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Jason Jaworski's avatar

Beautiful story and love the pictures! What is the name of the painting at the bottom? I love it!

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Jeffrey Bruno's avatar

I'm not certain who the artist is, but it's hanging in the St. Clement's Island Museum in Coltons Point, MD. You should definitely check it out!

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Anne Hill's avatar

Beautiful story! I believe the first Catholic Mass celebrated on American soil was in St Augustine Florida in 1526?

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Jeffrey Bruno's avatar

Yep, that's correct! The Mass in 1634 on St. Clement's Island was the first in the Colonies. And more to the point, out of it grew the first Diocese, and it expanded out from there :-)

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