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October 15, 2010

“They Went a Long Time without Seeing a Priest”

The first Catholic Church built in the State of New Jersey was St. John’s, Trenton,...

October 14, 2010

“A Life of Unceasing Toil in the Cause of Education and Religion”: Father Robert E.V. Rice, C.M. (1837-1878)

Born in Missouri, Robert Emmet Vincent Rice grew up on a farm near the Vincentian...

October 13, 2010

Lucy Eaton Smith (1845-1894): New York Socialite, Catholic Convert, Dominican Foundress

Lucy Eaton Smith was born to an affluent Manhattan family in 1845, raised Episcopalian, and...

October 13, 2010

Pope Leo XIII and the Rosary

Pope Leo XIII (1878-1903) wrote more encyclicals than any other pontiff (including Pope John Paul...

October 12, 2010

Woodhaven Parish Turns One Hundred

St. Thomas The Apostle, Woodhaven, N.Y. — On April 1, 1908 property was bought for...

October 12, 2010

General Sherman’s Son: Father Thomas Ewing Sherman, S.J. (1856-1933)

Today marks the birth of Father Thomas Ewing Sherman, son of Civil War General William...

October 11, 2010

Blessed Pope John XXIII’s Feast Day

Over at America magazine, Father Jim Martin reminds us that today is the Feast of...

October 11, 2010

Quote of the Day

"The form of government in the United States is preferable to Catholics above other forms....

October 11, 2010

The Mayflower and the Santa Maria

From its humble beginnings in a New England church rectory in early 1882, the Knights...

October 11, 2010

St. Leonard’s School, Boston, 1914

The above photo shows students from St. Leonard’s School in Boston’s North End in 1914....

October 11, 2010

“Let Them Be Pelted and Trampled On”

While John Henry Newman was still an Anglican, he said of Catholic missionaries: “If they...

October 10, 2010

Catholic Poetry

CONSOLATION"It is I; be not afraid." WHEN I sink down in gloom or fear,Hope blighted...

October 09, 2010

The Church at Ground Zero

If history teaches us nothing else, it shows that we've been there before. As Thursday's...

October 09, 2010

Finally… Newman’s Feast Day!

Today is the feast of the newly beatified John Henry Cardinal Newman (1801-1890), and it's...

October 08, 2010

Quote of the Day

"We see the ship of the Church today sailing merrily over very rough water. How...

October 08, 2010

Our Lady of the Rosary

It was Pope Leo XIII who named October as the month of the rosary, and...

October 08, 2010

Church History Returns!

Dear Friends,After nearly a year of absence and bowing to popular demand, McNamara's Blog returns...

January 2010

January 02, 2010

Happy Birthday, St. Therese!

In his spiritual memoir My Life With the Saints, Father Jim Martin talks about different...

January 01, 2010

Wee Willie Keeler (1872-1923)

Today marks the passing of one of the greatest right fielders to ever play the...

January 01, 2010

Irish College Founded in Rome, 1628

The Irish College, Rome was founded on January 1st 1628 by the Irish Franciscan, Fr....

December 2009

December 31, 2009

General Grant’s Roommate: Father George Deshon, C.S.P. (1823-1903)

Of the 39 graduates in West Point's Class of 1843, sixteen became Union or Confederate...

December 31, 2009

Marshall McCluhan (1911-1980)

Today marks the death of Marshall McCluhan, born Herbert Marshall McLuhan. He was a Canadian...

December 28, 2009

Christmas Music

December 28, 2009

Father William Corby, C.S.C. (1833-1897)

Father William Corby: Union ChaplainBy Joseph McCormack (From the Irish Cultural Society Website)William Corby was...

December 28, 2009

Encyclical Issued on Socialism, 1878

On this day in 1878, Pope Leo XIII issued the encyclical Quod Apostolici Muneris, On...

December 28, 2009

St. Caterina Volpicelli (1839-1894)

Caterina Volpicelli, founded the Handmaids of the Sacred Heart in July 1874 with the approval...

December 28, 2009

St. Gaspar del Bufalo (1786-1837)

St. Gaspar del Bufalo, the apostle of the devotion to the Precious Blood, was born...

December 27, 2009

Monsignor Patrick J. Hartigan (1878-1952)

Monsignor Patrick Joseph Hartigan (13 October 1878 - 27 December 1952) was an Australian Roman...

December 27, 2009

Catholic Poetry

UNTO US A SON IS GIVEN By Alice Meynell Given, not lent, And not withdrawn--...

December 27, 2009

Quote of the Day

For He was made Man that we might become God.St. Athanasius, On the Incarnation of...