Francis Neale (1756–1837) was an American Catholic priest and Jesuit
in Washington, D.C., and Maryland. He played a substantial role in the
Jesuit order's restoration in the US. Born in Maryland, Neale was
educated and ordained a priest at the Colleges of Bruges and Liège.
When he returned to the US in 1788, he became the pastor at St. Thomas
Manor, where he opposed Bishop John Carroll's founding of Georgetown
College. In 1790, Neale oversaw the establishment of Holy Trinity, the
first Catholic church in Washington, D.C. He established the Church of
St. Mary in Alexandria, Virginia, and became the president of Georgetown
College in 1809. The number of students declined dramatically due to his
implementation of strict monastic discipline. Neale joined the Jesuit
order when it was restored in 1806. He became the novice master at
Georgetown and treasurer of the Jesuits' Maryland mission. He spent his
later years as the spiritual director to the nuns at the Georgetown
Visitation Monastery.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Neale>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1814:
The United Kingdom and the United States signed a peace treaty
in Ghent, present-day Belgium, ending the War of 1812.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Ghent>
1846:
The Sultanate of Brunei ceded the island of Labuan to the
British Empire.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_Colony_of_Labuan>
1968:
Piloted by Jim Lovell, Apollo 8 became the first human
spaceflight to reach and orbit the moon (Earthrise pictured).
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Lovell>
1973:
The U.S. Congress granted home rule to Washington, D.C.,
allowing the residents to elect their own mayor and a city council.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_of_Columbia_home_rule>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
like turkeys voting for Christmas:
(Britain, simile, humorous) Of an action: self-defeating or serving to
bring about a situation detrimental to the person performing the action.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/like_turkeys_voting_for_Christmas>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Greatness is a spiritual condition worthy to excite love,
interest, and admiration; and the outward proof of possessing greatness
is that we excite love, interest, and admiration.
--Matthew Arnold
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Matthew_Arnold>