What is true of American history more generally is also true of American Catholic history: the world of business tends not to get the attention that its relative significance deserves. There are many causes of this neglect, among which are the fact that the liberal arts people who write history tend to dislike or at least to be uninterested in the pedestrian affairs of business and economics; and the fact that most people who read history find subjects like John F. Kennedy and the Civil War to be more riveting than, say, the corporate history of General Electric.
In any case, the most recent Spotlight over at CatholicHistory.net is a modest effort to highlight the role of Catholic businesspeople in American history.
