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Black Catholic History Month: The First African-American Priest
In recognition of Black Catholic Hisotry Month, we reprise a popular post from 2008.
Originally Published at GeneaBlogie on Tuesday, February 12, 2008.
Who was the first African-American Catholic Priest?
The answer is . . . it depends on who you ask. And sometimes the same person will give two different answers!
The contenders are Father James Healy (1830-1900), ordained 1854; and Father Augustine Tolton (1854-1897), ordained 18
News: Archivist Confirmed by Senate
From the National Archives and Records Administration, 6 Nov 2009
The Senate has confirmed David Ferriero as the 10th Archivist of the United States. Mr. Ferriero previously was the Andrew W. Mellon Director of the New York Public Libraries, the largest public library system in the United States and one of the largest research libraries in the world.
Among his responsibilities at the NYPL was the development of the library’s digital strategy, which currently encompasses partnerships with Google and Microsoft, a web site that reaches more than 25 million unique users
Shades Web Magazine Debuts Today
For sometime now, footnoteMaven has been tantalizing her readers at Shades of the Departed with intrigue of “something” about to happen. This morning, it happened. Shades of the Departed magazine took its bow on the blogsphere stage. It is a magnificent achievement and display all of fM’s creativity and tenacity. It’s her greatest gift to the community ever.
I’m pleased to have been part of the supporting cast of great co-conspirators over the last several months. When offered the opp
Black Catholic History Month: Gunsmoke & Catholic Genealogy
Originally appeared on Monday, November 13, 2006 at GeneaBlogie
Updated: photo added; some dates corrected
An almost sinful obsession of mine after genealogy is watching Gunsmoke [TVLand, most weekends; also early mornings during the week; check local listings (Update~11/04/09: Gunsmoke is not currently running on TVLand)]. Some weekends, it seems as
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