Satchmo and the Holy Father
Tonight, I watched a DVD of the very moving and informative documentary The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong (2001) and learned of Satchmo's 1949 private audience with Pope Pius XII, who had been a fan of Armstrong as a young priest. I tried to find some more information about the meeting of these two great men on the Internet, especialy a photo, but found only this: Louis' meeting with the Pope.
However, in my search, I learned that Lionel Hampton, who joined Louis Armstrong to play for Pope Pius XII, had as a teacher Saint Katharine Drexel (from MOTHER KATHARINE DREXEL: A TEACHER TO SOME, A SAINT TO MANY).
Tonight, I watched a DVD of the very moving and informative documentary The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong (2001) and learned of Satchmo's 1949 private audience with Pope Pius XII, who had been a fan of Armstrong as a young priest. I tried to find some more information about the meeting of these two great men on the Internet, especialy a photo, but found only this: Louis' meeting with the Pope.
However, in my search, I learned that Lionel Hampton, who joined Louis Armstrong to play for Pope Pius XII, had as a teacher Saint Katharine Drexel (from MOTHER KATHARINE DREXEL: A TEACHER TO SOME, A SAINT TO MANY).
Redeemed by Our Savior, I work out my salvation with fear and trembling in Pohang, South Korea, where I live with my wife, daughter, and son and teach English at a science and technology university. Baptized a Methodist and raised a Missouri Synod Lutheran in Buffalo, NY, I spent six years as a guest of the Anglican Communion before being received by the Grace of God into the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church on the Feast of Saint Andrew, my patron, anno domini 2002.
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