All posts tagged "catholic church"
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16.7K7Arts and LeisureThe 40 Angels of St. Ann, the Sistine Chapel of Woonsocket
St. Ann Roman Catholic Church in Woonsocket, R.I., was built from nickels and dimes donated by poor French-Canadian millworkers and their families...
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10.5K14Crime and ScandalSir Christopher Gardiner – The Knight Who Fled Boston in Fear of His Wife
When John Winthrop and other members of the Massachusetts Bay Colony first settled in Boston in 1630, they soon discovered in the...
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6.8K2VermontGeorge Seldes, The Last Great Muckraker, Never Tired of Protesting Even at 104
When George Seldes died in 1995 at the age of 104, a delegation of investigative journalists journeyed to his home in Hartland...
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10.0K8MassachusettsRose Kennedy, An Old-Fashioned Girl (Sort Of)
Rose Kennedy didn’t drink and she didn’t smoke. She told people who offered her a drink or a cigarette, “Well, I am just...
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12.7K9MassachusettsRose Hawthorne, Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Daughter, Becomes Candidate for Catholic Saint
Rose Hawthorne Lathrop, the youngest daughter of Nathaniel Hawthorne, is a candidate for something the Puritans abhorred: Catholic sainthood. She was born...
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20.9K15ConnecticutIn Colonial New England, the New Year Started on March 25
In colonial New England, the new year did not start on January 1. Not because the Puritans didn’t want people to have...
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