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June 2009

June 24, 2009

Papal Encyclical Calls for Seminaries in the Missions, 1893

On this day in 1893, Pope Leo XIII issued the encyclical Ad Extremas, which called...

June 24, 2009

Terence V. Powderly (1849-1924)

Terence Powderly was born in 1849, in Carbondale, Pennsylvania. While still a teenager, Powderly became...

June 24, 2009

Happy Birthday, Fordham!

On this day in 1841, with a student body of six, Saint John’s College opened...

June 23, 2009

Quote of the Day

No one in the world can change Truth. What we can do and and should...

June 23, 2009

St. Thomas Garnet (1575-1608)

Protomartyr of St. Omer and therefore of Stonyhurst College; b. at Southwark, c. 1575; executed...

June 23, 2009

St. Joseph Cafasso (1811-1860)

Joseph Cafasso was born at Castelnuovo d'Asti in the Piedmont, Italy, of peasant parents. He...

June 22, 2009

St. John Fisher (1459-1535)

St. John Fisher was born in Beverly, Yorkshire, in 1459, and educated at Cambridge, from...

June 22, 2009

Baseball Photo of the Week

Babe Ruth visits the Jesuits' Spring Hill College, Alabama, in 1924.

June 22, 2009

Book of the Week

Paul Wilkes is a writer whose main focus is religion. How he discovered that vocation...

June 22, 2009

Quote of the Day

Learn the heart of God from the word of God.St. Gregory the Great

June 22, 2009

The Blackrobes Arrive

Today in 1611 the first Jesuit missionaries arrived in Canada.

June 21, 2009

Quote of the Day

We have all known the long loneliness and we have learned that the only solution...

June 21, 2009

Holy Cross College Dedicated

On this day in 1843, the cornerstone for the Jesuit's College of the Holy Cross...

June 20, 2009

Quote of the Day

Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations,...

June 20, 2009

1894 Papal Encyclical Calls for Christian Unity

On this day in 1894, Pope Leo XIII issued the encyclical Praeclara Gratulationis, in which...

June 20, 2009

First Redemptorists Arrive in US

Today in 1832 marks the arrival of the first Redemptorists in the United States. Their...

June 20, 2009

28th International Eucharistic Congress, 1926

From June 20 through June 24, 1926, the XXVIIIth International Eucharistic Congress was held in...

June 20, 2009

Bishop Antoine Blanc (1792-1860)

Antoine Blanc (b. 11 October 1792; d. 20 June, 1860) was the fifth Bishop and...

June 19, 2009

The Year of the Priest Begins

To live in the midst of the world without wishing its pleasures; to be a...

June 19, 2009

Movie of the Week

Gran Torino isn't the kind of movie you want to watch with your kids, but...

June 19, 2009

Quote of the Day

The only cure for sagging or fainting faith is Communion. Though always Itself, perfect and...

June 19, 2009

Cardinal Herbert Vaughan (1832-1903)

Herbert Alfred Vaughan (1832–1903) was a British Catholic cardinal and Archbishop of Westminster. He was...

June 19, 2009

Lord Acton (1834-1902)

Today marks the death of Lord Acton, who is best known for the dictum "Absolute...

June 18, 2009

Quote of the Day

The happiness you are seeking, the happiness you have a right to enjoy has a...

June 18, 2009

Treasures from the Treasure Chest

Although May is over, there are a few really beautiful depictions of Mary that I...

June 18, 2009

“The Apostle of Oregon”

Archbishop Francis Norbert Blanchet, the founder of the Archdiocese of Oregon City, was born at...

June 18, 2009

Pope Paul VI Restores Permanent Diaconate

Today is a special day for permanent deaons, because on this day in 1967 Pope...

June 18, 2009

The Catholic Daughters of the Americas

Today the Catholic Daughters of the Americas (CDA) was founded in Utica, New York in...

June 17, 2009

St. Solanus Casey?

David Nantais has a nice article in America about Venerable Solanus Casey, the American Capuchin...

June 17, 2009

Quote of the Day

As for what concerns our relations with our fellow men, the anguish in our neighbor’s...