2008-05-06

Center for Public History, University of Houston; University of Houston Libraries, University of Houston

This is an oral history interview with Reverend Lowell Case conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Reverend Lowell Case is one of thirteen siblings born in a historically agricultural area of southern Maryland. Lowell discusses his youth and the education he received in the Catholic schools he attended and how competitive scholarship placement tests became after integration. Lowell lists the big-time employers like Bethlehem Steel and his own experiences working thirty-three hours a week with the Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company while a student at Coppin State Teacher’s College. In 1980 after a year of spiritual formation and studies at Xavier University, Reverend Case was ordained priesthood and worked with parishes in Texas around the Houston area. All the churches are dedicated to the Blessed Mother, and Reverend Case goes into detail about the network of the community’s parishes and how they resulted in stability in the Fifth Ward. Interviewer: Ernesto Valdés.

interviews

Religion; Case, Lowell

Houston, Texas

Oral Histories from the Houston History Project

University of Houston Libraries Special Collections

English

Collection
University of Houston Libraries Special Collections
Houston History Archives
Oral Histories from the Houston History Project

Preservation Location: ark:/84475/pm3071nh727