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2011-12-05T05:36:00-07:00

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Father Joseph Still (1849-1907), Quincy, Illinois

Last updated on: December 5, 2011 at 5:36 am By Pat McNamara

REV. JOSEPH STILL Rest now is yours, O noble priest, Your work you’ve done, and well, For truth you fought any always taught As countless souls can tell. It was on Easter-Tuesday morning,April 3rd, 1907. Large crowds of people wended their way to St. John’s Church, of Quincy. Their features bore the stamp of grief and mourning. The solemn obsequies prior to final interment were had that morning at which Rev. P. Andrew, O.F.M., delivered the funeral oration. The news... Read more

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2011-11-27T06:54:00-07:00

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Sermon, First Sunday of Advent, St. Paul the Apostle Church, Manhattan, ca. 1876

Last updated on: November 27, 2011 at 6:54 am By Pat McNamara

SERMON FOR THE FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT EPISTLE. Romans xiii. 11-14. Brethren: Know that it is now the hour for us to rise from sleep. For now our salvation is nearer than when we believed. The night is passed, and the day is at hand. Let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and put on the armor of light ; let us walk honestly as m the day ; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and... Read more

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2011-11-26T09:03:00-07:00

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“The Church Would Look Foolish Without Them”: Patrick O’Neil, Bronx, New York

Last updated on: November 26, 2011 at 9:03 am By Pat McNamara

PATRICK J. O’NEIL, who for a number of years has been active in Bronx real estate transactions, was born March 4, 1871, in Tipperary County, Ireland, and hails from an old and successful family of that country. He was educated in the Christian Brothers’ College, of Cashel, Tipperary County, from which he graduated, and came to this country in 1882, arriving on May 24. He began at once to learn the stonecutting trade, but did not follow his vocation long,... Read more

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2011-11-25T10:51:00-07:00

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Sisters of the Most Holy Family of Nazareth (1885)

Last updated on: November 25, 2011 at 10:51 am By Pat McNamara

IN 1875, Mary Frances Siedliska, a distinguished Polish woman of noble qualities and rare virtues, inspired with a desire for religious life and with the establishment of a Polish community of Sisters, she purchased a small house in Rome, where she and a few companions commenced the religious life. These first members were exclusively Polish. Mother Siedliska wrote the Constitutions and designed the habit. After the example of the Holy Family of Nazareth, the Community was to lead both a... Read more

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2011-11-20T06:22:00-07:00

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Catholic Poetry

Last updated on: November 20, 2011 at 6:22 am By Pat McNamara

HYMN TO THE CHURCH. WHO is she that stands triumphant, A rock in strength upon the Rock, Like some city crowned with turrets,Braving storm and earthquake shock? Who is she, her arms extendingIn blessing o’er a world restored, All the anthems of creation Lifting to creation’s Lord? Hers the kingdom, hers the sceptre!Fall, ye nations, at her feet! Hers that truth whose fruit is freedom;Light her yoke, her burden sweet! As the moon its splendor borrowsFrom a sun unseen all... Read more

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2011-11-19T09:12:00-07:00

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Bishop Charles E. McDonnell, Brooklyn, New York (1854-1921)

Last updated on: November 19, 2011 at 9:12 am By Pat McNamara

McDONNELL, Charles Edward, R. C. Bishop of Brooklyn, was born in New York City. February 1, 1854. He was educated at De LaSalle Institute and St. Francis Xavier College, New York City, completing his study of theology in the American College at Rome, Italy, 1872-78. Before his return to America the degree of D.D. [Doctor of Divinity] was conferred upon him, and he was ordained a priest by Bishop Chatard, May I5, 1878. His subsequent training in canon law and... Read more

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2011-11-15T05:17:00-07:00

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This Week’s Column at Patheos

Last updated on: November 15, 2011 at 5:17 am By Pat McNamara

This week’s Patheos column features the story of Mother Theresa Maxis Duchemin, a “free woman of color” who bridged two worlds in nineteenth century America. To reach the article please click here. Read more

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2011-11-14T05:12:00-07:00

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Commander John F. Luby, U.S. Navy (1859-1911)

Last updated on: November 14, 2011 at 5:12 am By Pat McNamara

Catholic Officers in the Army and Navy.Senior Lieutenant John F. Luby, U.S.N. Lieutenant John F. Luby comes of a family of fighters. He is the second son of Thomas Clarke Luby, of Jersey City, N.J., one of the Fenian exiles and a writer of note on Irish history. Mr. Luby was born in Ireland on July 23, 1859, and came to this country with his parents in 1871. The family resided in New York City for a number of years,... Read more

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2011-11-13T08:08:00-07:00

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Catholic Poetry

Last updated on: November 13, 2011 at 8:08 am By Pat McNamara

Father Edward F. Sorin, C.S.C. (1814-1893) IN MEMORY OF THE VERY REV. EDWARD SORINBy Maurice Francis Egan Let others praise in him the saint—The champion of our Christ and God;Let others all his virtues paintAbove the head, beneath the sod. For me, I love the poet best,Idealist! Idealist!Who sees beyond the clouds at restThe clearer space with sunrise kist. Swift as the eagle cuts the air,His glance cut to the heart of things;Idealist! And he found thereWhat the true poet... Read more

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2011-11-05T08:42:00-06:00

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St. Raymond, the Bronx’s First Catholic Church (1842)

Last updated on: November 5, 2011 at 8:42 am By Pat McNamara

St. Raymond, Westchester, Bronx, New York, N.Y.—The earliest indication of a parish being erected in Westchester is the existence of a deed to a plot of land executed in favor of Bishop DuBois of New York, on December 2, 1835. This piece of land, 125 feet by 26 feet, is situated about two miles north of Fort Schuyler, and cost $160. A condition was made that a church or school, or both, should be erected on said plot within a... Read more

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