0000051258 00000 n WebTHEY MIGHT BE SAINTS- BISHOP ALPHONSE GALLEGOS He strolled the streets of Sacramento, saving souls by visiting families and mixing with low riders in the Latino community. And we each participate in this unfortunate victimization in varying degrees. 0000004840 00000 n If America has never seen a black priest it has to see one now! With these prophetic words the assignment orders for Father Tolton changed from some place in Africa back to Quincy, Illinois in the Diocese of Alton. 1865: Augustus Tolton entered St. Boniface School and left a month later because parish and staff were being threatened and harassed by his presence. Even certain scripture passages were manipulated to justify people of African descent as preordained by God for perpetual servitude and haphazard treatment, thereupon, blackness dismissed as a universal symbol of inferiority. His fellow students loved him too, and his professors held him in high regard. Web1882: The lower level of St. Marys Church in Chicago becomes Chicagos first Negro parish. The touching story of Augustus Tolton reminds us of the glaring social deficits of a former time. Augustine Tolton: Americas First BlackPriest | Solutio Problematis Omnes (aka "The Catholic Linker"), . : | .. In todays Catholic Church the same problems exist. Peter talked to his wife, Martha, of his desire to escape and enlist in the Union army. His employers liked him; he worked hard and was reliable. Tolton had asked to be buried in Quincy. In July 1886, Fr. Catholic Excalibur: The True Story Behind St. Galganos Sword, US Bishops Urge Senators to Oppose Revival of the Equal Rights Amendment, A Lasting Trail of Light: The Witness of Pedro Ballester, Servant of God Mother Mary Lange and the Rich History of Black Catholic Religious Orders. He was a bright light in a dark time. His beatification we hope will provide renewed impetus within the African American Catholic community in the United States; as one of our own being raised to mention at the altar will send a spiritual recharge to the hope of African American Catholics that we need at this time and have needed for quite some time. He was buried in Quincy at his request. But I was hoping to hear something about his cause for Sainthood. When she landed on the northern bank of the river she pulled her children to their knees and prayed: Now, you are free; never forget the goodness of the Lord. America has been called the most enlightened nation in the world. WebO God, we give you thanks for your servant and priest, Father Augustus Tolton, who labored among us in times of contradiction, times that were both beautiful and paradoxical. Born in Brush Creek, Ralls County, Missouri Rome wrote to Bishop Ryan for an explanation. His family escaped when he was a child and ran away to Illinois, a free state. The good Lord allowed his witness only a short stay here. Augustine Tolton was now, at last, truly free. That passage from the letter to the Hebrews must have resonated in Toltons heart: Recall the days gone by when, after you had been enlightened, you endured a great contest of suffering. 1857: In the Dred Scott case, the Supreme Court decides that African Americans are not U.S. citizens, and that Congress has no power to restrict slavery in any federal territory. fQn_PzAdx%Q~b , 73G':rl4=@ Interviewed by the St. Thomas More Cougar Cast Student Show for Black History Month! Father Tolton is a saint for doing things priests do, namely, care for people, ministering to their desperate needs, anointing them with the saving graces of the sacraments, forgiving their sins, preaching a word that works to transform the Church to its more authentic face before the world and describe for people how they can give an authentic response to God in genuine discipleship. Father Augustus Tolton | CatholicSaints.Info, Fr. Ted Turner Dedication Whether side by side or miles apart we are sisters. You need patience to do Gods will and receive what he has promised. [10, 32-33; 35-36]. Religious orders were also tried, but to no avail. I'm in a perfectly happy mood, you asshole. The Production 0 Father Tolton could find joy under trial and be himself simultaneously an encourager of others with their trials. His parents were slaves, so he too became one. Augustine Tolton was declared: Servant of God. The record of his life is absent any show of retaliation toward anyone or anything. Just as with his father before him, Gus was an idealist. hb```f`` AX,3>71-``^ 9o&fR%'0Htt0pt40 )d]@ LV@ZF20g,p,9L3]fp$yW This same year, Fr. Father Tolton was declared venerable in 2019. On 21 February 1880, Gus left America bound for Europe, destined to be a missionary in Africa. Articles on the death of Father