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Before the Nation Drew Its First Breath: Part III — When the Dream Met History
For a time, it worked.
That may be the most surprising part of the story.
Along the quiet shores of the Potomac, Catholics and Protestants lived beside one another. The Mass was celebrated openly. Fields spread into the forest. Children w...
Before the Nation Drew Its First Breath: Part II — The Shore Beyond the Island
The island was never meant to be the destination.
St. Clement’s was the threshold.
Within days of celebrating that first Mass, the settlers crossed the river again and began establishing a permanent settlement along the shoreline that wou...
Before the Nation Drew Its First Breath: Part I - The Crossing
Several years ago, I pushed a kayak into the Potomac River and aimed it toward St. Clement’s Island.
The island looked close.
It wasn’t.
What followed was a crossing I’ll never forget…and the beginning of a journey into a story that unfo...
Three years ago, today…
My son, Mike, and his buddies
Today, July 28, 2026, marks the third unofficial anniversary of the day I truly began publishing on Substack.
It’s been three years of stumbling along…learning to write, photograph, and find my way through st...
Through Him, and with Him, and in Him...
Sunday Morning.
I sat alone in my tiny office with the windows thrown open, watching the new day begin. The early sun climbed into a clear Marian-blue sky. A pair of seagulls, arguing or trading jokes, I couldn’t tell, filled the silence w...
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Jeffrey Bruno is an award winning photojournalist and creative director specializing in the mission and beauty of the Catholic Church around the globe.
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