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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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Beverly Ann Stewart glances out the window of the bus at the Mississippi River on the way to St Peter Church in Brush Creek, Mo., where Father Augustus Tolton, the first black Catholic priest in the United States, was baptized.

Photo: Karen Callaway / Catholic New World