Catholic Footsteps in Old New York e-bog

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. On the threshold of life the men and women whose careers are recorded herein received Cath olic baptism. A few won the martyr's crown, the lives of others were saintly, many were f aith ful to the end, an appalling number, because of a lack of spiritual succor in the early days, lost the Faith, and some others, among them a few who should have been leaders in Israel, became a reproach to their forebears.