Tolton in The Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Daily News. 1897: Father Tolton dies at Mercy Hospital in Chicago on July 9. He was first and foremost a priest. It was the way he handled this challenge to his Christian faith that presents him remarkable and therefore a model for how we can handle protracted disappointment, and seeming hopelessness. WebVenerable Fr. print and digital media outlets, dedicated to reporting the truth in light of the Gospel and the His congregation was largely poor, ill-educated ex-slaves, with all the resultant ills of depression and violence attending those who, for varying reasons, had given up on life. Peter Tolton then headed north and joined the Union Army. Cause website: https://tolton.archchicago.org. But a Cardinal, Giovanni Simeoni in Rome said, America has been called the most enlightened nation; we'll see if it deserves that honor. This same year, the last ship to bring slaves to the United States, the Clothildre, arrived in Mobile Bay, Alabama. Tolton felt unwell. Having already passed the states House of Delegates, the bill has only to be signed by Republican Gov. Father Tolton shows us in his own lifes pattern that we can find blessing in everything, even what is most painful. Catholic Church. During this period, only his mother and Fr. The young priest worked tirelessly to minister to them, reminding them of the one thing no human power could remove or tarnish: their Catholic Faith. His goodness easily elicits our affection and our empathy, a goodness that attracted people of whatever background to his sermons and ministrations and counsel. Toltons Canonization Timeline - Augustus Tolton Fr. But society could not perceive nor accept that he was a priest for both black and white. The crucifixion of Jesus reminds us that black suffering is a means through which God has loved his dark children. The cross of Christ is the Fathers will and was present even at His miraculous birth.No one can earn or has a right to the priesthood because it is not career but rather a vocation,consequently a calling from God Himself. WebAugustus Tolton: the Church is the True Liberator, by Joyce Duriga, Liturgical Press, Collegeville, MN, 2018; Audio Book (From Slave to Priest) by Lighthouse Catholic Media: Gus grew up quickly. He expects to become a missionary priest in Africa. He maintained above all fortitude of spirit harboring no resentment for any of the insults and offenses receive from others. The authorities in Rome could see no reason why he could not minister to his co-religionists there, not least those of his own race. In his priesthood, Tolton embraced the life of Christ. endstream endobj startxref As Cardinal Gibbons retired to his dais [on the altar at the Mass], the reporters in the improvised press gallery noticed for the first time, not six feet away from him in the sanctuary among the abbots and other special dignitaries, the black face of Father Tolton of Chicago, the first colored Catholic priest ordained in America. He had won his freedom first by flight and his priesthood by perseverance. His idealism was not political though; it was religious. His was a quiet approach, a novel ministry to black and white together and he was, unfortunately, resented for it. He continued to pray, to give classes to his fellow parishioners, to wait, and to hope. endstream endobj 349 0 obj <. Tolton, rather, shows us how to wrestle through fear, hurt and disappointment and see these experiences through the prism of the Lords own suffering to redeem a people. For years he persevered; eventually promoted by his employers, it proved a small consolation. 0000002471 00000 n When Augustus was 14, the pastor of the Irish parish, St. Peters, invited the boy who could barely read to enroll. God must be working salvation out through it all while none of it makes sense. 1871: The Chicago Fire burned from Sunday, October 8 to Tuesday, October 10. His books include Exploring the Miraculous, 365 Days with Mary and 20 Answers: Apparitions and Revelations. Subscriber Service CenterAlready a subscriber? He never was to study at a seminary in the United States. It was the priests of the Church who taught me to pray and to forgive my persecutors it was through the direction of a Sister of Notre Dame, Sister Herlinde, that I learned to interpret the Ten Commandments; and then I also beheld for the first time the glimmering light of truth and the majesty of the Church. In June 2019, Pope Francis advanced the cause when he issued a decree declaring him venerable.. Nevertheless, Mrs Tolton soon found work and, thereafter, supported her children as best she could. Augustus was born into slavery. And somehow and in some way our historic suffering must benefit or have benefited some body, some cause, only God knows. He lies in an unmarked grave near the scene of a battle, having fought and died that his children would one day be free. 348 0 obj <> endobj Learning From Father Toltons Example: Cultivating Racial Reconciliation in the Body of Christ, Merrick Garland Grilled on Anti-Catholic, Pro-Abortion Bias During Senate Hearing, Memento Mori: Remember You Are Going to Die, In the Beginning Are the Words: Logos, Language and Liberty, West Virginia Passes Religious Freedom Restoration Act, The Thorn Brings Christs Passion to the Big Screen in a New Way. ~z'bct3rCYv kt\L@w !