Benedict Joseph Fenwick (1782–1846) was an American Catholic bishop
and educator who served as Bishop of Boston from 1825 until his death.
Born in Maryland, he entered the Society of Jesus and began his ministry
in the Diocese of New York, where he eventually became the vicar general
and administrator. In 1817, he became the president of Georgetown
College in Washington, D.C. Months later, Ambrose Maréchal, Archbishop
of Baltimore, sent him to St. Mary's Church in Charleston, South
Carolina, to resolve a longstanding schism. In 1825, Fenwick became the
bishop of Boston, during a period of rapid growth of the city's Catholic
population due to Irish immigration. Intense nativism and anti-
Catholicism culminated with the burning of the Ursuline Convent in 1834,
threats against Fenwick's life, and the formation of the Montgomery
Guards. He established numerous churches, charitable institutions,
newspapers, and schools, including The Pilot in 1829 and the College of
the Holy Cross in 1843.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict_Joseph_Fenwick>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1937:
The first group of around 172,000 Koreans were deported by
Soviet authorities from the Russian Far East to the Kazakh and Uzbek
SSRs; around 10 to 25 percent died.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deportation_of_Koreans_in_the_Soviet_Union>
1939:
German forces began an invasion of Poland, including attacks at
Wieluń and at Westerplatte, starting World War II in Europe.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Westerplatte>
1969:
Muammar Gaddafi led a coup d'état to overthrow King Idris of
Libya.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muammar_Gaddafi>
1972:
In a match widely publicized as a Cold War confrontation,
American chess grandmaster Bobby Fischer became the 11th World Chess
Champion with his victory over Russian Boris Spassky.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Spassky>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
lum:
1. A chimney; also, the top part of a chimney.
2. (specifically, mining) A ventilating chimney over the shaft of a
mine.
3. (Northern England, Scotland, dialectal) A grove or wood; also, a
woody valley.
4. (Northern England, Scotland, dialectal) A deep pool, especially one
in a riverbed.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lum>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
This is what Russia wants. A primitive plot in three acts for the
world to make three dramatic mistakes. To get used to the war. To put up
with the war. To forget about the war. This intention should never
succeed. … Your position is important, your voice is influential, your
word is loud. The least you can do today, or rather, NOT do, is not to
be silent, not to be afraid, not to turn away, not to pass by and not to
be indifferent to the war in Ukraine, which was unleashed by Russia.
--Volodymyr Zelenskyy
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Volodymyr_Zelenskyy>
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