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December 2020

December 21, 2020

St. John Henry Newman and the “Special Charm of Christmas”

I grew up in the pre-internet age, so I still have a sense of awe...

May 2020

May 26, 2020

John Wayne and the Catholic Church

John Wayne and the Catholics For me today is a big “OTD” moment. That’s because,...

May 20, 2020

McNamara’s Catholic Poets: Monsignor Robert Hugh Benson

What’s Catholic Poetry? It’s poetry imbued with what the late Father Andrew Greeley called “the...

January 2019

January 25, 2019

Peace and Good at Graymoor

Pain can be healed. Hate can be turned to love. Division can be turned to unity. The Church...

January 11, 2019

“A Victorian Mother Teresa”: Servant of God Elizabeth Prout (1820-1864)

During the Industrial Revolution, Manchester became England’s leading manufacturing center. In 1844, Friedrich Engels, co-author...

January 06, 2019

Who’s It Named For? General Judson Kilpatrick Columbiettes, Vernon, N.J.

The Columbiettes are an organization of Catholic women connected to the Knights of Columbus. They...

December 2018

December 30, 2018

From West Point to the Priesthood: Father George Deshon, C.S.P.

Today marks the passing in 1903 of a seminal figure in early Paulist history,...

December 22, 2018

Soon-to-be Saints: Servant of God Demetrius Augustine Gallitzin (1770-1840)

Today marks the birth of a priest known as “the Apostle of the Alleghenies,” one...

December 20, 2018

Gerard Manley Hopkins: Finding God in All Things

In 1800’s England, becoming Catholic was, writes historian Hugh Trevor-Roper, “a fate worse than death.”...

December 18, 2018

Isaac Hecker: Who He is, Why He Matters

The Paulist Fathers were founded by Servant of God Isaac Hecker in 1858 as the...

December 14, 2018

Forgotten Catholic Poets: John Bannister Tabb (1845-1909)

It's hard to imagine just how profoundly different Catholics in 1800's America felt from their...

December 12, 2018

Who’s Buried in Catholic Cemeteries: Gary Cooper

Gary Cooper wasn't raised Catholic, but his wife Veronica and daughter Maria were devout Catholics....

November 2018

November 24, 2018

Civil War General Receives Notre Dame’s Laetare Medal, 1896

Since 1883, the University of Notre Dame has bestowed its Laetare Medal on an outstanding...

June 2014

June 29, 2014

Who’s Buried in Catholic Cemeteries: Henry King (1886-1982)

Born in Christiansburg, Virginia, Henry King left school at fifteen to work. Beginning as a...

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 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 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 11, 2014

John Wayne (1907-1979), Catholic Convert

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

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 07, 2014

Roads to Rome: Sarah Worthington King Peter (1800-1877)

Born in Ohio, Sarah Worthington was the daughter of a prominent Ohio politician. During her...

June 02, 2014

Former Know-Nothing Converts to Catholicism

The Order of the Star Spangled Banner was founded in New York in 1849 in...

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...

November 2013

November 27, 2013

Forgotten 19th Century Catholic Authors: Henrietta Dana Skinner

“Authentic Sketches of Living Catholic Authors: Mrs. Henry Wimple Skinner,” The Catholic World 65 (May...

November 24, 2013

Paulist Outreach to Non-Catholics Explained, 1896

TO SPREAD THE CATHOLIC FAITH. A Mission to Explain Dogma to Protestants is to be...

November 23, 2013

Catholic Poetry: “The Pillar of the Cloud,” by Blessed John Henry Henry Newman (1801-1890)

Lead, kindly light, amid the encircling gloom, Lead Thou me on! The night is dark,...

November 04, 2013

Former Episcopal Bishop Speaks at Catholic Forum, Brooklyn, 1860

THE LECTURE SEASON. Catholic Library Association—Lecture by Dr. Silliman Ives—“Catholic Rome the Patroness of Knowledge”...

August 2013

August 20, 2013

Father Francis Asbury Baker, C.S.P. (1820-1865)

Priest of the Congregation of St. Paul the Apostle, born Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A. 30 March,...

August 14, 2013

Connecticut’s First Bishop: William Tyler (1806-1849)

William Tyler was born on the 5th of June, 1806, at Derby, Vermont, his father...

May 2013

May 31, 2013

James Ryder Randall and the Music of the Civil War

Journalist and poet, b. 1 Jan., 1839, at Baltimore, Maryland; d. 15 Jan., 1908 at...