Historical Talks
on the occasion of the 375th Anniversary of
St. Ignatius Church Chapel Point
Sharing God’s Word and Sacraments since 1641
Celebrating 375 years of worship and service
1882 view of Chapel Point from the church hill
September 24, 2016 - 1 PM
Tolerance, Persecution and Property: The Roots and Nature of Maryland Catholic Freedom. Some
people identify Maryland as a Catholic colony and a bastion of free exercise of religion. Others think
primarily of the persecution of Catholics. Over the century and one half from the founding of Maryland
until Treaty of Paris which recognized independence the extent of limits of freedom varied with local,
intercolonial and international circumstances. We are privileged to have two outstanding experts on
religion in colonial the era in Maryland.
R. Emmett Curran emeritus professor at Georgetown University author of many books and articles on
the Church especially in its Maryland and English roots including Papist Devils Catholics in British
America 1574-1783.
Beatriz Hardy author of Papists in a Protestant Age: The Catholic Gentry and Community in Maryland,
1689-1776. She is now the Dean of Libraries and Instructional Resources at Salisbury University,
Maryland.
Any study of religion in colonial Maryland requires the use of Jesuit sources in the Maryland Province
Archives housed at Georgetown University. Beginning with Andrew White’s journal of the voyage to
Maryland, Jesuits recorded history as they and their parishioners made it. Our guest presenters know
those records and have done ground-breaking modern scholarship, helping us to understand the
struggle to establish, define and preserve religious liberty.
St. Ignatius Church Hall
8855 Chapel Point Rd. Port Tobacco, Md.
Information on other anniversary events at www.chapelpoint.org