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James
Cardinal Gibbons
Jefferson
The men of Division II name
their division after James Cardinal Gibbons the renowned Archbishop
of Baltimore, Maryland. Gibbons was a pastor and Civil War chaplain
before becoming secretary to the archbishop of Baltimore (1865),
bishop and apostolic vicar of North Carolina (1868), and bishop of
Richmond (1872); in 1877 he was named archbishop of Baltimore,
becoming a cardinal in 1886. For several crucial decades he was the
preeminent leader of American Catholicism. He presided over a
national church council that established Catholic University (1884),
and he became the university's first chancellor. A prudent leader as
archbishop, he discouraged ethnically separate parishes,
circumvented church condemnation of the Knights of Labor, and acted
as an interpreter between the Vatican and American Catholicism. In
1911 two U.S. presidents joined in observing the 50th anniversary of
his ordination. His writings included The Faith of Our Fathers
(1876), a simple exposition of beliefs, which became a Catholic
best-seller.
Division II comprises
all members who live in Jefferson Parish and the outlying suburbs of
New Orleans
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Division II Officers |
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Richard
F. Burke, Jr. President
Gary McCarthy
Vice -President
Robert McMahon
Recording Secretary
Dennis Quin
Financial Secretary
Marc Doherty
Treasurer
James Rafferty
Sentinel
Chaplain
Hon. Arthur Kingsmill
Historian
William P. Power
Public Relations

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