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Pat McNamara
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Pat received his Ph.D. from Catholic University of American in Washington, D.C. A native of Queens, New York, Dr. Pat McNamara is a published historian. His books include A Catholic Cold War: Edmund A. Walsh, S.J., and The Politics of American Anticommunism (2005); The Tablet: The First Hundred Years (2008); and Diocese of Immigrants: The Brooklyn Catholic Experience, 1853-2003 (2004). Pat has appeared in numerous publications, writing on American Catholic history. Pat has taught at St. Joseph's Seminary, Dunwoodie, was an archivist for the Brooklyn Diocese for ten years, and in 2008 was a consultant for the Museum of the City of New York's exhibit Catholics in New York.
Works by Pat McNamara
St. John Henry Newman and the “Special Charm of Christmas”
Pat McNamara | December 21, 2020
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American Catholics and Race in 2020: A Church Historian's...
Pat McNamara | June 08, 2020
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“It’s About Time They Got Here”: Catholics and the Civil...
Pat McNamara | June 07, 2020
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The Struggle for an African American Priesthood
Pat McNamara | June 06, 2020
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A House Divided: The American Bishops and the Civil War
Pat McNamara | June 05, 2020
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Pat McNamara | June 04, 2020
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American Catholics and the 1619 Project
Pat McNamara | June 03, 2020
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White American Catholics and Race: A Church Historian’s...
Pat McNamara | June 02, 2020
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This Week in America: What Would St. Francis Do?
Pat McNamara | May 30, 2020
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John Wayne and the Catholic Church
Pat McNamara | May 26, 2020
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A Great Book for Memorial Day-- Catholics and the Civil...
Pat McNamara | May 22, 2020
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General Sherman Speaks at Notre Dame, 1865
Pat McNamara | May 21, 2020
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McNamara's Catholic Poets: Monsignor Robert Hugh Benson
Pat McNamara | May 20, 2020
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Pat McNamara | May 20, 2020
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Pat McNamara | May 20, 2020
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Who’s Buried in Catholic Cemeteries?
Pat McNamara | May 19, 2020
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Prayer and Action: The Forgotten History of the Liturgical...
Pat McNamara | May 14, 2020
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Pat McNamara | May 13, 2020
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A Church Historian’s First Communion
Pat McNamara | May 12, 2020
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Pat McNamara | April 09, 2020
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Pat McNamara | April 01, 2020
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Saint Aloysius Gonzaga: A Reflection for Troubled Times
Pat McNamara | March 27, 2020
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Pope Pius XII, the Vatican Archives, and the Holocaust
Pat McNamara | March 05, 2019
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As St. Patrick’s Day Approaches: An Irish American Poem
Pat McNamara | March 03, 2019
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National Catholic Sisters Week 2019: An Appreciation
Pat McNamara | March 02, 2019
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The Council of Trent-- And Church Reform Today
Pat McNamara | February 28, 2019
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Newman, the Scandals, and the Laity
Pat McNamara | February 24, 2019
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Nuns as Sex Slaves: Fact, Fiction, and Maria Monk
Pat McNamara | February 20, 2019
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Brooklyn's Prep Seminary Graduates its First Class, 1919
Pat McNamara | February 19, 2019
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Looking at the Scandals-- A Church Historian’s Perspective
Pat McNamara | February 18, 2019
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“France is Born Anew in Brooklyn”: Our Lady of Lourdes...
Pat McNamara | February 11, 2019
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“I No Longer Call You Slaves”: Race, Religion, and the...
Pat McNamara | February 04, 2019
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McNamara’s Blog Celebrates Black History Month
Pat McNamara | February 01, 2019
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Love Before Fear: St. John Bosco and the Salesian Charism
Pat McNamara | January 31, 2019
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Making History: Dr. James McCartin, Theology Department,...
Pat McNamara | January 30, 2019
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“A Million Foreigners, Most of Them Papists”: The...
Pat McNamara | January 29, 2019
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St. Mary Euphrasia and the Good Shepherd Charism
Pat McNamara | January 26, 2019
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Pat McNamara | January 25, 2019
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Christopher Columbus and Notre Dame: A Church Historian’s...
Pat McNamara | January 24, 2019
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St. Joseph‘s School for the Deaf Celebrates 150 Years in...
Pat McNamara | January 24, 2019
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Who’s It Named For? Archbishop Thomas E. Molloy...
Pat McNamara | January 22, 2019
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Catholics in the Military: Lieutenant General Harold G....
Pat McNamara | January 21, 2019
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"A Victorian Mother Teresa": Servant of God Elizabeth...
Pat McNamara | January 11, 2019
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Catholics in the Movies: J. Carrol Naish (1896-1973)
Pat McNamara | January 08, 2019
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Katherine Burton and the Future of Catholic Biography
Pat McNamara | January 07, 2019
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Who’s It Named For? General Judson Kilpatrick...
Pat McNamara | January 06, 2019
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New Biography of St. Aloysius Hits the Mark
Pat McNamara | January 05, 2019
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Newly Made Saints: St. Manuel Gonzalez Garcia (1877-1940)
Pat McNamara | January 04, 2019
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Holy Name Rally at Ebbets Field Attracts 60,000 Catholic...
Pat McNamara | January 03, 2019
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"A Shame and a Scandal": Black Catholics Fight Racism
Pat McNamara | January 02, 2019
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Looking Forward in 2019: Some American Catholic History...
Pat McNamara | January 01, 2019
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Looking Back at 2018: Some Anniversary Dates in American...
Pat McNamara | December 31, 2018
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From West Point to the Priesthood: Father George Deshon,...
Pat McNamara | December 30, 2018
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Three Giants of Brooklyn Catholicism
Pat McNamara | December 29, 2018
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Who's It Named For? Corrigan Hall, Seton Hall University
Pat McNamara | December 28, 2018
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Pat McNamara | December 27, 2018
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New Books on Catholics and the American Civil War
Pat McNamara | December 26, 2018
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When Catholics Swept the Oscars
Pat McNamara | December 25, 2018
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Soon-to-be Saints: Servant of God Demetrius Augustine...
Pat McNamara | December 22, 2018
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What's in a Name? Canisius College, Buffalo, New York...
Pat McNamara | December 21, 2018
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Gerard Manley Hopkins: Finding God in All Things
Pat McNamara | December 20, 2018
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Who's Buried in Catholic Cemeteries: Mayor William R....
Pat McNamara | December 19, 2018
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Isaac Hecker: Who He is, Why He Matters
Pat McNamara | December 18, 2018
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Forgotten Catholic Poets: John Bannister Tabb (1845-1909)
Pat McNamara | December 14, 2018
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Who's It Named For? Collins Hall, Fordham University,...
Pat McNamara | December 13, 2018
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Who's Buried in Catholic Cemeteries: Gary Cooper
Pat McNamara | December 12, 2018
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The Unwilling Catholic: General William Tecumseh Sherman
Pat McNamara | December 11, 2018
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Scandal and Renewal at Gethsemani Abbey
Pat McNamara | December 10, 2018
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Catholics in the Movies: Raoul Walsh (1887-1980)
Pat McNamara | December 09, 2018
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Brooklyn College Dedicated to the Immaculate Conception,...
Pat McNamara | December 08, 2018
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Before Alcoholics Anonymous: Father Mathew and the Pledge
Pat McNamara | December 07, 2018
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Brooklyn Catholic Architect Receives Notre Dame's Laetare...
Pat McNamara | December 05, 2018
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The Sisters of Mercy in Early San Francisco
Pat McNamara | December 04, 2018
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The Feast of St. Francis Xavier (1506-1552)
Pat McNamara | December 03, 2018
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Old Catholic Poems: "Courtesy"
Pat McNamara | December 02, 2018
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Lacordaire: The Fulton Sheen of the 1800's
Pat McNamara | December 01, 2018
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Soon-to-be-Saints: Servant of God Francis J. Parater...
Pat McNamara | November 30, 2018
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"McNamara's Vlog": Dorothy Day (1897-1980)
Pat McNamara | November 29, 2018
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Catholics and the American Revolution
Pat McNamara | November 28, 2018
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Pat McNamara | November 27, 2018
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Priests, Nuns, and Memphis' Yellow Fever Epidemic,...
Pat McNamara | November 26, 2018
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Old Catholic Poems: "The Carthusians"
Pat McNamara | November 25, 2018
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Civil War General Receives Notre Dame’s Laetare Medal,...
Pat McNamara | November 24, 2018
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How to Preach Missions to Non-Catholics
Pat McNamara | November 23, 2018
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Holiness is Contagious: The “Social Saints” of 19th...
Pat McNamara | November 22, 2018
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Books: The Perfect Christmas Gift!
Pat McNamara | November 21, 2018
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"McNamara's Vlog": Race, Religion, and the Healy Brothers,...
Pat McNamara | November 20, 2018
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“We're an Integral Part of the Church": Father Cyprian...
Pat McNamara | November 19, 2018
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Catholics in the Movies: Pedro de Cordoba (1881-1950)
Pat McNamara | November 06, 2014
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Anti-Catholic Cartoon of the Week
Pat McNamara | November 05, 2014
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Catholics in Public Service: Senator Francis Kernan, New...
Pat McNamara | November 04, 2014
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Catholic Poetry: "Believe and Take Heart," by John...
Pat McNamara | November 02, 2014
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All Saints Day Homily, St. Paul the Apostle, Manhattan,...
Pat McNamara | November 01, 2014
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All Hallows College, Ireland (1840)
Pat McNamara | October 31, 2014
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The First Review of "New York Catholics"!
Pat McNamara | October 30, 2014
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Who’s Buried in Catholic Cemeteries: Mona Darkfeather,...
Pat McNamara | October 29, 2014
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Blog Bishop of the Week: Ignatius A. Reynolds, Charleston,...
Pat McNamara | October 28, 2014
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Anti-Catholic Cartoon of the Week: "Erin Go Unum"
Pat McNamara | October 17, 2014
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New York Socialite Becomes Nun, 1914
Pat McNamara | October 16, 2014
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A Poem by Blessed John Henry Newman, 1857
Pat McNamara | October 09, 2014
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A Review of Daniel P. Horan, O.F.M., "The Franciscan Heart...
