For more information on this particular item, visit the document page for John Markoe, "Letter to Thomas W. Turner," September 23, 1932
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For more information on this particular item, visit the document page for John LaFarge, "FCC: Underlying Principles," ca. 1930 This item is a part of the Catholics and Race: The Federated Colored Catholics section. Return to Index of Documents
Fr. John J. Burke (1875-1936) was born in New York City to immigrant Irish parents, and entered the Missionary Society of St. Paul the Apostle, known as the Paulists, as a young man. Burke embraced a national view of Catholicism drawn from the ideals…