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Faith on the Frontier: Episode 1 - Where the Story Begins

Rooted & Rising: Stories From Across Our Schools

Send us Fan Mail The story of Catholic education in Montana begins long before classrooms, systems, or school buildings. It begins with people, and with a relationship. In this opening episode, we travel to the Bitterroot Valley in the early 1840s, where the first Catholic missionaries arrived at the invitation of the Salish people. Together, they founded St. Mary’s Mission in 1841, the first Catholic mission and first permanent settlement in what would become Montana. But this is not just a ...