Funding the Mission: Jesuit Networks, Outsider Access, and "The Origins of Marquette College" Revisited

Authors

H. Richard Friman, Marquette UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Summer 2021

Publisher

Catholic University of America Press

Source Publication

The Catholic Historical Review

Source ISSN

0008-8080

Original Item ID

DOI: 10.1353/cat.2021.0022

Abstract

This article explores the impact of external and internal challenges facing private donor networks for funding Jesuit overseas missions. Revisiting Garraghan's influential study of "The Origins of Marquette College," the article reveals understudied sources of network disruption that facilitated outsider access to the Belgian Jesuit funding network for the Missouri Mission and how the outsider's subsequent missteps enabled the network's recovery. The article adds to the growing literature on Jesuit finances and overseas missions by calling attention to the challenges created by divisions within networks over funding priorities and practices.

Comments

The Catholic Historical Review, Vol. 107, No. 3 (Summer 2021): 363-392. DOI.

Recommended Citation

Friman, H. Richard, "Funding the Mission: Jesuit Networks, Outsider Access, and "The Origins of Marquette College" Revisited" (2021). Political Science Faculty Research and Publications. 112.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/polisci_fac/112