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Pastor's Corner
A Saint for Our Times
11-10-2019Father Gregory WilsonDear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
November is National Black Catholic History Month. Next Sunday we will have a special commemoration.
One African-American who is on the path to sainthood is the Venerable Fr. Augustus Tolton. Father Tolton was born into the sad life of slavery in Missouri. His baptismal record merely records him as “a child, property of Stephen Elliot; … and the child’s birthdate of April 1, 1854.” The family escaped to the North, but struggled to find acceptance there as well. Through the intervention of a kind priest and after a painful experience of rejection at an all-white Catholic school in Illinois, Augustus was admitted to another Catholic school, where he received an excellent education. When it came time for Augustus to enter seminary, sadly he faced rejection again. It would be in Rome at the Pope’s own seminary at St. John Lateran that Father Augustus would be ordained. On June 11, 2019, Pope Francis issued the declaration that Father Augustus Tolton lived a life of heroic virtue thus advancing him to the title, The Venerable Father Augustus Tolton.
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Thursday Morning Bible Study
Nov 14, 2019: 11:15am - 12:30pm
in Smith Hall
contact Mary Ellen Jackson at mjackson@charlestondiocese.org or 803-642-2676
The Lamb Triumphant: Exploring the Beauty & Complexity of the Last Book
Nov 14, 2019: 6:30pm - 7:45pm
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Fall Fundraiser Yard Sale
Nov 15, 2019 - Nov 16, 2019
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Fridays with Francis
Nov 15, 2019: 10:00am (weekly)
Fridays at 10:00am in Deacon Waters Conference Room
Discussing Introduction to the Devout Life by St. Francis de Sales
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