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The question of the hour; a survey of the position and influence of the Catholic church in the United States - Softcover
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1909 Excerpt: ...Pulaski and Kosciusko, De Grasse and Rochambeau illumine the heroic band of American commanders of that eventful time. When the war was over, a Te Deum of thanksgiving was sung in Saint Joseph's Church, Philadelphia. There were present General Washington and the French Ambassador, the Marquis La Luzerne. The Abbe Baudale, chaplain to the French Embassy, preached the sermon. The most convincing evidence of the prominent part played by our Catholic ancestors in the great drama of the American Revolution is furnished to us by a document now in the British Museum. This is the report of General Robertson of the English army, to the English Parliament, on the conduct of the war in the colonies at that time. He says in his report: "General' Lee informed me that one half the Continental army were Irishmen." As the Catholic Church was preparing a permanent home for the faith of her children, so did the new government cast about for a home for its officials, in other words a site for the federal city of Washington. Congress therefore appointed a committee of three to examine proposed sites. They were Doctor David Stuart, physician to the President, Chief Justice Johnson of Maryland and Daniel Carroll of Dudington, of the Carroll family. They selected the Carrollsburg and Jenkins Hill properties, part of the Daniel Carroll estate. So that the Capitol at Washington stands upon the identical ground where was first unfurled the banner of religious freedom. From this time on the Church advanced in strength. Saint Joseph's Church above referred to had been established as early as 1733, and Saint Mary's in the same city, in 1763. But as late as 1782 the Catholics of New York were still worshiping in a carpenter's shop. In 1789 Father Carroll was raised to the rank...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1909 Excerpt: ...Pulaski and Kosciusko, De Grasse and Rochambeau illumine the heroic band of American commanders of that eventful time. When the war was over, a Te Deum of thanksgiving was sung in Saint Joseph's Church, Philadelphia. There were present General Washington and the French Ambassador, the Marquis La Luzerne. The Abbe Baudale, chaplain to the French Embassy, preached the sermon. The most convincing evidence of the prominent part played by our Catholic ancestors in the great drama of the American Revolution is furnished to us by a document now in the British Museum. This is the report of General Robertson of the English army, to the English Parliament, on the conduct of the war in the colonies at that time. He says in his report: "General' Lee informed me that one half the Continental army were Irishmen." As the Catholic Church was preparing a permanent home for the faith of her children, so did the new government cast about for a home for its officials, in other words a site for the federal city of Washington. Congress therefore appointed a committee of three to examine proposed sites. They were Doctor David Stuart, physician to the President, Chief Justice Johnson of Maryland and Daniel Carroll of Dudington, of the Carroll family. They selected the Carrollsburg and Jenkins Hill properties, part of the Daniel Carroll estate. So that the Capitol at Washington stands upon the identical ground where was first unfurled the banner of religious freedom. From this time on the Church advanced in strength. Saint Joseph's Church above referred to had been established as early as 1733, and Saint Mary's in the same city, in 1763. But as late as 1782 the Catholics of New York were still worshiping in a carpenter's shop. In 1789 Father Carroll was raised to the rank...
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