Rivers, Revivals, and Rome: Catholicism in the Early United States

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🗓️ 26 September 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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In this dive into the Catholic Church’s journey through early American expansion, from the Appalachian frontier to the banks of the Mississippi. As the new nation charged westward, Catholic communities emerged amid rivers, revivals, and rapidly shifting cultural landscapes. We’ll trace how Bishop John Carroll and others laid the foundations for an American expression of Catholicism in a time shaped by canals, awakenings, and revolutionary ideals. #CatholicHistory #USHistory #JohnCarroll #SecondGreatAwakening #ErieCanal #AmericanCatholicism #BurnedOverDistrict #CatholicPodcast #ChurchHistory
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0:46.2	popes of Rome and Christian church.
0:49.4	Prepare yourself to step behind the ropes and leave the official tour of the story of the
0:54.5	popes and Christianity. I am your host, Steve Guara, and I thank you for joining me on this journey.
1:17.4	So we finished our grand European tour, and now we're back in the brand new United States.
1:18.2	Things are busy.
1:24.6	The American people, both the movers and the shakers and the everyday people, are trying to build a new country.
1:28.9	They're doing it with one foot planted in their colonial traditions, and the other stepping boldly into a new country. They're doing it with one foot planted in their colonial traditions and the other stepping boldly into a new national identity. They had just defeated the greatest
1:35.7	empire at the time, and maybe the greatest empire in the history of the world. I think the phrase
1:41.8	that best captures this moment and the thing that came right to my mind is
1:46.1	10 feet tall and bulletproof.
1:48.3	That was the energy they had.
1:50.8	The revolutionary generation was in their full stride and the height of their power.
1:56.9	They weren't just tweaking or adjusting the old system.
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