December 27, 2021 - American Catholic History

The Carmelites of Port Tobacco

Dec 27, 2021 | 18th century, 19th century, 20th century, carmelites, founders, maryland, maryland-virginia-2022, mid-atlantic, pilgrimage, places and buildings, religious women, Uncategorized

In 1790 four Carmelite nuns established a monastery at Port Tobacco, Maryland, making it the first women’s religious community in the new United States

Orestes Brownson: His American Thinking

Sep 27, 2021 | 19th century, civil war, convert, educator, laity, massachusetts, michigan, mid-atlantic, midwest, new england, new york, vermont

Orestes Brownson, the first American Catholic intellectual, had strong ideas about Catholics’ place in American political life, as well as about slavery.

The Carmelites of Port Tobacco

Orestes Brownson: His American Thinking

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