Posted on 11/22/2014 4:39:13 PM PST by Salvation
The video below boasts, “America loves Italy” and features a Fiat car driving through American towns with Italian names.
If that is the case then America loves Catholicism even more, since thousands of towns and places are named for Catholic saints, themes, and objects. Consider the following:
In California: San Diego, San Miguel, San Francisco, San Bernadino, San Clemente, San Luis Obispo, San Jose, San Rafael, Santa Maria, Santa Barbara, Santa Rosa, Santa Cruz, Los Angeles (aka Nuestra Senora de los Angeles de la Porciuncula), Santa Cruz, Santa Clarita, Sacramento, San Joaquin Valley, San Gabriel Mountains
In Texas: Corpus Christi, San Antonio
In Florida: St. Augustine, St. Petersburg, Port St. Lucie, Santa Rosa Island, St. George Island, Port St. Joe.
And these are just three states! The map at the upper right (which you can click to enlarge) shows thousands of cities, towns, and places named for saints and things Catholic.
What’s in a name? Usually history, honor, and respect. If so, then Catholicism has left its mark on this country whether the secularists like it or not. I wonder when and if they will sue to remove these sorts of names as St Petersburg, Russia once became Leningrad.
“because nobody else would have ever crossed the Atlantic if he hadnt”
Most explorers were Catholic. If not Columbus it would have been another Catholic explorer.
Cape Saint Claire, Anne Arundel County
Cape Saint John, Anne Arundel County
Saint Anthony
Saint Aubins Heights, Talbot County
Saint Augustine, Cecil County
Saint Charles, Charles County
Saint Clements Shores, St. Marys County
Saint Denis, Baltimore County
Saint George Island, St. Marys County
Saint George Park, St. Marys County
Saint Georges, Baltimore County
Saint Helena, Baltimore County
Saint James, Washington County
Saint James, St. Marys County
Saint Leonard, Calvert County
Saint Margarets, Anne Arundel County
Saint Martin, Worcester
Saint Marys City, St. Marys County
Saint Michaels, Talbot County
Saint Stephen, Somerset County
From http://www.catholic.org/saints/missions.php
The Spanish missions in California comprise a series of religious and military outposts established by Spanish Catholics of the Franciscan Order between 1769 and 1823 to spread the Christian faith among the local Native Americans.
There are 21 Catholic missions established in California.
Spanish Name; English Name
La Purísima de Concepcíon; The Immaculate Conception
Nuestra Señora de Soledad; Our Lady of Solitude [a.k.a. Soledad, women's prison there]
San Antonio de Padua; St. Anthony of Padua
San Buenaventura; St. Bonaventure
San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo; [Many Giants baseball players live there]
St. Charles Borromeo (of Carmel)
San Fernando Rey de España; St. Ferdinand, King of Spain
San Francisco de Assis; St. Francis of Assisi [Banking capital of the west coast, City by the Bay, Foggy: Mark Twain said: "The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco."]
San Francisco Solano; St. Francis Solano [Solano]
San Gabriel Arcángel; The Archangel Gabriel
San Jose de Guadalupe; St. Joseph [San Jose--University town]
San Juan Bautista; St. John the Baptist
San Juan Capistrano; St. John of Capistrano [Swallows return there every year.]
San Luis Obispo de Tolosa; St. Louis, Bishop of Toulose [Home of the UOP, a "party school"]
San Luis Rey de Fráncia; St. Louis, King of France
San Miguel Arcángel; The Archangel Michael
San Rafael Arcángel; The Archangel Raphael [Wealthy folks]
Santa Barbara; St. Barbara [Wealthy folks]
Santa Clara de Assis; St. Claire of Assisi [University town]
Santa Cruz; Holy Cross [I have a cousin who lives in Santa Cruz]
Santa Inés; St. Agnes
***I don't know why they left out La Ciudád de Los Angeles; City of the Angels--a.k.a. Los Angeles and HOLLYWOOD
***San Quentin isn't mentioned either, also the home of a serious prison
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Is that enough for ya? :o)
I didn't know that! How interesting.
Voting patterns for catholics in U.S. presidential elections.
YR | % of Catholic Vote for Dimocrat | Winning Party |
48 | 62 | D |
52 | 52 | R |
56 | 46 | R |
60 | 82 | D |
64 | 79 | D |
68 | 56 | R |
72 | 39 | R |
76 | 57 | D |
80 | 41 | R |
84 | 46 | R |
88 | 52 | R |
92 | 50 | D |
96 | 55 | D |
00 | 50 | R |
04 | 51 | R |
08 | 57 | D |
12 | 53 | D |
Bold indicates majority catholic vote for Republican candidate.
YR | % of Catholic Vote for Dimocrat | Winning Party |
48 | 62 | D |
52 | 52 | R |
56 | 46 | R |
60 | 82 | D |
64 | 79 | D |
68 | 56 | R |
72 | 39 | R |
76 | 57 | D |
80 | 41 | R |
84 | 46 | R |
88 | 52 | R |
92 | 50 | D |
96 | 55 | D |
00 | 50 | R |
04 | 51 | R |
08 | 57 | D |
12 | 53 | D |
bold indicates 50% or more of catholic vote to GOP candidate
correction...my apologies for the error in elections where catholics voted 50% or more for GOP candidate. it has only been four: 56; 72; 80; 84.
Another way to view this...in 76% of the elections since 1948 catholics have supported liberal dimocrat candidates.
Almost 50/50 in the last 30 years. I didn’t realize that Nixon got almost 60% of the Catholic vote.
More like 4 of 17 has the catholic vote been 50% or more for GOP candidates.
Many of these missions was founded by Bl. Junipero Serra.
Getting closer. With more hispanics getting off the government dole it can only go up.
http://www.pewforum.org/2012/11/07/how-the-faithful-voted-2012-preliminary-exit-poll-analysis/
Care to cite those numbers you're pushing?
Rush said that the Obama amnesty should have called the
Democrat Voter Initiative. He’s exactly right. Democrats know without the illegals (majority are Catholic), they cant win future elections. Low info voters vote for who can give them the most, and that’s always the democrat and it makes no difference whatsover what faith someone holds.
So what's your ultimate concern here? Is it your belief that Catholicism represents an existential threat to the continued existence of the United States?
Agree with your post 73.
Bzzz. Wrong answer. What brings dishonor to Christ is the carnal attitudes of protestants. To assume through flawed interpretation of scripture that the anti-Catholic prejudices of protestants are the prejudices of Christ.
The inevitable 'God in a box' problem as expressed by the protestant contingent and their man made understandings of the ways of God.
Actually, yes. Pretty much anyplace with biblical geographical names like Jericho, Salem, Bethany, Bethabara, Canaan or New Canaan, Nazareth, Ephrata, Bethel, Lebanon, Gilead (various forms), Pisgah, Philippi, Berea, Antioch, Mount Calvary, Zion (various forms), etc. were most likely settled and named by Methodists, Baptists, or Presbyterians. Likewise, many of the St. Georges were founded by English Anglicans, St. Davids by Methodist or Anglican Welshmen, and there's even a St. Francis in NW Kansas that was settled by German Lutherans.
But those are still biblical and Catholic names, just borrowed by protestants.
I saw one above that surprised me, though.
Calvert
Biblical names, yes. Catholic names, no. They were named based on the piety of their founders for the Scriptures themselves. Catholicism had zilch to do with it.
Or wait - is this a Catholic version of the "Abraham Lincoln was really a gay man" argument?
Actually, "Calvert" is named after the Lords Calvert, Barons of Baltimore.
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