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November 2010

November 17, 2010

Roads to Rome: The Oxford Movement (1833-1845)

During the early 1830’s a movement began in the Church of England known as the...

November 16, 2010

“In the Shadow of a Saint”: Archbishop James F. Wood of Philadelphia (1813-1883)

James Frederick Wood, Philadelphia’s first native-born bishop, has been overshadowed by his predecessor, St. John...

November 15, 2010

“Between Two Worlds”: Mother Theresa Maxis Duchemin, I.H.M. (1810-1892)

In The History of Black Catholics in the United States (1990), Father Cyprian Davis writes:The...

November 14, 2010

Catholic Poetry

THE MISSIONARYBy Robert Southey (1774-1843)Behold him on his way! The BreviaryWhich from his girdle hangs,...

November 14, 2010

Sunday Sermons

THE CATHOLIC CHURCH: ITS ORIGIN; ITS CONSTITUTION; ITS ATTRIBUTES AND PREROGATIVES WHAT does the Catholic...

November 13, 2010

College Football Photo of the Week

The Fordham University football team, as seen in the early 1900's.

November 13, 2010

Quote of the Day

"If anyone says you love darkness, point to your colleges. Was it the love of...

November 12, 2010

Brooklyn’s French Parish: St. Louis of France (1869)

St. Louis, Brooklyn, N.Y. — On July 18, 1869, Bishop Loughlin laid the cornerstone of...

November 11, 2010

“The Blue, the Gray, and the Black”: The Paulists and the American Civil War

On May 25, 1872, three young men, members of the Paulist community, were ordained priests...

November 10, 2010

Roads to Rome: Governor Peter H. Burnett (1807-1895)

I was once a Protestant, and I became a Catholic.My parents were Baptists; but until...

November 09, 2010

Bishop Maurice F. Burke and Wyoming Catholicism

Born in Limerick, Ireland, in 1845, Maurice Francis Burke grew up in Chicago. After graduating...

November 08, 2010

“A Miracle on American Soil”: Grand Couteau, 1866

The Academy of the Sacred Heart in Grand Couteau, Louisiana is one of America’s oldest...

November 07, 2010

Sunday Sermons

TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST. DIGNITY AND DUTY OF THE CHRISTIAN. "Whose image and inscription is...

November 07, 2010

Catholic Poetry

WHY THE ROBIN'S BREAST WAS REDJames Ryder Randall (1839-1908) The Saviour, bowed beneath His cross,...

November 06, 2010

College Football Photo of the Week

This 1924 programme is from the Army -Notre Dame game, a long-standing college football rivalry....

November 06, 2010

A Frenchman in “The Fighting 69th”: Father Thomas Ouellet, S.J. (1819-1894)

Born in Canada, Thomas Ouellet studied for the diocesan priesthood in Montreal before joining the...

November 05, 2010

A Life Apart: The Carthusians of Vermont

Founded by St. Bruno of Cologne in 1084, the Carthusians are unique among the religious...

November 04, 2010

Boston’s Polish Parish: Our Lady of Czestochowa (1893)

THE POLISH CHURCH AND CONGREGATIONIt is claimed that there are about 2,000,000 Poles in the...

November 03, 2010

Roads to Rome: Maria Longworth Storer (1849-1932)

Maria Longworth Storer (1849-1932) came from a wealthy family in Cincinnati. In 1871 she founded...

November 02, 2010

Benjamin J. Keiley (1847-1925): Confederate Soldier, Catholic Bishop

During the American Civil War, two future bishops served as military chaplains, Fathers John Ireland...

November 01, 2010

Quote of the Day

Every saint is a little looking-glass of God: a facet of the jewel which constitutes...

November 01, 2010

Religious Profession at Long Island Convent, 1900

Bishop McDonnell Administers the Vows to New Sisters of St. DominicAT AN IMPRESSIVE CEREMONY.Work That...

October 2010

October 31, 2010

All Hallows College, Ireland (1842)

During the nineteenth century, Ireland experienced what historian Emmett Larkin calls a “devotional revolution.” Beginning...

October 31, 2010

Sunday Sermons

“EAST NEW YORK CATHOLIC CHURCH:Sermon by Father Carroll”The Brooklyn Eagle, June 20, 1870The Rev. Father...

October 31, 2010

Catholic Poetry

THE ANGELUSCharles Warren Stoddard (1843-1909)At dawn, the joyful choir of bellsIn consecrated citadels,Flings on the...

October 30, 2010

College Football Photo of the Week

The Boston College Football Team, as seen in 1912.

October 30, 2010

A Franciscan on the Beach: The Rev. Joseph Brunneman, O.F.M. Conv. (1822-1874)

By Monsignor Sean G. OgleThe Conventual Franciscans are one of the three major branches of...

October 29, 2010

Newark’s Benedictine Monastery

The Benedictines are a contemplative order with a strong missionary tradition going back to the...

October 28, 2010

New York City’s First African-American Parish

ST. BENEDICT THE MOOR, Manhattan, New York, N.Y.—The Mission of St. Benedict the Moor was...

October 27, 2010

Roads to Rome: General Eliakim P. Scammon (1816-1894)

Born in Maine, Eliakim Parker Scammon was raised in a Methodist family, we are told,...