|
Showing 1 - 12 of
12 matches in All Departments
ONE of the brightest glories of the Catholic Church shines forth in
the zeal she has ever displayed for the propagation of the Gospel.
From the time when Christ said to His Apostles: "Go ye into the
whole world and preach the Gospel to every creature," they and
their successors, the missionaries of every age, have bravely
carried on the sacred task entrusted to them, without any
interruption whatsoever; and they are seen to-day as they have been
seen all along, in every known portion of the earth, extending the
kingdom of Christ, and preparing numberless souls for the enjoyment
of heavenly bliss. In the United States in particular the Church
has nobly performed this divine mission. She has sent her heroic
sons, bishops and priests, in large numbers to every tribe. If the
aboriginal population, baptizing, teaching, and civilizing its
scattered millions, successful in converting and sanctifying large
portions of them, notwithstanding the active opposition of false
religionists. Many of the most glowing pages of the great
Protestant historian of the United States, George Bancroft, contain
magnificent descriptions of the devoted labors of our Catholic
missionaries, whose wonderful exploits he narrates with all the
brilliancy and interest which attach to the writinJts of Prescott
in his records of the Conquest of Mexico by Hernando Cortez. But
every Christian feels, while reading such works, how far the sacred
purpose and the self-sacrifice of the missionaries among the
Indians surpnss in nobility the dauntless courage of the steel-clad
warriors. Father de Smet went all across the wild west in the mid
1800's. From Missouri, de Smet went west to the Pottawatomie
mission at Saint Marys, Kansas. Then this 'black robe' was sent to
the Rocky Mountains and on to Oregon. Fromn here Father de Smet is
sent to Rome where he meets Pope Gregory XVI. Eventually Father de
Smet was back in Saint Louis in the Missouri province of the
Jesuits.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
|
You may like...
Loot
Nadine Gordimer
Paperback
(2)
R205
R164
Discovery Miles 1 640
|