The American Catholic Almanac: A Daily Reader of Patriots, Saints, Rogues, and Ordinary People Who Changed the United States

by Brian Burch

Hardcover, 2014

Barcode

6623

Call number

282.73 BUR

Status

Available

Call number

282.73 BUR

Pages

408

Description

What do Buffalo Bill, John F. Kennedy, Vince Lombardi, Fulton Sheen, and Andy Warhol, and have in common? They're all Catholics who have shaped America. In this page-a-day history, 365 inspiring stories celebrate the historic contributions of American men and women who have been shaped by their Catholic Faith. From Revolutionary War to Notre Dame Football, the Catholic Church has played a unique and often transformative role in American public life over the last 400 years. The American Catholic Almanac tells the fascinating, funny, uplifting, and unlikely tales of the famous figures and lesser-known saints and sinners who have influenced history, culture, and politics. Did you knowa ¯ The first immigrant to arrive in America via Ellis Island was a 15-year-old Irish-Catholic girl? ¯ Al Capone's tombstone reads, oMy Jesus Mercyo? ¯ Andrew Jackson credited America's victory in the Battle of New Orleans to the prayers of the Virgin Mary and the Ursuline Sisters? ¯ Five Franciscans died defending the Church's teachings on marriage in seventeenth-century Georgia? ¯ Jack Kerouac died wanting to be known as a beat poet and a Catholic? ¯ Catholic missionaries lived in Virginia 36 years before the English settled Jamestown?… (more)

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"They're all Catholics who have shaped America. In this page-a-day history, 365 inspiring stories celebrate the historic contributions American Men and Women shaped by their Catholic faith. From famous figures to lesser-known saints and sinners, The American Catholic Almanac tells the fascinating, funny, uplifting, and unlikely tales of Catholics' influence on American history, culture, and politics."

Publication

Image (2014), 408 pages

ISBN

0553418726 / 9780553418729

UPC

884961216010

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(4 ratings; 4.3)

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