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March 08, 2009

Beautiful Meditation by Cardinal Newman

So much of whatever Cardinal Newman chose to write about cut right to the heart...

March 08, 2009

More on Pope Pius XII and the Holocaust

This from the Catholic News Service wire:VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- A document found in a...

March 08, 2009

St. John of God (1495-1550)

If today wasn’t a Sunday, we’d be celebrating the Feast of St. John of God...

March 07, 2009

Letters from America

Between 1850 and 1890, approximately 1.2 million German Catholics came to America. Many settled on...

March 07, 2009

St. Siméon-François Berneux (1814-1866)

Today in 1866 marks the death of St. Siméon-François Berneux (1814-1866), who was martyred in...

March 07, 2009

Confederate General Received into the Church

In the aftermath of the American Civil War, General James Longstreet (1821-1904) became a scapegoat...

March 06, 2009

Upcoming Lectures on Sisters of Charity History

The Sisters of Charity are currently celebrating the bicentennial of their founding by St. Elizabeth...

March 06, 2009

Ireland’s Spiritual Empire

In her 1989 book, The Living Legend of St. Patrick, Alanah Hopkins writes: “There are...

March 06, 2009

Before McNamara’s Blog…

There was “Strange But True: Little –Known Facts for Catholics.” From the thirties through the...

March 06, 2009

Desegregating the Altar: John Slattery & the Josephites

Today marks the death of John R. Slattery (1851-1926), a pioneer in African-American ministry. Born...

March 05, 2009

Harvey Keitel a Jesuit?

Today that wonderfully Ignatian blog Good Jesuit, Bad Jesuit notes that Harvey Keitel will be...

March 05, 2009

Nothing Unusual Here…

In his superb book American Catholic, Charles Morris argues that Catholicism in the pre-Vatican II...

March 05, 2009

As March Madness Approaches…

This photograph shows the Gonzaga University’s freshman basketball team at the start of the 1907-1908...

March 05, 2009

St. Joseph’s Seminary, Troy

Since March is dedicated to St. Joseph, it’s a good time to feature institutions dedicated...

March 05, 2009

“To Welcome the Immigrant”

Today in 1971 marks the founding of the Brooklyn Diocese’s Catholic Migration Office, the first...

March 04, 2009

The Sisters: Shapers of American Catholicism

John Fialka has a great book titled Sisters: Catholic Nuns and the Making of America....

March 04, 2009

Neither Irish nor Catholic Need Apply

Believe it or not, this ad appeared in a New York newspaper in 1843. It...

March 04, 2009

“Don’t Bother the Lion”

Today marks the death of Peter Richard Kenrick (1806-1896), the first Archbishop of St. Louis....

March 04, 2009

Mother Angela Gillespie (1824-1887)

Today marks the death of Mother Angela Gillespie (1824-1887), first Mother Superior of the Sisters...

March 03, 2009

READ THE CATHOLIC WORLD ONLINE!

At the end of the Civil War, Father Isaac Hecker, founder of the Paulists, fulfilled...

March 03, 2009

Katharien Drexel, the Millionaire Saint

Today marks the Feast of St. Katharine Drexel (1858-1955), foundress of a religious community. A...

March 03, 2009

America’s First Polish Cardinal

Today marks the death of John Krol (1910-1996), the first Polish-American Cardinal. Born in Cleveland...

March 03, 2009

America’s First Polish Bishop

Today marks the death of Paul Rhode (1870-1945), the first Pole to be named a...

March 02, 2009

America’s First Suffragette

The first sizeable number of Catholics to settle in the thirteen colonies were in Maryland,...

March 02, 2009

Avery Dulles, Comic Book Hero

Avery Dulles wore numerous hats in his life: scion of a distinguished American family, Harvard...

March 02, 2009

Pius XII Elected Pope

Today marks the unanimous election of Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli (1876-1958) to the papacy as Pope...

March 01, 2009

St. Joseph’s Church, Brooklyn

Since March is dedicated to St. Joseph, this is a good chance to highlight a...

March 01, 2009

“The poor Wretches, fingering their Beads, chanting Latin”

John Adams wasn’t the biggest fan of the Catholic Church, but there was something he...

March 01, 2009

The Irish and American Catholicism

Much of the Catholic growth in nineteenth century America was due to Irish numbers and...

March 01, 2009

“I thought Catholics were the worst people on earth.”

This story seems like a good way to start Women's History Month. For all four...

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