Catholics & the founding
Catholics & the founding
Charles Carroll, John Carroll, and the Catholic signers who built religious liberty into the American experiment.
On July 4, 2026, the United States marks its 250th anniversary. CatholicVote's America 250 campaign is telling the story of the Catholics who helped found, defend, and renew this nation — and renewing the case for the Catholic contribution to American liberty.
A multi-year programming initiative anchored by original documentaries, special live events, and the America 250 travel series — visiting the places where American liberty was first imagined, fought for, and won.
Charles Carroll, John Carroll, and the Catholic signers who built religious liberty into the American experiment.
The 1649 Act Concerning Religion — the first religious-liberty statute in the New World, written by Catholics.
Catholic priests, North and South, who walked among the wounded and dying on the bloodiest field in American history.
A 19th-century saint, an immigrant of immigrants, who founded 67 institutions in 28 years.
From Father William Corby at Gettysburg to today's Knights of Columbus — Catholics in defense of the Republic.
A travel series visiting the shrines, churches, and chapels that tell the American Catholic story in stone.
Sign up for the America 250 newsletter, host a viewing party for a CatholicVote documentary in your parish, or join one of our pilgrimage trips throughout 2026.