The Catholic Telegraph
ISSN 1073-6689 | |
The Catholic Telegraph is a monthly
History
The Catholic Telegraph was established on October 22, 1831, by Bishop
Early in the episcopal reign of John Baptist Purcell, the Telegraph fell into significant financial difficulties. As its closure appeared imminent, large numbers of common Catholics formed the Roman Catholic Society for the Diffusion of Knowledge, with its primary purpose being the rescue of the Telegraph. Their goal being accomplished, the Society's success became famous throughout the American Catholic Church, and a similar organization, patterned after the one in Cincinnati, was established in the Archdiocese of Baltimore.[5]: 180
From 1837 to 1907, the Telegraph had a German-language sister publication, known as Der Wahrheitsfreund. It was the country's first Catholic periodical published in German.[5]: 183
During the Civil War, the Telegraph took a difficult position on the questions of slavery and union. Under Archbishop Purcell, who emphasized the "prudential motives" that made the abolition of slavery inadvisable,[6] the Telegraph stridently opposed slavery, secession, and initially abolition. Its antislavery stance stood in stark contrast to other Catholic newspapers, particularly the New York Freeman's Journal.[7] In an editorial, the Telegraph condemned the New Orleans Catholic newspaper, Le Propagateur Catholique, for running an advertisement about a mulatre who was available for rent or sale.[6] The Telegraph opined that "It is not necessary to be an abolitionist... to condemn a practice so repugnant to Catholic feeling." In April 1861, the month the Civil War started, the paper continued to urge accommodation with the slave states so strongly that an abolitionist, Unionist bishop condemned its editorial stance as "aid of treason."[6] However, in 1863, it became the first prominent Catholic newspaper to advocate emancipation.[3]
In 1937, the Telegraph renamed itself The Catholic Telegraph Register and joined the Denver-based Register System of Newspapers, which would later become the National Catholic Register. In 1961, the Archdiocese of Cincinnati assumed control of the Telegraph.[2]
The Telegraph switched from a broadsheet format to a tabloid format in the 2000s.[2] It launched a new website and Twitter account in March 2009.[8] The paper switched from weekly to monthly publication in September 2011.[2] Beginning with its October 2013 issue, it "move[d] towards a less 'newsy' mode".[9]
In June 2020, the Telegraph began publishing in magazine format, after 188 years publishing as a newspaper. Each issue is focused on a different theme.[2]
Online presence
The magazine's website, TheCatholicTelegraph.com, publishes news daily and reaches roughly 30,000 readers per month.[2]
The Catholic News Archive provides free, full-text access to 2,726 issues of the Telegraph and the Telegraph and Advocate from the first issue on October 22, 1831, to December 31, 1885. The archive was digitized by the Catholic Research Resources Alliance with funding from the
Further reading
- Paluszak, Mary Cecilia, C.PP.S. (1940). The opinion of the Catholic telegraph on contemporary affairs and politics, 1831โ1871 (M.A.). OL 17845409M.)
{{cite thesis}}
: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link - Connaughton, Mary Stanislaus (1943). The editorial opinion of the Catholic telegraph of Cincinnati on contemporary affairs and politics 1871โ1921 (Ph.D.). The Catholic University of America. OL 185286M.
See also
External links
- Official website
- Archived issues from 1831 to 1885 from the Catholic News Archive
- Archived issues from 1831 to 1874 from the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County
References
- ^ Rinaudo, Jessica (July 2019). "New Editor for 'The Catholic Telegraph'". The Catholic Telegraph. Vol. 188, no. 7. Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cincinnati. p. 3.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "About Us". The Catholic Telegraph. Archdiocese of Cincinnati. 2020. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
- ^ a b Merkowitz, David J. (2006). "Back to the Beginning". The Catholic Telegraph. Archdiocese of Cincinnati. Archived from the original on May 17, 2008. Retrieved September 6, 2013.
- ^ Merkowitz, David J. (2006). "The end of the Civil War brings no end to the violence". The Catholic Telegraph. Archdiocese of Cincinnati. Archived from the original on May 17, 2008. Retrieved October 21, 2007.
- ^ a b McCann, Mary Agnes. "The Most Reverend John Baptist Purcell, D.D., Archbishop of Cincinnati (1800-1883). Catholic Historical Review 6 (1920): 172-199.
- ^ ISBN 0-393-04760-1.
In an 1838 speech [Archbishop Purcell] had condemned 'slavery in the abstract' while emphasizing 'prudential motives' that hindered abolition.
- ^ Merkowitz, David J. (2006). "The Civil War era". The Cincinnati Telegraph. Archdiocese of Cincinnati. Archived from the original on May 17, 2008. Retrieved September 6, 2013.
- ^ Stegeman, John (March 5, 2013). "@CathTelegraph sends 1,000th tweet". The Catholic Telegraph. Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cincinnati. Retrieved January 7, 2015.
- ^ Trosley, Steve (September 2013). "Catholic New Evangelization means reaching out". The Cincinnati Telegraph. Archdiocese of Cincinnati. Retrieved September 6, 2013.
- ^ Trosley, Steve (October 16, 2018). "Telegraph Archives Online: Helpful tool, fun research stop for students of history". The Catholic Telegraph. Vol. 187, no. 10. Archdiocese of Cincinnati. p. 8. Retrieved October 25, 2018.