^tJa`stV^Oq!^6 zQP04ib@jhXZ8@%`fH &r\\d0Sa+llHV3BRS$h1M 'q"@SX80X?`pAA2f& G5c $uCV*L*XC`]*(x'@ ] endstream endobj 64 0 obj <>>> endobj 65 0 obj <> endobj 66 0 obj <>/Font<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageC]/XObject<>>>/Rotate 0/TrimBox[0.0 0.0 612.0 792.0]/Type/Page>> endobj 67 0 obj <> endobj 68 0 obj <>stream 1872: Augustus Tolton graduated from St. Peter School at age 18. When, finally, the Tolton family arrived in the Illinois town of Quincy, they were to live in a segregated neighbourhood. 2. This same year, Mary Jane Patterson graduates from Oberlin College in Ohio and becomes the first black woman to graduate from an American college. It takes a strong person of faith to place their suffering on the paten and in the chalice of the sacrifice we offer each day. It seemed the Mill Hill Fathers in England might accept him at their seminary, but it later became clear they thought he should stay in America. Although the Venerable Augustus Tolton lived over a hundred years ago his spirituality still speaks to us with incredible clarity and inspirational vitality for our times. WebIt was said that I would be the only priest of my race in America and would not likely succeed, Tolton once wrote. Exorcist Responds to Sensationalized Russell Crowe Exorcism Film on Father Amorth, Ash Wednesday Breaks All the Rules of Modern ChurchThink, and More Great Links! His kind-heartedness, no doubt, was derived from certain innate virtues of his person and his friendship with God. Students should be able to: 1. They had fled Missouri and were crossing over into the Northern state of Illinois, and to freedom. I would gladly leave here just to be away from this priest. Theres ALOT more to his story, but I just wanted to have this much here. Tolton, a man of deep feeling, viewed himself a priest for anyone and everyone who approached the Church for the grace and mercy of God. God must be watching to what has happened to Jews, African Americans, Native Americans, indeed anyone and everyone who has sought freedom, be they white, black or brown, this side of the world to over on the other side of the world. 0000056751 00000 n Banners announcing the Servant of God Father Augustus Tolton as the first African American diocesan priest were displayed in locations around the City of Chicago that had special significance for Father Tolton's life and legacy. PRAYERS CARDS, NEWLETTERS, AND BROCHURES: For prayer cards, newsletters, and brochures, call 312.534.8376 or write Bishop Joseph N. Perry at the Archdiocese of Chicago: 3525 South Lake Park Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60653. https://www.lighthousecatholicmedia.org/store/title/from-slave-to-priest-1#, http://www.dio.org/tolton/tolton/videos-about-father-tolton.html, https://www.ltp.org/p-2539-father-augustus-tolton-a brief-biography-of-a-faithful-priest-and-former-slave.aspx, Call 312.534.8376 or writeBishop Joseph N Perry, Archdiocese of Chicago, 3525 South Lake Park Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60653. He wanted nothing less than for Father Gus to leave. WebU.S. On the other hand, Christians worship a suffering Messiah and so have theologized about this conundrum over the course of two thousand years and counting. On this grave stone which later replaced the original reads: This same year, Hiram R. Revels of Mississippi becomes the first African American elected to the U.S. Senate. By BLACKCATHOLIC: My Writings Featured On Other Catholic Platforms, BLACKCATHOLIC Fervorinos: Brief Faith Talks to Get Your Faith Going videos Links and Transcripts, To The Questions You Might Have About BLACKCATHOLIC, Holy Brothers: Black Catholic Men Saints and Holy Ones, Saintly Sistas: Black Catholic Women Saints and Holy Ones, Patron Saint of BLACKCATHOLIC: Ven. They embraced. Here and there we are stunned by incidents of intolerance and racial hatred in places. Shockingly, as we turn the page of the sacred story we find a new chapter unguessed and unforeseen: God forgave us even after what we did to his Son. Another miracle has been