Sounded ID: 9781667919706
ISBN: 9781667919706
Publication Date: September 20, 2021
Publisher: Author's Republic
Language: English
Author Name: Michael Jolls
Narrator Name: Michael Jolls
In 2019, the parish archives of St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Wilmette were carefully studied to preserve the legacy of Father William Netstraeter a major civic leader who's life perfectly embodies the American dream. William Netstraeter (1843 - 1924) was born and raised in Westphalia, Germany before emigrating to the United States to complete his studies for the priesthood. At the age of 30, he agreed to be pastor of the distraught St. Joseph's Parish, located in a rural German community in Chicagoland's forest northern territory known as Grosse Pointe. In less than a decade, Fr. Netstraete...
In 2019, the parish archives of St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Wilmette were carefully studied to preserve the legacy of Father William Netstraeter a major civic leader who's life perfectly embodies the American dream. William Netstraeter (1843 - 1924) was born and raised in Westphalia, Germany before emigrating to the United States to complete his studies for the priesthood. At the age of 30, he agreed to be pastor of the distraught St. Joseph's Parish, located in a rural German community in Chicagoland's forest northern territory known as Grosse Pointe. In less than a decade, Fr. Netstraeter turned around the parish's financial troubles and began major expansions. At the same time, he made significant strides in local government and developed a real-estate business that grew the community. As the 1900s progressed, Fr. Netstraeter orchestrated a variety of institutions that would surpass his lifetime, and that have become landmarks of Chicago's North Shore. His achievements would contribute posthumously for over a century, most notably, a legal dispute involving Nazi Germany. For the first time, all of the known history has been established in a detailed biography of a German immigrant who became an American leader."
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1. | Opening Credits |
0 mins 11 secs |
2. | Introduction |
10 mins 13 secs |
3. | Timeline |
14 mins 22 secs |
4. | Chapter 1 - Saint Joseph and the Flight into Egypt |
7 mins 35 secs |
5. | Chapter 2 - The German Immigrants (1840 to 1847) |
14 mins 32 secs |
6. | Chapter 3 - The Succession of Pastors |
17 mins 07 secs |
7. | Chapter 4 - A Bargain |
14 mins 59 secs |
8. | Chapter 5 - Renovation: St. Joseph's Parish Under Fr. Netstraeter's Leadership |
15 mins 38 secs |
9. | Chapter 6 - Boomtown: Selling Wilmette to Chicago |
15 mins 41 secs |
10. | Chapter 7 - The Politician |
12 mins 15 secs |
11. | Chapter 8 - Wet vs. Dry |
14 mins 44 secs |
12. | Chapter 9 - An Era End and Another Begins (1915 to 1924) |
12 mins 39 secs |
13. | Chapter 10 - Catholicism vs. National Socialism (1907 to 1937) |
18 mins 00 secs |
14. | Chapter 11 - A Battle of Words (1937) |
17 mins 11 secs |
15. | Chapter 12 - "Put the Money Into Brick" (1937 to 1939) |
10 mins 35 secs |
16. | Chapter 13 - Epilogue (1945 to 1956) |
12 mins 59 secs |
17. | Closing Credits |
0 mins 24 secs |
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