From the author of America's Courage of Faith, a non-fiction work about Ann America Payne's dedication and determination to build the first Catholic Church in Warrenton, Virginia. Ann M. Casey is a noted author and Catholic Writer whose research furthers our present understanding of our identity of Catholics in America. This volume one of Our Tenacity of Faith highlights the beginnings of Catholicism in America from the early fifteenth century to just prior to the Civil War, and the many individuals who helped shape and influence the American Catholic. Volume Two will cover the Civil War to prior the First World War.