Opening the Alaska Mission

Tosi to Alaska.jpg

Title

Opening the Alaska Mission

Description

Fr. Cataldo discussing details with Fr. Paschal Tosi about the Jesuits' expansion into Alaska. Two years earlier Fr. Tosi had been among the first party of Catholic clerics to venture there with an intention of establishing a permanent mission. That effort had ended tragically with the murder of party leader, Abp. Charles Seghers.

Source

JOPA, Rocky Mountain Mission Superiors: Cataldo Papers, 2:8

Publisher

Jesuit Oregon Province Archives, c/o Gonzaga University, Spokane, Washington

Date

1888

Rights

Intellectual property of the Oregon Province of the Society of Jesus. www.gonzaga.edu/JOPA

Language

it

Type

text

Identifier

Omeka\Tosi_to_Alaska

Original Format

Letter-Holograph

Physical Dimensions

5.75"W x 9"H