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March 2011

March 02, 2011

This Week’s Column at Patheos

To kick off Women's History Month, this week's Patheos column features the unique story of...

February 2011

February 27, 2011

The Original Hollywood Priest: Father Daniel W. Murphy (1876-1913)

FATHER DANIEL WEBSTER MURPHY.The interests of the Catholic Church in Hollywood are zealously guarded by...

February 25, 2011

“The Church Would Look Foolish Without Them”: Judge Ygnacio Sepulveda, Los Angeles, California

Descended from a long line of Spanish-Californian ancestry, Judge Ygnacio Sepulveda, recently returned to the...

February 24, 2011

Pat McNamara Talks About American Catholic History on TV!

Last week, I had the pleasure of appearing at Theology on Tap, a program for...

February 23, 2011

Sisters of St. Joseph Make Religious Profession, 1900

IN THE FLUSHING CONVENT.Bishop McDonnell Officiates at the Ceremony and Gives Her the Religious Name...

February 22, 2011

“Racism is a God Damned Thing”: Father John Markoe, S.J., (1890-1967) and the Civil Rights Movement

As a whole, the Catholic Church was slow to get fully involved in the Civil...

February 21, 2011

Washington Pastor, Shakespearean: Monsignor Denis J. Stafford (1860-1908)

DENIS J. STAFFORDSTAFFORD, DENIS, J., D.D., Roman Catholic priest, Shakespearean scholar and lecturer, was born...

February 20, 2011

Sermon at Immaculate Conception Church, Boston, December 1876

HOW WISDOM MAY BE FOUND.Sermon by the Rev. Augustine P. Hewit, C. S.P.Before the Boston...

February 16, 2011

“The Church Would Look Foolish Without Them”: George B. Perkins, Washington, Missouri

A COLORED TERTIARY.The Franciscan Herald, May 1917.“Behold an Israelite, indeed, in whom there is no...

February 15, 2011

This Week’s Column at Patheos

This week's Patheos column looks at the history of Our Lady of Gethsemani Abbey, Kentucky,...

February 13, 2011

St. Mary Star of the Sea Church Dedicated in Brooklyn, 1853

Laying the Corner Stone of a Catholic Church.The Brooklyn Eagle, July 18, 1853Yesterday afternoon the...

February 12, 2011

“The Church Would Look Foolish Without Them”: John Patrzykowski, Buffalo, New York

Back in England in 1859, Blessed John Henry Newman was having a conversation with Birmingham...

February 11, 2011

The Marist Brothers in the United States, 1914

St. Ann's Academy was founded on Manhattan's Upper East Side in 1892. During its early...

February 10, 2011

What Do Priests Do (and Wear)?

Here’s an answer from The Brooklyn Eagle, October 18, 1890: In each parish there is...

February 09, 2011

Chicago’s African-American Catholics, 1890

Patrick Augustine Feehan (1829-1902) was the first Archbishop of Chicago. Born in Ireland, he was...

February 08, 2011

“What Can a Woman Do?”: Mother Xavier Ross (1813-1895) and the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth

As the Civil War approached, 1850’s Kansas was center-stage for the brewing conflict. Pro-slavery and...

February 04, 2011

Article on Xavier High School, Manhattan, 1898

ST. FRANCIS XAVIER COLLEGEThe Brooklyn Eagle, September 4, 1898The College of St. Francis Xavier, on...

February 02, 2011

“I No Longer Call You Slaves”: The Healy Brothers, 1830-1910

By any standard, the Healys were an impressive family. Michael, the father, was an Irish...

February 02, 2011

Brooklyn’s Catholic Schools, 1873

BROOKLYN CATHOLIC SCHOOLS.Their History from 1828 to 1873-- The Pioneer School of the City, and...

February 01, 2011

Talent Show at Holy Name School, Brooklyn, 1889

HOLY NAME SCHOOL.An Entertainment Given by its Pupils Thursday Evening.The Brooklyn Eagle, June 22, 1889In...

January 2011

January 28, 2011

St. John the Baptist Church, Bedford-Stuyvesant (1868)

The parish facilities as they appeared around the year 1870.St. John the Baptist, Brooklyn. During Bishop...

January 27, 2011

Groundbreaking News!

Dear Friends, Catholic blogger Eric Sammons has researched the Top Two Hundred Catholic Blogs and...

January 27, 2011

St. John’s Seminary, Brooklyn (1891-1932)

Father John Moore, C.M, was President of St. John's University, Brooklyn, from 1906 to 1925....

January 26, 2011

First Newspaper Account of Commencement Exercises at St. John’s College, Brooklyn, 1873

St. John's University during the 1940's, when it stood in Brooklyn's Bedford-Stuyvesant section. During the...

January 25, 2011

“Integrating the Love of God and Neighbor”: The Vincentians and American Higher Education

St. Vincent De Paul (1576-1660) Today the two largest Catholic universities in the United States...

January 25, 2011

This Week’s Column at Patheos

Father Theophilus Riesinger, O.F.M. Cap. (1868-1941), the priest who is the subject of this week's...

January 24, 2011

Catholic College Announced in Brooklyn, 1868

THE NEW CATHOLIC COLLEGE.The Brooklyn Eagle, February 24, 1868For a long time the energetic Catholic...

January 24, 2011

Jesuit’s Speech on Deaf Catholic Ministry, 1908

THE APPEAL OF THE DEAF MUTE.Paper by THE REV. F. A. MOELLER, S. J., Chaplain,...

January 21, 2011

Sermon on the Feast of St. Agnes, at St. Agnes Church, Brooklyn, New York, January 1898

THE FATE OF ST. AGNES Rev. L.A. Grace’s Sermon in St. Agnes’ ChurchThe Brooklyn Eagle,...

January 20, 2011

At the Center of the City: St. Sebastian Parish, Woodside, New York (1894)

ST. SEBASTIAN’S, WOODSIDE.FATHER GANNON’S NEW CHURCH RAPIDLY NEARING COMPLETION.The Brooklyn Eagle, February 16, 1896St. Sebastian’s,...