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Faith on the Frontier: Episode 2 - A Changing Landscape

Rooted & Rising: Stories From Across Our Schools

Send us Fan Mail As Catholic mission work spread east across Montana, the story took on a different shape. In this episode, we move into eastern Montana and the Billings region, where permanent missions did not take root until the 1880s, decades after St. Mary’s. By this time, Native nations had been forced onto reservations, and life had been profoundly disrupted. At places like St. Xavier Mission (founded in 1887 among the Crow), missions became centers of faith, education, and daily life. ...