recently attributed to his intercession. Lesley Jones I'm not mad. Gratitude to a few priests and religious who tutored him and advocated to have him recognized for his goodness; gratitude that moved him to declare the Catholic Church the principle instrument of improvement of the plight of the black race. Tolton had brought to Quincy was now loosed upon a poor district of Chicagos south side. N. 2958. Site Map ; Contact Us ; Privacy Policy Mrs Henderson, please know that your grandson will be in my prayers. Order Bulk SubscriptionsGet a discount on 6 or more copies sent to your parish, organization His parents were both slaves of Catholic families and had been married in the Catholic Church the same St. Peters where Augustus and his two siblings were baptized. Tolton conducted his first Mass at St. Peters Basilica in Rome on April 25. The young white boy the same age group gets all the attention because he wants to be a priest. He faced both racial opposition and triumph over the course of his priesthood. We need good priests. He had his moments of self-doubt and stark loneliness that in retrospect took their toll on his emotional and physical well-being. For the first time in his life he lived in an environment free from racial discrimination. Northern congregations resented the recent influx of blacks from the South. The truth is He is not only a priest in the order of Melchizedek order but a victim and this is united as one reality of His identity. Fr. I was a poor slave boy but the priests of the Church did not disdain me. Mild mannered and self-effacing as he was, Father Tolton survived enormous odds during that particularly difficult period of US history that viewed him an anomaly as an achieving black man, former slave and Catholic priest. Great website-Father Tolten was not the first black in America. His canonization we hope will elicit an appreciation by the wider Catholic community for the contributions that Catholics of African descent offer the Church. Several months later, his mother, Martha, decided it was time for her and the children to also seek freedom. I will pray for your grandson and I know the Jesuits will welcome him with open arms if that is his calling. Rev. A Marked Man: Should Catholics Get Tattoos? 1859: Martha Jane and Peter Paul are given permission to marry by their respective masters at St. Peter log-cabin Church,Brush Creek, MO. Tolton always showed himself refined maintained undoubtedly by a great fortitude of spirit within. Sunday in a TweetShell for the Gospel for the 6th Sunday of Ordinary Time (Year A) [February 12, 2023] Matthew 5:17-37, Sunday in a TweetShell for the Gospel for the 5th Sunday of Ordinary Time (Year A) [February 5, 2023] Matthew 5:13-16, Black (And Catholic) Like Me: Stories and Reflections on the Church's Black Saints, Let 'em Speak On It: Reflections on Notable Quotes From Black Catholics. Nevertheless, the visiting priest found a hearty welcome. Tolton later felt called to the priesthood, but faced much opposition and no American seminary would accepted him. HLN1y Miracle Hunter Michael ONeill profiles the Bishop of the Barrios, Alphonse Gallegos. He is 14 years old. He lived the Gospel within adversity and he did so faithfully for his entire life in a simple and loving way. We presented to the Church Tolton as a model Christian and priest during a time of paradox, an era of social deficits that attempted to derail his priestly ministry. Fr. Fr. 0000005833 00000 n This same year, the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution was ratified on July 21, granting citizenship to any person born or naturalized in the United States. hbbd```b``f3@$R"5A$K>V&$DX&pEMAd2L`IF/]L@iLS5@ vh EWTN host discusses the remarkable life of Father Augustus Tolton during the 125th anniversary year of his death. Objectives . His body was returned there and interred in a simple grave by St. Peters Church. He loved his Catholic faith. They leave us with good thoughts and smiles on our faces; each of them with a strong sense of justice pushing critically through the moral and ethical paradoxes of those times; each of them unafraid to permit their pastoral efforts to be reflective of their views and values. His father, Peter, was an honest and good man well liked by his slave owner for whom he worked hard. He ordained on April 24, 1886, and sent back to the United States. Augustine Tolton: Americas First Black Priest March 7, 2016 At night the river looked deeper than ever as the woman rowed across it with her three small children. They settled in Quincy, Illinois, a major stop on the Underground Railroad. Sponsor this show, and be inspired by Father Augustus Tolton's perseverance and faith. Nonetheless, as detected in his handwritten letters to personages and church authority figures, he felt keenly the humiliations inflicted by others, that underneath he felt deeply the sting of verbal assaults and impatience others threw at him, the harshness and humiliations inflicted upon him, and he felt deeply the indignities and insults his people suffered. Web1878 Augustus Tolton enrolls in St. Francis College, now Quincy University. 