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May 2020

May 19, 2020

Who’s Buried in Catholic Cemeteries?

Brigadier General James Rowan O’Beirne (1839-1917)-- Calvary Cemetery, Woodside, New York. One of the great things...

January 2019

January 21, 2019

Catholics in the Military: Lieutenant General Harold G. Moore (1922-2017)

“All through my life, I’ve tried to keep in mind that our purpose is to...

June 2014

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 06, 2014

Remembering the Fallen: Lt. Robert P. Mathias, D-Day, June 6, 1944

In his outstanding history of D-Day, Stephen Ambrose describes the conditions that Second Lieutenant Robert Mathias...

May 2014

May 30, 2014

Roads to Rome: U.S. Army Officer Enters the Church, 1909

Georginia Pell Curtis's 1909 anthology Some Roads to Rome offers a series of first-hand accounts...

May 28, 2014

Catholics at West Point, a 1908 Survey

Today, the day that the Class of 2014 graduates from the United States Military Academy, offers...

May 26, 2014

Cardinal Gibbons Preaches at Funeral Mass of General Philip H. Sheridan, August 1888

Cardinal James Gibbons’ Sermon at the Funeral Mass of General Philip Sheridan, August 11, 1888,...

May 26, 2014

Remembering the Fallen: Corporal John Briody, Seventh U.S. Cavalry (1847-1876)

For as long as I can remember, I have been fascinated with the Battle of...

May 26, 2014

Military Mass During the Civil War, 1864

FATHER CORBY’S DESCRIPTION OF A MILITARY MASS On or about the 4th day of September,...

May 25, 2014

Who’s Buried in Catholic Cemeteries: Lt. Powhatan Clarke, U.S. Army (1862-1893)

One of my favorite Frederic Remington drawings depicts the rescue of a Buffalo Soldier during...