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August 2009

August 25, 2009

Old Catholic Stuff

This ad for the College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, appeared in an 1889 journal.

August 25, 2009

Quote of the Day

There are two ways of conceiving the mastery of man over himself. Man can become...

August 25, 2009

St. Joseph Calasanz (1556-1648)

From Aragon, where he was born in 1556, to Rome, where he died 92 years...

August 25, 2009

John Lancaster Spalding (1840-1916)

While considered more of a remote intellectual than a personable pastor, John Lancaster Spalding, first...

August 25, 2009

Richard Crashaw (1613-1649)

Born in London, Richard Crashaw was the son of a strongly anti-Catholic divine, Dr William...

August 24, 2009

Book of the Week

A book worth looking is Bishop Mark J. Hurley's 1992 Unholy Ghost: Anti-Catholicism in the...

August 24, 2009

College Football Starts Soon!

This 1947 poster features a games between Niagara University and St. Vincent's College. On Saturdays...

August 24, 2009

Baseball Photo of the Week

This week's baseball photo goes back to the late 1800's. It shows a group of...

August 24, 2009

Quote of the Day

The exile of God means the tyrannization of man.Bishop Fulton J. Sheen

August 24, 2009

Sr. Mary Luke Tobin (1908-2006)

Sister Mary Luke Tobin (May 16, 1908 - August 24, 2006) was an American Roman...

August 24, 2009

Ernst Wiechert (1887-1950)

Ernst Wiechert (18 May 1887 – 24 August 1950) was a German teacher, poet and...

August 24, 2009

Saint Rose of Lima (15896-1617)

Born to Spanish immigrants to the New World. A beautiful girl and devoted daughter, she...

August 23, 2009

Catholic Poetry

CHRIST IN THE UNIVERSEBy Alice MeynellWith this ambiguous earth His dealings have been told us....

August 23, 2009

Quote of the Day

We can do no great things; only small things with great love. Blessed Teresa of...

August 23, 2009

Luis Ponce de León (1527-1591)

Fray Luis Ponce de León was a Spanish lyric poet and an Augustinian canon, of...

August 22, 2009

Quote of the Day

Art is simply a right method of doing things. The test of the artist does...

August 22, 2009

Catholic Art

This week’s feature is A Nun by Henriette Browne, 1866. The Liverpool Museum website has...

August 22, 2009

The Synod of Thurles, 1850

Today marks the beginning of the Synod of Thurles in 1850, the first formal meeting...

August 22, 2009

Blessed Thomas Percy (1528-1572)

When Thomas was eight years old his father was executed at Tyburn (2 June, 1537)...

August 22, 2009

Pope Gregory IX (1227-1241)

Gregory IX, born Ugolino Conti de Segni, Roman Catholic Pope from the 19th of March...

August 22, 2009

Pope Nicholas III (1277-1280)

Born Giovanni Gaetano Orsini in Rome in 1210, his father was a Roman nobleman. Giovanni...

August 22, 2009

Encylical Issued Today, 1886

On this day in 1886, Pope Leo XIII issued the encyclical Quod Multum , which...

August 21, 2009

Movie of the Week

Diary of a Country Priest (original French title: Journal d'un curé de campagne) is a...

August 21, 2009

Quote of the Day

We ascend to the heights of contemplation by the steps of the active life.St. Gregory...

August 21, 2009

Our Lady of Knock, 1879

August 21, 1879: Our Lady, Saint Joseph and Saint John the Evangelist appeared in a...

August 21, 2009

Blessed Władysław Findysz (1907-1964)

Born to pious peasants, he entered the seminary in 1927. he was ordained in 1932....

August 21, 2009

Oswald von Nell-Breuning , S.J. (1890-1991)

Oswald von Nell-Breuning SJ (March 8, 1890 - August 21, 1991) was a Roman Catholic...

August 20, 2009

Treasures from the Treasure Chest

August 20, 2009

Quote of the Day

Dost thou wish to be applauded? Applaud another.St. John Chrysostom

August 20, 2009

St. Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153)

This entry is from the 1956 book Our Friends the Saints, by Daniel A. Lord,...