TM: 6 Amazing Catholic Thanksgiving Facts You Need to Know

When you’re sitting down for that wonderful feast on Thursday, here are 6 interesting Catholic Thanksgiving Facts you can share with your family. Print them out and read them aloud over some pumpkin (or pecan) pie!

Your history teacher probably forgot to teach you that Squanto, the native American hero of the Pilgrim’s first Thanksgiving was Catholic. And your history textbooks probably wrongly told you that the first Thanksgiving was celebrated by the Protestant pilgrims of Massachusetts in 1621. Not so. There was the Catholic Thanksgiving of 1565 in Florida and another Catholic Thanksgiving of 1589 in Texas. Read on for 6 Amazing Catholic Thanksgiving Facts…

1. Squanto, the beloved hero of Thanksgiving at Plymouth Rock, was Catholic! (Here’s my short video on how Catholic Squanto saved Thanksgiving.) Squanto had been enslaved by the English but he was freed by Spanish Franciscans. Squanto thus received baptism and became a Catholic. So it was a baptized Catholic Native American who orchestrated what became known as Thanksgiving. Please take a moment to watch the video below as I explain the story behind the first Thanksgiving and what a group of Franciscan friars did to make it happen.

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Dr. Taylor Marshall posts response regarding Fisher More College

News originally posted at Rorate Caeli.

I'm not sure why the Diocese of Ft. Worth doesn't do a press release to clear up the confusion.  Everybody is left to speculate when it's left ambiguous.  If Michael King's theology is the culprit... why not just say that?

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Update, wrong date: Taylor Marshall to speak at Bishop O'Conner Center in Madison

Sorry, it looks like this was posted prematurely.  There was a scheduling conflict, and the hope is to have this event in the spring of 2014.

I am humbled and honored to announce that I’ll be speaking at the Pastoral Center for the Diocese of Madison, Wisconsin for the Knight’s of Divine Mercy on the feast of All Saints, November 1, 2013.
Organization: Knights of Divine Mercy & Diocese of Madison, WI – Office of Evangelization and Catechesis

Contact Number: Tim Virnig 608-215-0227

Date:	November 1, 2013

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Yep.  I'm there.

Taylor Marshall on the Franciscans of the Immaculate situation

Father Stefano Manelli

Pope Francis has instructed that the Franciscans of the Immaculate may not celebrate the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite. No more Latin Mass for the FIs – without permission.

Readers of my blog know that I am an associate member of the Franciscan of the Immaculate’s MIM. I’ve been a fan of the Franciscans of the Immaculate for awhile now.

So what’s going on?

The order’s founder is Father Stefano Manelli. He is a man known for his sanctity. He received his first Holy Communion from Padre Pio in 1938. He is also the author of one of my favorite books on Mary, Devotion to Our Lady. I give out copies of this book.

Over time Father Manelli has gravitated toward the Latin Mass of 1962, the Latin Breviary of 1961, and to Msgr. Brunero Gherardini’s reading of Vatican II.

Here is my subjective, non-authoritative, outsider’s interpretation of the facts:

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Yep, go read, great post.  

Also this: Vatican Insider Interview with FI Spokesman