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Like Antonin Scalia.  Antonin Gregory Scalia was the only child of Salvadore Eugene and Catherine Panaro Scalia. His father emigrated from Sicily as a teenager and came through Ellis Island.

On September 10, 1960, Scalia married Maureen McCarthy at St. Pius X church in Yarmouth, Massachusetts.[163] The two had met on a blind date while he was at Harvard Law School. Maureen was an undergraduate student at Radcliffe College when they met; she subsequently obtained a degree in English from the school.[164]

The couple raised nine children, five boys and four girls.[165] Two of the sons, Eugene Scalia and John Scalia, are attorneys. Paul Scalia is a Catholic priest, Matthew had a career in the army, and Christopher is a writer. All four daughters, Catherine, Ann, Margaret, and Mary, have families. According to Scalia, Maureen raised all nine children "with very little assistance from me".[166] The family resided in McLean, Virginia, a suburb of Washington, D.C.[167]

 

Ronald Reagan appointed him, the first Italian-American justice in 1986.  

Scalia was a devout Roman Catholic, both he and his son Paul entered the priesthood. Uncomfortable with the changes brought about following Vatican II, Scalia drove long distances to parishes he felt were more in accord with his beliefs, including parishes that celebrated the Tridentine Latin Mass in Chicago and Washington, and one’s celebrating the Latin version.  

On September 10, 1960, Scalia married Maureen McCarthy at St. Pius X church in Yarmouth, Massachusetts.  The two had met on a blind date while he was at Harvard Law School. Maureen was an undergraduate student at Radcliffe College when they met; she subsequently obtained a degree in English from the school.  The couple raised nine children, five boys and four girls.  Two of the sons, Eugene Scalia and John Scalia, are attorneys. Paul Scalia is a Catholic priest, Matthew had a career in the army, and Christopher is a writer. All four daughters, Catherine, Ann, Margaret, and Mary, have families. According to Scalia, Maureen raised all nine children "with very little assistance from me".  The family resided in McLean, Virginia, a suburb of Washington, D.C.  

 

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I met him while in the convent.  He sat in the back of the convent chapel for Mass.  immensely humble.  Giant Of a man... both spiritually and physically.

 

the Left celebrated his death with vulgar words and cheers.  When the world hates you that much, and you’ve done nothing but live your faith through your life’s work, the worlds vitriol becomes like a prize... :winner:

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