Waidmann
05-18-2009, 09:46 PM
Let's try a new feature. I tried this once before, but it didn't catch on. Let 's see if there is more interest in it now.
On this date in Christian history:
May 18, 1291: The last Christian territory taken by the Crusaders, Acre, falls to the Sultan of Egypt (see Seige of Acre (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Acre_(1291))). Major bummer for the Latin Kingdoms. It forced the Kinghts of St. John off the mainland, and allowed them to settle in Rhodes for the next couple hundred years, until driven from there over to Malta.
May 18, 1834: Sheldon Jackson, Presbyterian missionary to the frontier West and Alaska, is born in Minaville, New York. Jackson's reputation for ministering to the spiritual, physical, and social needs of both natives and settlers earned him the nicknames "Bishop of All Beyond" and "Apostle to Alaska" .
May 18, 1920: Karol Wojtyla (who would take the name John Paul II when elected pope) is born in Wadowice, Poland. As an aside, we visited Wadowice in 1980, and saw not only the place where the Pope was born, but also witnessed a wedding complete with a horse drawn carriage that whisked the Bride and Groom away after the wedding. Pretty neat.
On this date in Christian history:
May 18, 1291: The last Christian territory taken by the Crusaders, Acre, falls to the Sultan of Egypt (see Seige of Acre (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Acre_(1291))). Major bummer for the Latin Kingdoms. It forced the Kinghts of St. John off the mainland, and allowed them to settle in Rhodes for the next couple hundred years, until driven from there over to Malta.
May 18, 1834: Sheldon Jackson, Presbyterian missionary to the frontier West and Alaska, is born in Minaville, New York. Jackson's reputation for ministering to the spiritual, physical, and social needs of both natives and settlers earned him the nicknames "Bishop of All Beyond" and "Apostle to Alaska" .
May 18, 1920: Karol Wojtyla (who would take the name John Paul II when elected pope) is born in Wadowice, Poland. As an aside, we visited Wadowice in 1980, and saw not only the place where the Pope was born, but also witnessed a wedding complete with a horse drawn carriage that whisked the Bride and Groom away after the wedding. Pretty neat.