FOR OUR FAITH BASED READERS & HISTORY BUFFS TOO--BACK FOR 2025: FATHER NUSI @ HNM, HISTORIC DIALOGUE BETWEEN ORTHODOX AND CATHOLIC, ASSORTED LOCAL CHURCH NEWS, THE LILY OF THE MOHAWKS AND A LOT OF HISTORY TOO!

One of our most widely traveled series at the blog continues. We lost some due to the blogging glitch, but we're slowly getting it all back online.  Click on the photos and links.

FOR OUR FAITH BASED READERS & HISTORY BUFFS TOO--BACK FOR 2025: 

#54--click on the images and links:

FOR THE FAITH FOLKS:

**HOLY NAME OF MARY--FR. FRANCIS NUSI, US REP FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT SISTERS OLD AGE HOME IN INDIA WILL BE SPEAKING AT ALL MASSES JULY 19TH 20TH.  SEE THE NOTICE FROM THE RECENT CHURCH  BULLETIN. 

**VIA THE ST. AUGUSTINE PARISH BULLETIN: PAGE 3---PATRIARCH INDICATES POPE WILL BE IN NICAEA IN NOVEMBER From Aleteia 6/27/2025/Preparations for the journey come amid an encouraging season of dialogue between the Catholic and Orthodox Churches. Plans are underway for a historic journey later this year..... 

**AND--CONSOLIDATED INTO A SINGLE POST--SOME RECENT NEWS FROM YOUR LOCAL HOUSES OF WORSHIP YOU MAY HAVE MISSED; ST. AUGUSTINE EPISCOPAL, OUR SAVIOR LUTHERAN, ASBURY METHODIST, FAITH LUTHERAN, TEMPLE ISRAEL OF NORTHERN WESTCHESTER AND MUCH MORE; GO TO EverythingCroton: SOME RECENT NEWS FROM YOUR HOUSES OF WORSHIP THAT YOU MAY HAVE MISSED

FOR THE HISTORY BUFFS:

**What if an Egyptian princess became one of Ireland’s founding legends? In this episode, Dr Ioannis Syrigos speaks with author and researcher Luke Eastwood about his explosive theory linking Queen Meritaten, daughter of Akhenaten and sister of Tutankhamun, to the legendary figure of Scotia in early Irish myth. MORE AT The Egyptian Queen Who Became an Irish Legend

**Chronicle on the Revolutionary Road: Our local archaeology chapter takes a field trip to Fort Montgomery on the Hudson. The American revolutionaries lost this battle of October 6, 1777 badly, but the writing was already on the wall for the British colonial army. READ MORE AND SEE SOME OUTSTANDING PHOTOS TOO AT Chronicle on the Revolutionary Road: Our local archaeology chapter takes a field trip to Fort Montgomery on the Hudson.

**AND A BONUS---HISTORY AND FAITH--AS THEY OFTEN CONVERGE--VIA TOM FARANDA'S FOLLY: Feast Day - Saint Kateri Tekawitha & her canonization miracle...The Lily of the Mohawks as she was called way back when....SEE MORE AT Tom Faranda's Folly: Feast Day - Saint Kateri Tekawitha & her canonization miracle

SEE #53 OF THIS SERIES AT EverythingCroton: FOR OUR FAITH BASED READERS & HISTORY BUFFS TOO--BACK FOR 2025: #53, PROLIFERS PARDONED BY TRUMP, THE LENTEN SEASON AT ASSORTED CHURCHES, LENTEN MEAL OPTIONS, PURIM SPIEL AT TEMPLE ISRAEL, LINCOLN SOCIETY EVENT, TRUMAN VISITS CROTON 1948, REVOLUTIONARY WESTCHESTER VIDEO