By Paul Zahl In 1964 Louis Auchincloss published his novel The Rector of Justin. It concerned the headmaster of a church-related prep school in New England. Students at such schools read it eagerly, for it described the world in which “we live and move and have our being.” Auchincloss observed a world that critics described as “privileged,” though at age 13 one didn’t think of … [Read more...] about Frank Griswold’s Early Formation and Wide Embrace
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Archives: Mission Reports from Gold Rush Alaska (1898)
This article was first published in the March 12, 1898 issue of The Living Church. Some background: The Rev. Jules Louis Prevost (1863-1937) was a pioneering Episcopal missionary who served native and white communities across Alaska as a priest and medical doctor from 1890 until 1906. His mother-in-law, Anna Cécile Vaucher Demonet (1836-1922), and his wife, Anna Louise … [Read more...] about Archives: Mission Reports from Gold Rush Alaska (1898)