1729: A Ceremony of Profession was held for Sister St. Stanislaus
Hachard at the Ursuline convent in New Orleans, thereby making her the first Catholic
woman to become a nun in America.
1839:
Scottish clergyman Robert Murray McCheyne wrote in a letter: 'All my ideas of peace and
joy are linked in with my Bible; and I would not give the hours of secret converse with it
for all the other hours I spend in this world.'
1875: In
New York City, at St. Patrick's Cathedral, Archbishop John McCloskey, 65, became the first
American to be named a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.
1950:
American missionary and martyr Jim Elliot wrote in his journal: 'The believer is a
displaced person. He loses the controlling features of both environment and heredity.'
1953:
The first Southern Baptist church in North Dakota was formed in Williston, with 12 charter
members. (The North Dakota Southern Baptist Association was formed the following year with
five member churches.)
Source: William D. Blake. Almanac
of the Christian Church, Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987. Additional
information supplied by the author. Contact via E-mail: William D. Blake. (pilgrimwb@aol.com)
