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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 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...

November 2018

November 23, 2018

How to Preach Missions to Non-Catholics

The parish mission, which traces it roots to 1500’s Europe, was the Catholic counterpart to...

November 01, 2014

All Saints Day Homily, St. Paul the Apostle, Manhattan, 1913

FEAST OF ALL SAINTS: The Intercession of the Saints. "You have come to Mount Sion,...

May 2014

May 29, 2014

Sermon for Ascension Thursday: St. Paul the Apostle Church, Manhattan, 1913

ASCENSION DAY. "And while they gazed on Him going into heaven." From this Day’s...

May 27, 2014

The Question Box

Why did the monks chain the Bible in the Middle Ages? To save it from...

November 2013

November 29, 2013

Quote of the Day– On Joy

“The joyous man is the strong man—ready to sympathize: to appreciate: to help: a comfort...

November 28, 2013

A Sermon on Thanksgiving, 1913

“Were not ten made clean? And where are the nine?”— From this Sunday’s Gospel....

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 05, 2013

“There is a Public Sphere for Catholic Women,” by Alice Timmons Toomey, 1893

THERE IS A PUBLIC SPHERE FOR CATHOLIC WOMEN. By Alice Timmons Toomey The Catholic World...

November 03, 2013

“Catholic Officers in the Army and Navy,” An 1899 Series from “The Catholic World”

In 1899, the New York-based Catholic World, an operation of the Paulist Fathers founded in...

October 2013

October 23, 2013

Catholic Chapel Dedicated at West Point, 1900

New Chapel at West Point. Catholics Dedicate Their Building at the Military Academy With Elaborate...

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 04, 2013

A Sermon on the Apostolate of Conversation, by Father Walter Elliott, C.S.P., 1913

Apostolate of Conversation. "And the string of his tongue was loosed; and he spoke right."...

June 2013

June 30, 2013

Archbishop John Hughes’ Sermon at the Dedication of St. Paul the Apostle Church, Manhattan, 1859

SERMON ON THE OCCASION OF LAYING THE CORNER-STONE OF THE MISSIONARY HOUSE AND CHURCH OF...

January 2013

January 17, 2013

Father Augustine F. Hewit, C.S.P. (1820-1897)

Father Hewit is Dead. The Head of the Paulists Passes Away at the Monastery in...

July 2012

July 21, 2012

Catholic Poetry

I AM THE WAY By Rev. Alfred Young, C.S.P. "Thou hast laid thy body as...