"Czech-American Catholics"

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The following is an index to the book entitled "Czech-American Catholics 1850 - 1920" by Joseph Cada. It was published in 1964 by the Center of Slav Culture, Saint Procopius College, Lisle, Illinois.

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Academies, Czech Catholic - Problems of Establishment 60
Academies, Czech Catholic - St. Ignatius, Chicago 60
Academies, Czech Catholic - St. Joseph, St. Paul 60
Academies, Czech Catholic - St. Mary, Chicago 60
Academies, Czech Catholic - Nazareth, Texas 60, 69
Academies, Czech Catholic - Sacred Heart, Illinois 68
Academies, Czech Catholic - St. Procopius, Illinois 61-62
Academies, Czech Catholic - St. Ludmila Academy, Texas 69
Academies, Czech Catholic - Academy of Notre Dame, Nebraska 67
Antl, Fr. Francis 11, 18, 22
Benedictines, Czech order of: establishment 69-70,74
Benedictines, Czech order of: as educators 61-62, 79-80
Benedictines, Czech order of: social workers 77
Benedictines, Czech order of: missionaries 76
Benedictines, Czech order of: cultivators of the cultural heritage 76, 78, 79, 97-98
Bivek, Frank H. 90
Biskup, Fr. Alphonse OSB 92
Blashke, Fr. John 11, 16, 17, 22
Bleha, Fr. Charles 41, 66
Bobal, Fr. Francis 16, 22
Bobal, Rt, Rev. Thomas, quoted 86
Bohemian Catholic Union, Texas 86
Broz, John, Stephen 99
Capek, Thomas quoted on parochial schools 59
Cather, Willa quoted 93
Catholic Central Union (see CCUA for more information on this organization) 15, 85-86
Catholic Workman, fraternal union 86
Chromeik, Fr. Joseph 11, 13. 20, 23
Chundelak, Pr. Joseph 99-100
Chvatal, Fr. Joseph OSB 102
Cipin, Fr. Adalbert 11, 12-13, 21, 22, 100
Clergy: roster of 1850 - 1890 22-24
Clergy: lack of to 1890 25-26
Clergy: effect of lack of clergy 25-26
Clergy: clergy after 1890 49-52
Clergy: roster of, 1890-1914 52
Clergy: cultural leadership of 37, 46
Coka, Fr. William 23, 43, 70, 74
"Czech-American Academic Mother" 62
Czech Catholic Union 86
Dostal, Anna 100
Dostal, Bronlslava 100
Dostal, Dr. Hynek 100, 101
Drama, cultivation of in parishes 82-83
Dvorak, Fr. Charles 100
Education and the Third Plenary Council 50
Feehan, Patrick Archbishop 64
Fraternal unions: purposes of organization 84-85
Fraternal unions: early unions 85-86
Fraternal unions: appreciation of 86-87
Fraternal unions: "Cadets" and "Knights" 87
Henn, Fr. Frederick, CSSR 71
Heritage, cultivation of national culture 81-89
Hessoun, Rt. Rev. Joseph 11, 13-16, 23, 37-42, 102
Hessoun Orphanage 66
Hild, Fr. Joseph, CSSR 71
Hodyc, Fr. John 101
Hofbauer, Saint Klement Maria 99
Hornung, Fr. Edward, CSSR 71
Hostyn, Texas Czech pioneer parish 29, 30
Hrachovsky, Fr. Francis 50
Hradecky, Fr. Rev. Wenceslaus 105
Hrazecky, Jecminek 107
Houst, Fr. Anthony 102
Immigration: Czech nature of 8
Immigration: Czech immigrant and his parish 7, 24, 25
Immigration: census 47
Immigration: cultural changes after 1890 47-49
Jaeger, Rt. Rev. Nepomuk, OSB 23, 52, 74, 75