0000004756 00000 n " vXp/n*%kPD\CDkAA43J~]*+a$/ :J\]cN$8NOdp4vE. The world is saved ultimately by our being victims. Forces attempted to derail his priestly service in a creeping milieu of diversity that cried out for social and legal recognition but for which society and church could not respond at that time. Yet, essentially, the results of this struggled reasoning are pretty much the same for us as they are for anyone else regardless of faith perspective or lack thereof. They knew the odds that stood against them and the Church. WebTop Augustus Tolton Quotes I've always tried to do the smartest and best thing. In hindsight, however, looking at that days generous welcome from all quarters, it was bitter sweet. It was said that I would be the only priest of my race in America and would not likely succeed, Tolton once wrote. He is the creator and host of the EWTN television series They Might Be Saints and author of the book They Might Be Saints (EWTN Publishing 2021) about Americans on the path to sainthood and the search for canonization miracles. By all accounts, his mother, having continued to work as a priests housekeeper died an equally holy death in 1911. His mom and dad were Catholic. The 19th century, with its many church denominations, aligned itself with the prevailing mood of the time. 0000009119 00000 n We may not be connected by hand but we are always connected by heart. Augustus Tolton. The woman and her children were slaves. Jesus experienced the worse that a man could deal out to another and, therefore, leaves us an example. McGirr had wanted to ask him a question. Funds were raised and the basis of a great and beautiful church, St. Monicas, dedicated to the service of the citys black population was started. We find no evidence of outburst in him in face of what he endured. EIN 27-4581132 In Rome, he was Gus from the U.S., loved by his fellow seminarians and admired for his deep spirituality by his teachers. The title venerable recognizes that he lived a life of heroic virtue. Augustus was seven years old when the Civil War began. They ran through several nights to the Mississippi River and Hannibal, Missouri, where they were about to be apprehended by Confederate soldiers before two Union soldiers stepped in to defend them. Give a Gift SubscriptionBless friends, family or clergy with a gift of the Register. The Civil War had just begun. Worship at the altar is always a commemoration of Jesus Christ as victim. He abuses me in many ways and has told the bishop to send me out of this place. Theme: Head Blog, Black (And Catholic) Like Me: Stories and Reflections on the Churchs Black Saints, Let em Speak On It: Reflections on Notable Quotes From Black Catholics, Prod. If the United States has never before seen a black priest, it must see one now. Cardinal Giovanni Simeoni announcing to the committee deciding where Tolton would be sent in the world after Name and understand the four cardinal virtues. She endeavors to Just remember that even though many people dont know his name, many people are praying for an increase in vocations to the priesthood. THEY MIGHT BE SAINTS-VEN. Proudly powered by WordPress | He also found a cultured and holy priest, one who complained of nothing and prayed for everything. 1854: Augustus is born to Martha Jane and Peter Paul Tolton in Missouri on April 1. His life story embodies the seminal verse from Isaiah 53:3 that points to the Messiah, He was despised and rejected by men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief; and as one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not. As an ambulance was called, a crowd gathered around the unusual sight of a black man dressed in a faded cassock. Toltons homecoming caused a stir. We desperately need more priests from the US. One account, in Wikipedia, says Stephen Elliot freed his slaves at the outbreak of the Civil War. trailer <]/Prev 469030>> startxref 0 %%EOF 85 0 obj <>stream McGirr knew the frustration and sadness that clung to the outwardly smiling Gus Tolton. In this Church we do not have to fight for our rights because we are black. 0000000756 00000 n One day the Parish Priest saw Gus praying alone in church. The world is filled with suffering peoples. The future for the Tolton family began to become clearer when the Civil War finally ended with victory for the North and an end to slavery throughout the United States. 