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November 2009

November 14, 2009

Charles Carroll (1737-1832)

Today marks the death of Charles Carroll, the only Catholic to sign the Declaration of...

November 14, 2009

Blessed Maria Merkert (1817-1872)

Born in Silesia, Maria Merkert was of German ancestry. Until she was 25 she took...

November 14, 2009

Malcolm Muggeridge (1903-1990)

Today marks the death of journalist, author and media personality Malcolm Muggeridge, who converted to...

November 14, 2009

Agnes Repplier (1855-1950)

Born in Philadelphia, Agnes Repplier started writing essays for publication as a teenager. By the...

November 13, 2009

Quote of the Day

The New Testament is so called because it brings in the new. St. Isidore, Sentences

November 13, 2009

Movie of the Week

Saint Giuseppe Benedetto Cottolengo or Saint Joseph Benedict Cottolengo (May 3, 1786 – April 30,...

November 13, 2009

Monsignor Charles Owen Rice (1908-2005)

Monsignor Charles Owen Rice was a Roman Catholic priest and an American labor activist.He was...

November 13, 2009

First issue of Commonweal, 1924

The Commonweal is the oldest independent lay Catholic journal of opinion in the United States....

November 13, 2009

Francis Thompson (1859-1907)

Francis Thompson was an English poet and ascetic. After attending college, he moved to London...

November 13, 2009

St. Agostina Pietrantoni (1864-1913)

Nurse at the Holy Spirit Hospital, near the Vatican, in Rome in 1886. Joined the...

November 12, 2009

Quote of the Day

As for ourselves, yes, we must be meek, bear injustice, malice, rash judgment. We must...

November 12, 2009

Treasures from the Treasure Chest

November 12, 2009

Canon Law Society of America Founded 1939

The Canon Law Society of America was founded on November 12, 1939 by a group...

November 12, 2009

James Michael Curley (1874-1958)

Today marks the death of James Michael Curley, a Massachusetts politician who held nearly every...

November 11, 2009

For Veterans Day

This cartoon appeared in the pages of The Tablet in 1918.

November 11, 2009

Quote of the Day

Too late I loved Thee, O Beauty of ancient days, yet ever new! And lo!...

November 11, 2009

Old (Anti-)Catholic Stuff

A Thomas Nast cartoon from the 1870's.

November 11, 2009

Blessed Eugene Bossilkov

Born to a family of Bulgarian Latin Rite Catholics, Vincent Bossilkov joined the Passionists at...

November 11, 2009

Papal Encyclical Issued Today, 1961

On this day in 1961, Pope Blessed John XXIII issued the encyclical Aeterna Dei Sapientia,...

November 11, 2009

Sisters of Charity Leavenworth arrive 1858

On November 11, 1858, the first Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth arrived at the Leavenworth...

November 11, 2009

Eparchy of St. Maron Founded 1971

Immigration of Maronite faithful from the Middle East to the United States began during the...

November 11, 2009

The Catholic Lay Congress of 1889

On this day in 1889 began the first lay congress in the history of the...

November 11, 2009

Venerable Catherine McAuley (1778-1841)

Born near Dublin, as a young woman Catherine McAuley sought to provide solace to sick...

November 10, 2009

Quote of the Day

Cor ad cor loquitur (“Heart speaks to heart “)John Henry Newman’s motto as a Cardinal

November 10, 2009

Old Catholic Stuff

When the Paulist Fathers were founded, the community was made up completely of converts. This...

November 10, 2009

Marine Corps Birthday Today

In this photo from 1945, a Navy Chaplain distributes communion on the shores of Iwo...

November 10, 2009

IHM’s Founded in Monroe, Michigan, 1845

On this day in 1845, Father Louis Florent Gillet and Sister Theresa Maxis founded the...

November 10, 2009

Father John Zahm, C.S.C. (1851-1921)

Born in Ohio, the descendant of General Edward Braddock of French and Indian War fame,...

November 09, 2009

Quote of the Day

When once one believes in as creed, one is proud of its complexity, as scientists...

November 09, 2009

Book of the Week

Paul Elie’s The Life You Save May Be Your Own is a great multi-biography of...