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The Carmelites of Port Tobacco

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

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.

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