Pat McNamara | October 08, 2014
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Franciscans Found New York City's First Italian Parish,...
Pat McNamara | October 04, 2014
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A Poem by St. Therese of Lisieux (1873-1897)
Pat McNamara | October 01, 2014
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Review of Jon M. Sweeney, "When Saint Francis Saved the...
Pat McNamara | September 30, 2014
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My Speech at the Book Launching Party for "New York...
Pat McNamara | September 24, 2014
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Anti-Catholic Cartoon of the Week: "Three Things That...
Pat McNamara | September 19, 2014
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A Dominican in Memphis: Father Joseph A. Kelly, O.P....
Pat McNamara | September 18, 2014
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An African-American Woman Writes to Pope Pius IX, 1853
Pat McNamara | September 17, 2014
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"New York Catholics" Now Available on Amazon!
Pat McNamara | September 16, 2014
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Who's Buried in Catholic Cemeteries: Mayor Hugh J. Grant...
Pat McNamara | August 17, 2014
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Catholics in Public Service: John Lee Carroll (1830-1911)
Pat McNamara | July 31, 2014
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Poem for the Fiftieth Anniversary of Villanova, 1892
Pat McNamara | July 19, 2014
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Catholics on Stage: Fritz Williams (1865-1930)
Pat McNamara | July 14, 2014
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Who’s Buried in Catholic Cemeteries: Supreme Court Justice...
Pat McNamara | July 13, 2014
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Catholics in the Movies: Mike Mazurki (1907-1990)
Pat McNamara | July 11, 2014
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Father William Starrs, St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York...
Pat McNamara | July 10, 2014
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Who's Buried in Catholic Cemeteries: Annie Moore...
Pat McNamara | July 06, 2014
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Brooklyn Widow Enters Carmelite Monastery, 1916
Pat McNamara | July 05, 2014
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Catholics in Public Service: Charles Carroll of Carrollton...
Pat McNamara | July 04, 2014
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Know-Nothings Appeal to Protestant Women of America, 1856
Pat McNamara | July 03, 2014
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Catholic History in Less Than Five Minutes: The "Dark...
Pat McNamara | July 01, 2014
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Who’s Buried in Catholic Cemeteries: Henry King...
Pat McNamara | June 29, 2014
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The Dakotas' First Bishop: Martin Marty, O.S.B....
Pat McNamara | June 29, 2014
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Monsignor Dennis J. Flynn, Mount St. Mary’s College and...
Pat McNamara | June 26, 2014
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Mission to Non-Catholics, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, 1904
Pat McNamara | June 25, 2014
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St. John the Baptist Church, Brooklyn, New York (1868)
Pat McNamara | June 24, 2014
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Catholic History in Less Than Five Minutes: East-West...
Pat McNamara | June 23, 2014
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Feast of Corpus Christi, a Sermon by Father Francis X....
Pat McNamara | June 22, 2014
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St. Aloysius Gonzaga, a Poem by Father William Hart...
Pat McNamara | June 21, 2014
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Roads to Rome: Margaret Terry Chanler, 1910
Pat McNamara | June 20, 2014
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Catholic History in Less Than Five Minutes: The Age of...
Pat McNamara | June 19, 2014
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Catholics in the Military: Lieutenant Augustine F. Hewit,...
Pat McNamara | June 19, 2014
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From County Kerry to New Orleans: Father John M. Cronin,...
Pat McNamara | June 17, 2014
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Catholics on Stage: Arnold Daly (1875-1927)
Pat McNamara | June 17, 2014
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“The Church Would Look Foolish Without Them”: Thomas...
Pat McNamara | June 16, 2014
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Catholic History in Less Than Five Minutes: Pope St....
Pat McNamara | June 16, 2014
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The “White Benedictines” of Arkansas (1874)
Pat McNamara | June 13, 2014
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Atonement Friars Received Into the Church, 1909
Pat McNamara | June 13, 2014
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Peter S. Munro, Catholic School Teacher, Civil War Veteran...
Pat McNamara | June 12, 2014
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Catholic History in Less Than Five Minutes-- The...
Pat McNamara | June 12, 2014
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Throwback Thursday Photograph!
Pat McNamara | June 12, 2014
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John Wayne (1907-1979), Catholic Convert
Pat McNamara | June 11, 2014
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Catholic Higher Education: St. John's University,...
Pat McNamara | June 11, 2014
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Catholic History in Less Than Five Minutes-- The Church...
Pat McNamara | June 10, 2014
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Controversial Catholic Editor James A. McMaster Dies, 1886
Pat McNamara | June 10, 2014
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African-American Sisters Start School in Washington, D.C.,...
Pat McNamara | June 09, 2014
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Catholic History in Less Than Five Minutes-- The Early...
Pat McNamara | June 09, 2014
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“A Heart and a Half”: Brother Andronis, F.S.C. (1811-1898)
Pat McNamara | June 09, 2014
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Catholic History in Less Than Five Minutes-- The...
Pat McNamara | June 08, 2014
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Who’s Buried in Catholic Cemeteries: Alice Joyce...
Pat McNamara | June 08, 2014
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Sermon for Children's Mass, Pentecost Sunday, 1900
Pat McNamara | June 08, 2014
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New York Herald Interviews Boston College Founder, May...
Pat McNamara | June 07, 2014
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Roads to Rome: Sarah Worthington King Peter (1800-1877)
Pat McNamara | June 07, 2014
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Catholic History in Less Than 5 Minutes-- The Age of...
Pat McNamara | June 07, 2014
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The "Bogus Knights of Columbus Oath"
Pat McNamara | June 06, 2014
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Remembering the Fallen: Lt. Robert P. Mathias, D-Day, June...
Pat McNamara | June 06, 2014
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Catholic History in Less Than 5 Minutes-- A New Feature--...
Pat McNamara | June 05, 2014
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Throwback Thursday Photograph!
Pat McNamara | June 05, 2014
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St. Boniface Church, Brooklyn (1854)
Pat McNamara | June 05, 2014
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Manhattan College-- A Visual History
Pat McNamara | June 04, 2014
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A Tribute to Fordham, My Alma Mater
Pat McNamara | June 04, 2014
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Catholics in the Movies: Allan Dwan (1885-1981)
Pat McNamara | June 04, 2014
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A Poetic Tribute to the Jesuits
Pat McNamara | June 04, 2014
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“The Church Would Look Foolish Without Them”: Dr. John...
Pat McNamara | June 04, 2014
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"The Teresian Contemplative," A Poem by Robert Hugh...
Pat McNamara | June 04, 2014
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My Book Available for Pre-Order on Amazon!
Pat McNamara | June 03, 2014
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A Meditation by John Henry Newman
Pat McNamara | June 03, 2014
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Lacordaire's Prayer for Priests
Pat McNamara | June 03, 2014
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“Living Catholic Authors: Miss Margaret Kenna,” The...
Pat McNamara | June 03, 2014
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A Baltimore Seminary Professor: Father Louis Regis Deluol,...
Pat McNamara | June 03, 2014
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A Photographic Survey of the 19th Century American Priest...
Pat McNamara | June 03, 2014
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My First Youtube Video-- Catholics and the American Civil...
Pat McNamara | June 02, 2014
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Mother Austin Carroll, R.S.M. (1835-1909)
Pat McNamara | June 02, 2014
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First Catholic Priest Ordained in the United States, 1793
Pat McNamara | June 02, 2014
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Former Know-Nothing Converts to Catholicism
Pat McNamara | June 02, 2014
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Catholic Sermons: "Holy Mass a Treasure" (1912)
Pat McNamara | June 01, 2014
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Who's Buried in Catholic Cemeteries: "Nonpareil" Dempsey...
Pat McNamara | June 01, 2014
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Catholic Poetry: "Our Lady of the May" by J. Corson Miller...
Pat McNamara | May 31, 2014
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Parish Mission for Deaf Catholics, 1899
Pat McNamara | May 31, 2014
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Catholics on Stage: Blanche Walsh (1873-1915)
Pat McNamara | May 30, 2014
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Queens Parish First One Named for St. Joan of Arc, 1920
Pat McNamara | May 30, 2014
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Roads to Rome: U.S. Army Officer Enters the Church, 1909
Pat McNamara | May 30, 2014
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St. Francis Xavier College Entrance Requirements, 1899
Pat McNamara | May 29, 2014
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A Franciscan in Memphis: Father Francis Moening, O.F.M.
Pat McNamara | May 29, 2014
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Catholics in the Movies: Frank McGlynn, Sr. (1866-1951)
Pat McNamara | May 29, 2014
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Sermon for Ascension Thursday: St. Paul the Apostle...
Pat McNamara | May 29, 2014
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A Tribute to Catholic Sisters, 1899
Pat McNamara | May 28, 2014
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Manhattan College Beats CCNY 5-0 (March 31, 1900)
Pat McNamara | May 28, 2014
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Catholics at West Point, a 1908 Survey
Pat McNamara | May 28, 2014
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“The Church Would Look Foolish Without Them”: Regina...
Pat McNamara | May 27, 2014
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A Poem in Honor of the Feast of St. Philip Neri...
Pat McNamara | May 27, 2014
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Pat McNamara | May 27, 2014
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Cardinal Gibbons Preaches at Funeral Mass of General...
Pat McNamara | May 26, 2014
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Remembering the Fallen: Corporal John Briody, Seventh U.S....
Pat McNamara | May 26, 2014
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Military Mass During the Civil War, 1864
Pat McNamara | May 26, 2014
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Pat McNamara | May 25, 2014
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Who's Buried in Catholic Cemeteries: Lt. Powhatan Clarke,...
Pat McNamara | May 25, 2014
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Pat McNamara | May 25, 2014
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Catholic Poetry: "You Silent Dead," In Honor of the Civil...
Pat McNamara | May 25, 2014
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Bishop Thomas Galberry, O.S.A., Hartford, Connecticut...
Pat McNamara | December 09, 2013
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Sermon by Fr. Francis X. Weninger, S.J., on the Feast of...
Pat McNamara | December 08, 2013
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Sermon for a Children's Mass, First Sunday of Advent, 1900
Pat McNamara | December 01, 2013
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Catholic Poetry: "A Christmas Song" by Teresa Brayton...
