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June 2020

June 06, 2020

The Struggle for an African American Priesthood

"The Dignity of the Priesthood" In a sermon on “The True Priesthood,” delivered at Brooklyn’s...

November 2018

November 26, 2018

Priests, Nuns, and Memphis’ Yellow Fever Epidemic, 1873-1879

Between 1873 and 1879, nearly eight thousand people died during Memphis’s Yellow Fever epidemics. While...

November 20, 2018

“McNamara’s Vlog”: Race, Religion, and the Healy Brothers, 1830-1910

Friends, here is a video I created some time ago, which relates to Black Catholic...

October 2014

October 31, 2014

All Hallows College, Ireland (1840)

On the eve of All Hallows (All Saints), it seems appropriate to focus on a...

September 2014

September 18, 2014

A Dominican in Memphis: Father Joseph A. Kelly, O.P. (1827-1885)

Very Rev. Joseph Augustine Kelly, O.P.— Born in Dublin, Ireland, 1827. Came to America at...

July 2014

July 10, 2014

Father William Starrs, St. Patrick’s Cathedral, New York (1807-1873)

Very Rev. William Starrs, D.D. (The New York Times, February 7, 1873) Very Rev. William...

June 2014

June 12, 2014

Throwback Thursday Photograph!

No, he's not a character from a Dickens novel. He's Father G.B. Weikamp, a native...

June 07, 2014

New York Herald Interviews Boston College Founder, May 1876

Interview with Boston College Founder Rev. John McElroy, S.J., New York Herald, May 8, 1876...

June 03, 2014

Lacordaire’s Prayer for Priests

June 02, 2014

A Photographic Survey of the 19th Century American Priest on Youtube

June 02, 2014

First Catholic Priest Ordained in the United States, 1793

June is traditionally the month when most ordinations to the priesthood take place. For that...

May 2014

May 29, 2014

A Franciscan in Memphis: Father Francis Moening, O.F.M.

Founder of St. Joseph’s Hospital. Fr. Francis, of German extraction, entered the Franciscan Order in...

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,...

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 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 22, 2013

Father Alexis Granger, C.S.C., University of Notre Dame (1817-1893)

VICE-PRESIDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME: VERY REV. A. GRANGER Very Rev. Alexis Granger,...

November 14, 2013

Passionists Celebrate Golden Jubilee in U.S., 1902

“Golden Jubilee of the Passionists in the United States, by a Passionist Father” The Catholic...

November 10, 2013

A Sermon on Catholic Patriotism at St. Francis Xavier Church, Manhattan, May 1894

OBJECT LESSON FOR BIGOTS. CATHOLIC AND PROTESTANT IN THE MEMORIAL PARADE. Both Fought Bravely for...

November 07, 2013

A Detroit Pastor: Father Ernest Van Dyke (1845-1918)

Rev. Ernest Van Dyke, St. Aloysius Church, Detroit Father Ernest Van Dyke, son of James...

October 2013

October 30, 2013

Father Bonaventure Frey (1831-1912), American Capuchin Pioneer

Rev. Bonaventura Frey, O.M. Cap., Pastor of the Church of St. John the Baptist The...

August 2013

August 27, 2013

New York Pastors: Rev. Patrick McSweeny, St. Bridget’s, Avenue B, 1878

REV. PATRICK FRANCIS McSWEENY, Pastor of St. Bridget’s Church. The Rev. Dr. Patrick Francis McSweeny,...

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,...

June 2013

June 29, 2013

The Precious Blood Fathers (1814)

The Congregation of the Fathers of the Precious Blood was founded at Rome by the...

June 19, 2013

Father William Keegan (1824-1890), Brooklyn, New York

Very Rev. William Keegan. The New York Times, May 11, 1890 Vicar General William Keegan...

May 2013

May 29, 2013

The Poet of the Confederacy: Father Abram J. Ryan (1839-1886)

The poet-priest of the South, born at Norfolk, Virginia, 15 August, 1839; died at Louisville,...

March 2013

March 16, 2013

Friendly Sons of St. Patrick Speech, Brooklyn, 1884

“The Day We Celebrate”: Rev. Sylvester Malone at the Annual Banquet of the Friendly Sons...

March 13, 2013

Father Leopold Bushart, S.J. (1838-1909)

At the time of his death, the Louisville Catholic Record described Father Leopold Bushart as...

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...

December 2012

December 20, 2012

Monsignor Bernard O’Reilly (1820-1907)

Historian, b. 20 Sept., 1820, in County Mayo, Ireland; d. in New York, U.S.A. 26...