Project Gutenberg 2013-02-24 Public domain in the USA. 172 Catholic Colonization Bureau Catholic Colonization Bureau of Minnesota Ireland, John 1838 1918 44021519 Catholic Colonization in Minnesota Revised Edition Produced by Demian Katz and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (Images courtesy of the Digital Library@Villanova University (http://digital.library.villanova.edu/)) "Catholic Colonization in Minnesota" by the Catholic Colonization Bureau is a historical account likely written in the late 19th century. The text serves as a guide for Catholic immigrants considering agricultural settlement in Minnesota, emphasizing the advantages and benefits of moving from urban areas to rural farming communities. The work aims to address the needs and concerns of Catholic settlers, detailing how they can securely establish themselves on the land while maintaining their religious and community ties. The opening of the book discusses the motivation behind its publication and highlights the growing interest among Catholics in immigrating from crowded cities to agricultural areas. It outlines the Catholic Colonization Bureau's efforts to facilitate this migration, emphasizing the importance of having priests and churches nearby to support settlers. It stresses the advantages of agricultural life, including independence and prosperity, contrasted with the dangers of urban living. The emphasis is placed on creating self-reliant communities where Catholics can thrive spiritually and economically, reinforcing the idea that owning land is equated with owning the country itself. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/42187/42187-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 65.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Agriculture -- Minnesota Catholics -- Minnesota HD Text Category: History - American Category: History - Early Modern (c. 1450-1750) Category: History - Religious 191964 2025-08-17T06:35:48.846883 text/html 172060 2024-10-23T14:20:44 text/html 325073 2025-08-17T06:35:52.588910 application/epub+zip 323726 2025-08-17T06:35:49.398911 application/epub+zip 96041 2025-08-17T06:35:49.099896 application/epub+zip 399185 2025-08-17T06:35:55.269869 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 368348 2025-08-17T06:35:52.201867 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 143657 2022-09-19T09:39:51.848706 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 167337 2025-08-17T06:35:48.373884 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 147443 2024-10-23T14:20:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17213 2025-08-17T06:35:55.426853 application/rdf+xml 9787 2025-08-17T06:35:49.175379 image/jpeg 2009 2025-08-17T06:35:49.139876 image/jpeg 341815 2025-08-17T06:35:48.877893 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia