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2014-07-14T10:17:10-06:00

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Catholics on Stage: Fritz Williams (1865-1930)

Last updated on: July 14, 2014 at 10:17 am By Pat McNamara

Williams, Fritz (Frederick Williams): Actor; b. in Boston, Mass., August 23, 1865; parents member at the stock company at the Boston Museum for 15 years; made his first appearance on stage at that theatre when six months old, being carried on by William Warren, the comedian, in a farce called Seeing Warren. Attracted much attention (1879), as Sir Joseph Porter in a juvenile Pinafore company at the Boston Museum; moved to New York and won some fame as a concert... Read more

2014-07-13T05:27:29-06:00

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Who’s Buried in Catholic Cemeteries: Supreme Court Justice joseph McKenna (1843-1926)

Last updated on: July 13, 2014 at 5:27 am By Pat McNamara

Joseph McKenna was one of the few politicians to have served in all three branches of the Federal Government: as a Congressman, as a U.S. Attorney General, and as a Supreme Court Justice. The son of Irish immigrants, he was born in Philadelphia, where he attended what is now St. Joseph’s University. After moving to California, he was admitted to the bar at age 22 in 1865. There he served as a District Attorney for Solano County and from 1875... Read more

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2014-07-11T06:07:46-06:00

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Catholics in the Movies: Mike Mazurki (1907-1990)

Last updated on: July 11, 2014 at 6:07 am By Pat McNamara

Mike Mazurki was what is known as a “Brothers’ Boy.” Born Mikhail Mazurkiewicz in Austria-Hungary, he emigrated to the United States on the eve of the First World War. Settling in upstate New York, he attended the La Salle Institute in Troy, New York, run by the De La Salle Christian Brothers. After graduating from another Lasallian institution, Manhattan College, in 1930, he moved on to professional sports: wrestling, basketball and football. At 6’5”, he was an imposing presence, making... Read more

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2014-07-10T07:55:49-06:00

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Father William Starrs, St. Patrick’s Cathedral, New York (1807-1873)

Last updated on: July 10, 2014 at 7:55 am By Pat McNamara

Very Rev. William Starrs, D.D. (The New York Times, February 7, 1873) Very Rev. William Starrs, D.D., Rector of St. Patrick’s Cathedral, and Vicar-General of the Archdiocese of New York, died yesterday morning at 7:50 o’clock, at No. 263 Mulberry Street, in the sixty-sixth year of his age. He celebrated Mass yesterday week for the last time. On Friday last he was taken ill and could not leave his bed, but rallied a little on the succeeding days. On Tuesday... Read more

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2014-07-06T06:36:34-06:00

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Who’s Buried in Catholic Cemeteries: Annie Moore (1874-1924)

Last updated on: July 6, 2014 at 6:36 am By Pat McNamara

Born in County Cork, Ireland, on April 24, 1874, Annie Moore was the first immigrant to pass through Ellis Island when it opened on January 1, 1892. (Prior to that, immigrants entered through Castle Garden.) Between 1820 and 1920, over four million Irish men and women came to America through the Port of New York. Annie, along with her younger brothers Anthony and Philip, left Ireland on December 20, 1891. Their parents had already moved to Manhattan ahead of them. As... Read more

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2014-07-05T06:36:56-06:00

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Brooklyn Widow Enters Carmelite Monastery, 1916

Last updated on: July 5, 2014 at 6:36 am By Pat McNamara

Mrs. J. Delehanty is Carmelite Nun. Former Miss Monahan of Brooklyn, Now a Widow, Joins Severe Order. RULES EXTREMELY STRICT. Picturesque Ceremony at Monastery on Bedford Avenue—Vicar General Officiates (The Brooklyn Eagle, July 19, 1916, 18.) A new member has been added to the Carmelite Monastery at St. John’s Place and Bedford Avenue, the black veil of the order being given to Sister Mary Angelus by Vicar General Joseph McNamee. There were impressive ceremonies which denoted her rejection of the... Read more

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2014-07-04T04:56:19-06:00

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Catholics in Public Service: Charles Carroll of Carrollton (1737-1832)

Last updated on: July 4, 2014 at 4:56 am By Pat McNamara

With the Fourth of July, McNamara’s Blog launches a new feature, “Catholics in Public Service.” It seems best to begin with the first major American Catholic to engage in public service, Charles Carroll of Carrollton, the sole Catholic signatory of the Declaration of Independence (and the last to die). The following is taken from the 1911 Catholic Encyclopedia and has been edited in the interest of blogging brevity. His grandfather, Charles Carroll, emigrated from England to Maryland because of the persecution... Read more

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2014-07-03T06:00:02-06:00

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Know-Nothings Appeal to Protestant Women of America, 1856

Last updated on: July 3, 2014 at 6:00 am By Pat McNamara

On America’s great baptismal day, the Spirit of God moved like a wave over the whole nation; it was Protestant America, and the Bible was the cornerstone on which the mighty structure rested; and when we inquire what it is that is now shaking America, and attempting to unsettle her basis, and toss her like boys toss a ball, from her foundation, the problem is solved— she bears on her vast bosom the seal of the Book of Life! It... Read more

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2014-07-01T06:48:32-06:00

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Catholic History in Less Than Five Minutes: The “Dark Century” of the Papacy (900-1000 A.D.)

Last updated on: July 1, 2014 at 6:48 am By Pat McNamara

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2014-06-29T07:26:13-06:00

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Who’s Buried in Catholic Cemeteries: Henry King (1886-1982)

Last updated on: June 29, 2014 at 7:26 am By Pat McNamara

Born in Christiansburg, Virginia, Henry King left school at fifteen to work. Beginning as a silent movie actor, he was directing films by 1915, and would do so for another 46 years. He directed some of the big hits of the late silent era, including Tol’able David (1921) and The White Sister (1923), starring Lillian Gish and a young Ronald Colman. It was while filiming the latter that King converted from the Methodism of his childhood to Catholicism. A licensed... Read more

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