Our country in story (1917) (14566339349)

Identifier: ourcountryinstor00fran (find matches)
Title: Our country in story
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: Franciscan Sisters of the Perpetual Adoration (La Crosse, Wis.)
Subjects: United States -- History America -- Discovery and exploration
Publisher: Chicago, New York, Scott, Foresman and company
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN



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another St. Paul, became all to all. Every-one, the great and the lowly, the good and the bad, therich and the poor, the learned and the unlearned, feltat ease in his presence. His virtues, his dignity, andhis mildness won all hearts. The zealous Bishop entrusted the education of younggirls and the care of the sick and the orphans to religiouswomen of the various pioneer Sisterhoods—the Carmel-ites, the Visitation Nuns, and the Sisters of Charity. Togive his Catholic boys and young men an opportunity ofreceiving an education right at home without endanger-ing their faith, he opened a college at Georgetown in ON THE BANKS OF THE POTOMAC 167 1791. St. Marys Seminary at Baltimore, an institutionfor the training of young men for the priesthood, wasopened in the same year. When the little college of Georgetown, now a Univer-sity and the oldest Catholic seat of learning in the UnitedStates, was yet surrounded by a white-washed picketfence, it was one day honored by a visit from President
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GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY Washington. On dismounting from his horse, the greatman was warmly welcomed by the professors and shownthrough the building. He admired the grand view whichthe college enjoys from its beautiful heights. Just thenan icy winter breeze sweeping by made the party shiverand Washington remarked: I see you have to purchasethe beauties of nature in summer by the winters storm.Bishop Carrolls flock, consisting of all the Catholicsof the entire United States, numbered about fifty thou-sand and was scattered over an immense territory ex- 168 OUR COUNTRY IN STORY tending from Maine to Florida and westward to Michigan.Means of travel being so few and slow, it was well-nighimpossible for the good Bishop to locate his people andminister to their wants with the few priests he had.Meanwhile the French Revolution, known as the reignof terror, caused a great number of French priests toseek refuge from persecution in America. These zealousexiles were men of great refinement, virtue,



The Visitation is a scene in the New Testament that depicts the meeting between Mary, the mother of Jesus, and her cousin Elizabeth, who was pregnant with John the Baptist. According to the Gospel of Luke, Mary visited Elizabeth after the angel Gabriel had informed her that she was to become the mother of Jesus. When Mary arrived, Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit, and she declared that Mary was blessed among women and that the child within her was the son of God.

The Visitation is often depicted in Christian art, particularly in paintings and sculptures, as a tender and intimate moment between two expectant mothers. Mary is typically shown with a child-like expression of joy and wonder, while Elizabeth is often depicted as being filled with the Holy Spirit, with gestures or symbols that reflect her state of grace.

The Visitation is significant for several reasons. It highlights the close relationship between Mary and Elizabeth, and their shared experience as mothers-to-be. It also emphasizes the divine nature of the child within Mary, and the role that John the Baptist would play in preparing the way for Jesus' ministry. The scene is often interpreted as a symbol of the coming together of the old and new covenants, as Elizabeth, who was a descendent of Aaron, represents the old covenant, while Mary, who is carrying the son of God, represents the new covenant.