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Julie Larsen

Julie is a mom to four wonderful blessed children, a doula "servant" to mothers for pregnancy to postpartum and owner of spiritual based doula training. She loves sewing, nature, mysteries, sci-fi, drinking tea, and more. Check out her other websites: CatholicDoula.com, Find a Catholic Doula, St. Zelie Parent Education, and Moms of BLOOM: Bettering Lives of Outstanding Moms.

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Catholic Mass  |  Eucharist  |  Thanksgiving  |  family prayer

Thanking God: The First Catholic Thanksgiving

By: Julie Larsen November 27th, 2025

On this Thanksgiving Day, Catholic Mom contributor Julie Larsen discusses the early celebrations of Thanksgiving among Catholics in the United States. The celebration of the Eucharist (the Mass) is the highest form of thanksgiving for Catholics. Since I wholeheartedly agree with this, in celebration of Thanksgiving, I decided to research about where the first Mass in America was celebrated. There is considerable debate about where the first Mass was or could have been held. One claim is to St. Brendan the Navigator who discovered North Canada area back in the 6th century!

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