New York to Nicaragua: Yesterday, October 15th, 1891

Hello, Catholic Pilgrims. Today's letter is a continuation of what happened on October 15th.  Because I'm a history nut, you get another history lesson today. Mother Cabrini is going to describe steaming past "Fortune Island." This is Long Cay Island located in the Bahamas. It's a tiny thing and today it only has roughly around 50 people living on it. It was named "Fortune Island" by Christopher Columbus because he found a conch shell there.  I'll link a website to Long Cay in the show notes.  Mother then describes passing another island called Castel or Castle Island. This island is directly south of Long Cay. It doesn't look inhabited today from what I can see, but it does have a lighthouse that reportedly was the hideout location of pirates looking to attack ships that passed by.  Why am I telling you all this? Well, I think it's super cool and I think it puts us back in time with her. She is describing real places that she saw and I think that helps connect us to her through all the years between us.  But, enough with the history lesson, let's hear Mother Cabrini by turning to page 64 Long Cay Island: https://www.bahamas.com/en/plan-your-trip/things-to-do/long-cay Castle Island: https://bahamasgeotourism.com/entries/castle-island-lighthouse/978e9218-643a-4cb1-9f05-ed6bd788b38f