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August 2009

August 23, 2009

Quote of the Day

We can do no great things; only small things with great love. Blessed Teresa of...

August 23, 2009

Luis Ponce de León (1527-1591)

Fray Luis Ponce de León was a Spanish lyric poet and an Augustinian canon, of...

August 22, 2009

Quote of the Day

Art is simply a right method of doing things. The test of the artist does...

August 22, 2009

Catholic Art

This week’s feature is A Nun by Henriette Browne, 1866. The Liverpool Museum website has...

August 22, 2009

The Synod of Thurles, 1850

Today marks the beginning of the Synod of Thurles in 1850, the first formal meeting...

August 22, 2009

Blessed Thomas Percy (1528-1572)

When Thomas was eight years old his father was executed at Tyburn (2 June, 1537)...

August 22, 2009

Pope Gregory IX (1227-1241)

Gregory IX, born Ugolino Conti de Segni, Roman Catholic Pope from the 19th of March...

August 22, 2009

Pope Nicholas III (1277-1280)

Born Giovanni Gaetano Orsini in Rome in 1210, his father was a Roman nobleman. Giovanni...

August 22, 2009

Encylical Issued Today, 1886

On this day in 1886, Pope Leo XIII issued the encyclical Quod Multum , which...

August 21, 2009

Movie of the Week

Diary of a Country Priest (original French title: Journal d'un curé de campagne) is a...

August 21, 2009

Quote of the Day

We ascend to the heights of contemplation by the steps of the active life.St. Gregory...

August 21, 2009

Our Lady of Knock, 1879

August 21, 1879: Our Lady, Saint Joseph and Saint John the Evangelist appeared in a...

August 21, 2009

Blessed Władysław Findysz (1907-1964)

Born to pious peasants, he entered the seminary in 1927. he was ordained in 1932....

August 21, 2009

Oswald von Nell-Breuning , S.J. (1890-1991)

Oswald von Nell-Breuning SJ (March 8, 1890 - August 21, 1991) was a Roman Catholic...

August 20, 2009

Treasures from the Treasure Chest

August 20, 2009

Quote of the Day

Dost thou wish to be applauded? Applaud another.St. John Chrysostom

August 20, 2009

St. Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153)

This entry is from the 1956 book Our Friends the Saints, by Daniel A. Lord,...

August 20, 2009

Papal Encyclical Issued Today, 1901

Today marks the issuance of Pope Leo XIII’s encyclical Reputantiubus, on the Church in Bohemia.

August 20, 2009

Pope Pius VII (1800-1823)

By the time Pius VI died, the Roman Curia was in disarray, the College of...

August 20, 2009

Pope St. Pius X (1903-1914)

Pius X (1903-1914) was born Giuseppe Sarto. In 1903 he was Patriarch of Venice. There...

August 20, 2009

Women’s College Chartered in Washington, 1897

On this day in 1897, Trinity College in Washington, D.C., received its charter. Founded by...

August 20, 2009

Sisters of St. Benedict of Ferdinand Founded 1867

In 1851, Rev. Boniface Wimmer, OSB, superior of the Benedictine monks in America, visited St....

August 20, 2009

Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill Founded 1869

In 1869, Bishop Michael Domenec of Pittsburgh appealed to the Cincinnati community of Sisters of...

August 20, 2009

St. Maria De Mattias (1805-1886)

Born in the Papal States, Maria De Mattias founded the Congregation of the Sisters Adorers...

August 19, 2009

Old (Anti-)Catholic Stuff

This leaflet was widely distributed in the 1910’s and 1920’s. Pretty nasty stuff!

August 19, 2009

Quote of the Day

The Church is alive and we are seeing it: we are experiencing the joy that...

August 19, 2009

St. John Eudes (1601-1680)

St. John Eudes was a religious, a parish missionary, founder of two religious communities and...

August 19, 2009

Black Elk (1863-1950)

Born to a medicine man who followed Crazy Horse, Black Elk witnessed the Battle of...

August 19, 2009

St. Ezekiel Moreno y Diaz (1848-1893)

Raised in a pious family in a pious town. Joined the Augustinian Recollects on 21...

August 19, 2009

Franz Xavier Wernz, S.J. (1842-1914)

Franz Xavier Wernz, S.J. (December 4, 1842 - August 19, 1914) was the twenty-fifth Superior...