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2011-11-01T05:17:00-06:00

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This Week’s Column at Patheos

Last updated on: November 1, 2011 at 5:17 am By Pat McNamara

This week’s Patheos column features Edgar Allan Poe and his relationship with the Jesuits at Fordham University in the Bronx. To reach the article please click here. Read more

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2011-10-31T05:09:00-06:00

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Father Leo Rizzo da Saracena, O.F.M. (1833-1897), Civil War Chaplain

Last updated on: October 31, 2011 at 5:09 am By Pat McNamara

The Very Rev. Leo de Saracena. The New York Times, November 5, 1897 A dispatch from Winsted, Conn., announces the death there on Wednesday evening of the Very Rev. Leo de Saracena, rector of St. Joseph’s Church in Winsted, and one of the oldest members of the Franciscan Order in the country. Death was caused by apoplexy. He was born in Italy in 1833, and entered the Franciscan Order in 1848. He was ordained a priest in 1856, and four... Read more

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2011-10-30T14:52:00-06:00

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The Brothers of the Holy Infancy, Buffalo, New York (1855)

Last updated on: October 30, 2011 at 2:52 pm By Pat McNamara

CONGREGATION OF THE BROTHERS OF THE HOLY INFANCY AND YOUTH OF JESUS Founded in the United States in 1855 The congregation of the brothers of the Holy Infancy and Youth of Jesus was founded by the saintly Bishop Timon, and is devoted to spiritual and corporal works of mercy, caring for, teaching, and training destitute, homeless, and wayward boys. The brotherhood dates its inception from January 25, 1855. Mr. John Harris, who became the first member of the community, took in... Read more

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2011-10-29T09:52:00-06:00

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Bishop Winand M. Wigger, Newark, New Jersey (1841-1901)

Last updated on: October 29, 2011 at 9:52 am By Pat McNamara

WIGGER. Winand Michael, third Roman Catholic bishop of Newark, was born in New York City, Decemeber 9th, 1841, son of John J. and Elizabeth (Struck) Wigger. An inclination toward the church was manifested at an early age and as it was heartily approved by his parents, he entered the College of St. Francis Xavier, where he was graduated in 1800, and then began his theological studies at Seton Hall, South Orange, New Jersey, where he remained for two years. In... Read more

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2011-10-28T05:41:00-06:00

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“Some Exemplary Women” of Montana

Last updated on: October 28, 2011 at 5:41 am By Pat McNamara

Some Exemplary Women of MontanaThey were not born nor reared up in Montana, but they lived among us for a shorter or longer time; they edified us by their virtues, and, if not from Montana by birth, they became Montana’s by death, having ended their days in our midst, and their remains lying at rest in Montana soil. But as we must hasten on to bring our work to a close, we can do no more than mention the names... Read more

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2011-10-27T05:43:00-06:00

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Father Eugene Donnelly, St. Michael’s Church, Flushing, New York

Last updated on: October 27, 2011 at 5:43 am By Pat McNamara

FATHER EUGENE J. DONNELLY, A. B., A. M. It is with pleasure that we recount the experiences of this worthy gentleman, who is one of the most popular ministers in the City of Flushing, his frank, pleasing countenance and personal magnetism drawing people to him. As a pastor he gets very near to his people, and has ever sought to develop the highest type of social life of the church. He was born in Brooklyn, October 26, 1852, to the... Read more

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2011-10-26T06:31:00-06:00

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Franciscan Sisters of the Sacred Heart (1876)

Last updated on: October 26, 2011 at 6:31 am By Pat McNamara

In May, 1876, when the Kulturkampf drove their community from the Duchy of Baden, Mother M. Anastasia with three other Franciscan Sisters of the Sacred Heart came to this country to find a home. They were received by the Right Rev. Joseph Dwenger, Bishop of Fort Wayne, and bought a small farm near Avilla, Ind. In September the same year, another band of Sisters arrived. Not having sufficient means, they could only erect a few frame buildings, but nevertheless they... Read more

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2011-10-25T05:15:00-06:00

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This Week’s Column at Patheos

Last updated on: October 25, 2011 at 5:15 am By Pat McNamara

This week’s Patheos column focuses on Venerable Pierre Toussaint (1766-1853), the only layperson buried in St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Fifth Avenue. To reach the article please click here. Read more

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2011-10-24T05:17:00-06:00

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The Fighting McMahons

Last updated on: October 24, 2011 at 5:17 am By Pat McNamara

CATHOLIC OFFICERS IN THE ARMY AND THE NAVY.CAPTAIN JOHN E. McMAHON, U.S.A. Captain McMahon is the son of a soldier and belongs to a military family. His father, Colonel John E. McMahon, was colonel of the 155th and afterwards of the 164th N.Y.V., and died in command of his regiment in the third year of the Civil War. Admiral Ramsay, who married his father’s eldest sister, served with distinction during the Civil War, and is now represented in the service... Read more

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2011-10-23T08:21:00-06:00

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Catholic Poetry

Last updated on: October 23, 2011 at 8:21 am By Pat McNamara

MAGDALENE IN THE DESERTBy Aubrey de Vere SAY, who that woman kneeling soleAmid yon desert bareThe cold rain beats her bosom, The night-wind lifts her hair— It is the holy Magdalene, O listen to her prayer. “Lord, I have prayed since eventide: “And midnight now hath spread“Her mournful pall abroad o’er all“The living and the dead. “The stars each moment shine more large, “Down-gazing from the skies— “O Father of the sorrowful, “Turn thus on me Thine eyes!” Hark, thunder... Read more

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