1886: Augustus Tolton was ordained at St. John [] Source: Fr. For some time previously Fr. ZeS6N ;'pw! He was from Missouri and died in Chicago, but he was ordained by and for Springfield in IL., where he was buried. He showed himself a priest-servant to both black and white at a time when it was not socially appropriate or lawful to do so. As he did so he gazed at the three children sleeping and began to talk of his hopes for their future, one in which they would be free. It was the priests of the Church who taught me to pray and to forgive my persecutors it was through the direction of a Sister of Notre Dame, Sister Herlinde, that I learned to interpret the Ten Commandments; and then I also beheld for the first time the glimmering light of truth and the majesty of the Church. Augustus and his mother both worked at the Harris Cigar Factory. Only one person Virginia,who volunteers for the Jesuits she is praying for his priesthood daily with me. Religiously inclined in his boyhood, nurtured by promptings of his mother Martha, he was found spending hours in church in prayer in between job schedules. Mrs. Henderson, I am a product of Jesuit High School and Spring Hill College. Tolton is a model of virtue for all Catholics. Augustus Tolton, Black Catholic Organizations and Religious Orders, Black Catholic Blogs and Journals/Magazines, Sunday in a TweetShell for the Gospel for the 1st Sunday of Lent (Year A) [February 26, 2023] Matthew 4:1-11, Sunday in a TweetShell for the Gospel for the 7th Sunday of Ordinary Time (Year A) [February 19, 2023] Matthew 5:38-48. 19th century America placed dark skin at the bottom of the color pyramid. After his ordination in 1886, he was sent back to the diocese of Alton, Illinois. ):www.catholicgentleman.com [], Your email address will not be published. He was called some pretty nasty names. Standing at the altar the priest talks to God in conversation about his only begotten Sons victimization so that sins may be forgiven. A visiting priest met Fr. The Church is broad and liberal. 372 0 obj <>/Filter/FlateDecode/ID[]/Index[348 51]/Info 347 0 R/Length 117/Prev 154762/Root 349 0 R/Size 399/Type/XRef/W[1 3 1]>>stream A gentleness of spirit best describes his personality in such wise that the inquirer cannot detect any irritability in him. One could even say it was Fr. I will end with three quotes: America has been called the most enlightened nation in the world. Copyright 2023 EWTN News, Inc. All rights reserved. People were unable to see the evangelical side to this novel situation of a black priest and the advantages it afforded church and society. Augustine Tolton was alone on a night train in a segregated carriage heading to Chicago where he had been assigned to care for that citys growing black population. He was always conscious that his vocation was as a result of his mothers example and the Christian home she had provided for him, in spite of everything. The formality of applying to a seminary proved, however, more complicated for the young recently freed slave, especially as there had never been a man of his race at any seminary in America. We are inspired by Toltons courage and innocent determination in face of incredible race prejudice typical of that bygone era but for which we now take as a source of inspiration for the work that remains in the 21st century. 0000005284 00000 n endstream endobj 263 0 obj <. He could smile to the world while suffering; his gentle spirit essentially emanating from an inner disposition of goodness. O God, we give you thanks for your servant and priest, Fr. Gus was not insensitive to what that victory actually meant to many of the freed slaves whom he lived alongside, including his own family: servile work for some, lives of poverty for most. A year later, the diocese got a new bishop and the neighboring parish, St. Boniface, a new pastor who was jealous of the success of the black priest next door. He receives special instruction because he was far advanced over other students. She endeavors to free us of both. The Parish Priest was an Irishman, Brian McGirr, and he was having none of it. He was born into slavery and escaped to freedom with his mother and siblings under harrowing circumstances. If the United States has never before seen a black priest, it must see one now. Augustus, his mother, and three brothers and sisters escaped to the North where they could live as free He was more than a fundraiser though. hbbd```b``3@$ Kurt Cobain During these relatively carefree years, the only question was where he would be posted. 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