Its pages contain the names of almost 2000 individuals who were a part of every decade of North Dakota history. In its pages the reader will find a surprising panorama of men, women and children: homesteaders, peddlers, and business people. Twelve years in the making, this book is one-of-a-kind. In detail it portrays an unusual group: people of Arabic background, Muslim and Christian, who settled on the Northern Plains.

Prairie Peddlers: The Syrian-Lebanese in North Dakota

William C. Sherman

University of Mary Press

Today, taking a trip halfway across the country is accomplished with a flight in a few hours. It took four long months by wagon train. The westward movement was part of America from colonial days. Americans went over the Appalachians, then to the edge of the Great Plains, seeking land, a new beginning and perhaps an escape from the past. The westward movement hesitated when it reached the end of the forests and faced the empty prairie territories. There seemed to be "nothing there." But by the 1860s the attractions of the gold fields of Montana and the deep soil of the Williamette Valley in Oregon drew settlers to move through the Northern Plains, and even to settle there. This volume details the 1500-mile journey of one of a northern overland wagon train, the Davy expedition of 1867. Two diaries from Davy train participants form the heart of this volume: the Abraham Maricle diary and the Henry Leug diary. Before the diaries are set forth, a series of short essays gives the reader a perspective on the "adventures" the travelers underwent as they moved through the northern prairies. The Davy travelers were venturing into lands that, with the exception of several military forts, contained no non-native settlements. The Davy train was "on its own," far from "civilization" as they knew it. And, once again, that journey would last for four long months.

Wagons North: Minnesota to Oregon

William C. (William Charles) Sherman

How does one capture the spirit of a group of monastic women who chose to leave what they knew and loved in Minnesota for the prairies of western North Dakota? The Benedictine Sisters of Annunciation Monastery are called the founders and sponsors of the University of Mary, but perhaps pioneers would be the defining word. If they could serve the people of the area and advance the Kingdom of God, these faith-filled Sisters were ready to move westward, reach outward, and lead forward with persistence and courage. That is how they began fifty years ago in 1959, and this is the 50-year story of the University of Mary, located near Bismarck, North Dakota.

Learning to Lead: The University of Mary, 1959-2009

Education & Teaching

Mary Elizabeth Mason, OSB

Schools & Teaching

"Renewal of Catholic Higher Education: Essays on Catholic Studies in Honor of Don J. Briel" began at the Twenty Years of Catholic Studies Conference at the University of Mary, Bismarck, ND, in 2014. Catholic Studies professors, alumni and scholars gathered to celebrate Dr. Briel's enormous contributions to Catholic Studies programs nationwide and to reflect on ways to impact Catholic higher education more broadly. Since 2014, Dr. Briel has held the Blessed John Henry Newman Chair of Liberal Arts at the University of Mary. Dr. Briel founded the Catholic Studies Program at the University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN, in 1993. For the next 20 years, he provided leadership as the program's director and held the Koch Chair of Catholic Studies. Renewal of Catholic Higher Education celebrates Dr. Briel's development of the Catholic Studies program, and how he inspired and guided the growth of many Catholic Studies programs in the U.S. and abroad. In celebrating Catholic Studies and Dr. Briel's leadership, the book ponders both the challenges and the opportunities of Catholic higher education in America at the end of the second millennium and the dawn of the third. Catholic Studies emerged at a pivotal moment when Catholic universities began drifting from their religious mission and identity by accepting the overspecialized and compartmentalized approaches of secular universities. Catholic Studies programs, such as at the University of Mary, have made a significant step toward reweaving the unraveling strands of university life. If Catholic Studies can fulfill three integrative tasks-reuniting faith and reason, faith and culture, and faith and life-it is poised to make a significant contribution toward the renewal of Catholic higher education. Renewal of Catholic Higher Education provides educators with an important opportunity to reflect on the nature of Catholic higher education and the steps needed to work towards its renewal.

Renewal of Catholic Higher Education: Essays on Catholic Studies in Honor of Don J. Briel

Religion & Spirituality

Gerlach, Matthew T. ed

Christian Books & Bibles

In 2017 the National Evangelical-Catholic Dialogue in the United States sponsored by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and the University of Mary, Bismarck, North Dakota, completed its four-year round of discussions on the doctrine of justification. Sessions were held each year on the following topics: 2014: Original sin and its effects within the economy of salvation 2015: Initial justification 2016: The relationship between justification and sanctification 2017: The relationship between justification and final judgment At each of these annual meetings, members presented background papers that formed the basis of that meeting's discussions and became the starting point for constructing a common statement. These common statements and background papers comprise this book. Quite unexpectedly, the members of the dialogue discovered many points of convergence on the subject of justification. The members of the dialogue hope this book will provide a fruitful starting point for future conversations between Catholics and Evangelicals.

Justified in Jesus Christ

Hoskins, Steven and David Fleischacker, ed

This book recounts the riveting story of Gary Tharaldson's phenomenal success in the hotel industry. Gary grew up in a small town in rural North Dakota in a loving but impoverished family. As a child, he dreamed of doing "something big." After college, he taught high school and sold insurance on the side. At 26 years of age, he founded Tharaldson Insurance Agency in Valley City, ND, and started investing in real estate, which led him to buy his first hotel there. Then "something big" happened. He started building and running hotels without partners or any formal training in the hospitality industry. To date, he has constructed more than 425 hotels (only 5 percent of them with partners) and will open his 500th hotel around 2020. Gary revolutionized hotel development and management with innovations and efficiencies that have become industry standards.

Open Secrets of Success: The Gary Tharaldson Story

Patrick J. McCloskey

"This is a phenomenal story of Gary Tharaldson's incredible accomplishment. Starting with nothing, he built over 400 hotels by himself, no partners-more than any single individual worldwide. What an inspiration to young people across the country!" -- Rudy Ruettiger, motivational speaker and subject of the 1993 film "Rudy," ranked among the top inspirational movies by the American Film Institute. "Gary is so down-to-earth, he's actually subterranean. I was one of the fortunate ones because Gary shared everything with us: his building costs and operating numbers, which were tops in the industry, and how he produced them." -- Bruce White, Chairman, Founder and CEO of White Lodging

Biography of North Dakota banker and philanthropist Frank Larson.

Frank's Extra Mile: A Gentleman's Story

A Catholic university should invite students into a community of profound intellectual conversion. Its atmosphere is alive with the gaudium de veritate of Saint Augustine, the joy in the truth. Just there, in a classroom or laboratory at the end of the hallway, is to be found the “stupor” or astonishment of mind of Dante’s Convivio . There are many ways for this conversion to happen, but it simply will not happen without the teaching faculty. They are the lifeblood.

The Vocation of the Catholic University Professor

University of Mary

Prime Matters

Work about prayer based on the writings of St. Teresa of Avila and St. John of the Cross

And You Will Find Rest: What God Does in Prayer

Fr. Wayne Sattler

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Prairie Peddlers: The Syrian-Lebanese in North Dakota

Wagons North: Minnesota to Oregon

Learning to Lead: The University of Mary, 1959-2009

Renewal of Catholic Higher Education: Essays on Catholic Studies in Honor of Don J. Briel

Justified in Jesus Christ

Open Secrets of Success: The Gary Tharaldson Story

Open Secrets of Success: The Gary Tharaldson Story

Frank's Extra Mile: A Gentleman's Story

The Vocation of the Catholic University Professor

And You Will Find Rest: What God Does in Prayer