Kathleen Sprows Cummings, Rev. John A. O'Brien Collegiate Professor of American Studies and  History
Director, Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism
University of Notre Dame

Framed in the context of our national debate about public monuments, this lecture examines the historical figures U.S. Catholics have relied on to tell their American story—and who they overlooked. It also considers how gender and race are reshaping the representation of Catholics in local and national public landscapes.