Schools and Education in Montana (Part 3)

 

November 20, 2019

Jane Stanfel

ST. PETER'S MISSION CHURCH Oil on Canvas

Almost from the time we became a country, there has been no more significant force in American private education than the Catholic Church, and it has served millions and millions of students, Catholics and non-Catholics alike, from pre-school to the highest levels of university graduate study. By the close of the Civil War, the Catholic Church was well-established on the Montana frontier to assist in schooling both white and Native American children.

Picturesquely located near Birdtail Rock, a scenic drive from Cascade, St. Peter's Mission Church is still a functioning Catholic Church for s...



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