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• Saint Joseph's Society for Colored Missions — is a Roman Catholic missionary and educational organization which began its labours in 1871, when four young priests from Mill Hill London England were put in charge of St. Francis Xavier s church, with a large congregation of African American… …   Wikipedia

• Saint Joseph's — may refer to: * Saint Joseph s University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States **Saint Joseph s Hawks, the athletic teams at Saint Joseph s University * St. Joseph s, Newfoundland and Labrador * St. Joseph s Primary School (disambiguation)… …   Wikipedia

• Joseph Pomeroy Widney — (December 26, 1841 mdash; July 4, 1938) was a polymathic pioneer American physician, medical topographer, scholar educator, clergyman, entrepreneur philanthropist, proto environmentalist, prohibitionist, philosopher of religion, controversial… …   Wikipedia

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• Oblate Sisters of Providence — The Oblate Sisters of Providence is a Roman Catholic women religious order, founded by Mother Mary Lange, OSP]], and Rev. James Nicholas Joubert, SS in 1829 in Baltimore, Maryland for the education of girls of color. It has the distinction of… …   Wikipedia

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• literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …   Universalium

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• Negro Race —     Negro Race     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Negro Race     The term negro, derived from the Spanish and the Latin words meaning black (negro; niger), may be applied to a large portion of mankind, but it is more strictly confined to certain… …   Catholic encyclopedia