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August 2012

August 11, 2012

On Vacation till the 25th!

Dear Friends, Unfortunately I will not be posting any blog pieces for the next two weeks...

August 04, 2012

Catholic Poetry

THE TRANSFIGURATION And they lifting up their eyes saw no one but only Jesus (St....

August 01, 2012

Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Boston (1871)

Parish of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Commonly Called "The Mission Church" Under the charge...

July 2012

July 31, 2012

“You Jesuits Are Everywhere”

Born in France, Father Louis Hippolyte-Gache, S.J. (1817-1907), was a Chaplain in the Confederate Army...

July 30, 2012

Father Michael D. Lilly, O.P. (1831-1900)

On the death of Father Lilly St Joseph's Province of the Dominican Order lost one of...

July 24, 2012

Father Anthony Ciampi, S.J. (1816-1893)

Several of the premier Jesuit college presidents in 19th century America were Italian. Father Joseph Cataldo...

July 20, 2012

Christian Brothers’ College, Memphis, Tennessee (1871)

The Christian Brothers' College in Memphis, Tennessee, is conducted by the Brothers of the Christian...

July 16, 2012

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Festival, Harlem, 1900

Church Festival in the Heat (The Brooklyn Eagle, July 17, 1900, p. 7) It is...

July 15, 2012

A Sermon from the 1880’s, St. Paul the Apostle Church, New York

SERMON CXLII. As lightning cometh out of the- east, and appeareth even unto the west...

July 14, 2012

Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha (1656-1680)

Catherine Tekakwitha By Eliza Allen Starr The sweet-briar rose of summer glades We lay upon...

July 10, 2012

Idaho Catholics

In every age and clime the Catholic Church has been a pioneer in carrying the...

July 09, 2012

Mother Mary Gertude Doyle, R.S.M. (1862-1913)

By the death of Mother M. Gertrude Doyle, which occurred Saturday, March 22, 1913, the...

July 08, 2012

Catholic Poetry

ON A PORTRAIT OF ST. ALOYSIUS GONZAGA By D.J. Mackin, Ph.D. "Quid hac ad aeternitatem?"...

July 07, 2012

Forgotten Catholic Authors of the 19th Century: L.W. Reilly

AUTHENTIC SKETCHES OF LIVING CATHOLIC AUTHORS One of the most prolific of Catholic American writers...

June 2012

June 16, 2012

Catholic Poetry

Murillo’s Immaculate Conception By David Gray Whence is the spell—O fair and free from guile,...

June 15, 2012

Judge David W. Carroll, Little Rock, Arkansas (1816-1905)

Carroll, David Williamson, chancery judge,...

June 14, 2012

Sisters of St. Joseph, Brentwood (1856)

In 1650 the Congregation of...

June 13, 2012

Father George Deshon, C.S.P. (1823-1904)

FATHER DESHON AT REST. Last Rites Over Remains of Paulist Founder. Archbishops Farley and Ryan...

June 09, 2012

McNamara’s Blog Moving to Patheos Next Week!

April 2012

April 19, 2012

St. Elizabeth Seton Discusses Her Conversion, 1805

New York, 30th March, 1805. REV. AND DEAR SIR, My heart offers you the tribute...

April 18, 2012

“A MAN OF STEEL”: FATHER IGNATIUS LISSNER, S.M.A. (1867-1948)

The son of a Jewish convert, Ignatius Lissner was born in the Alsace region of...

April 04, 2012

SISTERS OF ST. DOMINIC– ADRIAN, MICHIGAN (1878)

Having established their first mission in Michigan in 1877, the Dominican Sisters of the Second...

March 2012

March 19, 2012

Fordham baseball—The Beginnings

But another event of considerable importance took place during the presidency of Father Tellier, an...

December 2011

December 16, 2011

Martin Milmore (1843-1883), American Catholic Artist

MARTIN MILMORE, The Famous Catholic American Sculptor.Martin Milmore was born in Sligo, Ireland, September 14,...

December 14, 2011

Father Patrick Dealy, S.J. (1827-1891), Fordham University

REV. PATRICK FRANCIS DEALY, S.J.Born April 7, 1827, in Rathkeale, County Limerick, IrelandJoined the Jesuits...

December 13, 2011

Catholic Authors: Frances Conigland Farinholt

MRS. FRANCES CONIGLAND FARINHOLT was born at Halifax, North Carolina, just before the great Civil...

December 12, 2011

Rhode Island’s First Catholic Bishop

RIGHT REV. THOMAS F. HENDRICKEN (1827-1886), First Bishop of Providence. PROVIDENCE was for a time...

December 11, 2011

Catholic Poetry

A CHRISTMAS THOUGHTAnonymousLITTLE Baby! gift from Heaven, Sent to fill our days with love, Hearken...

December 10, 2011

Father Anastasius Smits, O.Carm. (1840-1927)

He was a Carmelite priest, remembered as “one of the most interesting characters in the...

December 09, 2011

Father Alfred Young, C.S.P. (1831-1900): Church Musician

YOUNG, Alfred, clergyman, was born in Bristol, England, January 21, 1831, the son of Thomas...