Latin Mass Knights: Catholic origins of the 1st Thanksgiving

Saturday, November 30, 2019

Catholic origins of the 1st Thanksgiving

As Thanksgiving Weekend draws to a close, we wanted to highlight a news item that appeared on the Knights of Columbus news page.

It discusses the Catholic origins of the 1st Thanksgiving in America - 1565* in San Augustine, Florida.

http://www.kofc.org/en/news-room/articles/the-first-real-thanksgiving.html

https://www.history.com/.image/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_600/MTU5NTM4MTkzMTAyODA4NjY0/hith-florida-thanksgiving-mass-pc3604.webp

Photo from History.com (courtesy of State Archives of Florida/Florida Memory)

* There is also another account of a 1st Thanksgiving occurring in Colorado with the Spanish Conquistadors in 1541:

https://catholicism.org/first-thanksgiving.html

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Saturday, November 30, 2019

Catholic origins of the 1st Thanksgiving