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2013-01-18T05:28:57-07:00

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Civil War Chaplain Becomes Bishop: Bishop Lawrence S. McMahon, Hartford, CT (1835-1893)

Last updated on: January 18, 2013 at 5:28 am By Pat McNamara

RIGHT REV. LAWRENCE S. McMAHON, Fifth Bishop of Hartford. Lawrence S. Mcmahon was born in the British province of New Brunswick in 1835, but was brought to the United States in his fourth year. His early studies were made in the public schools of Boston, but he subsequently entered the College of the Holy Cross at Worcester, Mass., and remained there till the destruction of that institution by fire suspended its work for a time. He made the rest of... Read more

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2013-01-17T03:39:41-07:00

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Father Augustine F. Hewit, C.S.P. (1820-1897)

Last updated on: January 17, 2013 at 3:39 am By Pat McNamara

Father Hewit is Dead. The Head of the Paulists Passes Away at the Monastery in this City. Sketch of His Life Work. Associated with Other Denominations Before He Became a Roman Catholic— The Church that Stands as His Monument. (The New York Times, July 4, 1897) The Very Rev. Dr. Augustine F. Hewit, Superior of the Community of Paulist Fathers, died in his apartments in the monastery in West Fifty-ninth Street, west of Columbus Avenue, at 9 o’clock last night.... Read more

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2013-01-05T06:19:38-07:00

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St. John Nepomucene Neumann (1811-1860)

Last updated on: January 5, 2013 at 6:19 am By Pat McNamara

FIRST AMERICAN SOON TO BE PLACED, AFTER YEARS OF SOLICITATION BU U.S. CATHOLICS, IN THE CALENDAR OF SAINTS (The Brooklyn Eagle, February 16, 1902, 44) Roman Catholics of the United States, who have been striving for many years to secure the canonization of a strictly American saint seem destined at last to have their wish gratified, for it is understood that the Bishop of Philadelphia will soon announce that the beatification of John Nepomucene Neumann is to take place within... Read more

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2013-01-04T05:42:04-07:00

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St. Elizabeth Seton (1774-1821), By One who Knew Her

Last updated on: January 4, 2013 at 5:42 am By Pat McNamara

It may be truly said that Mother Seton’s manner was the secret of her extraordinary influence a happy blending of ardent zeal with maternal sweetness. A moment’s intercourse with her was sufficient to show that she acted foom the deepest convictions of truth, while the kindness which she manifested easily prepared the way for its willing reception by others. This was visible in all the departments of her office as superior of St. Joseph’s Academy. She easily conciliated the esteem... Read more

2013-01-03T08:17:45-07:00

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Holy Name Entertainment, Brooklyn, 1878

Last updated on: January 3, 2013 at 8:17 am By Pat McNamara

ST. PAUL’S R.C. CHURCH. Entertainment Last Evening Under the Auspices of the Society of the Holy Name. The Brooklyn Eagle, February 20, 1878, 3. In the Atheneum, last evening, a musical and literary entertainment was given under the auspices of the Holy Name Society of St. Paul’s R.C. Church, for the benefit of the schools. The edifice was crowded, and the proceedings were of a most interesting nature. The stage was profusely ornamented and adorned with flowers, and the arrangements for... Read more

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2013-01-02T03:14:23-07:00

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Archbishop John J. Kain, St. Louis (1841-1903)

Last updated on: January 2, 2013 at 3:14 am By Pat McNamara

DIOCESE OF WHEELING. RIGHT REV. JOHN J. KAIN, Bishop of Wheeling. John J. Kain was born in Martinsburg, Berkeley Co., West Virginia, on the 31st of May, 1811, the only son of Jeremiah and Ellen Murphy Kain, who emigrated from the neighborhood of Macroom, in the county of Cork, Ireland, and married in this country. Their son first attended the academy then directed by the present Bishop of Wilmington, and, seeking to serve God in His sanctuary, obtained admission to... Read more

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2013-01-01T03:44:20-07:00

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A New Year’s Day Sermon, New York, 1901

Last updated on: January 1, 2013 at 3:44 am By Pat McNamara

NEW YEAR’S DAY. THE CIRCUMCISION OF THE LORD. “And after eight days were accomplished, that the child should be circumcised, his name was called Jesus.”—Luke ii.21. To-Day is a day of the greatest importance. To-day we close the octave of the festival of the birth of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ; to-day we are reminded of the painful circumcision of Jesus Christ, by which He shed His blood for us for the first time; to-day we honor the Most... Read more

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2012-12-31T05:45:48-07:00

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

Last updated on: December 31, 2012 at 5:45 am By Pat McNamara

The sixth Superioress of the Order was Reverend Mother Theresa Willingman, a native of Madison, N.J., who spent nearly her whole life with the Oblate Sisters, having been placed with them at the early age of five years. When she was sixteen years old she entered the novitiate. She taught school and was for many years the principal music instructress. She was assistant Superioress for a number of years previous to here election as head of the Order. On account... Read more

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2012-12-30T04:07:36-07:00

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“St. Vincent De Paul,” a Poem, 1862

Last updated on: December 30, 2012 at 4:07 am By Pat McNamara

ST. VINCENT DE PAUL A hymn to St. Vincent De Paul, The Apostle of brotherly love! He cared for the great and the small, As sons of one Father above. He taught men in luxury’s dome, The wisdom that feareth the Lord; He taught men in poverty’s dome, That patience trusts in his word. From parents by want driven wild, From bye-ways for crime set apart, He gathered the shivering child, And placed it next his warm heart. From snares... Read more

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2012-12-22T03:57:02-07:00

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“How the Young Colonel Died”

Last updated on: December 22, 2012 at 3:57 am By Pat McNamara

HOW THE YOUNG COLONEL DIED By David Gray You want to hear me tell you how the young Colonel died, God help me memory will not fail on that, nor tongue be tied. Aye, write it down and print it in your biggest type of gold. For sure, a braver heart than his no mortal breast could hold. T’was the second weary night of that hot and bloody June, Through the brush along the picket we walked beneath the moon,... Read more

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