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June 2020

June 04, 2020

Convents White and Black

American Sisters and Social Justice Many today are familiar with the photos of American women...

March 2019

March 02, 2019

National Catholic Sisters Week 2019: An Appreciation

In ten years of blogging Catholic history, I’ve written a fair amount about women religious....

February 2019

February 20, 2019

Nuns as Sex Slaves: Fact, Fiction, and Maria Monk

Pope Francis raised more than a few eyebrows recently when he addressed the sexual exploitation...

January 2019

January 26, 2019

St. Mary Euphrasia and the Good Shepherd Charism

“It is not enough that you love them; they must know that you love them.”--- St....

November 2018

November 26, 2018

Priests, Nuns, and Memphis’ Yellow Fever Epidemic, 1873-1879

Between 1873 and 1879, nearly eight thousand people died during Memphis’s Yellow Fever epidemics. While...

October 2014

October 16, 2014

New York Socialite Becomes Nun, 1914

MISS DAHLGREN TO BE A NUN. Society Girl to Join Sisterhood that Aids Negroes and...

October 01, 2014

A Poem by St. Therese of Lisieux (1873-1897)

Song of Gratitude to Our Lady of Mount Carmel From the first moments of my...

July 2014

July 05, 2014

Brooklyn Widow Enters Carmelite Monastery, 1916

Mrs. J. Delehanty is Carmelite Nun. Former Miss Monahan of Brooklyn, Now a Widow, Joins...

June 2014

June 13, 2014

The “White Benedictines” of Arkansas (1874)

BENEDICTINE SISTERS OF MT. OLIVE (White Benedictines) (1874) As American History cannot be studied thoroughly...

June 09, 2014

African-American Sisters Start School in Washington, D.C., 1892

ST. CYPRIAN’S PAROCHIAL SCHOOL AND ST. ANN'S ACADEMY, WASHINGTON, D. C. St. Ann's Academy was...

June 02, 2014

Mother Austin Carroll, R.S.M. (1835-1909)

Mother Austin Carroll, authoress of the Life of Mother Mc Cauley, Leaves of the Annals...

May 2014

May 28, 2014

A Tribute to Catholic Sisters, 1899

A PRIEST’S TRIBUTE TO NUNS. Mgr. Conaty’s Sermon at the Georgetown Convent. (The New York...

May 25, 2014

Catholic Poetry: “You Silent Dead,” In Honor of the Civil War Veterans

"YOU SILENT DEAD" By Sister Ignatius Summer, R.S.M. The silent dead! The silent dead! I've...

November 2013

November 17, 2013

The Poor Clares Come to the U.S., 1875

THE POOR CLARES (1875) Religious orders being an integral part of the Church, naturally share...

November 02, 2013

Catholic Poetry: “Old Nuns,” by James M. Hayes

OLD NUNS Our Lady smiles on youthful nuns, She loves them well. Our Lady's smile...

October 2013

October 24, 2013

Brooklyn Nuns Celebrate Silver Jubilee, 1902

Two Nuns Celebrate Their Silver Jubilee. Took the Veil Together Twenty-Five Years Ago at St....

August 2013

August 26, 2013

SISTERS OF CHARITY OF THE INCARNATE WORD (1866), TEXAS

The Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word, in its proper sense,...

August 16, 2013

Protestant Minister Pays Tribute to Catholic Nun Nurses in the Civil War

Catholic Sisters. A Minister’s Tribute to Their Work in the Civil War. As chaplain of...

June 2013

June 27, 2013

The Good Shepherd Sisters, Buffalo, New York, 1914

Sisters of Our Lady of Charity of Refuge (Good Shepherd) (Introduced into America, 1855) This...

June 14, 2013

Nuns in the Spanish-American War

THE NUN IN THE WAR The Rev. A.J. Bader Tells of the Good Work Accomplished...

May 2013

May 26, 2013

Funeral Sermon for Civil War Nurse, 1897

Born Mary Agnes Grace in 1812, Sister Mary Gonzaga, S.C., was in charge of the...

April 2013

April 03, 2013

The Sisters of St. Joseph, Carondolet, Missouri

In the year 1834 the Right Rev. Joseph Rosati of St. Louis, Missouri, called at...

March 2013

March 21, 2013

Catholic Poetry

THE SISTER OF MERCY By Author Unknown She shares in the hopes of those who...

February 2013

February 14, 2013

Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Daughter Becomes Nun, 1899

SERVANTS OF RELIEF FOR INCURABLE CANCER (1899) “I am trying to serve the poor as...

December 2012

December 31, 2012

Mother Theresa Willingman, O.S.P. (1831-1907)

The sixth Superioress of the Order was Reverend Mother Theresa Willingman, a native of Madison,...

December 19, 2012

Carmelites Celebrate Centennial in U.S., 1890

THE CARMELITE CENTENARY (The New York Times, October 16, 1890) Baltimore, October 15.— The Carmelite...

November 2012

November 27, 2012

The Sisters of the Sorrowful Mother

SISTERS OF THE SORROWFUL MOTHER (1889) The Congregation of the Sisters of the Sorrowful Mother, also...

July 2012

July 27, 2012

America’s First Monastery: The Carmelites in Maryland (1790)

The Discalced Carmelite Nuns (O.C.D.) were the first community of women religious founded in the...