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Jean Louis Berlandier and the Pious Witness of America, by Russell M. Lawson – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

Jean Louis Berlandier and the Pious Witness of America, by Russell M. Lawson

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By Russell M. Lawson, Catholic Exchange, March 30, 2026

Russell M. Lawson is the author of almost two dozen books and many more articles and essays. He has taught at schools in New England, Oklahoma, and Ontario. Dr. Lawson teaches and writes on scientists, explorers, and missionaries; the history of America, Europe, and the world; and the history of ideas, particularly Christian ideas. …

Editor’s Note: Read the previous installments of The Pious Scientist series here.

Jean-Louis Berlandier was a French Catholic who journeyed to America and lived in northern Mexico near the Texas border. From the 1820s to the early 1850s, he was the only great savant in the region: a physician, apothecary, botanist, meteorologist, ornithologist, and pious scientist, as his many manuscripts reveal. He served as a surgeon during the Mexican War. As a lay missionary, he worked tirelessly to heal the sick of the Rio Grande Valley.

To Preach to All Creation

St. Mark’s Gospel records Jesus’s commandment to His disciples: “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to the whole creation.” The Greek word ktisis literally means “creature” or “creation.” How does one preach to the whole Creation? ….

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Jean Louis Berlandier and the Pious Witness of America, by Russell M. Lawson

The Paschal Mystery: Our Exodus from Death to Life, by Dr. R. Jared Staudt

50,000 Troops Now Stationed in Middle East, by Sam Barron

By Russell M. Lawson, Catholic Exchange, March 30, 2026

To Preach to All Creation

St. Mark’s Gospel records Jesus’s commandment to His disciples: “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to the whole creation.” The Greek word ktisis literally means “creature” or “creation.” How does one preach to the whole Creation? ….

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