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August 2009

August 15, 2009

Catholic Art

This statue of St. Isaac Jogues by Joseph Sibbel (1850-1907) stands outside the chapel of...

August 15, 2009

Quote of the Day

It was fitting that she, who had kept her virginity intact in childbirth, should keep...

August 15, 2009

Vatican Archives Opened, 1883

Today marks the issuance of Pope Leo XIII’s apostolic letter on history, Saepe numero Considerantes....

August 15, 2009

Blessed Isidore Bakanja (1887-1909)

A native of the Belgian Congo, he was a convert at age eighteen after receiving...

August 15, 2009

Blesssed Claudio Granzotto (1900-1947)

Youngest of nine children in a peasant farming family. His father died when Claudio was...

August 15, 2009

Russian College Founded in Rome, 1929

The Collegium Russicum (Pontificium Collegium Russicum or Pontifical Russian College) is a Catholic college in...

August 15, 2009

Papal Encyclical on St. Joseph, 1889

On this day in 1889, Pope Leo XIII issued the encyclical Quamquam Pluries, on devotion...

August 14, 2009

Movie of the Week

Monsieur Vincent has just been released on DVD. It won an academy award in 1948...

August 14, 2009

Quote of the Day

In the final analysis, the questions of why bad things happen to good people transmutes...

August 14, 2009

St. Maximillian Kolbe (1894-1941)

Born Raymond Kolbe in Poland, at age thirteen he entered the Franciscan junior seminary in...

August 14, 2009

Shane Leslie (1885-1971)

Born in County Monaghan, Ireland, Sir John Randolph Leslie was the third baronet of Glaslough....

August 14, 2009

Pope Pius II (1458-1464)

Born Enea Silvio Piccolomini at Corsignano in 1405, he studied at the universities of Siena...

August 13, 2009

Utah Cathedral Celebrates Centennial

On August 15, 2009, the Cathedral of the Madeleine, Salt Lake City's Roman Catholic cathedral...

August 13, 2009

Treasures from the Treasure Chest

The Story of a Soul is the title of St. Therese of Lisieux’s autobiography. Louis...

August 13, 2009

Quote of the Day

What beauty lies hidden in the wisdom of God! From it all alone do all...

August 13, 2009

St. Benildus (1805-1862)

Born Pierre Romancon, he was educated by the De La Salle Christian Brothers. An excellent...

August 13, 2009

Muriel Spark (1918-2006)

Today marks the death of convert and novelist Muriel Spark, best known for her 1961...

August 13, 2009

Blessed Otto Neururer (1882-1940)

Born to a German peasant family, he studied for the priesthood at Brixen. In 1938,...

August 13, 2009

Blessed Jakob Gapp (1897-1943)

Born in Austria, he served as a solider in World War I with the Austrian...

August 12, 2009

St. Louis of Toulouse (1274-1297)

When he died at the age of 23, Louis was already a Franciscan, a bishop...

August 12, 2009

St. Jane Frances De Chantal (1572-1641)

This page is taken from the 1956 book Our Friends the Saints, by Daniel A....

August 12, 2009

Old (Anti-)Catholic Stuff

Anti-Catholicism has been a consistent thread throughout English history beginning with the Reformation. Here’s a...

August 12, 2009

Quote of the Day

Religion is the answer to that cry of Reason which nothing can silence, that aspiration...

August 12, 2009

Dunwoodie dedicated 1896

Today marks the dedication of St. Joseph’s Seminary, Dunwoodie, founded in 1896 as the major...

August 12, 2009

Humani Generis (1950)

Today in 1950 marks the issuance of the papal encyclical Humani Generis, which addressed “some...

August 12, 2009

Loretta Young (1913-2000)

Today marks the death of actress Loretta Young, born Gretchen Young in Salt Lake City....

August 12, 2009

Blessed Karl Leisner (1915-1945)

Born in Rees, Germany, Karl Leisner studied for the priesthood in the Diocese of Munster,...

August 11, 2009

Quote of the Day

The truly loving heart loves God’s good pleasure not in consolations only, but, and especially,...

August 11, 2009

Old Catholic Stuff

The Grand Army of the Republic was America’s premier organization for Civil War veterans. At...

August 11, 2009

Cardinal Newman dies, 1890

Today marks the death of Venerable (soon to be Blessed) John Henry Cardinal Newman, at...