Jene, Fr. John, CSSR 71
Jirsik, Bishop Valerian 6, 37
John of Nepomucene, Saint 4
Journalism: Czech Catholic: "American" 95
Journalism: Czech Catholic: Bohemian Benedictine Press 97
Journalism: Czech Catholic: "Ceska Zena" 97, 100
Journalism: Czech Catholic: editors 102-103
Journalism: Czech Catholic: "Hlas" 95-97
Journalism: Czech Catholic: "Hospodarske Listy" 97
Journalism: Czech Catholic: force of 94
Journalism: Czech Catholic: mission of 93-95
Journalism: Czech Catholic: "Katolicke Noviny" 90
Journalism: Czech Catholic: golden era of 97-98
Journalism: Czech Catholic: "Katolik" 97
Journalism: Czech Catholic: "Nasinec" 97
Journalism: Czech Catholic: "Narod" 97
Journalism: Czech Catholic: "Novy Domov" 97
Journalism: Czech Catholic: "Patriot" 97
Journalism: Czech Catholic: "Pfitel Ditek" 97
Journalism: Czech Catholic: "Tydenni Zprávy" 97
Journalism: Czech Catholic: "Svoboda" 98-102
Kasal, Fr. Edward 20
Kissner, Fr. John, CSSR 19, 73
Klein, Rt. Rev. Mols 50, 103
Kocarnik, Fr. Wenceslaus, OSB 11, 16, 17, 23, 26, 32, 42-44, 74
Kohlbeck, Rt. Rev. Valentine, OSB 52, 90, 102
Koudelka, Bishop Joseph 23, 102
Kramolis, Fr. Bohumir 105
Kruger, Mary Theresa, Sister, OSB 64
Kunes, Fr. Joseph 11, 18
Lang, Fr. Augustine 23, 72
Liberalism in Czech America 6, 25-26, 37
Lipowsky, Fr. Henry 14, 23
Literature, Czech-American Catholic writing 93-108
Lorenz, Dr. Matthias 90
Malec, Vladimir 101
Maly, Fr. Joseph 11, 12, 20, 23
Maly, Fr. Peter 23
Mary, veneration of in Bohemia 5
Mary Genevieve, OSB, Sister 68
Mary Nepomucene, OSB, Sister 64
Mateju, Fr. Bohumil, CSSR 104
Melichar, Fr. Wenceslaus, CSSR 104
Memorandum to Pope Benedict XV 92
Menzl, Bohumir 13
Michalicka, Fr. Wenceslaus, OSB 102
Molitor, Fr. Joseph 11, 23, 35-37
Monasticism In Czech America: functions of 69-70
Monasticism In Czech America: problems of establishment 70-73
Monasticism In Czech America: Bohemian Benedictine priory 74
Monasticism In Czech America: Benedictines and the Redemptorists 69-81
Monasticism In Czech America: foundation of Benedictines 74-75
Monasticism In Czech America: character of Benedictine work in America's Midwest 75-81
Monasticism In Czech America: work of Redemptorists in the East 69-71
Monasticism In Czech America: service to other national groups 76-77
Music: Czech Catholic cultivation of 83
Naprstek, Adalbert 25
National Alliance of Czech Catholics 90-93
Nationalism: effect on Czech community 6, 7
Neuzil, Rt. Rev., Procopius, OSB 55, 61, 62, 102
New Prague, Minn. Parish of 27
New York: Czech Catholic parishes 72-73
Nouza, Fr. Anthony, OSB 21
Novacek, Fr. Anthony 11
Novak, Marie 100-101
Nuns: Sisters of Divine Providence 68-69
Nuns: Sisters of the Incarnate Word 68-69
Nuns: Sisters of the Holy Cross 67
Nuns: Sisters of Notre Dame 66-67, 68
Nuns: Sisters of St. Francis 68
Nuns: Sisters of the Sacred Heart 64-66, 67
Old people's homes 77
Orphanages 66, 77
"Our Lady of the Lake College," Texas 69
Parishes: Czech. process of organization 9, 33-35
Parishes: pioneer rural parishes 9-13
