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December 10, 2009

Paolo Uccello (1397-1475)

Paolo Uccello was an Italian painter and a mathematician who was notable for his pioneering...

December 10, 2009

Francis William Petre (1847-1918)

Francis William Petre was a prominent New Zealand-born architect based in Dunedin. Before his time,...

December 10, 2009

Teodoro Pedrini, C.M. (1671-1746)

Teodorico Pedrini was an Italian priest, missionary, musician and composer. Pedrini was born in Fermo,...

December 10, 2009

Thomas Merton (1915-1968)

Today in 1968 marks the death of Trappist monk and author Thomas Merton. At America...

December 10, 2009

Blessed Marco Antonio Durando, C.M. (1801-1880)

Born in Italy, he joined the Vincentian Fathers and was ordained in 1824. Although he...

December 10, 2009

Encyclical on Italian Immigration, 1888

On this day in 1888, Pope Leo XIII issued the encyclical Quam Aerumnosa, on the...

December 09, 2009

Christmas Music

December 09, 2009

Quote of the Day

To us Christians, the first Christmas Day is the solstice or bottle-neck of history. Things...

December 09, 2009

Old (Anti-) Catholic Stuff

This pro-Klan and anti-Catholic cartoon was circulated in the 1920’s.

December 09, 2009

Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen (1895-1979)

Today marks the thirtieth anniversary of the passing of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen. Born in...

December 09, 2009

University of Louvain Founded, 1425

Today marks the founding of the University of Louvain in 1425, the oldest continuously Catholic...

December 09, 2009

Dame Edith Sitwell (1887-1964)

Today marks the death of poet Edith Sitwell, who was received into the Roman Catholic...

December 08, 2009

Christmas Music

December 08, 2009

Quote of the Day

Indeed You, O Lord, and Your Mother are the only ones who are in every...

December 08, 2009

Old Catholic Stuff

This picture of a Franciscan friar was one of a series featured in the 1905...

December 08, 2009

Papal Encyclicals Issued Today Include…

Affari Vos. December 8, 1897 (on schools in Manitoba)Cum Multa (On Conditions in Spain) December...

December 08, 2009

St. Narcisa De Jesus Martillo y Moran (1832-1869)

Born in Ecuador to a wealthy family, she had a clear perception of her call...

December 08, 2009

Father Jean Pierre de Caussade, S.J. (1675-1751)

Jean Pierre de Caussade (7 March 1675, Cahors, Lot, France - 8 Decembre 1751, Toulouse,...

December 08, 2009

Vatican II Ends, 1965

On this day in 1965, the Second Vatican Council ended. Pope Blessed John XXIII’s goals...

December 08, 2009

Vatican I Opens, 1869

On this day in 1869, the First Vatican Council began. Two dogmatic constitutions were voted...

December 08, 2009

Sister Anthony O’Connell (1814-1897)

Mary O'Connell (also known as Sister Anthony) was an Irish-American Roman Catholic nun. Her work...

December 08, 2009

James Hoban (1758-1831)

James Hoban was an Irish Catholic architect, best known for designing the White House in...

December 08, 2009

Abbot Boniface Wimmer, O.S.B. (1809-1887)

Today marks the death of Abbot Boniface Wimmer, founder of the first Benedictine community in...

December 08, 2009

North American College Turns 150

The formal opening of the North American College took place on this day in the...

December 08, 2009

Father Walter Ciszek, S.J. (1904-1984)

Rev. Walter Ciszek, S.J. was a Polish-American Jesuit priest known for his clandestine missionary work...

December 08, 2009

The Immaculate Conception Proclaimed, 1854

In the Constitution Ineffabilis Deus of 8 December, 1854, Pope Blessed Pius IX pronounced and...

December 07, 2009

Christmas Music

December 07, 2009

Quote of the Day

The Incarnation is not an event; but an institution. What Jesus once took up He...

December 07, 2009

Book of the Week

Thomas H. O’Connor’s book Boston Catholics is a rich history of New England Catholicism replete...

December 07, 2009

First Bishop Ordained in America

On this day in 1800, Father Leonard Neale was ordained an Auxiliary Bishop for the...