The prelate also wanted a new cathedral, rather than designating an existing church for the seat of the archbishop. All three Carrolls studied at the Jesuit college in Saint-Omer, France.Ĭardinal Dolan noted this new style of Catholicism was patriotic homegrown, that is, not ecclesiastically European and educated, for which the first archbishop opened Georgetown University as the first Catholic institution of higher learning in the U.S. Their cousin, Charles Carroll of Carrollton, the last surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence, was elected to the Maryland Senate. archdiocese in 1808 - was pleased to see a number of Catholics involved in the political realm, including his brother, Daniel Carroll, one of only five men to sign both the Articles of Confederation and the U.S. Then-Bishop Carroll wanted to move from a “quiet Catholicism” that had been loyal to the crown, and whose faith would be mostly private, to a “Maryland-style Catholicism” that was more open and engaged with society.Īrchbishop Carroll - elevated to archbishop by Pope Pius VII when he made Baltimore the first U.S. from the Atlantic to the Mississippi River. He was consecrated on the feast of the Assumption in 1790 as the first bishop of Baltimore, and what was a diocese at the time encompassed everything in the U.S. has to Independence Hall, Mount Rushmore and the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.Īrchbishop Carroll, a “realistic dreamer,” intended the new cathedral to be “a light to the nation, a light to the world,” the cardinal said. He said the basilica is the closest thing the Catholic Church in the U.S. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.” He said he believed Archbishop John Carroll, the first bishop in the United States, had precisely this in mind when he made plans for the first cathedral to be built in the newly minted country. The cardinal started his talk quoting from the fifth chapter of Matthew’s Gospel: “You are the light of the world. 14, the vigil of the feast of the Assumption, with a talk delivered by Cardinal Dolan, whose doctoral studies focused on the history of the American church. The history of the basilica was the focus for vespers Aug. Dolan of New York and a homily about Mary’s role in our faith by Los Angeles Auxiliary Bishop Robert E. The celebrations featured a talk on the history of the basilica and the first bishop in the U.S. Lori appropriately used the crosier that belonged to Archbishop Ambrose Maréchal.Īrchbishop Maréchal, the third archbishop of Baltimore, presided at the dedication of America’s first cathedral in 1821. BALTIMORE (CNS) - For a special vespers and Mass to mark the patronal feast of Baltimore’s Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary during its 200th anniversary year, Archbishop William E.
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