Isaac Thomas Hecker (1819-1888), American Catholic churchman, was the founder of the Congregation of Missionary Priests of St. Paul the Apostle, known as the Paulist Fathers.Isaac Thomas Hecker was bo...
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Isaac Thomas Hecker (18 December 1819-22 December 1888), priest, author, and editor, was born and grew up in New York City, the son of German immigrants. The most important event for the ultimate dire...
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Born into an immigrant family of successful bakers, Isaac Hecker was motivated by the dual desires to cultivate personal, mystical experience and to ameliorate social problems. The attempt to synthesi...
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Isaac Thomas Hecker
Isaac Thomas Hecker