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October 09, 2010

Finally… Newman’s Feast Day!

Today is the feast of the newly beatified John Henry Cardinal Newman (1801-1890), and it's...

October 08, 2010

Quote of the Day

"We see the ship of the Church today sailing merrily over very rough water. How...

October 08, 2010

Our Lady of the Rosary

It was Pope Leo XIII who named October as the month of the rosary, and...

October 08, 2010

Church History Returns!

Dear Friends,After nearly a year of absence and bowing to popular demand, McNamara's Blog returns...

January 2010

January 02, 2010

Happy Birthday, St. Therese!

In his spiritual memoir My Life With the Saints, Father Jim Martin talks about different...

January 01, 2010

Wee Willie Keeler (1872-1923)

Today marks the passing of one of the greatest right fielders to ever play the...

January 01, 2010

Irish College Founded in Rome, 1628

The Irish College, Rome was founded on January 1st 1628 by the Irish Franciscan, Fr....

December 2009

December 31, 2009

General Grant’s Roommate: Father George Deshon, C.S.P. (1823-1903)

Of the 39 graduates in West Point's Class of 1843, sixteen became Union or Confederate...

December 31, 2009

Marshall McCluhan (1911-1980)

Today marks the death of Marshall McCluhan, born Herbert Marshall McLuhan. He was a Canadian...

December 28, 2009

Christmas Music

December 28, 2009

Father William Corby, C.S.C. (1833-1897)

Father William Corby: Union ChaplainBy Joseph McCormack (From the Irish Cultural Society Website)William Corby was...

December 28, 2009

Encyclical Issued on Socialism, 1878

On this day in 1878, Pope Leo XIII issued the encyclical Quod Apostolici Muneris, On...

December 28, 2009

St. Caterina Volpicelli (1839-1894)

Caterina Volpicelli, founded the Handmaids of the Sacred Heart in July 1874 with the approval...

December 28, 2009

St. Gaspar del Bufalo (1786-1837)

St. Gaspar del Bufalo, the apostle of the devotion to the Precious Blood, was born...

December 27, 2009

Monsignor Patrick J. Hartigan (1878-1952)

Monsignor Patrick Joseph Hartigan (13 October 1878 - 27 December 1952) was an Australian Roman...

December 27, 2009

Catholic Poetry

UNTO US A SON IS GIVEN By Alice Meynell Given, not lent, And not withdrawn--...

December 27, 2009

Quote of the Day

For He was made Man that we might become God.St. Athanasius, On the Incarnation of...

December 27, 2009

Christmas Music

December 27, 2009

Blessed Sára Salkaházi (1899-1944)

Teacher, bookbinder, milliner, journalist: this was the resume of Sára Salkaházi when she applied to...

December 27, 2009

Archbishop James P. Lyke, O.F.M. (1939-1992)

James Patterson Lyke, O.F.M. (February 18, 1939—December 27, 1992) was an African American clerygman of...

December 27, 2009

Archbishop Patrick W. Riordan (1841-1914)

Patrick William Riordan (August 27, 1841 – December 27, 1914) was a Roman Catholic priest...

December 26, 2009

Quote of the Day

Great King, from heaven's high throne descending low, In Bethlehem's stable born in cold and...

December 26, 2009

Christmas Music

December 26, 2009

College Football Photo of the Week

December 26, 2009

Catholic Art

The Coronation of Mary as Queen of Heaven and earth, by Velazquez.

December 25, 2009

Merry Christmas to McNamara’s Blog Readers

Dear Friends,A Merry Christmas to you all, and a happy and healthy New Year!Sincerely,Pat McNamara

December 25, 2009

Movie of the Week

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December 25, 2009

Christmas Music

December 25, 2009

Quote of the Day

Lacking samite and sable, Lacking silver and gold,The prince Jesus in the poor stable Slept,...

December 25, 2009

Two Encyclicals Issued Today

On this day, Pope Leo XIII issued two encyclicals: Exeunte Iam Anno (On Right Ordering...