Category: Retros

April 20, 1865, 10:30 am THE NATIONAL MOURNING for President Abraham Lincoln at Old St. Patrick’s Cathedral

by Journey | Apr 20, 2026 | Abraham Lincoln & NYC faiths, Catholics, Lincoln's Death Memorialized in NYC | 0 |

“He was taken away in the midst of his glory in this world, and it is a lesson to teach us that God alone can give us peace.”

April 19, 1876 The last day of evangelist Dwight L. Moody’s “The Great Campaign” in NYC

by Journey | Apr 19, 2026 | Evangelical Protestants, Retro Flashes | 0 |

This evangelism campaign of Moody swiftly had effects around the world.

April 15, 1865, Passover, President Abraham Lincoln dies, Memorialized at NYC Synagogue

by Journey | Apr 15, 2026 | Abraham Lincoln & NYC faiths, Jews, Lincoln's Death Memorialized in NYC, Passover | 0 |

From The Weekly Standard: When Lincoln died on Passover, Jews prayed for the soul of a man not a Jewish believer.

In Memoriam: John Allen, Catholic reporter extraordinaire

by Tony Carnes | Jan 22, 2026 | Catholics, Journalism, Personalities A - M, Religions | 0 |

Honoring a Life of Dedication and Integrity Elise Allen announced today in CRUX the passing of her...

Columbus Day: the fire that burns in the heart

by Journey | Oct 12, 2025 | Columbus Day, Columbus Day Retro, Italians, Journey Everywhere | 0 |

NYC holiday parade celebrates a spiritual explorer.

YOM KIPPUR STARTS TONIGHT

by Journey | Oct 1, 2025 | Jews, Retro Flashes, Yom Kippur | 0 |

The Yom Kippur service from the first complete Jewish prayer book was translated into English by...

September 23, 1857 Beginning of Layman’s Prayer Revival on Fulton Street, Wall Street area.

by Journey | Sep 23, 2025 | Evangelical Protestants, Retros-Holidays & Events, Wall Street | 0 |

By hymn writer Phoebe Brown. How do you deal with paralyzing fears? This question was pondered...

Sept 5 Jack Kerouac’s classic journey “On the Road” published

by Journey | Sep 5, 2025 | Buddhists, Retro Flashes | 0 |

On September 5, 1957, Jack Kerouac’s novel, On the Road, was first published. On the journey, you...

Sept 2, 1945 The end of WW2 with Japan’s surrender: NYC art and the Bible in the war

by Journey | Sep 2, 2025 | Art & Faith, Jews, World War 2 | 0 |

If the prophet Jeremiah had illustrated his warnings against disaster with richly illuminated illustrations, he surely would have done something like the fine art cartoons of Szyk.

AUGUST 24, 1759 — WILLIAM WILBERFORCE BORN

by Journey | Aug 24, 2025 | Retro Flashes | 0 |

The rediscovery of Wilberforce’s anti-slave victory has inspired a new generation of New...

August 23-24, 1572 French Protestants slaughtered, some flee to New Amsterdam

by Tony Carnes | Aug 23, 2025 | Europeans, Evangelical Protestants, Retro Flashes | 2 |

The “St. Bartholomew’s Day massacre” of Protestants took place in Paris, France. It soon spread...

August 22, 1922 Groundswell of cottage prayer meetings Jamaica, Queens

by Journey | Aug 22, 2025 | Evangelical Protestants, Jamaica, Retro Flashes | 0 |

The same path for the father Caesar, son Roderick, Jr., and grandson Roderick III (not pictured)....

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