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3 days ago · In the 1830 census, Henriette DeLille changed her identity. Though her mother, brother, and sister recorded their race as white, she told the census marshal that she was a free woman of color. In the answer to one question, she rejected the material, legal and social advantages her complexion could have bestowed on her.
4 days ago · Venerable Henriette DeLille ( 1813-1862), foundress of the Sisters of the Holy Family in New Orleans. Despite the Southern states’ obsession on racial matters during slavery, DeLille could...
4 days ago · Most Reverend J. Mark Spalding, Bishop of Nashville, has announced new assignments for 24 diocesan priests. Five parishes – Sagrado Corazón de Jesús, St. Patrick Church in Nashville, St. Henry Church, Cathedral of the Incarnation, and Our Lady of Guadalupe Church – have been assigned new pastors. All appointments are effective July 1 ...
2 days ago · Colleagues, former students, and other scholars gathered recently at Boston College to honor the life and work of influential theologian M. Shawn Copeland, who will retire from the University on June 30 after a 35-year career, including the last 17 years at BC.
2 days ago · Holy mother of music Mary McLarry – Belle of Steel #22; A Moment of Magic – meet Belles 20 and 21! Sex trafficking? Oh my. . .meet forensic nurse warrior Laurie Charles Belle of Steel #19; Mother Henriette Delille bucked the French Creole system and became a candidate for sainthood! Grit and determination, meet Dr. Latanja Divens Belle of ...
5 days ago · Hudson's father was John Thomas Hudson, a British ship chandler and ironmonger, and his mother was Suzanne Désirée Marcos, a free New Orleans quadroon (a child of parents descended from a mixture of African and Caucasian genes). Hudson studied with Alexandre Abel du Pujol in Paris after 1827.
4 days ago · An Atlanta helicopter mom proved that adage was true on Tuesday as she erupted in expletives at an elementary school awards ceremony after her son was snubbed in spite of his scholastic...
