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2011-06-17T05:22:00-06:00

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American Catholic Authors: Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren (1825-1889)

Last updated on: June 17, 2011 at 5:22 am By Pat McNamara

Mrs. Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren was born in Gallipolis, Ohio. She is the only daughter of Samuel F. Vinton, who served a quarter of a century with much distinction as a Whig leader in Congress. Her maternal ancestors were French. At an early age she became the wife of Daniel Convers Goddard, who left her a widow with two children. In August, 1865, she became the wife of Admiral Dahlgren, and has three children by that marriage. Admiral Dahlgren died in... Read more

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2011-06-15T05:16:00-06:00

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“The Church Would Look Foolish Without Them”: John Crane, New York, New York

Last updated on: June 15, 2011 at 5:16 am By Pat McNamara

CRANE, John, merchant, was born in Perry county, Ohio., Feb. 10, 1840, son of Thomas and Sarah (Duffy) Crane. He received a good public school education, and upon the outbreak of the civil war, in 1861, he raised a company which, being joined to the 6th Wisconsin volunteers, afterwards formed a part of the “Iron Brigade.” After one year’s service he joined the 17th Wisconsin regiment, in which he was appointed adjutant, and there saw three years’ service, taking part... Read more

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2011-06-14T10:42:00-06:00

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McNamara’s Vlog– The Irish at Gettysburg

Last updated on: June 14, 2011 at 10:42 am By Pat McNamara

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2011-06-14T05:51:00-06:00

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This Week’s Column at Patheos

Last updated on: June 14, 2011 at 5:51 am By Pat McNamara

This week’s Patheos column features Bishop Francis X. Ford, M.M. (1892-1952), a Maryknoll missionary who died in a Chinese prison. To reach the article please click here. Read more

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2011-06-13T05:14:00-06:00

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The Fenoughty Family, Paola, Kansas

Last updated on: June 13, 2011 at 5:14 am By Pat McNamara

Anthony Fenoughty and his wife, Catherine McAndrews, emigrated from County Mayo, Ireland, in 1817. They came to Kansas in 1868 and to Paola in 1870. There were four children in this family, all having lived to be over eighty years of age in Kansas. One of the sons, Michael Fenoughty, married Cecelia Davis in St. Ann’s Church, Jennings County, Indiana, on May 2nd, 1866, and immediately set out for Kansas. By good fortune they were directed to Stanton Township, Miami... Read more

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2011-06-12T05:25:00-06:00

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Catholic Poetry

Last updated on: June 12, 2011 at 5:25 am By Pat McNamara

The First MassBy “J.B.S.” She kneels in the aisle, the mother, Head high, tho’ her lips move in prayer, With eyes fast fixed on the altarFor a priest, her baby, is there.How far away seem the voices That are singing the Kyrie; E’en at the gate of high heaven Seems the heart of the mother today. Lights blaze from the cross to the tableThey flash between flower and palm, Some tremble and bend in devotion Some burn in the holiest... Read more

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2011-06-11T07:08:00-06:00

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Bishop Henry P. Northrop, Charleston, South Carolina (1842-1916)

Last updated on: June 11, 2011 at 7:08 am By Pat McNamara

NORTHROP, Henry Pinckney, fourth Roman Catholic bishop of Charleston, was born in Charleston, S. C., May 5. 1842. In 1853 he entered Georgetown College,” and after studying there the classics for three years he went to Mt. St. Mary’s College, Emmitsburg, Md., where he was graduated in I860. Entering the seminary there and having finished the course in 1864, he went to Rome to the American College, where he was ordained June 26, 1865. On his return to the United... Read more

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2011-06-10T15:26:00-06:00

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McNamara’s Blog Goes Youtube!

Last updated on: June 10, 2011 at 3:26 pm By Pat McNamara

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2011-06-10T05:19:00-06:00

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Helen P. McCormick (1889-1937): Attorney, Suffragette, Labor Activist

Last updated on: June 10, 2011 at 5:19 am By Pat McNamara

A lawyer by profession, the first woman to be appointed Assistant District Attorney in Kings County and a leader in the fight for women’s suffrage, Helen P. McCormick (in private life Mrs. Patrick Toole) is identified with diocesan history as the founder of the Catholic Big Sisters. Born July 16, 1889, the daughter of Priscilla Egan and Peter F. McCormick, professor of mathematics at Manhattan College, she studied at Erasmus Hall High School, Brooklyn. In 1908 she received the bachelor... Read more

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2011-06-06T05:51:00-06:00

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Roads to Rome: Father Aloysius Russell Nevins, C.S.P. (1853-1899)

Last updated on: June 6, 2011 at 5:51 am By Pat McNamara

THE REV. FATHER NEVINS DEADBrought up for the Ministry of the Episcopal Church,In Early Life He Became a Roman Catholic The New York Times, August 14, 1899The Rev. Aloysius Rusell Nevins of the Community of the Paulist Fathers died yesterday morning at the home of his physician, Dr. H. Robinson, at 352 West Fifty-eighth Street. Born in the Protestant Episcopal Church, and brought up for the ministry of that church, he at an early age became convinced that the Roman... Read more

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