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October 04, 2009

St. Bonaventure University Founded Today, 1858

In 1855, Father Pamphilus da Magliano and three Franciscan friars came to Western New York...

October 03, 2009

Quote of the Day

Mankind's belief in God is a rebuke to, and a condemnation of, the careless atheist....

October 03, 2009

College Football Photo of the Week

October 03, 2009

Catholic Art

Our Lady of Mount Carmel and Saints, by Pietro Novelli, 1641. Pietro Novelli (1603 -1647)...

October 03, 2009

First Bishops Meeting in America, 1829

On this day in 1829, the First Provincial Council of Baltimore assembled. It was the...

October 03, 2009

Bellarmine University Founded 1950

Bellarmine College was opened on October 3, 1950, under the sponsorship of the Roman Catholic...

October 03, 2009

First American Seminary Founded 1791

Founded in 1791, St. Mary's Seminary & University in Baltimore is the first Catholic seminary...

October 03, 2009

Catholic Biblical Association Founded Today, 1936

The occasion for the formation of the Catholic Biblical Association was the outcome of the...

October 03, 2009

St. Theodore Guerin (1798-1856)

Born Anne-Thérèse Guérin in France, she joined the Sisters of Providence in 1823. For nearly...

October 03, 2009

Blessed Columba Marmion (1858-1923)

Son of an Irish father and a French mother, Joseph Marmion entered the seminary in...

October 03, 2009

James Roosevelt Bayley (1814-1877)

Born to an affluent New York family, he was a distant cousin of two Presidents...

October 02, 2009

Quote of the Day

Today many people, even believers, think that a call to the priesthood or religious life...

October 02, 2009

Movie of the Week

Thérèse is a film about the life of Saint Thérèse de Lisieux. It was first...

October 02, 2009

Blessed Jan Beyzym (1850-1912)

Born in what is now the Ukraine, he joined the Jesuits in 1872 and was...

October 02, 2009

Mother Benedict Duss (1910-2005)

Today marks the death of Mother Benedict Duss, foundress of Regina Laudis Monastery in Connecticut....

October 02, 2009

Blessed Bartolomé Blanco Márquez (1914-1936)

Bartolomé Blanco Márquez was born in Pozoblanco, Córdoba Province, Spain in 1914. He was arrested...

October 02, 2009

God’s Bricklayer: Cardinal George Mundelein (1872-1939)

Born on Manhattan’s Lower East Side in 1872, George William Mundelein contemplated a naval career...

October 02, 2009

Cardinal Pierre De Bérulle (1575-1629)

Born to a distinguished family in Champagne, from an early age he was interested in...

October 01, 2009

Treasures from the Treasure Chest

October 01, 2009

Quote of the Day

For me to be a saint means to be myself. Therefore the problem of sanctity...

October 01, 2009

Princess Di’s Ancestor on Road to Sainthood

Born in 1799 to Second Earl Spencer (whose descendants include Princess Diana), George Spencer studied...

October 01, 2009

Romano Guardini (1885-1968)

A priest, author, and academic, Romano Guardini was one of the most important figures in...

October 01, 2009

St. Therese of Lisieux (1873-1897)

Therese Martin was born to Louis and Zelie Martin at Alençon, France on 2 January...

October 01, 2009

Gulag Martyr on Road to Sainthood

Born in 1877 in Galicia, he graduated from high school and served in the Austrian...

October 01, 2009

Jacques Fesch (1930-1957)

Jacques Fesch was the murderer of a French police officer, who became such a devout...

September 2009

September 30, 2009

Quote of the Day

The [early Church] Fathers made me a Catholic. John Henry Newman

September 30, 2009

Old (Anti-)Catholic Stuff

The above is from an 1855 book by Edward Beecher titled The Papal Conspiracy Exposed....

September 30, 2009

Two Encyclicals Issued Today

On this day in 1881, Pope Leo XIII issued Grande Munus, on SS. Cyril &...

September 30, 2009

Ludwig Von Pastor (1854-1928)

Ludwig von Pastor (January 31, 1854, Aachen – September 30, 1928, Innsbruck), was the great...

September 29, 2009

Old Catholic Stuff

The above is a page from a Catechism written in the Sioux language.