With enthusiasm, I recommend a new book by Patrick McNamara, "New York Catholics: Faith, attitude & the works!" It is a paperback of more than 200 pages, published by Orbis Books and also available on Amazon. Historian and archivist McNamara has presented short biographies of seventy-six Catholics who have lived in the five boroughs. Each presentation is sharp, clear and right on target in describing these outstanding people.
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Among Brooklynites he describes:
Peter Turner, petitioner for a Brooklyn church in 1822 and a principal founder of St. James, Jay Street.
Fr. Johann Stephan Raffeiner, who in 1841 used his own money to buy the Meserole farm for the new parish of the Most Holy Trinity. In 1853, he invited the Dominican Sisters from Regensburg, to live and work in his parish.
Fr. Sylvester Malone, in the 1850's a Republican and Unionist when the Democrats were generally pro-slavery. For fifty years he was pastor of Sts. Peter and Paul, Williamsburg. He got along admirably with the non-Catholic neighbors, and he promoted harmony.
Bishop John Loughlin, first bishop of the diocese of Brooklyn 1853-1891.
Thomas Francis Meehan, newspaperman, historian, and assistant editor of the 1914 Catholic Encyclopedia. He and his family resided on Greene Avenue.
Patrick Scanlan, editor of the Brooklyn Tablet from 1917 to 1968.
Msgr. Bernard Quinn, in 1922 the founding pastor of the parish of St. Peter Claver.
Bishop Francis Xavier Ford, 1892-1952, martyr.
Msgr. Bryan Karvelis, priest and activist at Transfiguration parish 1956-2005.
Bishop Guy Sansaricq, who has ministered to Haitian immigrants for more than five decades.
Ed Wilkinson, editor of the Brooklyn Tablet since 1985.
Paul Moses, newspaperman and scholar.
Sr. Ann Marie Young, of Visitation Monastery, Bay Ridge.
Rudy Vargas IV, helper of Hispanic Catholcs.
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Sunday, January 25, 2015
Tuesday, January 7, 2014
A free ebook from 1871
Fortunately, I encountered this title during a Google search: "A brief historical Sketch of the Catholic Church on Long Island," by Patrick Mulrenan, 1871. The link is here.
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Recall that Long Island includes Brooklyn, Queens, and everywhere to Montauk Point. At that time, the diocese of Brooklyn included the entire island. What is now Nassau County was part of Queens County, and Brooklyn was a City.
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At the top left of the page at the above link, you will see a red button "Ebook Free." Yes, because the copyright has expired, Google can give you without charge what it scanned from the Harvard University library. Before you download, consider where you want to read this book, on your computer or on a tablet, because it will download only to the device that fetches it.
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Mulrenan's book is a valuable snapshot of the Diocese of Brooklyn and its parishes and good works, as observed in 1871. You may use the find tool to locate the parish, neighborhood, or person that is your particular interest. In general, histories of dioceses focus on the bishops more than on the parishes, even when they attempt to write from the ground up. The book, nevertheless, is a treasury of the growth of the church on our island. Highly recommended. I see copies for sale in the used book market also.
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Recall that Long Island includes Brooklyn, Queens, and everywhere to Montauk Point. At that time, the diocese of Brooklyn included the entire island. What is now Nassau County was part of Queens County, and Brooklyn was a City.
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At the top left of the page at the above link, you will see a red button "Ebook Free." Yes, because the copyright has expired, Google can give you without charge what it scanned from the Harvard University library. Before you download, consider where you want to read this book, on your computer or on a tablet, because it will download only to the device that fetches it.
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Mulrenan's book is a valuable snapshot of the Diocese of Brooklyn and its parishes and good works, as observed in 1871. You may use the find tool to locate the parish, neighborhood, or person that is your particular interest. In general, histories of dioceses focus on the bishops more than on the parishes, even when they attempt to write from the ground up. The book, nevertheless, is a treasury of the growth of the church on our island. Highly recommended. I see copies for sale in the used book market also.
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