Religion
- Charles Coughlin (1891–1979), priest and radio personality.
- John Christie Holland (1882–1954), In 1924, became an ordained Minister and served as Pastor of Hamilton's Stewart Memorial Church. The church has been designated a historic site by the Ontario government because its solid history and connection to the Underground Railroad. In 1953 he was honoured as Citizen of the Year in Hamilton, the first African Canadian to be given that recognition.
- Bishop Joseph Francis Ryan, Bishop of Hamilton for 36 years, appointed by Pope John XXIII as assistant to the pontifical throne. Bishop Ryan's many priorities included securing the best possible education for Catholic students. Bishop Ryan Catholic Secondary School is named in his honour.
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Famous quotes containing the word religion:
“... it was religion that saved me. Our ugly church and parochial school provided me with my only aesthetic outlet, in the words of the Mass and the litanies and the old Latin hymns, in the Easter lilies around the altar, rosaries, ornamented prayer books, votive lamps, holy cards stamped in gold and decorated with flower wreaths and a saint’s picture.”
—Mary McCarthy (1912–1989)
“Whereas Freud was for the most part concerned with the morbid effects of unconscious repression, Jung was more interested in the manifestations of unconscious expression, first in the dream and eventually in all the more orderly products of religion and art and morals.”
—Lewis Mumford (1895–1990)
“Democracy and Republicanism in their best partisan utterances alike declare for human rights. Jefferson, the father of Democracy, Lincoln, the embodiment of Republicanism, and the Divine author of the religion on which true civilization rests, all proclaim the equal rights of all men.”
—Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822–1893)