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Nov 8, 2018 · The Chicago pioneer and his wife, Catherine, had their marriage solemnized by a Catholic priest at the mission of Cahokia, Illinois, in 1788. Later, their daughter also had her marriage blessed by a priest at the same settlement. Despite the long Catholic presence in Chicago, there was no priest resident here at the end of the 18th century.
Before the war, 15 private homes exist in Chicago; after war is declared and Fort Dearborn is taken by the British, only four will remain. 1818. December 3: Illinois becomes the 21st state in the ...
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Larger structures replaced these beginning in 1912, and these in turn were replaced in the first years of the twenty-first century. In 1847 a Chicago physician built a private retreat for the insane just north of the city, and in 1854, when the county moved its almshouse to a site known as “ Dunning ” 12 miles northwest of the city, an ...
A Roman Catholic church showcased balloon frame architecture—a simple, inexpensive, and efficient wooden building technique—in 1833, when Augustine Deodat Taylor designed and built St. Mary's Church on Lake Street just west of State. The balloon frame would subsequently become a major feature of Chicago's residential architectural landscape.
Jan 1, 2019 · by Mary Herlihy, BVM “Old St. Mary’s—the alma mater of many of the pioneer women of Chicago”—so said the Chicago Tribune of February 14, 1925. In days when time moved slowly, the twenty-five years of silver jubilee was long life for a precedent-setting venture in the young city.
University of St. Mary of the Lake, dedicated on July 4, 1846, was Chicago's first institution of higher learning, and Saint Xavier Academy, founded by the Irish Sisters of Mercy in 1846, enrolled more Protestants than Catholics in its early years.
Aug 1, 2009 · Abstract. For women of the Italian Renaissance, the Virgin Mary was one of the most important role models. This book presents devotional works written by three women better known for their secular writings: Vittoria Colonna, famed for her Petrarchan lyric verse; Chiara Matraini, one of the most original poets of her generation; and the wide-ranging, intellectually ambitious polemicist Lucrezia ...
