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September 2009

September 11, 2009

Mickey Rourke as St. Francis?

You bet! In 1989 Mickey Rourke played St. Francis of Assisi in the Italian production...

September 11, 2009

Quote of the Day

The golden age only comes to men when they have, if only for a moment,...

September 11, 2009

Father Francis Craft, Missionary to the Sioux

Thomas W. Foley found the journal of the Catholic priest Father Francis M. Craft, a...

September 11, 2009

Archbishop Edwin V. O’Hara (1881-1956)

Fr. Edwin O'Hara—Roman Catholic priest, educator, social reformer, and historian—was instrumental in shaping innovative Catholic...

September 11, 2009

College of St. Elizabeth Founded 1899

Founded in 1899 by the Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth, the College of Saint...

September 10, 2009

Treasures from the Treasure Chest

September 10, 2009

Quote of the Day

In a word, Christianity is historical, the unfolding in time of an eternal plan, with...

September 10, 2009

Jane Wyman (1917-2007)

Today marks the death of actress Jane Wyman (1917-2007) who converted to Catholicism later in...

September 10, 2009

Wilfrid Scawen Blunt (1840-1922)

Wilfrid Scawen Blunt (17 August 1840 – 10 September 1922) was an English poet and...

September 09, 2009

How to get in good with your Bishop…

Put his face on a statue! When the Paulists erected the current building for St....

September 09, 2009

Old (Anti-)Catholic Stuff

September 09, 2009

Quote of the Day

I firmly believe that our salvation depends on the poor. Dorothy Day

September 09, 2009

Blessed Rosalie Rendu (1786-1856)

Jeanne Marie Rendu was born 9 September 1786 at Confort, a district of Gex in...

September 09, 2009

John Howard Griffin (1920-1980)

John Howard Griffin (June 16, 1920 - September 9, 1980) was an American journalist and...

September 09, 2009

Fredrick L. McGhee (1861-1912)

Fredrick L. McGhee (October 28, 1861 – September 9, 1912), a black civil rights activist...

September 08, 2009

Old Catholic Stuff

This ad for St. Ignatius College (now the University of San Francisco) appeared in 1889.

September 08, 2009

Quote of the Day

Atheism is a sign of mental strength, but only up to a certain point. Pascal

September 08, 2009

Six Encyclicals Issued on this Day

On this day in various years, six encyclicals were issued. Pope Leo XIII issued three...

September 08, 2009

Austrian Emperor Vetoes Papal Election, 1903

Did you know that Europe's Catholic monarchs once had the power to veto papal elections...

September 08, 2009

Bishop Louis Rappe (1801-1870)

RAPPE, Louis Amadeus, R. C. bishop, born in Andrehem, France, 2 February, 1801; died in...

September 08, 2009

Blessed Fredric Ozanam (1813-1853)

Frederic Ozanam live a short life in one of the most tumultuous periods of history....

September 07, 2009

Book of the Week

If you're looking for a short, readable history of the Church in America, you can't...

September 07, 2009

Quote of the Day

For work is not only, for every man, a means of decent livelihood, but it...

September 07, 2009

Baseball Photo of the Week

St. Mary's Seminary Baseball Team, ca. 1915.

September 07, 2009

Legion of Mary Founded Today in 1921

Today in 1921 marks the founding of the Legion of Mary in Ireland by layman...

September 06, 2009

Catholic Poetry

GOD's LIKENESSby John Bansiter TabbNot in mine own, but in my neighbor's face,Must I Thine...

September 06, 2009

Quote of the Day

We must speak to them with our hands by giving, before we try to speak...

September 06, 2009

First Native American Jesuit

Today marks the birth of the first Native American priest, Father James Chrysyostom Bouchard (1823-1889)....

September 05, 2009

College Football Photo of the Week

The Duquesne University Football team, as seen in 1919.

September 05, 2009

Catholic Art

This week's Catholic Art column features a painting by Elizabeth Nourse titled Capuchin Monk. The...