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October 2009

October 21, 2009

Mother Marie Antoinette, C.I.J. (1862-1905)

Today marks the death of Mother Marie Antoinette, C.I.J., foundress of the Congregation of the...

October 20, 2009

Quote of the Day

By a Carpenter mankind was created and made and by a Carpenter meet it was...

October 20, 2009

Name that Nun

Does any one know what community this sister belongs to?

October 20, 2009

Old Catholic Stuff

Seen above is St. Francis of Assisi on West 31st Street in Manhattan as it...

October 20, 2009

St. Paul of the Cross (1694-1775)

Born Paul Francis Daneii in Genoa, he grew up in a wealthy merchant family. For...

October 20, 2009

Vatican I Ends, 1870

On this day in 1870, the First Vatican Council adjourned. Convened on December 8, 1869,...

October 20, 2009

Wilfrid Meynell (1852-1948)

Wilfrid Meynell was an English Catholic convert, writer, newspaper publisher, and editor. Born of an...

October 20, 2009

Orestes Brownson Becomes Catholic, 1844

On this day in 1844, Orestes Augustus Brownson, probably the most accomplished American Catholic lay...

October 19, 2009

Quote of the Day

This I know full well now, and did not know then, that the Catholic Church...

October 19, 2009

Book of the Week

St. Edmund Campion (1936) is a short biography of the Jesuit martyr (1540-1581) written by...

October 19, 2009

Baseball Photo of the Week

The baseball team of St. Michael’s Byzantine Catholic Church (now Cathedral), Passaic, New Jersey, as...

October 19, 2009

Father Jerzy Popiełuszko (1947-1984)

Jerzy Popiełuszko was a priest from Poland associated with the Solidarity union. He was murdered...

October 19, 2009

Cardinal Thomas Weld (1773-1837)

Born in London, Thomas Weld belonged to an old English Catholic family, and he was...

October 19, 2009

The North American Martyrs

The North American Martyrs were a group of French Jesuit missionaries and their lay associates...

October 19, 2009

Robert Hugh Benson (1871-1914)

Robert Hugh Benson was the youngest son of Edward White Benson, Archbishop of Canterbury. He...

October 18, 2009

Quote of the Day

The world is full of mysteries; the soul is full of mysteries; heaven is all...

October 18, 2009

Catholic Poetry

SAINT THERESE OF LISIEUXBy Alfred Barrett, S.J.Not as a prima donna in a poseBefore the...

October 18, 2009

The Catholic Extension Society of America

On this day in 1905, the Catholic Extension Society of America was founded in Chicago...

October 18, 2009

Bishop Michael O’Connor, S.J. (1810-1872)

Today marks the death of Michael O’Connor, the only American bishop who ever gave up...

October 17, 2009

Quote of the Day

In God there can be no selfishness, because the three selves of God are three...

October 17, 2009

College Football Photo of the Week

October 17, 2009

Catholic Art

Giovanni Bellini, St. Francis in the Desert, ca. 1480

October 17, 2009

Blessed Contardo Ferrini (1859-1902)

Contardo Ferrini was the son of a teacher who went on to become a learned...

October 17, 2009

Xavier University Ohio Opens, 1831

Xavier University in Cincinnati was the first Catholic institution of higher learning in the Northwest...

October 17, 2009

St. François-Isidore Gagelin (1799-1833)

François-Isidore Gagelin was a French missionary of the Paris Foreign Missions Society in Vietnam. He...

October 17, 2009

Mother Mary Odilia Berger (1823-1880)

Mother Mary Odilia Berger (seen center) founded the Sisters of St. Mary, which became the...

October 16, 2009

Quote of the Day

Thou art the Good Shepherd; seek me, a lamb, and do not overlook me in...

October 16, 2009

Movie of the Week

St. Teresa of Avila, a 1983 Spanish miniseries on the life of the great saint,...

October 16, 2009

St. Marguerite d’Youville (1701-1771)

Educated by the Ursulines in Quebec, she returned home at age 13 to help her...

October 16, 2009

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque (1647-1690)

Born in France, she studied with the Poor Clares. In 1671 she entered the Visitation...