Pat McNamara | November 30, 2013
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Pat McNamara | November 29, 2013
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A Sermon on Thanksgiving, 1913
Pat McNamara | November 28, 2013
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Forgotten 19th Century Catholic Authors: Henrietta Dana...
Pat McNamara | November 27, 2013
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Paulist Outreach to Non-Catholics Explained, 1896
Pat McNamara | November 24, 2013
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Catholic Poetry: "The Pillar of the Cloud," by Blessed...
Pat McNamara | November 23, 2013
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Father Alexis Granger, C.S.C., University of Notre Dame...
Pat McNamara | November 22, 2013
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Pat McNamara | November 21, 2013
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Holy Cross College Alumnus Becomes Confederate General,...
Pat McNamara | November 20, 2013
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Montana's First Bishop Recounts Audience with Pope Leo...
Pat McNamara | November 19, 2013
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"The Church Would Look Foolish Without Them": Thomas F....
Pat McNamara | November 18, 2013
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The Poor Clares Come to the U.S., 1875
Pat McNamara | November 17, 2013
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Catholic Poetry: "The Hound of Heaven" by Francis Thompson...
Pat McNamara | November 16, 2013
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Know-Nothings Plot to Burn Fordham, 1853
Pat McNamara | November 15, 2013
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Passionists Celebrate Golden Jubilee in U.S., 1902
Pat McNamara | November 14, 2013
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George Hasenour (1841-1915): Soldier, Teacher, Entrepeneur
Pat McNamara | November 10, 2013
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A Sermon on Catholic Patriotism at St. Francis Xavier...
Pat McNamara | November 10, 2013
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Catholic Poetry: "Newman," by George N. Shuster
Pat McNamara | November 09, 2013
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Bishop Arrested in Civil War Mississippi, 1864
Pat McNamara | November 08, 2013
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A Detroit Pastor: Father Ernest Van Dyke (1845-1918)
Pat McNamara | November 07, 2013
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"A Catholic Dog," from "The New York Times," 1877
Pat McNamara | November 06, 2013
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"There is a Public Sphere for Catholic Women," by Alice...
Pat McNamara | November 05, 2013
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Former Episcopal Bishop Speaks at Catholic Forum,...
Pat McNamara | November 04, 2013
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"Catholic Officers in the Army and Navy," An 1899 Series...
Pat McNamara | November 03, 2013
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Catholic Poetry: "Old Nuns," by James M. Hayes
Pat McNamara | November 02, 2013
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Pope Leo XIII (1878-1903): Engaging the Modern World
Pat McNamara | November 01, 2013
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Father Bonaventure Frey (1831-1912), American Capuchin...
Pat McNamara | October 30, 2013
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Brooklyn Nuns Celebrate Silver Jubilee, 1902
Pat McNamara | October 24, 2013
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Catholic Chapel Dedicated at West Point, 1900
Pat McNamara | October 23, 2013
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The Thirteenth, and Other Great Centuries
Pat McNamara | October 22, 2013
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Bishop Jean Claude Neraz, San Antonio, Texas (1828-1894)
Pat McNamara | August 30, 2013
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“The Church Would Look Foolish Without Them”: Andrew...
Pat McNamara | August 29, 2013
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New York Pastors: Rev. Patrick McSweeny, St. Bridget's,...
Pat McNamara | August 27, 2013
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SISTERS OF CHARITY OF THE INCARNATE WORD (1866), TEXAS
Pat McNamara | August 26, 2013
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A Brother Pioneer: Brother Pastoris, F.S.C. (1819-1874)
Pat McNamara | August 25, 2013
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Father Francis Asbury Baker, C.S.P. (1820-1865)
Pat McNamara | August 20, 2013
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Protestant Minister Pays Tribute to Catholic Nun Nurses in...
Pat McNamara | August 16, 2013
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Catholics in American History: A View from 1908
Pat McNamara | August 15, 2013
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Connecticut's First Bishop: William Tyler (1806-1849)
Pat McNamara | August 14, 2013
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Fordham's First Jesuit President
Pat McNamara | August 13, 2013
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A Sermon on the Apostolate of Conversation, by Father...
Pat McNamara | August 04, 2013
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Bishop Ignatius Persico, O.F.M. Cap. (1823-1896),...
Pat McNamara | July 24, 2013
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A Sermon on Human Dignity by Cardinal Gibbons, 1908
Pat McNamara | July 14, 2013
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School Days, 1848: A Reminiscence
Pat McNamara | July 08, 2013
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Pat McNamara | July 06, 2013
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Catholics and the American Revolution: An Excerpt from a...
Pat McNamara | July 05, 2013
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Colonel Patrick H. O'Rorke (1837-1863), Hero of Gettysburg
Pat McNamara | July 03, 2013
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Cardinal James Gibbons, Baltimore (1834-1921)
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Archbishop John Hughes' Sermon at the Dedication of St....
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The Precious Blood Fathers (1814)
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“The Church Would Look Foolish Without Them”: Ann...
Pat McNamara | June 28, 2013
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The Good Shepherd Sisters, Buffalo, New York, 1914
Pat McNamara | June 27, 2013
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Brooklyn's Unfinished Cathedral, 1894
Pat McNamara | June 24, 2013
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Pat McNamara | June 23, 2013
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The De La Salle Christian Brothers
Pat McNamara | June 22, 2013
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Pat McNamara | June 21, 2013
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The First Nuns in Arkansas, 1851
Pat McNamara | June 20, 2013
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Father William Keegan (1824-1890), Brooklyn, New York
Pat McNamara | June 19, 2013
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Virginia's First Bishop: Patrick Kelly (1820-1822)
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“The Church Would Look Foolish Without Them”: José...
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Student Reminiscences of 1820's Georgetown
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The Brothers of the Sacred Heart (1820)
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Nuns in the Spanish-American War
Pat McNamara | June 14, 2013
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The First Black Catholic Congress, 1889
Pat McNamara | June 13, 2013
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Dr. Dominic G. Bodkin (1833-1902), Brooklyn, New York
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Montana Missionary: Father Gregory Mengarini, S.J....
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"The Apostle of Temperance": Father Theobald Mathew,...
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Catholics in the Movies: Francis Ford (1881-1953)
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Catholics in the Movies: Robert Harron (1893-1920)
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Catholics in the Movies: Ruth Clifford (1900-1998)
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Catholics in the Movies: George O’Brien (1899-1985)
Pat McNamara | June 05, 2013
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Catholics in the Movies: King Baggot (1879-1948)
Pat McNamara | June 04, 2013
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Catholics in the Movies: Nita Naldi (1894-1961)
Pat McNamara | June 03, 2013
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Catholics in the Movies: Maurice Costello (1877-1950)
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General James Shields: Immigrant, Soldier, Senator from...
Pat McNamara | June 01, 2013
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James Ryder Randall and the Music of the Civil War
Pat McNamara | May 31, 2013
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Charles Ewing (1835-1883): Civil War General, Knight of...
Pat McNamara | May 30, 2013
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The Poet of the Confederacy: Father Abram J. Ryan...
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The Convert Brothers: General and Bishop Rosecrans
Pat McNamara | May 28, 2013
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James Longstreet (1821-1904): Confederate General,...
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Funeral Sermon for Civil War Nurse, 1897
Pat McNamara | May 26, 2013
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Major Henry F. Brownson (1835-1913): Holy Cross Alumnus,...
Pat McNamara | May 25, 2013
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Brooklyn Church Gets New Flag, 1890
Pat McNamara | May 24, 2013
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The Sisters of St. Joseph, Carondolet, Missouri
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Jesuit Parish Mission at St. Francis of Assisi Church,...
Pat McNamara | April 01, 2013
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Giving the Raw Gospel: Catherine De Hueck Doherty...
Pat McNamara | April 01, 2013
She fled the violence of the Bolsheviks, but found that advocating Civil Rights could be......
Pat McNamara | March 21, 2013
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Friendly Sons of St. Patrick Speech, Brooklyn, 1884
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The Brooklyn Eagle Weighs In On the New Pope, 1847
Pat McNamara | March 14, 2013
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Father Leopold Bushart, S.J. (1838-1909)
Pat McNamara | March 13, 2013
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A Brief History of a Sometimes Long Wait
Pat McNamara | March 11, 2013
What's a conclave? And what happens? And how long will it take?...
The Christian Brothers Come to the United States, 1848
Pat McNamara | February 19, 2013
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Did the Jesuits Assassinate Lincoln?
Pat McNamara | February 18, 2013
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Former Episcopal Priest Discusses His Conversion to...
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Nathaniel Hawthorne's Daughter Becomes Nun, 1899
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A Momentous Day in Church History-- To Say the Least
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First American Bishop Eulogizes President Washington, 1800
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America's First Italian Bishop: Joseph Rosati, C.M....
Pat McNamara | February 09, 2013
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Quote of the Day, from Bishop John Lancaster Spalding...
Pat McNamara | January 20, 2013
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Famous 19th Century Singer Becomes Nun in West Virginia
Pat McNamara | January 19, 2013
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Civil War Chaplain Becomes Bishop: Bishop Lawrence S....
Pat McNamara | January 18, 2013
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Father Augustine F. Hewit, C.S.P. (1820-1897)
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St. John Nepomucene Neumann (1811-1860)
Pat McNamara | January 05, 2013
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St. Elizabeth Seton (1774-1821), By One who Knew Her
Pat McNamara | January 04, 2013
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Holy Name Entertainment, Brooklyn, 1878
Pat McNamara | January 03, 2013
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Archbishop John J. Kain, St. Louis (1841-1903)
Pat McNamara | January 02, 2013
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A Walk Through Calvary Cemetery
Pat McNamara | January 02, 2013
In Woodside, a fascinating graveyard encapsulates New York's history....
A New Year's Day Sermon, New York, 1901
Pat McNamara | January 01, 2013
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Mother Theresa Willingman, O.S.P. (1831-1907)
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"St. Vincent De Paul," a Poem, 1862
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Monsignor Bernard O'Reilly (1820-1907)
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Carmelites Celebrate Centennial in U.S., 1890
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Brooklyn's German Catholics Celebrate Jubilee, 1891
Pat McNamara | December 18, 2012
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New York’s First Catholic Mayor: William Russell Grace...
