Figure 1.--Most Catholic childten remember the nuns who taught them. This school scene was a cover Kerins did for 'Catholic Boy'. |
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Kerins did wonderful covers for Catholic magazines, but by the time he worked, Catholics had entered the American and a Catholic president was eveb elected (1960). Thus his images depict the general American experience at the time. Because he did a great deal of work for Catholic magazines, he is not well known to the wider American public. This inclused Catholic Boy and Catholic Miss. Fr. Francis E. Benz formally organized the society for altar boys (1938). He also founded the Catholic Boy magazine. The Holy Cross Fathers of Notre Dame assumed the responsibility for the magazine (1948). Also involved were Fr. Frank Gartland, Fr. Thomas McNally, and Bro. James Lacrofka. Kerins was the primary Cover Artist for the magazine durung the 1950s and 60s. He created classical images of a contemporary boyhood. Some had a Catholic touch, but many did not.
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