Holy Orders, Holy Waters - McQueeney, W. Thomas
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When the Declaration of Independence was crafted, it revolutionized geo-political thought across the world. Yet it took many years to resolve centuries-old con¿icts of race, creed, and class. On the last day of December 1820, the ¿rst Catholic Bishop south of Baltimore stepped from a ship to his new home in Charleston, South Carolina. He had arrived from Cork, Ireland. He had scant resources and very few followers of the Catholic Faith to administer. Much changed over the following decades as Bishop John England became the most admired Catholic in America. When he died in 1842, bells rang out…mehr

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When the Declaration of Independence was crafted, it revolutionized geo-political thought across the world. Yet it took many years to resolve centuries-old con¿icts of race, creed, and class. On the last day of December 1820, the ¿rst Catholic Bishop south of Baltimore stepped from a ship to his new home in Charleston, South Carolina. He had arrived from Cork, Ireland. He had scant resources and very few followers of the Catholic Faith to administer. Much changed over the following decades as Bishop John England became the most admired Catholic in America. When he died in 1842, bells rang out across the city in his honor. Yet no Catholic Church had bells. Nearly a century later, Bishop John England's biographer, himself a priest, emerged in the Holy City as a beacon for education, ethics, and the empathy of all citizens. Monsignor Joseph Lawrence "Doc" O'Brien began the ¿rst co-educational high school in Charleston emphasizing the pillars of profound spirituality, physical ¿tness, and scholastic enterprise. The Pennsylvania native came to a southern city still in decline since the Civil War and dedicated his life to rebuild the three virtues of Faith, Hope, and Love across a receptive audience. These two priests changed the interaction of faiths in the Diocese of Charleston and changed thousands of lives, as well. They are re-discovered in research and recorded warmly for what they achieved.
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W. Thomas McQueeney has authored sixteen books, over one hundred magazine and newspaper articles, and the 2022 script (three-season screenplay) The Oracle of WiFi. He is a 1974 graduate of The Citadel and has served on the college's trustee board. The governor of his state cited his philanthropic and community involvement by the honor of South Carolina's highest award - The Order of the Palmetto (2009).The author has chaired and served on more than two dozen community boards, most notably serving as the Chairman of the Board of the National Medal of Honor Leadership & Education Center. He served as president of the State of South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame, chairman of the $44.5 million Johnson Hagood Stadium Revitalization committee, and Chairman of the Southern Conference Basketball Championships.The author's other avocations are travel, art, golf, and history. His fifth avocation is the personal and sincere interaction he cherishes among his life's collection of friendships. "Tommy" is the fourth of the nine McQueeney children. He is married and has five children and five grandchildren.