The MacTaggart Catholic Intellectual Tradition Lecture Series • Featuring — Deborah E. Kanter, Ph.D. • Aprill 14, 2026

Drawing on her book Pioneers of Latino Ministry, Kanter explores the history of Catholic life and ministry in San Antonio, connecting local history to broader questions of faith, identity and formation.

Deborah E. Kanter, Ph.D., is Professor of History Emeritus at Albion College, where she previously served as the John S. Ludington Endowed Professor and Chair of the Department of History. A historian of U.S. Latino and Latin American history, her research focuses on the intersections of migration, religion and community formation.

She is the author of the award-winning Chicago Católico: Making Catholic Parishes Mexican (2020). Her most recent volume, Pioneers of Latino Ministry: Claretians and the Evolving World of Catholic America (2025), examines the missionary roots of Hispanic ministry in San Antonio and the United States.