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Sep 18, 2015 · As visitors flock to Washington, D.C. next week for Pope Francis’ first visit to the United States, they’ll find some of the nation’s earliest Catholic sites just next door. The Religious Freedom Byway runs 189 miles along the Potomac River through Southern Maryland, from Port Tobacco to Point Lookout.
Jul 6, 2016 · WASHINGTON — Both the Catholic Church and the tradition of religious freedom can trace their roots in the United States to the earliest days of the founding of Maryland, says a new documentary on...
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- Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption. The first Catholic cathedral built in the United States after the nation’s founding, the Baltimore Basilica opened in 1821 and was among the first major religious buildings constructed after the adoption of the U.S. Constitution.
- National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Emmitsburg. There is so much to see and do at this gem of a site! First pray at the awe-inspiring Basilica of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, where the saint is entombed in the Altar of Relics.
- National Shrine Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes, Emmitsburg. This special place on the campus of Mount St. Mary’s University has ties to numerous holy people.
- Carmel of Port Tobacco, La Plata. This site has a moving story of restoration and renewal, all in God’s good time. Centuries ago, in 1790, Maryland Catholics created this monastery as the first convent of religious women established in the original 13 colonies.
Mar 22, 2021 · “This is the earliest colonial archaeological site in Maryland. This is it.” The Algonquin-speaking people known as the Yaocomaco welcoming the Protestant and Catholic settlers from Britain in 1634 at the yet-to-be-built St. Mary’s Fort, Maryland. (Emmanuel Leutze, painter / Public domain) The Founding Of St. Mary’s Fort Settlement And City
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Jul 21, 2022 · Nestled in the farmland of Port Tobacco, Maryland stands the oldest Carmelite monastery in America. Founded in 1790, the Mount Carmel Monastery was the first Catholic convent for religious women...
Oct 11, 1995 · Here the Rev. Andrew White and the other Jesuits celebrated the first Catholic mass in the New World on March 25, 1634, now a state holiday designated Maryland Day.
Sep 10, 2020 · An artist’s rendering of St. Mary’s City, Maryland colony, in about 1634, St. Mary’s was the first European settlement in the colony and became the first capital. It’s founding was based on the principle of freedom to worship. Maryland colonists’ first settlement is now an 800-acre museum, Historic St. Mary’s City.