Parishes: pioneer urban parishes 13-19
Parishes: decline of the "national" parish 108-113
Parishes: disputes over titles 28, 44-45
Parishes: dissension in Chicago 27-28
Parishes: list of rural parishes to 1890 30-31
Parishes: roster of urban parishes to 1890 44-45
Parishes: population changes after 1890 47-48
Parishes: conservation of national heritage 38-39
Parish of St. John, St. Louis 33-35, 37-42
Parish of St. Wenceslaus, Chicago 35-37
Parish of St. Wenceslaus, Baltimore 71
Parish of St. Wenceslaus, Omaha 42-44
Preis, Fr. Rhabanus, CSSR 71
Pribyl. Fr. Francis 16, 23, 95
Povolny, Fr. Honorat 11, 16, 23
Priests: hardships of pioneer priests 20-21
Priests: intellectual leadership 25-26
Reading circles 83-84
Redemptorists. 18-19, 70-74
Roubik, Fr. Joseph, S.J. quoted 99
Rynda, Fr. John 106
Saints of Bohemia 3-5, 45, 98-99
St. Vincent Arch-Abbey 17, 74
Schools, parish elementary: St. John, St. Louis 55
Schools, parish elementary: St. Procopius, Chicago 55
Schools, parish elementary: enrollment 55-56
Schools, parish elementary: changing population of 56
Schools, parish elementary: curriculum 57
Schools, parish elementary: the child and the parochial school 57-58
Schools, parish elementary: early school teachers 56
Schools, parish elementary: report of the American Commissioner of Education 58
Schools, parish elementary: criticism of 59
Schools, parish elementary: reforms 60
Schools, parish elementary: school texts 58
Schools, parish elementary: text publishers 59
Seminaries training Czech clergy: St. Francis, Milwaukee 51
Seminaries training Czech clergy: St. Vincent, Pennsylvania 51
Seminaries training Czech clergy: St. John, Minnesota 51
Seminaries training Czech clergy: St. Joseph, Texas 52
Seminaries training Czech clergy: St. Mary, Baltimore 52
Seminaries training Czech clergy: St. Mary, Cleveland 51
Seminaries training Czech clergy: St. Procopius, Illinois 51-52
Seminaries training Czech clergy: St. Benedict, Kansas 52
Singer, Fr. Sigismund, OSB 74
Sinkmajer, Fr. Joseph 20, 104
"Slavie", first Czech-American periodical 92
Slovaks: settlement in Czech parishes 48, 49
Straka, John 90
Studeny, Fr. Augustine, OSB 108
Sulak, Fr. Francis X., S.J. 10, 11, 23
Sulak, Louis J. 101
Svrdlik, Fr. Florian 105
Tichy, Fr. Francis 11, 16, 23, 106
Till, Fr. Xavier, OSB 106
Tomek, Fr. Boniface, OSB 102
Traxler, Fr. Xavier, OSB 74
Trojan, Fr. Francis 14, 23
Union of Women of the State of Texas 86
Vacula, Fr. Valentine 72
Viktora, Fr. Claude, OSB, quoted 76
Vlasak, Fr. Klement, CSSR 71
Votypka, Fr. Charles 11, 18
Vranek, Fr. John 44, 106-107
Vesely, Cosmas, OSB 62
Weidlich, Fr. George, CSSR 71, 72
Wimmer, Rt. Rev. Boniface Arch-Abbot 74
Wittman, Fr. Ildefonse, OSB 61
World War I and Czech Catholics 89-93
World War I and Americanizaton 109-116
World War I and immigration laws 110
World War I and "100% movement" 110
World War I and injury to ethnic culture 113-115
Zizka, Fr. Ernest. OSB 102
Zdrubek, Francis B. 37
Zlebeik, Fr. John 18, 24