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New research reveals the vast scope of the Native American boarding school system, which for more than a century removed Native children from their homes and families in an effort to assimilate them. Students at the schools gave up their names, their labor and sometimes their lives.
A Southerner, Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas was a racist enslaver before the Civil War. But he fought for the Union because he prioritized his oath to defend the Constitution over state interests.
Msgr. John A. Clarke, former pastor and parochial vicar, died March 24. He was 89. Born in Cavan, Ireland, he attended Saint Patrick’s Seminary there before being ordained in Carlow on June 13, 1959. Three months later, he started his ministry in the Diocese of Camden, serving as parochial vicar at Transfiguration, West Collingswood (1959-1964).