America’s Catholic Colony [Ecumenical]

Catholic.com ^ | september 2009 | Matthew E. Bunson

[muawiyah]

The ancient Jewish concept is that a man must control himself ~ religion helps.

[boatbums]

bookmark for reading tomorrow. fascinating! thanks.

[thecodont]

The oldest families with roots in the 1500s and 1600s are called The Old American Families ~ just in case you wanted to know what they were called ~ that was what it was.

Did a search on "old American families" and came across the following NY Times article from May 15, 1887, which mentions something called "the Gore Roll"

http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9B04EEDE1730E633A25756C1A9639C94669FD7CF

[muawiyah]

interesting. ~

[Salvation]

CATHOLIC ALMANAC

Wednesday, November 6

Liturgical Color: Green

On this day in 1789, Pope Pius VI
appointed the missionary priest, Fr.
John Carroll, as the first bishop of the
United States. He became bishop and
later archbishop of the diocese of
Baltimore.