Pat McNamara | December 17, 2012
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The Powerhouse: Cardinal Francis Spellman
Pat McNamara | December 17, 2012
Ambition and natural leadership skills sometimes hid Cardinal Spellman's capacity for......
Funeral Mass for President Lincoln, Brooklyn, April 1865
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A View from the Tower of London: A Review of...
Pat McNamara | December 10, 2012
It's worth remembering when Catholicism was repressed and priests were hidden in......
Father Robert Fulton, S.J. (1826-1895), President of...
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Bishop John Moore, St. Augustine, Florida (1834-1901)
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The Sisters of the Sorrowful Mother
Pat McNamara | November 27, 2012
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The Jesuits in Hell's Kitchen, 1900
Pat McNamara | November 03, 2012
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"These Are a Few of My Favorite Saints . . ."
Pat McNamara | November 01, 2012
Fifteen favorite saints for a saint-oriented week....
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Anti-Catholic Cartoon of the Week, 1928
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“The Church Would Look Foolish Without Them”: Marc F....
Pat McNamara | October 25, 2012
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Lecture on the Church and Western Civilzation, New York,...
Pat McNamara | October 24, 2012
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General Ethan Allen's Daughter Enters Convent, 1814
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Notre Dame’s First Irish President: Father Patrick Dillon,...
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"Rabble? That's Me!": Alfred E. Smith
Pat McNamara | October 22, 2012
The humorous Al Smith Dinner honors a Catholic politician and social reformer, a "happy......
Boston College Football Team, 1913
Pat McNamara | October 20, 2012
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Paul Revere's Grandson, Civil War General, Becomes...
Pat McNamara | October 19, 2012
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Priest Tarred and Feathered by Mob, Maine, 1854
Pat McNamara | October 18, 2012
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“The Church Would Look Foolish Without Them”: Nicholas...
Pat McNamara | October 17, 2012
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Anti-Catholic Image of the Week
Pat McNamara | October 16, 2012
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Lecture on American Catholic Literature, Brooklyn, 1860
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The Joy of Sister Thea Bowman (1937-1990)
Pat McNamara | October 15, 2012
"I think the difference between me and some people is that I'm content to do my little......
The Mission Helpers of the Sacred Heart (1890)
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St. John the Baptist Church, Manhattan (1840)
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"A Servant of the Lepers": Brother Joseph of Molokai
Pat McNamara | October 08, 2012
A Civil War veteran, a reformed drunkard, a rich man, a penitent: an inspiring story of......
Kaiser Wilhelm Sends Portrait to Virginia Nuns, 1913
Pat McNamara | October 02, 2012
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Venerable Fulton Sheen: "A Loyal Son of the Church"
Pat McNamara | October 02, 2012
His background gave Archbishop Fulton Sheen a unique ability to convey "everyman"......
Mayor Flees to Monastery, 1908
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St. Alphonsus Liguori and the Redemptorists
Pat McNamara | September 24, 2012
There was no fire-and-brimstone in this passionate Doctor of the Church....
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Pat McNamara | August 11, 2012
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The Apostle of Ohio: Bishop Edward Fenwick, O.P.
Pat McNamara | August 06, 2012
Traveling countless miles to find Catholics needing sacraments, his saddle became "his......
Pat McNamara | August 04, 2012
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"The Happiness of Being a Catholic"
Pat McNamara | August 03, 2012
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Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Boston (1871)
Pat McNamara | August 01, 2012
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Pat McNamara | July 31, 2012
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Father Michael D. Lilly, O.P. (1831-1900)
Pat McNamara | July 30, 2012
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Boniface Wimmer and the Benedictines in America
Pat McNamara | July 30, 2012
Remembering a great Benedictine priest and monastic founder who wrote, "Always forward!......
A Sermon by Archbishop John Hughes, Brooklyn, 1853
Pat McNamara | July 29, 2012
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An Early Olympian: Martin John Sheridan (1881-1918)
Pat McNamara | July 28, 2012
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America's First Monastery: The Carmelites in Maryland...
Pat McNamara | July 27, 2012
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Father Anthony Ciampi, S.J. (1816-1893)
Pat McNamara | July 24, 2012
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Eliza Allen Starr (1824-1901), Convert and Poet
Pat McNamara | July 23, 2012
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Sister Ignatia: The Apostle of Alcoholics Anonymous
Pat McNamara | July 23, 2012
Working with the founders of AA, Sister Ignatia began the first hospital treatment......
"True National Honor": A Sermon by Cardinal James Gibbons...
Pat McNamara | July 22, 2012
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Pat McNamara | July 21, 2012
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Christian Brothers' College, Memphis, Tennessee (1871)
Pat McNamara | July 20, 2012
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From Banker to Priest: Father Oliver Jenkins, S.S....
Pat McNamara | July 18, 2012
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Mother Mary De Chantal Keating, C.S.J. (1833-1917)
Pat McNamara | July 17, 2012
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Our Lady of Mount Carmel Festival, Harlem, 1900
Pat McNamara | July 16, 2012
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Up from Scratch: Bishop John Chanche and Mississippi...
Pat McNamara | July 16, 2012
Stepping onto the banks of the Mississippi with nothing, a gifted bishop created a......
A Sermon from the 1880's, St. Paul the Apostle Church, New...
Pat McNamara | July 15, 2012
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Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha (1656-1680)
Pat McNamara | July 14, 2012
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Archbishop Frederick X. Katzer, Milwaukee (1844-1903)
Pat McNamara | July 13, 2012
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Pat McNamara | July 10, 2012
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Mother Mary Gertude Doyle, R.S.M. (1862-1913)
Pat McNamara | July 09, 2012
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Francis Thompson and the Hound of Heaven
Pat McNamara | July 09, 2012
A "failure" to the world, addicted, nursed by a prostitute, Francis Thompson is recalled......
Pat McNamara | July 08, 2012
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Forgotten Catholic Authors of the 19th Century: L.W....
Pat McNamara | July 07, 2012
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Absolution at Gettysburg: Father William Corby, C.S.C.
Pat McNamara | July 02, 2012
Among the many statues on the Gettysburg battlefield, only one is dedicated to a......
Pat McNamara | June 16, 2012
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Judge David W. Carroll, Little Rock, Arkansas (1816-1905)
Pat McNamara | June 15, 2012
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Sisters of St. Joseph, Brentwood (1856)
Pat McNamara | June 14, 2012
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Father George Deshon, C.S.P. (1823-1904)
Pat McNamara | June 13, 2012
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Daniel A. Rudd: Black Catholic Journalist and Pioneer
Pat McNamara | June 11, 2012
How an ex-slave helped develop an international black Catholic consciousness....
McNamara's Blog Moving to Patheos Next Week!
Pat McNamara | June 09, 2012
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Bl. Dominic Barberi: Apostle of the Second Spring
Pat McNamara | June 04, 2012
The story of a nineteenth-century barefoot preacher who was pelted and trampled on --......
The Quality of Mercy: Mother Gonzaga O'Brien
Pat McNamara | May 07, 2012
How a Sister of Mercy overcame anti-Catholic prejudice and mistrust through a lifetime......
St. Elizabeth Seton Discusses Her Conversion, 1805
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"A MAN OF STEEL": FATHER IGNATIUS LISSNER, S.M.A....
Pat McNamara | April 18, 2012
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SISTERS OF ST. DOMINIC-- ADRIAN, MICHIGAN (1878)
Pat McNamara | April 04, 2012
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Fordham baseball—The Beginnings
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Pat McNamara | March 19, 2012
Want to improve your knowledge of Church history? Here's a list of great books to get......
Mother Irene and the New York Foundlings
Pat McNamara | March 12, 2012
In Post-Civil War New York, some 30,000 homeless children wandered the streets. Catholic......
Cardinal John J. O'Connor: A Priest Forever
Pat McNamara | February 07, 2012
"Surely I have a right to make clear the teaching of the Church," said Cardinal......
No Room in the Inn of Your Heart
Pat McNamara | December 20, 2011
The human heart can be compared to an inn filled with guests, from which resound the......
Martin Milmore (1843-1883), American Catholic Artist
Pat McNamara | December 16, 2011
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Father Patrick Dealy, S.J. (1827-1891), Fordham University
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Catholic Authors: Frances Conigland Farinholt
Pat McNamara | December 13, 2011
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Rhode Island's First Catholic Bishop
Pat McNamara | December 12, 2011
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Pat McNamara | December 11, 2011
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Father Anastasius Smits, O.Carm. (1840-1927)
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Father Alfred Young, C.S.P. (1831-1900): Church Musician
Pat McNamara | December 09, 2011
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The Church of the Immaculate Conception, East Fourteenth...
Pat McNamara | December 08, 2011
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Marchioness Ellen McLaughlin (1829-1915), Brooklyn, New...
Pat McNamara | December 07, 2011
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"Such Love Is Seldom Seen": Mother Mary Walsh, O.P....
Pat McNamara | December 06, 2011
Born in poverty, Mary Walsh gives a lively example of how potent redistributism can be,......
Father Joseph Still (1849-1907), Quincy, Illinois
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The Drummer Boy of Chickamauga
Pat McNamara | November 29, 2011
The twelve-year-old drummer of the 22nd Michigan Infantry turned around, shot the......
Sermon, First Sunday of Advent, St. Paul the Apostle...
Pat McNamara | November 27, 2011
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"The Church Would Look Foolish Without Them": Patrick...
Pat McNamara | November 26, 2011
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Sisters of the Most Holy Family of Nazareth (1885)
Pat McNamara | November 25, 2011
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Pat McNamara | November 22, 2011
When Francie Nolan describes "the most beautiful church in Brooklyn," she is describing......
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Bishop Charles E. McDonnell, Brooklyn, New York...
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Born to a Haitian mother and a white father, Almeide Maxis Duchemin headed two religious......
Commander John F. Luby, U.S. Navy (1859-1911)
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Father Francis P. Duffy and the Fighting 69th
Pat McNamara | November 08, 2011
As Veteran's Day approaches, remembering a famous regiment and the chaplain who served......
St. Raymond, the Bronx's First Catholic Church (1842)
Pat McNamara | November 05, 2011
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Father Leo Rizzo da Saracena, O.F.M. (1833-1897), Civil...
