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September 08, 2009

Six Encyclicals Issued on this Day

On this day in various years, six encyclicals were issued. Pope Leo XIII issued three...

September 08, 2009

Austrian Emperor Vetoes Papal Election, 1903

Did you know that Europe's Catholic monarchs once had the power to veto papal elections...

September 08, 2009

Bishop Louis Rappe (1801-1870)

RAPPE, Louis Amadeus, R. C. bishop, born in Andrehem, France, 2 February, 1801; died in...

September 08, 2009

Blessed Fredric Ozanam (1813-1853)

Frederic Ozanam live a short life in one of the most tumultuous periods of history....

September 07, 2009

Book of the Week

If you're looking for a short, readable history of the Church in America, you can't...

September 07, 2009

Quote of the Day

For work is not only, for every man, a means of decent livelihood, but it...

September 07, 2009

Baseball Photo of the Week

St. Mary's Seminary Baseball Team, ca. 1915.

September 07, 2009

Legion of Mary Founded Today in 1921

Today in 1921 marks the founding of the Legion of Mary in Ireland by layman...

September 06, 2009

Catholic Poetry

GOD's LIKENESSby John Bansiter TabbNot in mine own, but in my neighbor's face,Must I Thine...

September 06, 2009

Quote of the Day

We must speak to them with our hands by giving, before we try to speak...

September 06, 2009

First Native American Jesuit

Today marks the birth of the first Native American priest, Father James Chrysyostom Bouchard (1823-1889)....

September 05, 2009

College Football Photo of the Week

The Duquesne University Football team, as seen in 1919.

September 05, 2009

Catholic Art

This week's Catholic Art column features a painting by Elizabeth Nourse titled Capuchin Monk. The...

September 05, 2009

Quote of the Day

The sinner is at the very heart of Christianity. Nobody is so competent as the...

September 05, 2009

Francis Ford (1881-1953)

Francis Ford (August 14, 1881 – September 5, 1953) was a prolific film actor, writer,...

September 05, 2009

Robert Harron (1893-1920)

Robert "Bobby" Harron (April 12, 1893 – September 5, 1920) was an American motion picture...

September 05, 2009

Two Encyclicals on the Rosary Issued Today

On this day in two separate years Pope Leo XII issued two encyclicals on the...

September 05, 2009

Boston College Opens Today, 1864

Boston College was founded by the Society of Jesus in 1863 and, with 3 teachers...

September 04, 2009

Movie of the Week

The Keys of the Kingdom is a 1941 novel by A. J. Cronin. Spanning six...

September 04, 2009

Quote of the Day

All that loveliness which passes through men’s minds into their skillful hands comes from that...

September 04, 2009

First Trappists Come to America, 1803

On this day in 1803, the first Trappists came to the United States. They settled...

September 04, 2009

Henri de Lubac, S.J. (1896-1991)

Henri de Lubac, S.J. (1896-1991) was a French Jesuit and one of the greatest theologians...

September 04, 2009

Cardinal Patrick Hayes (1867-1938)

Cardinal Patrick Joseph Hayes (1867-1938) was a leader of the Catholic hierarchy, best known for...

September 04, 2009

Youngest American Bishop– 29 Years Old

Today in 1833 marks the death of Bishop Leo De Neckere, who at age 29...

September 04, 2009

Vietnam Chaplain on Road to Sainthood

Vincent Capodanno (seen here on the right) was born on February 13th, 1929, in Staten...

September 03, 2009

St. Gregory the Great (590-604)

This page appeared in the 1956 book Our Friends the Saints, by Daniel A. Lord,...

September 03, 2009

Treasures from the Treasure Chest

(By the old liturgical calendar.)

September 03, 2009

Quote of the Day

The Catholic Church, so often noted for its sleepy and hoary antiquity, has again and...

September 03, 2009

Frank Capra (1897-1991)

Frank Russell Capra (May 18, 1897 – September 3, 1991) was an Italian-American film director...

September 02, 2009

Old (Anti-)Catholic Stuff

This mid-nineteenth century English cartoon shows Blessed Pope Pius IX taking over Ireland.