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July 2014

July 31, 2014

Catholics in Public Service: John Lee Carroll (1830-1911)

Born in Baltimore, John Lee Carroll was the great-great-grandson of Charles Carroll (1737-1832), the sole...

July 04, 2014

Catholics in Public Service: Charles Carroll of Carrollton (1737-1832)

With the Fourth of July, McNamara's Blog launches a new feature, "Catholics in Public Service."...

June 2014

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 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...

June 03, 2014

A Baltimore Seminary Professor: Father Louis Regis Deluol, S.S. (1787-1858)

Founded in 1641 in France by Jean Jacques Olier, the Society of St. Sulpice (S.S.)...

November 2013

November 20, 2013

Holy Cross College Alumnus Becomes Confederate General, 1863

The College of the Holy Cross was founded in 1843 by Father Benedict Joseph Fenwick,...

July 2013

July 02, 2013

Cardinal James Gibbons, Baltimore (1834-1921)

HIS EMINENCE JAMES CARDINAL GIBBONS, First Vicar-Apostolic of North Carolina, Fourth Bishop of Richmond, Ninth...

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...

February 2013

February 10, 2013

First American Bishop Eulogizes President Washington, 1800

Bishop John Carroll’s Eulogy on the Death of President Washington, February 22nd, 1800 When the...

December 2012

December 31, 2012

Mother Theresa Willingman, O.S.P. (1831-1907)

The sixth Superioress of the Order was Reverend Mother Theresa Willingman, a native of Madison,...

December 19, 2012

Carmelites Celebrate Centennial in U.S., 1890

THE CARMELITE CENTENARY (The New York Times, October 16, 1890) Baltimore, October 15.— The Carmelite...

July 2012

July 27, 2012

America’s First Monastery: The Carmelites in Maryland (1790)

The Discalced Carmelite Nuns (O.C.D.) were the first community of women religious founded in the...

July 22, 2012

“True National Honor”: A Sermon by Cardinal James Gibbons (1834-1921)

TWENTY-FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST. "CHRIST THE ONLY ENDURING NAME IN HISTORY AND THE GREAT REFORMER...

July 18, 2012

From Banker to Priest: Father Oliver Jenkins, S.S. (1813-1869)

On October 31st in the year 1848, Father Oliver L. Jenkins, Deacon Edward Caton, and...