This book is a great reference tor anyone interested in German immigration and, specifically, the experience of German Catholics.

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The book includes many of the early German Parishes in Maryland and Pennsylvania, enhanced with many color photographs, illustrations, and chronology of the parish.

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Extract Table of Contents

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• The First Germans to North America.​​

• Colonial / Early U.S. German Catholics

  • 18th Century German Catholic Parishes in Pennsylvania​

• Baltimore - America´s Premier See

  • Rise of Catholicism in the U.S.A.​

  • National (Ethnic) Parishes

• Missionaries to German Catholics

  • Redemptorist Fathers in America and Maryland​

• Germans in Early Baltimore

  • German Life in Baltimore - Story of Selected German Immigrants​

• Canton and Highlandtown

  • Influence of German Immigrants on Southeast Baltimore Neighborhoods​

• Maryland German Catholic Parishes

  • German Catholic Parishes Throughout Maryland​

• St. Alphonsus - In-Depth​​

• St. James the Less - In-Depth

• St. Michael´s, Fells Point - In-Depth

• Sacred Heart of Jesus - In-Depth

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