 The systems that were currently in place, Catholics did not believe were sufficient to deal with problems that Catholics felt were facing the youth of the nation like “materialism and formal unbelief” (Agee).During the southern period, Rudd had gone through some personal changes about himself and his business and found it best if he moved to the south and sought work in Mississippi and Arkansas.A lot of people believe Rudd was so attracted to the south because of all the economic opportunities that opened up allowing people of color to get cheap land.