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death forced John back to toil. In 1835, he entered the seminary in Chieri, funding it with odd jobs—tailoring, cobbling—while excelling in studies. Ordained

first African-American Catholic parish in Atlanta. It was founded with funding from Mother Katharine Drexel, who aimed to serve African Americans and Native

financial support from George Washington, who contributed to the building fund, an act symbolic of religious tolerance in early America. This contribution