George Edward Clerk, Founder of the True Witness, A Pioneer of Catholic Action

Type of resource
Author/collaborator
Title
George Edward Clerk, Founder of the True Witness, A Pioneer of Catholic Action
Abstract
The Scottish-born George Clerk (1815-1875) immigrated to Canada via Australia in 1847 and in 1850, at the invitation of Montreal's Catholic Bishop Ignace Bourget, established the city's English language weekly True Witness and Catholic Chronicle. This ultramontane newspaper, aimed primarily at Irish Catholics, was promoted as an "organ in the English language to repel the ceaseless attacks of Protestant journals..." Its main rival was the weekly Protestant evangelical newspaper, The Montreal Witness, established in 1846 by fellow Scotsman John Dougall (1808-1886).
Publication
Canadian Catholic Historical Association, Report
Pages
45-59
Date
1934-1935
Language
en
Citation
Coffey, Agnes. “George Edward Clerk, Founder of the True Witness, A Pioneer of Catholic Action.” Canadian Catholic Historical Association, Report (1935 1934): 45–59.
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