Catholic St. Louis: A Pictorial History

Catholic St. Louis: A Pictorial History by William Barnaby Faherty. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9781933370835.

The history of the Catholic Church in St. Louis is dominated by strong personalities and architectural grandeur. In Catholic St. Louis: A Pictorial History, rich text and photography capture the people and places that have defined Catholicism in a historic, and historically Catholic, city. Renowned historian William Barnaby Faherty, S.J., delivers concise historical sketches of the integral people and the landmark houses of worship; and photographer Mark Scott Abeln captures nearly forty different area churches in majestic fashion. From the eighteenth century Holy Family Church in Cahokia to the overwhelming Cathedral Basilica to the modern St. Anselm s in Creve Coeur, St. Louis s churches are significant, not to mention spectacular. This coffeetable book truly presents Catholic St. Louis in all its splendor.