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Edgar Allan Poe and the Jesuits
Pat McNamara | October 31, 2011
On the eve of All Soul's Day, remembering a tortured soul who found consolation and......
The Brothers of the Holy Infancy, Buffalo, New York (1855)
Pat McNamara | October 30, 2011
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Bishop Winand M. Wigger, Newark, New Jersey (1841-1901)
Pat McNamara | October 29, 2011
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"Some Exemplary Women" of Montana
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Father Eugene Donnelly, St. Michael's Church, Flushing,...
Pat McNamara | October 27, 2011
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The Seminary Is a Living Thing
Pat McNamara | October 27, 2011
For a seminary professor, seeing the excitement of clerical and lay seminary students......
Franciscan Sisters of the Sacred Heart (1876)
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Pat McNamara | October 25, 2011
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From Slave to Saint: Pierre Toussaint
Pat McNamara | October 24, 2011
From slave to entrepreneur, Venerable Pierre Toussaint is the only layperson interred in......
Pat McNamara | October 23, 2011
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The Sister Servants of Mary (1892)
Pat McNamara | October 19, 2011
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Pat McNamara | October 18, 2011
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Civil War Veteran Becomes Priest
Pat McNamara | October 17, 2011
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The Hurons, the Iroquois, and the Blackrobes
Pat McNamara | October 17, 2011
Remembering the North American Martyrs and Father Isaac Jogues, "one of the purest......
Pat McNamara | October 16, 2011
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Bishop Nicholas A. Gallagher, Galveston, Texas (1846-1918)
Pat McNamara | October 15, 2011
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Catholic Authors: Anna Elizabeth Buchanan (1836-?)
Pat McNamara | October 14, 2011
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Father Honoratus Bourion, Menominee, Michigan (1840-1902)
Pat McNamara | October 13, 2011
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A Monastery Grows in Brooklyn, 1890
Pat McNamara | October 12, 2011
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Pat McNamara | October 11, 2011
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Columbus the Catholic, From a 1915 Catholic School...
Pat McNamara | October 10, 2011
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Father McGivney and the Knights of Columbus
Pat McNamara | October 10, 2011
Columbus Day brings us to the Knights of Columbus, who continue to promote Christian......
Pat McNamara | October 09, 2011
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Father John McGuire (1842-1912), St. Mary's Church, Long...
Pat McNamara | October 08, 2011
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Catholic Authors: Agnes Repplier (1859-1950)
Pat McNamara | October 07, 2011
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Our Lady of Loretto Church, East New York, Brooklyn (1894)
Pat McNamara | October 06, 2011
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Bishop Thomas Foley of Chicago (1822-1879)
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"Really Franciscan": St. Francis of Assisi Church
Pat McNamara | October 03, 2011
Hidden amid the cosmopolitan skyscrapers of New York City, a Franciscan parish is a......
A German-American Civil War Veteran in Seattle
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100,000 Attend Jesuit Parish Mission in Brooklyn, 1876
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"The Apostle to the Chinese": Father Charles E. Bradley,...
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Pat McNamara | September 25, 2011
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"There's the Saint for Me!" St. Vincent de Paul
Pat McNamara | September 19, 2011
Religious images were destroyed during the French Revolution. But one was left untouched......
Pat McNamara | September 12, 2011
"Beware of opposing Mother Hardey because she will kill you with her novenas."...
Pat McNamara | September 11, 2011
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Bishop James A. McFaul, Trenton, New Jersey (1850-1917)
Pat McNamara | September 08, 2011
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Johnny Clem, “The Drummer Boy of Chickamauga”
Pat McNamara | September 07, 2011
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Private Thomas H. Higgins, Vicksburg, 1863
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“The Church Would Look Foolish Without Them”: Countess...
Pat McNamara | August 22, 2011
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Pat McNamara | August 22, 2011
The Civil War hero's son wrote of his vocation: "What a grand thing it is to be, as it......
Pat McNamara | August 16, 2011
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Pat McNamara | August 15, 2011
Anti-Catholicism was once so acceptable in America that you could buy candy promoting......
Pat McNamara | August 02, 2011
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Pat McNamara | August 01, 2011
How the Sisters of Mercy served America's poor....
Military Training at Catholic Colleges, 1910
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Nun Honored for Civil War Service, 1910
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Thomas Verner Moore and the Carthusians
Pat McNamara | July 25, 2011
At age 70, Thomas Verner Moore left for Spain to become a Carthusian Monk. Later, he......
St. Brigid's, New York, and the Picnic Controversy of 1869
Pat McNamara | July 23, 2011
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Roads to Rome: Major General Erasmus D. Keyes (1810-1895)
Pat McNamara | July 22, 2011
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Bishop Andrew Byrne: Quixotic in Arkansas
Pat McNamara | July 18, 2011
In 19th Century Arkansas, Bishop Andrew Byrne endured anti-Catholicism "with a dignity......
Kate Vannah (1855-1933), Poet and Composer
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Road to Rome, Part Two: Newman's Catholic Life
Pat McNamara | July 04, 2011
Once a Catholic, John Henry Newman often felt his life "forlorn and dreary," yet he......
A Saint's Daughter: Mother Catherine Seton, R.S.M....
Pat McNamara | July 01, 2011
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Captain Nathaniel B. Shurtleff (1838-1862)
Pat McNamara | June 30, 2011
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Pat McNamara | June 28, 2011
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Newman's Road to Rome, Part One
Pat McNamara | June 27, 2011
What made the conversion of John Henry Newman so especially noteworthy, and what did it......
Corpus Christi Celebrated in East New York, Brooklyn, 1879
Pat McNamara | June 26, 2011
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From Rome to Little Bighorn: Captain Myles W. Keogh...
Pat McNamara | June 25, 2011
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Mother Gonzaga O'Brien, R.S.M. (1834-1920), and the...
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Father Augustus Lemonnier, C.S.C. (1839-1874)
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Pat McNamara | June 21, 2011
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Fordham baseball—The Beginnings
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The Setons, the Bayleys, and the Roosevelts
Pat McNamara | June 20, 2011
Soldiers, sailors, scientists, prison chaplains, teachers, social workers, authors,......
When Williamsburg was German: Most Holy Trinity Church...
Pat McNamara | June 19, 2011
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Archbishop Edmond F. Prendergast, Philadelphia (1843-1918)
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American Catholic Authors: Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren...
Pat McNamara | June 17, 2011
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“The Church Would Look Foolish Without Them”: John Crane,...
Pat McNamara | June 15, 2011
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McNamara's Vlog-- The Irish at Gettysburg
Pat McNamara | June 14, 2011
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The Fenoughty Family, Paola, Kansas
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Missionary to China: Bishop Francis X. Ford, M.M.
Pat McNamara | June 13, 2011
A Brooklyn-born Irish lad with the heart of a missionary, Bishop Francis Xavier Ford......
Pat McNamara | June 12, 2011
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Bishop Henry P. Northrop, Charleston, South Carolina...
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Helen P. McCormick (1889-1937): Attorney, Suffragette,...
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Roads to Rome: Father Aloysius Russell Nevins, C.S.P....
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A Jesuit in Little Italy: Father Nicholas Russo, S.J.
Pat McNamara | June 06, 2011
Like an early Mother Teresa, a brilliant Jesuit priest and professor proved himself no......
The Guardians of Liberty, 1915
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Bishop John S. Foley, Detroit, Michigan (1833-1918)
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Architect of Catholic America: Patrick C. Keely...
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This Week's Column at Patheos-- Catholic Sisters and the...
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Decoration Day Speech, Flatbush, Brooklyn, 1896
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Catholic Sisters and the American Civil War
Pat McNamara | May 30, 2011
On the battlefields and in the hospitals, soldiers on both sides of the Civil War owed......
Pat McNamara | May 29, 2011
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Sergeant Richard W. O’Neill and the First World War
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Captain John Drum (1840-1898) and the Spanish-American War
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Mr. John Dooley, S.J. (1842-1873): Confederate Army...
Pat McNamara | May 25, 2011
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Father Walter Elliott, C.S.P. (1842-1928): Union Army...
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“Angel of the Battlefield”: Sister Anthony O’Connell, S.C....
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Commodore John Barry and the American Revolution
Pat McNamara | May 23, 2011
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George W. Mundelein: Putting the Church on the Map
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College Play, St. Ignatius, Chicago, December 1906
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Bishop Francis Mora, Los Angeles, California (1827-1905)
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Monsignor Patrick F. O'Hare, "The Apostle of Greenpoint"...
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A Poetic Tribute to Women Religious, 1909
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Anti-Catholic Rally in California, 1895
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The Barrymores, Hollywood's "Royal Family"
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St. Bridget Church Dedicated, Lexington, Massachusetts,...
Pat McNamara | May 15, 2011
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Cardinal John J. Glennon, St. Louis (1862-1946)
Pat McNamara | May 14, 2011
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Major Michael O’Connor, Ninth Massachusetts Infantry...
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The Plagues of Memphis, 1873-1879
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St. Joseph's School for the Deaf, Bronx, New York, 1886
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Pat McNamara | May 09, 2011
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Pat McNamara | May 07, 2011
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Pat McNamara | May 06, 2011
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Roads to Rome: Molly Elliot Seawell (1860-1916)
Pat McNamara | May 05, 2011
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Chicago's New Archbishop, 1915
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Chronicling Catholic Gotham: Thomas F. Meehan (1854-1942)
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Black Elk: Lakota Holy Man, Catholic Catechist
Pat McNamara | May 02, 2011
Black Elk's conversion was actually where he found true freedom and fulfillment as a......
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The Franciscan Brothers of Brooklyn, 1884
Pat McNamara | April 30, 2011
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Boston's Maronite Catholics, 1895
Pat McNamara | April 29, 2011
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The Benedictine Sisters of Atchison, Kansas
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A Guest Column at YIM Catholic
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Archbishop Thomas E. Molloy (1884-1956), Bishop of...
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Professor Edward A. Scott (1829-1898): “Irish, Catholic,...
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Easter Sermon, 1876: Rev. Algernon A. Brown, C.S.P....
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A 19th-century sermon on the Risen Christ: "Let us see the sepulchre, and let us cast......
