Buddhist Catholic Contemplative Evangelical General Christian Hindu Jewish Latter-day Saint Muslim New Visions Progressive Christian

Beliefs

Topics

Columnists

Resource Library

Research Tools

Video

Podcasts

Thought Readers

Faith In Media Tracker

Newsletters

Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In Subscription Support

Follow Patheos

McNamara's Blog

Home
Catholic

Uncategorized

Select a Category African-American Catholics Alabama Catholics American Catholic History American Catholic women American History Anniversaries Anti-Catholicism Arkansas Catholics Benedictines Bishops Blessed John Henry Newman Book Reviews Books Boston College Brooklyn churches Brothers California Catholics Capuchins Cardinals Carlo Carretto Carmelites Catholic authors Catholic Cemeteries Catholic Historians Catholic History in Less Than 5 Minutes Catholic musicians Catholic Poetry Catholic Press Catholic School Textbook Catholic University of America Catholic Worker Catholics and Music Catholics and Race Catholics in Politics Catholics in the American Revolution Catholics in the Military Catholics in the Movies Catholics in the South Catholics in the West Catholics on Stage Catjolic Women Catolic Poetry Charles de Foucauld Children's Masses Christian Brothers Christmas Church Reform Civil Rights Movement Civil War Colleges and universities Converts D.C. Catholics Deaf Catholics Dominicans. Dorothy Day English Catholics Florida Catholics Fordham University Franciscans French Catholics Georgetown University German Americans Good Shepherd Sisters Hispanic Catholics Historians and Archivists Holy Cross Fathers Holy Name Society Idaho Catholics Illinois Catholics Indian Wars Indiana Catholics Irish Americans Irish Catholicism Italian Americans Italian Catholics Jesuits Josephite Sisters Kentucky Catholics Know-Nothings Laetare Medal Recipients laity Liturgical Movement Maine Catholics Manhattan College Maryland Catholicism Michigan Catholics Middle Ages Minnesota Catholics Missionaries Mississippi Catholics Missouri Catholics Monasteries Montana Catholics Native Americans New England Catholicism New Jersey Catholics New York Catholics North American College Ohio Catholics Oratorians Oregon Catholics Parish Mission Parishes Passionists Pat McNamara's Books Paulists Pennsylvania Catholics Popes Presidents Priests Quotations Religious Orders Rhode Island Catholics Saints Salesians Seminarians Seminaries Sermons Servants of God Siisters of Charity Sisters of Mercy South Carolina Catholics Spanish-American War Sports St. Francis of Assiai St. John Henry Newman Suplicians Tennessee Catholics Texas Catholics The year in review Thomas Merton Throwback Thursday Photograph Trappists Uncategorized University of Notre Dame Video Presentations Vincentians Virginia Catholics Visitation Nuns Washington West Point West Virginia Catholics West Viriginia Catholics Wisconsin Catholicism Women Religious World War II

Select a Month December 2020 June 2020 May 2020 April 2020 March 2020 March 2019 February 2019 January 2019 December 2018 November 2018 November 2014 October 2014 September 2014 August 2014 July 2014 June 2014 May 2014 December 2013 November 2013 October 2013 August 2013 July 2013 June 2013 May 2013 April 2013 March 2013 February 2013 January 2013 December 2012 November 2012 October 2012 September 2012 August 2012 July 2012 June 2012 April 2012 March 2012 December 2011 November 2011 October 2011 September 2011 August 2011 July 2011 June 2011 May 2011 April 2011 March 2011 February 2011 January 2011 December 2010 November 2010 October 2010 January 2010 December 2009 November 2009 October 2009 September 2009 August 2009 July 2009 June 2009 May 2009 April 2009 March 2009 February 2009 January 2009 December 2008

June 2009

June 12, 2009

Quote of the Day

Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future. Oscar Wilde

June 12, 2009

Gregory Peck, My Favorite Movie Priest

Today marks the passing of another actor with Catholic connections, Gregory Peck (1916-2003), who’s buried...

