Whitey Ford
03-18-2019, 11:58 AM
HISTORIC: Catholic Church Nears Canonization Of The First Black American Saint (https://www.dailywire.com/news/44747/historic-catholic-church-nears-canonization-first-paul-bois)
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The Catholic Church stands on the cusp of making history by canonizing the first black American saint, who is also the first black American priest: former runaway slave Father Augustus Tolton.
Born in Missouri in 1854, Tolton fled north into Illinois with his family to escape slavery during the Civil War. After studying the priesthood in Rome, he was ordained in 1889 and "served for three years at a parish in Quincy, eventually accepting an invitation to come to Chicago, where he led St. Monica parish until his death in 1897." The National Black Catholic Congress provided more details on his remarkable life:
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The Catholic Church stands on the cusp of making history by canonizing the first black American saint, who is also the first black American priest: former runaway slave Father Augustus Tolton.
Born in Missouri in 1854, Tolton fled north into Illinois with his family to escape slavery during the Civil War. After studying the priesthood in Rome, he was ordained in 1889 and "served for three years at a parish in Quincy, eventually accepting an invitation to come to Chicago, where he led St. Monica parish until his death in 1897." The National Black Catholic Congress provided more details on his remarkable life: