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November 17, 2009

Mill Hill Fathers Arrive in Baltimore, 1871

On this day in 1871, a group of priests from the English-based Missionary Society of...

November 16, 2009

Book of the Week

This is one of the most interesting books I have ever read on American Catholic...

November 16, 2009

Quote of the Day

A veil is spread between this world and the next. We mortal men, range up...

November 16, 2009

Thomas Merton Received into Church Today, 1938

Today marks the day that Thomas Merton was received into the Catholic Church at Corpus...

November 16, 2009

Henriette DeLille (1813-1862)

Henriette DeLille (1813–1862) founded the Catholic order of the Sisters of the Holy Family, made...

November 16, 2009

Mother Veronica of the Passion (1823-1906)

Mother Veronica (Miss Sophie Leeves), Foundress of the Sisters of the Apostolic Carmel, Mangalore, was...

November 15, 2009

Catholic Poetry

NOSTALGIA By Sister M. AngelitaSometimes when autumn’s mellow sunlight spillsOn painted pomp of wooded heights...

November 15, 2009

Quote of the Day

When you see it exposed, say to yourself: Thanks to this Body, I am no...

November 15, 2009

Georgetown: America‘s Oldest Catholic College

America’s first Bishop, John Carroll, was a Jesuit until the order was suppressed in 1773....

November 15, 2009

St. Raphael Kalinowski (1835-1907)

Son of Andrew Kalinowski, prominent mathmatics professor at the College of Nobility, and Josepha Poionska...

November 15, 2009

Judge Isaac Parker (1838-1896)

Known in the Old West as the “Hanging Judge,” Isaac Charles Parker served as a...

November 15, 2009

Passionists Arrive in America, 1852

Today marks the day that the first Passionists arrived in the United States. On this...

November 14, 2009

College Football Photo of the Week

November 14, 2009

Quote of the Day

It has been said that Gothic architecture represents the soul aspiring to God, and that...

November 14, 2009

Catholic Art

This painting of St. Francis of Assisi was done by Bartolomé Estéban Murillo (1617-1682).

November 14, 2009

Cardinal Joseph L. Bernardin (1928-1996)

Born to Italian immigrants in South Carolina, he attended the University of South Carolina as...

November 14, 2009

Bishops’ Statement on Racism, 1958

On this day in 1958, the American Bishops issued a statement condemning racism as a...

November 14, 2009

Charles Carroll (1737-1832)

Today marks the death of Charles Carroll, the only Catholic to sign the Declaration of...

November 14, 2009

Blessed Maria Merkert (1817-1872)

Born in Silesia, Maria Merkert was of German ancestry. Until she was 25 she took...

November 14, 2009

Malcolm Muggeridge (1903-1990)

Today marks the death of journalist, author and media personality Malcolm Muggeridge, who converted to...

November 14, 2009

Agnes Repplier (1855-1950)

Born in Philadelphia, Agnes Repplier started writing essays for publication as a teenager. By the...

November 13, 2009

Quote of the Day

The New Testament is so called because it brings in the new. St. Isidore, Sentences

November 13, 2009

Movie of the Week

Saint Giuseppe Benedetto Cottolengo or Saint Joseph Benedict Cottolengo (May 3, 1786 – April 30,...

November 13, 2009

Monsignor Charles Owen Rice (1908-2005)

Monsignor Charles Owen Rice was a Roman Catholic priest and an American labor activist.He was...

November 13, 2009

First issue of Commonweal, 1924

The Commonweal is the oldest independent lay Catholic journal of opinion in the United States....

November 13, 2009

Francis Thompson (1859-1907)

Francis Thompson was an English poet and ascetic. After attending college, he moved to London...

November 13, 2009

St. Agostina Pietrantoni (1864-1913)

Nurse at the Holy Spirit Hospital, near the Vatican, in Rome in 1886. Joined the...

November 12, 2009

Quote of the Day

As for ourselves, yes, we must be meek, bear injustice, malice, rash judgment. We must...

November 12, 2009

Treasures from the Treasure Chest

November 12, 2009

Canon Law Society of America Founded 1939

The Canon Law Society of America was founded on November 12, 1939 by a group...