Faith on the Frontier: Episode 1 - Where the Story Begins
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Faith on the Frontier: Episode 1 - Where the Story Begins
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The story of Catholic education in Montana begins long before classrooms, systems, or school buildings. It begins with people, and with a relationship.
In this opening episode, we travel to the Bitterroot Valley in the early 1840s, where the first Catholic missionaries arrived at the invitation of the Salish people. Together, they founded St. Mary’s Mission in 1841, the first Catholic mission and first permanent settlement in what would become Montana.
But this is not just a story about missionaries. It is a story of encounter. Of curiosity. Of faith shared across cultures.
You’ll hear how Indigenous communities actively sought out the “Black Robes,” how early mission life took shape, and how this moment laid the foundation for everything that would follow.
And yet, this is only the beginning.
Because as the story moves east, the context changes.