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The mighty Mississippi was once named ‘River of the Immaculate Conception.’ Here’s why
by Jonah McKeown St. Louis, Mo., Dec 4, 2022 / 08:00 am “Immaculate” is not a word most people would use to describe the Mississippi River’s famously muddy waters. But Father Jacques Marquette was not most people. The Jesuit explorer, who came from France as a missionary to Canada in …
Bill Burleigh honored as Catholic journalist
Editor, CEO, area civic leader receives lifetime achievement award By Walt Schaefer William R. Burleigh, one of Cincinnati’s most esteemed journalists, was honored in February with the Salesian Guild’s Lifetime Achievement Award during the Catholic organization’s annual meeting. Burleigh served a chief executive officer, president and chairman of …