"The yellow fever broke out in Fernandina in 1877 while we were on retreat in Saint Augustine. On the last day of retreat exercises, having heard of the plague, the four Sisters belonging to the Fernandina mission started home directly for the scene of death to devote themselves to the sick and dying."
- Sister Marie Julie Roussel, a Sister of Saint Joseph, Mandarin, Fla., March 1886
Source: "Beyond the Call, The Legacy of the Sisters of St. Joseph of St. Augustine, Florida"
Source: "Beyond the Call, The Legacy of the Sisters of St. Joseph of St. Augustine, Florida"
It's widely known that Florida's Catholic history dates to the mid-1500s. Lesser known are the stories of clergy, religious, and lay Catholics who quietly practiced their faith and established parishes and missions during the 19th century and early 20th century, occasionally in the face of mistrust, suspicion and discrimination.
Pioneer Catholics blog posts
2024
- 11.29.2024 - Thomas Merton's Florida connection
- 07.29.2024 - Home school mom a Catholic ed pioneer
- 04.28.2024 - Unity amid differences
2023
- 11.29.2023 - Finding the light
- 04.26.2023 - Parish women lead the way
2021
- 09.26.2021 - Marian shrine endures
- 08.28.2021 - This murder no mystery
- 07.29.2021 - Benedictines were early arrivals
- 02.24.2021 - Catholic fundraisers part of life on frontier
2020
- 08.29.2020 - First diocese in Florida marks 150 years
- 07.26.2020 - Arson or natural causes?
- 02.26.2020 - Of missions and marriages
2019
- 12.20.2019 - Secret sanctuary a holy place
- 09.28.2019 - Sr. Clotilde a woman for our times
- 07.29.2019 - Mystery photographer revealed
- 06.27.2019 - Polk County Catholics kept faith alive
2018
- 10.28.2018 - Florida's first Catholic school
- 07.28.2018 - Drexel sisters' philanthropy touched Florida
- 04.29.2018 - Hardly perfect
2017
- 04.14.2017 - Heavy music on a joyous day
- 03.12.2017 - School site echoes vibrant past
- 02.27.2017 - Gifted photographer a mystery man
2016
- 10.15.2016 - Hurricanes before The Weather Channel
- 09.15.2016 - A mission to educate
- 08.14.2016 - 1899 church houses vital history
- 06.18.2016 - Immigrant, Catholic, and 1-percenter
- 04.15.2016 - A church like no other?
- 03.30.2016 - Rediscovering the 'Most Popular Catholic Novel'
- 01.12.2016 - Keeping a Catholic home
2015
- 06.14.2015 - Connecting through Mary
- 05.21.2015 - Fr. Bresnahan, Part II
- 03.30.2015 - Florida as mission territory
- 03.20.2015 - Food and music a winning combo
2014
- 11.28.2014 - Utopia it wasn't
- 10.09.2014 - New facts in an old story
- 09.24.2014 - Hands across religion
- 09.08.2014 - Sharing Catholic peace
- 08.31.2014 - Solid, sturdy calls to prayer
- 07.09.2014 - How's this for dedication?
- 06.20.2014 - Pedaling the faith
- 06.01.2014 - Four families grow into a parish
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