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March 2011

March 24, 2011

From the Question Box: “Scandals and the Church”

From The Question Box:"Will you not admit that many of the leaders of your Church—...

March 22, 2011

This Week’s Column at Patheos

Since last week's Patheos article focused on the Irish, I didn't feel it would be right...

March 19, 2011

The Salesians and New York City’s Italian Immigrants, 1914

St. John Bosco (1815-1888), founder of the SalesiansSALESIANS OF DON BOSCOIntroduced into the United States...

March 18, 2011

Brooklyn’s Jesuit College (1908-1921)

A drawing of the proposed college building, ca. 1910.JESUITS’ BROOKLYN COLLEGEBuilding on Crown Heights to...

March 17, 2011

A Poem for St. Patrick’s Day, 1895

St. Patrick’s Day Without ShamrocksMother M. Augustine McKenna, R.S.M. (1819-1883)We sought them ‘neath the snow-flakesAnd...

March 16, 2011

Book Review: Notre Dame and the Civil War

James M. Schmidt, Notre Dame and the Civil War: Marching Onward to Victory (Charleston: The...

March 14, 2011

Xavier Commencement, Manhattan, 1862

ST. FRANCIS XAVIER'S COLLEGE: Twelfth Commencement.The New College Building.The Graduating Class.Prosperity of the College.The New...

March 10, 2011

“Is the Catholic Church Bigger Than Francis X. Bushman?”

Fame is fleeting, and never more so than for movie stars. A good example is...

March 09, 2011

The Brooklyn Irish in the Civil War: Major George F. Tait (1837-1919)

BREVET MAJOR GEORGE F. TAIT.Past Commander of U. S. Grant Post 327, G. A. R.Personal...

March 08, 2011

“BEFORE LENT”: A Conference by St. Euphrasia Pelletier (1796-1868)

St. Euphrasia Pelletier (1796-1868), foundress of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd.Lent is approaching, my dear daughters,...

March 07, 2011

Father Henry H. Wyman, C.S.P. (1849-1929): Convert, Author, Pastor

“Rev. Henry H. Wyman, Paulist Father, Native of Westminster, Dies in Chicago; Burial Here,” Fitchburg...

March 04, 2011

“The Church Would Look Foolish Without Them”: Mary Magdalena Henning, Bronx, New York

Miss Mary M. Henning, the only lady that is a representative and active real estate,...

March 03, 2011

“The Boys of Jay Street”: St. James Academy, 1851-1933

St. James Academy, Brooklyn, as seen in the early 1900's. Catholic education in Brooklyn (and...

March 02, 2011

This Week’s Column at Patheos

To kick off Women's History Month, this week's Patheos column features the unique story of...

February 2011

February 27, 2011

The Original Hollywood Priest: Father Daniel W. Murphy (1876-1913)

FATHER DANIEL WEBSTER MURPHY.The interests of the Catholic Church in Hollywood are zealously guarded by...

February 25, 2011

“The Church Would Look Foolish Without Them”: Judge Ygnacio Sepulveda, Los Angeles, California

Descended from a long line of Spanish-Californian ancestry, Judge Ygnacio Sepulveda, recently returned to the...

February 24, 2011

Pat McNamara Talks About American Catholic History on TV!

Last week, I had the pleasure of appearing at Theology on Tap, a program for...

February 23, 2011

Sisters of St. Joseph Make Religious Profession, 1900

IN THE FLUSHING CONVENT.Bishop McDonnell Officiates at the Ceremony and Gives Her the Religious Name...

February 22, 2011

“Racism is a God Damned Thing”: Father John Markoe, S.J., (1890-1967) and the Civil Rights Movement

As a whole, the Catholic Church was slow to get fully involved in the Civil...

February 21, 2011

Washington Pastor, Shakespearean: Monsignor Denis J. Stafford (1860-1908)

DENIS J. STAFFORDSTAFFORD, DENIS, J., D.D., Roman Catholic priest, Shakespearean scholar and lecturer, was born...

February 20, 2011

Sermon at Immaculate Conception Church, Boston, December 1876

HOW WISDOM MAY BE FOUND.Sermon by the Rev. Augustine P. Hewit, C. S.P.Before the Boston...

February 16, 2011

“The Church Would Look Foolish Without Them”: George B. Perkins, Washington, Missouri

A COLORED TERTIARY.The Franciscan Herald, May 1917.“Behold an Israelite, indeed, in whom there is no...

February 15, 2011

This Week’s Column at Patheos

This week's Patheos column looks at the history of Our Lady of Gethsemani Abbey, Kentucky,...

February 13, 2011

St. Mary Star of the Sea Church Dedicated in Brooklyn, 1853

Laying the Corner Stone of a Catholic Church.The Brooklyn Eagle, July 18, 1853Yesterday afternoon the...

February 12, 2011

“The Church Would Look Foolish Without Them”: John Patrzykowski, Buffalo, New York

Back in England in 1859, Blessed John Henry Newman was having a conversation with Birmingham...

February 11, 2011

The Marist Brothers in the United States, 1914

St. Ann's Academy was founded on Manhattan's Upper East Side in 1892. During its early...

February 10, 2011

What Do Priests Do (and Wear)?

Here’s an answer from The Brooklyn Eagle, October 18, 1890: In each parish there is...

February 09, 2011

Chicago’s African-American Catholics, 1890

Patrick Augustine Feehan (1829-1902) was the first Archbishop of Chicago. Born in Ireland, he was...

February 08, 2011

“What Can a Woman Do?”: Mother Xavier Ross (1813-1895) and the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth

As the Civil War approached, 1850’s Kansas was center-stage for the brewing conflict. Pro-slavery and...

February 04, 2011

Article on Xavier High School, Manhattan, 1898

ST. FRANCIS XAVIER COLLEGEThe Brooklyn Eagle, September 4, 1898The College of St. Francis Xavier, on...