June 11, 2009

Quote of the Day

When in Rome, live as the Romans do; when elsewhere, live as they live elsewhere.St....

June 11, 2009

Treasures from the Treasure Chest

It's those Catholic Action kids again!

June 11, 2009

“We got the Duke!”

Today marks the passing of another famous convert who only entered the Church a few...

June 11, 2009

St. Paola Frassinetti (1809-1882)

Today also marks the death of St. Paola Frassinetti. The following is from the Vatican...

June 11, 2009

Hildegard Burjan (1883-1933)

Today in 1933 marks the death of Hildegard Burjan (1883-1933). Hildegard Freund was born into...

June 10, 2009

Quote of the Day

The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion,...

June 10, 2009

Arkansas’ First Bishop

Today marks the death of Bishop Andrew Byrne (1801-1862), first Bishop of the Diocese of...

June 10, 2009

Bishop Augustin Verot (1804-1876)

Today marks the death of Bishop Augustin Verot, first Bishop of St. Augustine, Florida. The...

June 10, 2009

Sigrid Undset (1882-1949), Novelist and Convert

Today marks the death of author Sigrid Undset (1882-1949), winner of the 1928 Nobel Prize...

June 09, 2009

Quote of the Day

‘Thou Hast Broken My Bonds, O Lord’(Psalm 105: 7)For a Postulant, on her entrance-day into...

June 09, 2009

Jose De Anchieta, the Apostle of Brazil

Son of a wealthy and prominent family, and possibly related to Saint Ignatius of Loyola....

June 08, 2009

Baseball Photo of the Week

June 08, 2009

Quote of the Day

God's GrandeurTHE WORLD is charged with the grandeur of God. It will flame out, like...

June 08, 2009

Gerard Manley Hopkins

Today in 1889 marks the death of the English Jesuit poet Gerard Manley Hopkins. The...

June 08, 2009

Old St. Patrick’s Cathedral Celebrates Bicentennial

On this day in 1809, the cornerstone of Old St. Patrick’s Cathedral laid at the...

June 08, 2009

Felix Barbelin, “The Apostle of Philadelphia”

Styled the "apostle of Philadelphia", b. at Luneville, Province of Alsace, France, 30 May, 1808;...

June 06, 2009

Quote of the Day

The bread in your box belongs to the hungry; the cloak in your closet belongs...

June 06, 2009

St. Marcellin Champagnat (1789-1840)

In 1816, the newly ordained Marcellin Champagnat, consecrated to Mary, felt a personal call by...

June 05, 2009

Quote of the Day

He loves, He hopes, He waits. If He came down on our altars on certain...

June 05, 2009

Thomas Verner Moore (1877-1969)

Today in 1969 marks the death of Thomas Verner Moore: priest, ethicist, religious founder, psychiatrist,...

June 04, 2009

Treasures from the Treasure Chest

Those Catholic Action kids are at it again. Since this comic book was written in...

June 04, 2009

Quote of the Day

Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our...

June 04, 2009

St. Filippo Smaldone (1848-1923)

Filippo Smaldone was born in Naples on 27 July 1848, at a time of political...

June 03, 2009

Quote of the Day

"The family that prays together stays together." Patrick Peyton, C.S.C.

June 03, 2009

Father Peyton and the Rosary Crusade

Today in 1992 also marks the death of Father Patrick Peyton, the Irish-born Holy Cross...

June 03, 2009

Blessed Pope John XXIII (1881-1963)

Today in 1963 marks the death of Blessed Pope John XXIII (1881-1963).

June 02, 2009

Quote of the Day

Pray with great confidence, with confidence based upon the goodness and infinite generosity of God...

June 02, 2009

Fran Saleški Finžgar (1871-1962)

Fran Saleški Finžgar (February 9, 1871 - June 2, 1962) was a Slovene writer, playwright,...