, prefect of the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith, said in 1886 on the occasion of the ordination of Augustus Tolton: "America has been called the most enlightened nation. We will see if it deserves the honor. If America has never seen a Negro priest, it will see one now." But it was Father Tolton's humility, innate compassion and attention he offered to those in need-as well as his devotion and willingness to be of servic