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From the Question Box: "Here Comes Everybody!"
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Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence...
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Seven Churches Visited on Holy Thursday: Lowell,...
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Blessed Sacrament Church, Cypress Hills, Brooklyn (1891)
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Anti-Catholicism on Film, 1911
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How to Hear Women's Confessions, From an 1897 Manual
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Missionary of the Passion: James Kent Stone
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A rich life of sacrifice, praise, sorrow, and joy is lived under the crucifix, and......
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Convert and Poet: Mary Ann Spooner (1794-1877)
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A Jesuit Writes from Gallipoli, 1915
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From Savannah to Harlem: Mother Theodore Williams
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In the face of racism and doubt within her own church, Elizabeth Barbara Williams fought......
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Bishop Andrew Byrne and Arkansas Catholicism, 1843-1862
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The Goette Brothers: Catholic America's First China...
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Ukrainian Sisters Celebrate Centennial
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Father James Sheeran: Immigrant Priest and Confederate
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This month marks the 150th anniversary of the beginning of the Civil War. Meet an Irish......
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The Pope's Army Comes to New York, 1868
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“An Artist in Burnt Cork”: Brother Martin Whelan, S.J....
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Dorothy Day: Comforter and Afflicter
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The world had to catch up to Dorothy Day on social issues; now it needs to catch up to......
Corporate Greed Attacked from Pulpit, 1900
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"Do Catholics Make Better Athletes?"
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From the Question Box: "Scandals and the Church"
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From Columbus to Cabrini: America's Italian Catholics
Pat McNamara | March 22, 2011
For early Italian immigrants, the church was a cultural and spiritual consolation, but......
The Salesians and New York City's Italian Immigrants, 1914
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A Poem for St. Patrick's Day, 1895
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Book Review: Notre Dame and the Civil War
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St. Patrick's Day in America celebrates not only a great saint, but a put-upon people......
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The Curious Case of Cornelia Connelly
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When her husband told her to become a nun, Cornelia Connelly obeyed; when he tried to......
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"Racism Is a God-Damned Thing": Father John Markoe, S.J.
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The Marist Brothers in the United States, 1914
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What a Woman Can Do: Mother Xavier Ross
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"I No Longer Call You Slaves": The Healy Brothers
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Talent Show at Holy Name School, Brooklyn, 1889
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St. John's Seminary, Brooklyn (1891-1932)
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First Newspaper Account of Commencement Exercises at St....
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“Integrating the Love of God and Neighbor”: The...
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"Do Not Lose Courage!" An Iowa Exorcism, 1928
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Anticipating the cinema release of Matt Baglio's The Rite, Catholic historian Dr. Pat......
Catholic College Announced in Brooklyn, 1868
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Jesuit's Speech on Deaf Catholic Ministry, 1908
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At the Center of the City: St. Sebastian Parish, Woodside,...
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Millionaire Saint Enters Pittsburgh Convent, November 1889
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"Dagger John": Archbishop John Hughes
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Although New York has changed greatly over the years, John Hughes' legacy continues in......
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“The School of the Lord’s Service”: St. Benedict, His...
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St. John's College, Brooklyn, 1914
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Twice Our Mother: Blessed Marie of the Incarnation
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"With her own hands, she marked the sign of faith on our hearts, and it has never since......
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Sermon at a Children's Mass, 1900
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The Setons, the Bayleys, and the Roosevelts
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Roads to Rome: Bishop Levi Silliman Ives (1797-1867)
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Bishop John Chanche and Catholicism in Mississippi,...
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Christmas Sermon, Stonyhurst 1904
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Apologies for a Lengthy Absence-- And Good News!
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"The Prisoner of the Vatican": Pope Pius IX and the 19th...
Pat McNamara | December 07, 2010
The story of the man himself is much more complex and interesting than gross......
Roads to Rome: Alice Morton Rutherfurd (1879-1917)
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The Bishop Who Ran the Blockade: Patrick N. Lynch and the...
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A Monastery in the Bronx: Corpus Christi (1889)
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Holy Trinity Church, Georgetown (1789)
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Roads to Rome: The Oxford Movement (1833-1845)
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Brooklyn’s French Parish: St. Louis of France (1869)
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Roads to Rome: Governor Peter H. Burnett (1807-1895)
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Bishop Maurice F. Burke and Wyoming Catholicism
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“A Miracle on American Soil”: Grand Couteau, 1866
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A Frenchman in “The Fighting 69th”: Father Thomas Ouellet,...
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Boston’s Polish Parish: Our Lady of Czestochowa (1893)
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Roads to Rome: Maria Longworth Storer (1849-1932)
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Benjamin J. Keiley (1847-1925): Confederate Soldier,...
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Religious Profession at Long Island Convent, 1900
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Edmonia Lewis: Artist, Woman of Color, Catholic
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As a Black Catholic artist, Lewis brought a uniquely African perspective to her......
All Hallows College, Ireland (1842)
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New York City’s First African-American Parish
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Roads to Rome: General Eliakim P. Scammon (1816-1894)
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“An Uncompromising Defender of His Faith and Church”:...
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"And Now Bishop, Minister, and Church Are All Catholic!"
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A Tour of Gethsemani Abbey, 1914
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New York City’s First Spanish-Speaking Parish
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Roads to Rome: Father Clarence E. Woodman, C.S.P....
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“The Big Rock Versus the Little Rock”: Bishop Edward M....
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Mother Aloysia Lowe, S.C. (1835-1889)
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Nine Thousand Confessions at Paulist Mission in Brooklyn,...
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“A Life of Unceasing Toil in the Cause of Education and...
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Woodhaven Parish Turns One Hundred
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General Sherman’s Son: Father Thomas Ewing Sherman, S.J....
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The Mayflower and the Santa Maria
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St. Leonard’s School, Boston, 1914
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“Let Them Be Pelted and Trampled On”
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Finally... Newman's Feast Day!
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St. Paola Elisabetta (1816-1865)
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Monsignor Hyacinth Gulski (1847-1911)
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St. Marguerite d'Youville (1701-1771)
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General Michael Corcoran (1827-1863)
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Gethsemani Abbey Founded Today in 1848
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First Mercy Convent Established in U.S.
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Father Lukas Etlin, O.S.B. (1864-1927)
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Fr. Joseph B. O’Hagan, S.J. (1826-1878)
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St. Nimatullah Youssef Kassab Al-Hardini (1808-1858)
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College Football Photo of the Week
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Bishop Louis DuBourg (1766-1833)
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Venerable Gregorio Buhl, F.S.C. (1896-1973)
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Encyclical on Christ the King Issued, 1925
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Francis William Petre (1847-1918)
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Teodoro Pedrini, C.M. (1671-1746)
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Firdts College Baseball Game Played, 1859
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Papal Infallibility Exercised Today, 1950
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Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky (1865-1944)
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First Church Named for Joan of Arc: Queens, 1920
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Seminary Opens in Troy, N.Y., 1864
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Orestes Brownson Becomes Catholic, 1844
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St. Francis Xavier Reaches Japan, 1549
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De La Salle Christian Brothers Come to America
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Blessed George Preca (1880-1962)
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Blessed Titus Brandsma (1881–1942)
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Sister Madeleva Wolff, C.S.C. (1887-1964)
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St. John’s Cornerstone Laid 1869
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Two Papal Encyclicals Issued Today
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Pope Innocent VIII (1484-1492)
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St. Kinga of Poland (1224-1292)
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St. Christina the Astonishing (1150-1224)
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St. Sharbel Makhlouf (1828-1898)
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Cardinal Joseph Cardijn (1882-1967)
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General James A. Mulligan (1829-1864)
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Saint Birgitta of Sweden (1303-1373)
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Carmelite Community of the Word Founded 1971
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CUA Archives Uncover Vatican I Photo Album
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General Edward O.C. Ord (1818-1883)
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Don Camillo Author Dies in 1968
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St. Lawrence Brindisi (1559-1619)
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First African-American Ordained in the U.S.
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Newman to be Beatified May 2010
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The 1933 Concordat with Germany
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Absolution at Gettysburg, 1863
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Carmelites Come to America, 1790
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First African-American Nuns, 1829
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Father John Corridan, the Waterfront Priest
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University of Dayton Founded 1850
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Blessed Antonio Rosmini (1797-1855)
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Thomas Francis Meagher and the Irish Brigade
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Venerable Pierre Toussaint (1766-1853)
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Pat McNamara | June 29, 2009
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Father Francis X. Weninger, S.J., (1805-1888)
Pat McNamara | June 29, 2009
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Important Papal Documents Issued This Day
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Pat McNamara | June 28, 2009
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New York City's First German Parish
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Charles J. Bonaparte (1851-1921)
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Bishop Edward O'Rourke (1876-1943)
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Father Duffy and the "Fighting Sixty-Ninth"
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St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, Overbrook
Pat McNamara | June 26, 2009
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St. Josemaria Escriva (1902-1975)
Pat McNamara | June 26, 2009
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Treasures from the Treasure Chest
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Sisters of Divine Providence Come to U.S., 1876
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Pat McNamara | June 24, 2009
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Papal Encyclical Calls for Seminaries in the Missions,...
