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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 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 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...

December 2018

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.”...

November 2018

November 25, 2018

Old Catholic Poems: “The Carthusians”

Introduction Founded in Medieval France, the white-robed Carthusian monks are named for the Chartreuse Valley...

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 16, 2013

Catholic Poetry: “The Hound of Heaven” by Francis Thompson (1859-1907)

In the early twentieth century, Francis Thompson's poem "The Hound of Heaven" was very popular...

November 15, 2013

Know-Nothings Plot to Burn Fordham, 1853

Father John Larkin played a major role in the development of Catholic higher education in...