Benedict Joseph Fenwick (1782–1846) was an American Catholic bishop and educator who served as Bishop of Boston from 1825 until his death. Born in Maryland, he entered the Society of Jesus and began his ministry in the Diocese of New York, where he eventually became the vicar general and administrator. In 1817, he became the president of Georgetown College in Washington, D.C. Months later, Ambrose Maréchal, Archbishop of Baltimore, sent him to St. Mary's Church in Charleston, South Carolina, to resolve a longstanding schism. In 1825, Fenwick became the bishop of Boston, during a period of rapid growth of the city's Catholic population due to Irish immigration. Intense nativism and anti- Catholicism culminated with the burning of the Ursuline Convent in 1834, threats against Fenwick's life, and the formation of the Montgomery Guards. He established numerous churches, charitable institutions, newspapers, and schools, including The Pilot in 1829 and the College of the Holy Cross in 1843.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1937:

The first group of around 172,000 Koreans were deported by Soviet authorities from the Russian Far East to the Kazakh and Uzbek SSRs; around 10 to 25 percent died. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deportation_of_Koreans_in_the_Soviet_Union

1939:

German forces began an invasion of Poland, including attacks at Wieluń and at Westerplatte, starting World War II in Europe. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Westerplatte

1969:

Muammar Gaddafi led a coup d'état to overthrow King Idris of Libya. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muammar_Gaddafi

1972:

In a match widely publicized as a Cold War confrontation, American chess grandmaster Bobby Fischer became the 11th World Chess Champion with his victory over Russian Boris Spassky. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Spassky

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

lum: 1. A chimney; also, the top part of a chimney. 2. (specifically, mining) A ventilating chimney over the shaft of a mine. 3. (Northern England, Scotland, dialectal) A grove or wood; also, a woody valley. 4. (Northern England, Scotland, dialectal) A deep pool, especially one in a riverbed. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lum

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

This is what Russia wants. A primitive plot in three acts for the world to make three dramatic mistakes. To get used to the war. To put up with the war. To forget about the war. This intention should never succeed. … Your position is important, your voice is influential, your word is loud. The least you can do today, or rather, NOT do, is not to be silent, not to be afraid, not to turn away, not to pass by and not to be indifferent to the war in Ukraine, which was unleashed by Russia.   --Volodymyr Zelenskyy https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Volodymyr_Zelenskyy