Pat McNamara | June 24, 2009
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Terence V. Powderly (1849-1924)
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St. Joseph Cafasso (1811-1860)
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Pat McNamara | June 20, 2009
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1894 Papal Encyclical Calls for Christian Unity
Pat McNamara | June 20, 2009
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First Redemptorists Arrive in US
Pat McNamara | June 20, 2009
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28th International Eucharistic Congress, 1926
Pat McNamara | June 20, 2009
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Bishop Antoine Blanc (1792-1860)
Pat McNamara | June 20, 2009
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Pat McNamara | June 19, 2009
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Cardinal Herbert Vaughan (1832-1903)
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Pat McNamara | June 18, 2009
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Treasures from the Treasure Chest
Pat McNamara | June 18, 2009
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Pat McNamara | June 18, 2009
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Pope Paul VI Restores Permanent Diaconate
Pat McNamara | June 18, 2009
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The Catholic Daughters of the Americas
Pat McNamara | June 18, 2009
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Pat McNamara | June 17, 2009
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Pat McNamara | June 17, 2009
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St. Albert Chmielowski (1845-1916)
Pat McNamara | June 17, 2009
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Cardinal Philip Howard (1629-1694)
Pat McNamara | June 17, 2009
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Jesuit Martyrs of the Boxer Rebellion
Pat McNamara | June 17, 2009
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Pat McNamara | June 16, 2009
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Avery Dulles Ordained Today in 1956
Pat McNamara | June 16, 2009
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Blessed Pius IX Elected Today in 1846
Pat McNamara | June 16, 2009
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St. Margaret Mary and the Sacred Heart
Pat McNamara | June 16, 2009
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Pat McNamara | June 15, 2009
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New Feature on McNamara's Blog
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Jesuits Graduate First Female Law Student 1871
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St. Clelia Barbieri (1847-1870)
Pat McNamara | June 13, 2009
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Pat McNamara | June 12, 2009
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Pat McNamara | June 12, 2009
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Gregory Peck, My Favorite Movie Priest
Pat McNamara | June 12, 2009
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Pat McNamara | June 11, 2009
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Treasures from the Treasure Chest
Pat McNamara | June 11, 2009
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Pat McNamara | June 11, 2009
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St. Paola Frassinetti (1809-1882)
Pat McNamara | June 11, 2009
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Pat McNamara | June 10, 2009
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Pat McNamara | June 10, 2009
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Bishop Augustin Verot (1804-1876)
Pat McNamara | June 10, 2009
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Sigrid Undset (1882-1949), Novelist and Convert
Pat McNamara | June 10, 2009
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Pat McNamara | June 09, 2009
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Jose De Anchieta, the Apostle of Brazil
Pat McNamara | June 09, 2009
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Pat McNamara | June 08, 2009
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Old St. Patrick's Cathedral Celebrates Bicentennial
Pat McNamara | June 08, 2009
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Felix Barbelin, "The Apostle of Philadelphia"
Pat McNamara | June 08, 2009
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Pat McNamara | June 06, 2009
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St. Marcellin Champagnat (1789-1840)
Pat McNamara | June 06, 2009
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Pat McNamara | June 05, 2009
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Thomas Verner Moore (1877-1969)
Pat McNamara | June 05, 2009
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Treasures from the Treasure Chest
Pat McNamara | June 04, 2009
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Pat McNamara | June 04, 2009
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St. Filippo Smaldone (1848-1923)
Pat McNamara | June 04, 2009
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Pat McNamara | June 03, 2009
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Father Peyton and the Rosary Crusade
Pat McNamara | June 03, 2009
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Blessed Pope John XXIII (1881-1963)
Pat McNamara | June 03, 2009
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Pat McNamara | June 02, 2009
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Fran Saleški Finžgar (1871-1962)
Pat McNamara | June 02, 2009
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Pat McNamara | June 01, 2009
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General James Shields (1810-1879): Senator from Three...
Pat McNamara | June 01, 2009
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Pat McNamara | June 01, 2009
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On Hiatus Until Monday, June 1
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Pat McNamara | May 27, 2009
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Cardinal Samuel Stritch (1887-1958)
Pat McNamara | May 27, 2009
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First Priest Ordained in the United States
Pat McNamara | May 25, 2009
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Christopher Dawson (1889-1970)
Pat McNamara | May 25, 2009
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Pedro Calderón de la Barca (1600-1681)
Pat McNamara | May 25, 2009
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Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, 19th Century German Poet
Pat McNamara | May 25, 2009
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St. Madeleine Sophie Barat (1779-1865)
Pat McNamara | May 25, 2009
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Pat McNamara | May 24, 2009
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Pat McNamara | May 23, 2009
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Army Chaplain on Road to Canonization
Pat McNamara | May 23, 2009
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Father De Smet: Blackrobe of the American West
Pat McNamara | May 23, 2009
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Pat McNamara | May 22, 2009
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Treasures from the Treasure Chest
Pat McNamara | May 21, 2009
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Pat McNamara | May 21, 2009
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St. Eugene De Mazenod (1782-1861)
Pat McNamara | May 21, 2009
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Pat McNamara | May 20, 2009
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Admiral William S. Benson (1855-1932)
Pat McNamara | May 20, 2009
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Pat McNamara | May 19, 2009
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St. Maria Bernarda Butler (1848-1924)
Pat McNamara | May 19, 2009
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Bishop Michael Portier (1795-1859)
Pat McNamara | May 14, 2009
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St. Michael Garicoits (1797-1863)
Pat McNamara | May 14, 2009
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Pat McNamara | May 14, 2009
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Treasures from the Treasure Chest
Pat McNamara | May 14, 2009
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Pat McNamara | May 13, 2009
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Bede Griffiths, O.S.B. (1906-1993)
Pat McNamara | May 13, 2009
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Pat McNamara | May 12, 2009
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Pat McNamara | May 11, 2009
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Matteo Ricci and the Jesuits in China
Pat McNamara | May 11, 2009
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Pat McNamara | May 10, 2009
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Pat McNamara | May 10, 2009
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Pat McNamara | May 09, 2009
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Blessed Caroline Gerhardinger (1797-1879)
Pat McNamara | May 09, 2009
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Pat McNamara | May 08, 2009
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Miriam Teresa Demjanovich (1901-1927)
Pat McNamara | May 08, 2009
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Treasures from the Treasure Chest
Pat McNamara | May 07, 2009
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Pat McNamara | May 07, 2009
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St. Alexis Toth of Wilkes-Barre
Pat McNamara | May 07, 2009
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The Gangs of Philadelphia, 1844
Pat McNamara | May 06, 2009
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St. Pierre Henri Dorié (1839-1866)
Pat McNamara | May 06, 2009
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Archbishop Michael A. Corrigan (1839-1902)
Pat McNamara | May 05, 2009
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Pat McNamara | May 04, 2009
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Pat McNamara | May 04, 2009
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Gypsy Saint: Blessed Ceferino Jimenez Malla (1881-1936)
Pat McNamara | May 04, 2009
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Pat McNamara | May 03, 2009
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John Cardinal O'Connor (1920-2000)
Pat McNamara | May 03, 2009
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Pat McNamara | May 01, 2009
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Pat McNamara | May 01, 2009
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General John Newton, Laetare Recipient #4
Pat McNamara | May 01, 2009
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Ave Maria Magazine (1865-1970)
Pat McNamara | May 01, 2009
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Treasures from the Treasure Chest
Pat McNamara | April 30, 2009
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Pat McNamara | April 30, 2009
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St. Jean-Louis Bonnard (1824-1852)
Pat McNamara | April 30, 2009
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Jean-Rémy Bessieux (1803-1876)
Pat McNamara | April 30, 2009
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St. Catherine of Siena (1347-1380)
Pat McNamara | April 29, 2009
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Pat McNamara | April 29, 2009
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Pat McNamara | April 28, 2009
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St. Gianna Beretta Molla (1922-1962)
Pat McNamara | April 28, 2009
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Pat McNamara | April 28, 2009
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Pat McNamara | April 28, 2009
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Newman a Step Closer to Sainthood
Pat McNamara | April 27, 2009
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Pat McNamara | April 25, 2009
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Allegany Franciscans Celebrate Sesquicentennial
Pat McNamara | April 25, 2009
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Pat McNamara | April 24, 2009
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Father McNabb and Central Heating
Pat McNamara | April 24, 2009
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St. Benedict Menni (1841-1914)
Pat McNamara | April 24, 2009
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Treasures from the Treasure Chest
Pat McNamara | April 23, 2009
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Pat McNamara | April 23, 2009
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Pat McNamara | April 23, 2009
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Charles Warren Stoddard (1843-1909)
Pat McNamara | April 23, 2009
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Glory and Scandal: Cardinal O’Connell of Boston
Pat McNamara | April 22, 2009
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The Poet-Priest of the Confederacy
Pat McNamara | April 22, 2009
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Pat McNamara | April 22, 2009
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Pat McNamara | April 21, 2009
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General Martin T. McMahon (1838-1906)
Pat McNamara | April 21, 2009
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Thomas Wyatt Turner (1877-1978)
Pat McNamara | April 21, 2009
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Pat McNamara | April 20, 2009
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The Ratio Studiorum: Jesuit Education's Magna Charta
Pat McNamara | April 20, 2009
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Pat McNamara | April 20, 2009
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Cardinal Cushing and the Celtics
Pat McNamara | April 19, 2009
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Pat McNamara | April 19, 2009
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The Strange Case of Cornelia Connolly
Pat McNamara | April 18, 2009
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Pat McNamara | April 17, 2009
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Pat McNamara | April 17, 2009
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Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha (1656-1680)
Pat McNamara | April 17, 2009
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Orestes A. Brownson (1803-1876)
Pat McNamara | April 17, 2009
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Pat McNamara | April 16, 2009
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Venerable Alpert Motsch, F.S.C. (1849-1898)
Pat McNamara | April 16, 2009
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Pat McNamara | April 15, 2009
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Pat McNamara | April 14, 2009
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Archbishop Joseph Sadoc Alemany (1814-1888)
Pat McNamara | April 14, 2009
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Pat McNamara | April 13, 2009
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Father Charles Nerinckx (1761-1824)
Pat McNamara | April 13, 2009
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Pat McNamara | April 12, 2009
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Pat McNamara | April 12, 2009
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Bishop John England (1786-1842)
Pat McNamara | April 11, 2009
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Pat McNamara | April 11, 2009
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Pat McNamara | April 10, 2009
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From Shiloh to Astoria: General Thomas Sweeny (1820-1892)
Pat McNamara | April 10, 2009
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Teilhard De Chardin (1881-1955)
Pat McNamara | April 10, 2009
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Pat McNamara | April 10, 2009
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Pat McNamara | April 10, 2009
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Pat McNamara | April 09, 2009
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America’s First Hungarian Parish
Pat McNamara | April 09, 2009
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The Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia
Pat McNamara | April 09, 2009
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Pat McNamara | April 08, 2009
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New York Archdiocese Celebrates 201st Birthday
Pat McNamara | April 08, 2009
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Polish Prince becomes Salesian
Pat McNamara | April 08, 2009
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Polish Schism Leads to Breakoff Church
Pat McNamara | February 16, 2009
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First Bishop Eulogizes First President
Pat McNamara | February 16, 2009
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Professor, Archbishop, Papal Diplomat
Pat McNamara | February 15, 2009
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Polish Seminary Started in Detroit, 1885
Pat McNamara | February 15, 2009
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This Day in Brooklyn Catholic History
Pat McNamara | February 15, 2009
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Hierarchy reestablished in England after 300 years
Pat McNamara | February 15, 2009
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How to get in good with your Bishop...
