On September 24, 2026, Archbishop Fulton Sheen (1885-1979) will be beatified in St. Louis, achieving the rank of Blessed on the path to canonization. A well-known Catholic figure of the twentieth century, Sheen’s story is ultimately intertwined with the history of American Catholicism and Catholic University. Following his ordination as a priest in 1919, Sheen Read More

When I was in graduate school at CUA in the 1990s, I came across the name Fulton Sheen while studying American Catholic culture in the twentieth century. I learned that Sheen taught Sacred Sciences and Philosophy at CUA from the 1920s through the early 1950s, wrote dozens of books and pamphlets, and that he was Read More

Tucked away on the northern reaches of campus, one may expect the Archives to receive little in the way of visitors. One may imagine us as a group lost amongst stacks of record boxes, shunning outside contact. However, our little space is frequently called upon by University staff, students, and faculty, as well as scholars Read More