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Three Founders of Catholicism in the Intermountain West By Gary Topping Two were single women—Nora Gleason, organist and choir director of the Cathedral of the Madeleine, and Ellen Hayes, who made a fortune in ranching, real estate, and the hotel and laundry businesses. The third was Lawrence Scanlan, pioneer mining camp priest and the first bishop of the Diocese of Salt Lake. Gleason and Hayes have never been written about in scholarly literature, and recent research brings new light on all three remarkable people and how they worked together to build a thriving Catholic community and promote the development of civilization on the western frontier. Ellen Hayes Gary Topping holds a Ph.D. in history from the University of Utah. Formerly Curator of Manuscripts at the Utah State Historical Society and Professor of History at Salt Lake Community College, he is presently Archivist of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Salt Lake City. Sponsored by the Utah State Historical Society and Utah Historical Quarterly in partnership with Dixie State University Library Special Collections, History Department at Dixie State University, Washington County Historical Society, and Silver Reef Museum. | [email protected] Thursday, May 25 7:00 – 8:30 pm Dixie State University | St. George, UT Holland Centennial Commons, Rm 325 Free and open to the public UTAH HISTORICAL QUARTERLY LECTURE
