
Religion and the Immigrant Experience: Building This Country Together
A panel of scholars, historians, and theologians discuss how the history of religious pluralism in the United States is inextricably linked to the immigrant experience and how this informs our future.
Learn the history of St. Augustine’s, an immigrant church, which was burned to the ground during the Nativist Riots of 1844.
Panelists
Fr. Michael DiGregorio, Order of Saint Augustine
Fr. Paul Galetto, OSA, STB, PhD, Parish Administrator, Saint Augustine Roman Catholic Church
Peter Pedemonti, Co-Director, New Sanctuary Movement of Philadelphia
Catherine E. Wilson, PhD, Associate Professor, Villanova University, Department of Public Administration
This program is part of the Religious Freedom: Then & Now initiative.