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Father Tolton Pilgrimage

A group of 30 Catholics from around the archdiocese attended a weekend pilgrimage to the sites of Father Tolton's early life in Quincy, Ill., and Brush Creek, Mo. The trip took place Sept. 17-19 and was sponsored by the archdiocese's Office for Black Catholics, Bishop Joseph Perry's Office and the Tolton Program at Catholic Theological Union. Photos by Karen Callaway/Catholic New World

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Pilgrims gathered around Father Tolton’s grave site to say a prayer for the cause for his canonization during one of the last stops on the pilgrimage. Tolton collapsed and died from heatstroke on July 9, 1897, after returning to Chicago from an annual priests’ retreat. He was 43. Father Tolton is buried at St. Peter’s Parish Cemetery in Quincy.

Photo: Karen Callaway / Catholic New World