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October 2012

October 15, 2012

Lecture on American Catholic Literature, Brooklyn, 1860

Catholic Literature in the United States-- Address of the Rev. Dr. Pise (The Brooklyn Eagle,...

October 12, 2012

The Mission Helpers of the Sacred Heart (1890)

The work of the Institute began in Baltimore, the first house being opened in 1890....

October 08, 2012

St. John the Baptist Church, Manhattan (1840)

“The necessity of hearing the Word of God in their own tongue, and of having...

October 02, 2012

Kaiser Wilhelm Sends Portrait to Virginia Nuns, 1913

KAISER’S GIFT TO VIRGINIA NUNS Special to the New York Times The New York Times,...

October 01, 2012

Mayor Flees to Monastery, 1908

MAYOR IN MONASTERY: Was Saloon Owner and Politics Led Him to Shun the World The...

September 2012

September 29, 2012

Catholic Poetry

The Starry Host By John Lancaster Spalding THE COUNTLESS stars, which to our human eye...

September 01, 2012

Catholic Poetry

A SOUTHERN FLOWER A flower of the pale, sad South, Yet pale nor sad is...

August 2012

August 11, 2012

On Vacation till the 25th!

Dear Friends, Unfortunately I will not be posting any blog pieces for the next two weeks...

August 04, 2012

Catholic Poetry

THE TRANSFIGURATION And they lifting up their eyes saw no one but only Jesus (St....

August 03, 2012

“The Happiness of Being a Catholic”

I thank God that I can say, "It was a true report that I heard...

August 01, 2012

Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Boston (1871)

Parish of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Commonly Called "The Mission Church" Under the charge...

July 2012

July 31, 2012

“You Jesuits Are Everywhere”

Born in France, Father Louis Hippolyte-Gache, S.J. (1817-1907), was a Chaplain in the Confederate Army...

July 30, 2012

Father Michael D. Lilly, O.P. (1831-1900)

On the death of Father Lilly St Joseph's Province of the Dominican Order lost one of...

July 29, 2012

A Sermon by Archbishop John Hughes, Brooklyn, 1853

Sermon on the Laying of the Corner-Stone of the Church of Our Lady of Immaculate...

July 28, 2012

An Early Olympian: Martin John Sheridan (1881-1918)

As the 2012 Olympics gets underway, it seems appropriate to focus on one of the...

July 27, 2012

America’s First Monastery: The Carmelites in Maryland (1790)

The Discalced Carmelite Nuns (O.C.D.) were the first community of women religious founded in the...

July 24, 2012

Father Anthony Ciampi, S.J. (1816-1893)

Several of the premier Jesuit college presidents in 19th century America were Italian. Father Joseph Cataldo...

July 23, 2012

Eliza Allen Starr (1824-1901), Convert and Poet

Born to a distinguished New England family, Eliza Allen Starr grew up "in an atmosphere...

July 22, 2012

“True National Honor”: A Sermon by Cardinal James Gibbons (1834-1921)

TWENTY-FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST. "CHRIST THE ONLY ENDURING NAME IN HISTORY AND THE GREAT REFORMER...

July 21, 2012

Catholic Poetry

I AM THE WAY By Rev. Alfred Young, C.S.P. "Thou hast laid thy body as...

July 20, 2012

Christian Brothers’ College, Memphis, Tennessee (1871)

The Christian Brothers' College in Memphis, Tennessee, is conducted by the Brothers of the Christian...

July 18, 2012

From Banker to Priest: Father Oliver Jenkins, S.S. (1813-1869)

On October 31st in the year 1848, Father Oliver L. Jenkins, Deacon Edward Caton, and...

July 17, 2012

Mother Mary De Chantal Keating, C.S.J. (1833-1917)

Mother M. DeChantal Keating, for thirty-four years head of St. John’s Home for Boys, Albany...

July 16, 2012

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Festival, Harlem, 1900

Church Festival in the Heat (The Brooklyn Eagle, July 17, 1900, p. 7) It is...

July 15, 2012

A Sermon from the 1880’s, St. Paul the Apostle Church, New York

SERMON CXLII. As lightning cometh out of the- east, and appeareth even unto the west...

July 14, 2012

Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha (1656-1680)

Catherine Tekakwitha By Eliza Allen Starr The sweet-briar rose of summer glades We lay upon...

July 13, 2012

Archbishop Frederick X. Katzer, Milwaukee (1844-1903)

Katzer, Frederick Xavier, third Roman Catholic Bishop of the Diocese ofGreen Bayand first Archbishop of...

July 10, 2012

Idaho Catholics

In every age and clime the Catholic Church has been a pioneer in carrying the...

July 09, 2012

Mother Mary Gertude Doyle, R.S.M. (1862-1913)

By the death of Mother M. Gertrude Doyle, which occurred Saturday, March 22, 1913, the...

July 08, 2012

Catholic Poetry

ON A PORTRAIT OF ST. ALOYSIUS GONZAGA By D.J. Mackin, Ph.D. "Quid hac ad aeternitatem?"...