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June 2014

June 29, 2014

The Dakotas’ First Bishop: Martin Marty, O.S.B. (1834-1896)

VICARIATE APOSTOLIC OF DAKOTA: RIGHT REV. MARTIN MARTY, O.S.B. First Vicar Apostolic of Dakota. Martin...

June 26, 2014

Monsignor Dennis J. Flynn, Mount St. Mary’s College and Seminary, Emmitsburg (1856-1911)

Rt. Rev. Mgr. Dennis J. Flynn, LL. D., was born near Louisville, Ky., Sept. 17,...

June 25, 2014

Mission to Non-Catholics, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, 1904

NON-CATHOLIC MISSIONS BY APOSTOLATE FATHERS. They Strive to Remove Wrong Notions Regarding Catholic Dogma and...

June 24, 2014

St. John the Baptist Church, Brooklyn, New York (1868)

During Bishop John Loughlin's administration, there were but two religious communities of priests in the...

June 23, 2014

Catholic History in Less Than Five Minutes: East-West Church Relations in the Early Middle Ages

June 22, 2014

Feast of Corpus Christi, a Sermon by Father Francis X. Weninger, S.J., 1882

FEAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI. "This is the day which the Lord hath made; let us...

June 21, 2014

St. Aloysius Gonzaga, a Poem by Father William Hart McNichols, S.J., 1989

Aloysius, You have drawn me to you, gentle teacher, loving guide. I am filled with...

June 20, 2014

Roads to Rome: Margaret Terry Chanler, 1910

MARGARET TERRY CHANLER, RED HOOK, NEW YORK. Wife of Winthrop Chanler, Esq., and sister of...

June 19, 2014

Catholic History in Less Than Five Minutes: The Age of Charlemagne (800-814 A.D.)

June 19, 2014

Catholics in the Military: Lieutenant Augustine F. Hewit, U.S.A. (1857-1882)

Lieut. Augustine F. Hewit, of the United States Army, died on Saturday in San Antonio,...

June 17, 2014

From County Kerry to New Orleans: Father John M. Cronin, S.J. (1873-1939)

Father John M. Cronin was born November 13, 1873, in Listowel, County Kerry, Ireland. He...

June 17, 2014

Catholics on Stage: Arnold Daly (1875-1927)

Born Peter Christopher Arnold Daly to Irish parents, the young man grew up in Brooklyn,...

June 16, 2014

“The Church Would Look Foolish Without Them”: Thomas O’Neil, Toledo, Ohio

There are few old-time dwellers in the city of Toledo, Ohio, who are more prominent...

June 16, 2014

Catholic History in Less Than Five Minutes: Pope St. Gregory I the Great (590-604 A.D.)

June 13, 2014

The “White Benedictines” of Arkansas (1874)

BENEDICTINE SISTERS OF MT. OLIVE (White Benedictines) (1874) As American History cannot be studied thoroughly...

June 13, 2014

Atonement Friars Received Into the Church, 1909

EMBRACE CATHOLIC FAITH. Members of the Society of Atonement at Graymoor Received into Church. (The...

June 12, 2014

Peter S. Munro, Catholic School Teacher, Civil War Veteran

MUNRO, Peter Simcoe Morton, actor, author and lecturer, was born in York, England, Feb. 17,...

June 12, 2014

Catholic History in Less Than Five Minutes– The Benedictines and Western Civilization

June 12, 2014

Throwback Thursday Photograph!

No, he's not a character from a Dickens novel. He's Father G.B. Weikamp, a native...

June 11, 2014

John Wayne (1907-1979), Catholic Convert

Today marks the 35th anniversary of the passing of actor John Wayne. Born Marion Robert...

June 11, 2014

Catholic Higher Education: St. John’s University, Collegeville, Minnesota (1856)

ST. JOHN'S UNIVERSITY, conducted by the Fathers of the Order of St Benedict, is the...

June 10, 2014

Catholic History in Less Than Five Minutes– The Church and the Fall of the Roman Empire (337-476 A.D.)

June 10, 2014

Controversial Catholic Editor James A. McMaster Dies, 1886

JAMES A. M’MASTER DEAD. CAREER OF THE NOTED CATHOLIC EDITOR CLOSED. THE MAN WHO FOR...

June 09, 2014

African-American Sisters Start School in Washington, D.C., 1892

ST. CYPRIAN’S PAROCHIAL SCHOOL AND ST. ANN'S ACADEMY, WASHINGTON, D. C. St. Ann's Academy was...

June 09, 2014

Catholic History in Less Than Five Minutes– The Early Church Fathers

June 09, 2014

“A Heart and a Half”: Brother Andronis, F.S.C. (1811-1898)

The Brothers of the Christian School (Fratres Scholarum Christianarum) were founded by St. John Baptist...

June 08, 2014

Catholic History in Less Than Five Minutes– The Development of the Papacy

June 08, 2014

Who’s Buried in Catholic Cemeteries: Alice Joyce (1890-1955)

Born in Kansas City on October 1, 1890, Alice Joyce was one of the...

June 08, 2014

Sermon for Children’s Mass, Pentecost Sunday, 1900

PENTECOST SUNDAY. Gospel. John xiv. 23-31. At that time, Jesus said to his disciples: “If...

June 07, 2014

New York Herald Interviews Boston College Founder, May 1876

Interview with Boston College Founder Rev. John McElroy, S.J., New York Herald, May 8, 1876...