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From slavery to sainthood ✨

Meet Augustus Tolton (lovingly known as “Good Father Gus) – the first publicly recognized Black Catholic priest in the U.S, and now on his way to being canonized as a #Catholic saint.

His journey broke barriers, and his legacy lives on this #BlackHistoryMonth.

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The pioneering path of Augustus Tolton, the first Black Catholic priest in the US – born into slavery, he’s now a candidate for sainthood: buff.ly/FXoCtXH
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