McNamara's Blog
“The Church needs both the men who act and the men who think; and since with us everything pushes to action, wisdom demands that we cultivate rather the powers of reflection. And this is the duty alike of true patriots and faithful Catholics. All are working to develop our boundless material resources; let a few at least labor to develop man. The millions are building cities, reclaiming wildernesses, and bring forth from the earth its buried treasures; let at least a remnant cherish the ideal, cultivate the beautiful, and seek to inspire the love of moral and intellectual excellence.”
Bishop John Lancaster Spalding (1840-1916)
Bishop John Lancaster Spalding (1840-1916)
Bishop John Lancaster Spalding was the first Bishop of Peoria, Illinois, from 1877 to 1908. He was a leading force in the drive to erect The Catholic University of America, the nation’s pontifical university, in 1887.
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