"We have a good many new Catholic immigrants," he said; then stopped himself, suspecting Emma's religion.
German Catholic immigrants took over commerce and industry as well.
Late in 1855, forty Catholic immigrants, wanting to fulfill their religious needs, had the idea of constructing a church.
The present-day building is the third church built in the village to serve the needs of Catholic immigrants.
Irish Catholic immigrants were blamed for spreading violence and drunkenness.
From him the five learned about the plight of the Irish Catholic immigrants in America.
The following decades saw a large influx of German Catholic immigrants to the area.
The parish was founded a year earlier, by German Catholic immigrants.
Irish Catholic immigrants poured into the city in the 1840's and soon accounted for half the population in some wards.
Both his paternal and maternal grandparents were Catholic immigrants from Germany.