Francis X. Talbot
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20th President of Loyola College in Maryland | |
In office 1947–1950 | |
Preceded by | Edward B. Bunn |
Succeeded by | Thomas Murray |
Personal details | |
Born | St. Andrew-on-Hudson | January 25, 1889
Orders | |
Ordination | June 29, 1921 by Owen Corrigan |
Francis Xavier Talbot
In 1947, Talbot was named the President of Loyola College in Maryland. He held the office for three years and then was briefly an archivist at Georgetown University before becoming a priest and historian of St. Aloysius Church. He was then assigned to Holy Trinity Church in Georgetown, where he died.
Early life
Francis Xavier Talbot was born on January 25, 1889, in
He then taught English at Loyola School in New York City from 1913 to 1916 and religion at Boston College from 1917 to 1918, before returning to Woodstock College to study theology for four years. While there, he was ordained a priest by Owen Corrigan, the Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore, on June 29, 1921.[3] That year, he took his final vows,[5] and completed his tertianship in 1923.[3] He later received at Doctor of Philosophy from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome.[6]
Literary career
Talbot spent much of his life working in Catholic literary circles and was described as one of the early leaders of the revival of Catholic literature in the United States.[7] He publicly defended the quality of Catholic intellectual life against criticisms[5] and called for the improvement of the teaching of Catholic fiction literature in Catholic universities.[8]
He became the
Talbot contributed to the
In 1936, he was select to succeed Wilfrid Parsons as editor-in-chief of America, and became the ex officio editor-in-chief of the journal Catholic Mind as well.[14] Due to its support of Catholicism and rejection of modernism and communism, Talbot supported Francoist Spain.[11] Talbot organized the America Spanish Relief Fund to aid victims of the Spanish Civil War.[14] He also strongly supported the United States during World War I and World War II.[11] His tenure as head of America came to an end in 1944.[15] In recognition of his work in publishing, students of New York City Catholic high schools created a book club in 1942 called the Talbot Club.[16]
Academic career
During World War II, Talbot became an auxiliary chaplain at Fort Myer in Arlington, Virginia.[15] Upon leaving America, he moved to Georgetown University, where he became the regional director of the Institute of Social Order and the university's assistant archivist, where he remained until 1947.
Talbot was appointed the
He then performed
Writings
- Jesuit Education in Philadelphia: Saint Joseph's College, 1851–1926. Philadelphia: Saint Joseph's College. 1927. OCLC 705685873.
- Richard Henry Tierney: Priest of the Society of Jesus. New York: The America Press. 1930. OCLC 4125364.
- Shining in Darkness: Dramas of the Nativity and the Resurrection. New York: OCLC 934510955.
- Saint Among Savages: The Life of Isaac Jogues. New York: OCLC 1031789367.
- Saint Among the Hurons: The Life of Jean de Brébeuf. New York: OCLC 7959009.
- Talbot, Francis X. (December 1939). "The Future of "Thought"". S2CID 170913284.
References
Citations
- ^ a b c LaFarge 1956, p. 337
- ^ "Talbot, Francis Xavier". Encyclopedia.com. November 10, 2019. Archived from the original on December 20, 2019. Retrieved December 20, 2019.
- ^ a b c d LaFarge 1956, p. 338
- ^ Sparr 2000
- ^ a b c Sparr 1990, p. 19
- ^ "Francis Xavier Talbot, S.J." Ignatius Press. Archived from the original on August 27, 2019. Retrieved December 20, 2019.
- ^ Sparr 1990, p. 17
- ^ Sparr 1990, p. 20
- ^ Sparr 1990, p. 22
- ^ a b c LaFarge 1956, p. 339
- ^ a b c d Waskey 2007, p. 795
- ^ Sparr 1990, p. 26
- ^ a b LaFarge 1956, p. 340
- ^ a b c LaFarge 1956, p. 341
- ^ a b c d e f g LaFarge 1956, p. 342
- ^ Sparr 1990, p. 18
- ^ a b "Past Presidents". Loyola University Maryland. Archived from the original on December 20, 2019. Retrieved December 20, 2019.
- ^ "Franciscus X Talbot". PeopleLegacy. Retrieved January 11, 2020.
Sources
- LaFarge, John (July 1, 1956). "Obituary: Father Francis Xavier Talbot, S.J., 1889–1953". Woodstock Letters. LXXXV (3): 337–344. Archived from the original on December 17, 2019. Retrieved December 17, 2019 – via Jesuit Online Library.
- Waskey, Andrew J. (2007). "Talbot, Francis Xavier (1889–1953)". In Shearer, Benjamin F. (ed.). Home Front Heroes: A Biographical Dictionary of Americans During Wartime. Vol. 3. Westport, Connecticut: ISBN 978-0-313-33423-8. Archived from the original on December 17, 2019. Retrieved December 17, 2019 – via Google Books.
- Sparr, Arnold (1990). "Chapter 2: Francis X. Talbot and the Catholic Literary "Emergence"". To Promote, Defend, and Redeem: The Catholic Literary Revival and the Cultural Transformation of American Catholicism, 1920–1960. Contributions to the Study of Religion. Vol. 25. Westport, Connecticut: ISBN 0-313-26391-4. Archived from the original on December 17, 2019. Retrieved December 17, 2019 – via Google Books.
- Sparr, Arnold J. (2000). "Talbot, Francis Xavier". .