Frontier priest’s wooden foot a prized archive possession
A wooden foot.
It’s one of Allison Spies’ favorite objects in the archives of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis — a hand-hewn prosthetic of a pioneer priest.
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by bcadmin | Nov 19, 2021 | Allison Spies, Father Goiffon, Minnesota Territory, News, Picks, Practicing Catholic, Wooden foot | 0 |
A wooden foot.
It’s one of Allison Spies’ favorite objects in the archives of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis — a hand-hewn prosthetic of a pioneer priest.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 7, 2021 | Echoes of Catholic Minnesota, Father Augustin Ravoux, Minnesota Territory, News | 0 |
On April 8, 1843, Father Augustin Ravoux finished his daily office and looked out at the Mississippi River. He later recalled, “I had under my eyes two beautiful rivers, a clear sky, a good fire, and nothing to disturb my mind. It is then that the voice of nature is easily heard and understood.”
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