Pat McNamara | February 14, 2009
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America's One and Only Black Catholic Newspaper
Pat McNamara | February 14, 2009
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Pat McNamara | February 14, 2009
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Before Father Duffy, there was Father Chidwick
Pat McNamara | February 14, 2009
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Upcoming Lecture on Italian Emigrants
Pat McNamara | February 13, 2009
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Pat McNamara | February 13, 2009
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Harvard Honors R.C. Bishop, 1861
Pat McNamara | February 13, 2009
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Jesuit Creates Gregorian Calendar
Pat McNamara | February 12, 2009
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Pitchers and Catchers Report Today
Pat McNamara | February 12, 2009
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Pat McNamara | February 12, 2009
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Extreme Parish Makeover: Lourdes Edition
Pat McNamara | February 11, 2009
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Pat McNamara | February 11, 2009
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Pat McNamara | February 11, 2009
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Archbishop Patrick J. Ryan (1831-1911)
Pat McNamara | February 11, 2009
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The Catholic Half of Hull House
Pat McNamara | February 10, 2009
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Jesuit Starts America's First Foreign Service School
Pat McNamara | February 10, 2009
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St. Miguel Febres Cordero, F.S.C. (1854-1910)
Pat McNamara | February 09, 2009
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Pat McNamara | February 08, 2009
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Pat McNamara | February 07, 2009
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Pat McNamara | February 06, 2009
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Librarian, Mountainclimber, Pope
Pat McNamara | February 06, 2009
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Pat McNamara | February 05, 2009
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Pat McNamara | February 05, 2009
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Columbus Dominican Anniversary
Pat McNamara | February 05, 2009
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Pat McNamara | February 04, 2009
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What were they singing in 1888?
Pat McNamara | February 04, 2009
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Leonard Feeney and the "Boston Heresy Case"
Pat McNamara | February 04, 2009
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Pat McNamara | February 04, 2009
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Pat McNamara | February 03, 2009
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Pat McNamara | February 03, 2009
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“Racism is a God Damned Thing”
Pat McNamara | February 03, 2009
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Pat McNamara | February 02, 2009
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Queen Victoria's Favorite Poet
Pat McNamara | February 02, 2009
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A New Approach to Religious Life
Pat McNamara | February 02, 2009
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Francis Paul Libermann (1804-1852)
Pat McNamara | February 02, 2009
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Francis Clement Kelley and the Home Missions
Pat McNamara | February 02, 2009
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Pat McNamara | February 02, 2009
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Pat McNamara | February 01, 2009
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Pat McNamara | January 31, 2009
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Happy Birthday, Thomas Merton!
Pat McNamara | January 31, 2009
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The Magna Charta of Jesuit Education
Pat McNamara | January 31, 2009
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Pat McNamara | January 31, 2009
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Pat McNamara | January 31, 2009
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Catholic Schools Banned in Oregon?
Pat McNamara | January 30, 2009
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Pat McNamara | January 30, 2009
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This Day in Brooklyn Catholic History
Pat McNamara | January 30, 2009
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Pat McNamara | January 29, 2009
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This Day in Brooklyn Catholic History
Pat McNamara | January 29, 2009
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Pat McNamara | January 29, 2009
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Pat McNamara | January 29, 2009
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Pat McNamara | January 28, 2009
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Pat McNamara | January 28, 2009
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Pat McNamara | January 27, 2009
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“One of the great arguments for Christianity”
Pat McNamara | January 27, 2009
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Blessed Jurgis Matulaitis (1871-1927)
Pat McNamara | January 27, 2009
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Blessed Paul Joseph Nardini (1821-1862)
Pat McNamara | January 27, 2009
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Pat McNamara | January 26, 2009
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H.A. Reinhold and the Dialogue Mass
Pat McNamara | January 26, 2009
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"A Twentieth Century Doctor of the Church"
Pat McNamara | January 26, 2009
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Bishop Hughes and the Public School Society
Pat McNamara | January 26, 2009
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Pat McNamara | January 25, 2009
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The Colored Catholic Club of Brooklyn
Pat McNamara | January 25, 2009
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George N. Shuster: Intellectual, Educator, Public Servant
Pat McNamara | January 25, 2009
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Pat McNamara | January 24, 2009
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Cardinal Consalvi, Papal Diplomat
Pat McNamara | January 24, 2009
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St. Francis De Sales and the Universal Call to Holiness
Pat McNamara | January 24, 2009
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“Even a Fool is Silent and Adores."
Pat McNamara | January 23, 2009
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William Gaston: Southerner, Catholic, Politician
Pat McNamara | January 23, 2009
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"When We Are Devoted to Mary We Will Imitate Jesus."
Pat McNamara | January 22, 2009
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“To Revive Faith and Rekindle Charity”
Pat McNamara | January 22, 2009
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“That Courageous Prophet of Peace"
Pat McNamara | January 22, 2009
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This Day in Brooklyn Catholic History
Pat McNamara | January 21, 2009
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“We have an obligation to radiate Christ all about us."
Pat McNamara | January 21, 2009
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"Be prepared only for hard work”
Pat McNamara | January 21, 2009
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"America may come to exhibit a proof to the world"
Pat McNamara | January 20, 2009
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Father Moreau, Founder of the Holy Cross Family
Pat McNamara | January 20, 2009
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Pat McNamara | January 20, 2009
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Pat McNamara | January 19, 2009
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“Whatever concerns the poor is always our affair.”
Pat McNamara | January 19, 2009
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“He has done the greatest thing anyone can do.”
Pat McNamara | January 19, 2009
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Founder of Christian Unity Week
Pat McNamara | January 18, 2009
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An Apostle to the Slovak Immigrants
Pat McNamara | January 18, 2009
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Pat McNamara | January 18, 2009
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Pat McNamara | January 17, 2009
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"A Magnificent Priestly Dynasty"
Pat McNamara | January 17, 2009
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Pat McNamara | January 16, 2009
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Pat McNamara | January 16, 2009
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Pat McNamara | January 16, 2009
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Pat McNamara | January 16, 2009
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Did the Jesuits Assassinate Lincoln?
Pat McNamara | January 16, 2009
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Pat McNamara | January 16, 2009
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Pat McNamara | January 15, 2009
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Pat McNamara | January 15, 2009
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A Strange but True Coincidence
Pat McNamara | January 15, 2009
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“The Lord Challenges Our Faith to Do Something New”
Pat McNamara | January 15, 2009
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Pat McNamara | January 14, 2009
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Are YOU Smarter Than a Sixth Grader?
Pat McNamara | January 14, 2009
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Pat McNamara | January 14, 2009
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Pat McNamara | January 13, 2009
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Pat McNamara | January 13, 2009
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Pat McNamara | January 12, 2009
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"Jovial Father Gleeson of the Munsters"
Pat McNamara | January 12, 2009
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Pat McNamara | January 11, 2009
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Georgetown's African-American President
Pat McNamara | January 10, 2009
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Pat McNamara | January 09, 2009
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Pat McNamara | January 09, 2009
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Pat McNamara | January 09, 2009
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And in the Department of Shameless Self Promotion...
Pat McNamara | January 08, 2009
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This Day in Brooklyn Catholic History
Pat McNamara | January 08, 2009
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Pat McNamara | January 08, 2009
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Pat McNamara | January 08, 2009
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Louise Imogen Guiney: Poet, Critic, Biographer
Pat McNamara | January 07, 2009
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"I began to ask myself, ‘Is there no remedy?’”
Pat McNamara | January 07, 2009
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Walter Elliott (1842-1928): Paulist Evangelizer
Pat McNamara | January 06, 2009
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Pat McNamara | January 05, 2009
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"What's Meryl Streep Wearing?"
Pat McNamara | January 05, 2009
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"In New York, No One Had to Ask Who Ruled the Church"
Pat McNamara | January 03, 2009
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"To Do Some Good to the People in the World"
Pat McNamara | January 03, 2009
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The First Black Catholic Congress (1889)
Pat McNamara | January 02, 2009
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Pat McNamara | January 02, 2009
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“Trust life, for God lives it with us”
Pat McNamara | January 01, 2009
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Pat McNamara | December 31, 2008
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“A Church that Breathes with Both Lungs"
Pat McNamara | December 31, 2008
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Memorial to the Italian Immigrants
Pat McNamara | December 30, 2008
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New Book on Irish American History
Pat McNamara | December 30, 2008
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Pat McNamara | December 30, 2008
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An Anniversary for Catholic Historians
Pat McNamara | December 30, 2008
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Pat McNamara | December 30, 2008
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And While We're on the Subject...
Pat McNamara | December 29, 2008
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Pat McNamara | December 29, 2008
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“Would to heaven that all the faiths had men like you."
Pat McNamara | December 29, 2008
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"Ever Intemperate": James A. McMaster (1820-1886)
Pat McNamara | December 29, 2008
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Pat McNamara | December 28, 2008
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Pat McNamara | December 27, 2008
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The Bishop That Never Got Here
Pat McNamara | December 27, 2008
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The Apostle of the German Immigrant
Pat McNamara | December 26, 2008
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Anna Hanson Dorsey, Novelist and Laetare Medal Receipient
Pat McNamara | December 26, 2008
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Pat McNamara | December 25, 2008
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Pat McNamara | December 24, 2008
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Native American Baseball Pioneer had Jesuit Connections
Pat McNamara | December 24, 2008
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Louis Armstrong's Catholic Roots
Pat McNamara | December 23, 2008
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Pat McNamara | December 23, 2008
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1960's Catholic Comic Book Predicts African-American...
Pat McNamara | December 22, 2008
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Pat McNamara | December 22, 2008
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From Russian Prince to Frontier Priest
Pat McNamara | December 22, 2008
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St. Paul in Nineteenth Century America
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