7 pm at Dorchester Historical Society, 195 Boston Street, Dorchester
A talk by James O’Toole, Professor and Clough Millenium Chair in History at Boston College and author of The Faithful: A History of Catholics in America (2008), among other titles. This year, Boston College and Boston College High School are observing the 150th anniversary of their founding. They became separate schools at the start of the twentieth century. Prof. O’Toole will review their place in the history of the city and the nation.