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2011-05-16T05:50:00-06:00

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Anti-Catholic Rally in California, 1895

Last updated on: May 16, 2011 at 5:50 am By Pat McNamara

TO PURIFY POLITICS. That is the Sole Aim and Object of the A.P.A.State President Huddleston on the Organization’s Work.The Oakland Tribune, July 1, 1895. Rev. Dr. Huddleston, State president of the A.P.A., delivered an address in Hamilton Hall yesterday before an audience comprising hundreds of the most intelligent people in the community. He was introduced by Mayor Davie, at whose request the audience sang “America” with great enthusiasm. “Sweet and Low” was sung in an expressive manner by the Golden... Read more

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2011-05-15T07:13:00-06:00

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St. Bridget Church Dedicated, Lexington, Massachusetts, May 1891

Last updated on: May 15, 2011 at 7:13 am By Pat McNamara

ST. BRIDGET’S DEDICATED. Lexington Catholics Proud of Their Church.Impressive Ceremonies and Notable Music in New Edifice. Eloquent and Patriotic Sermon of Rev. Father Joyce. The Boston Daily Globe, May 4, 1891, 13. LEXINGTON, May 3.— The handsome new Roman Catholic church of St. Bridget’s was dedicated yesterday. The ceremonies were opened at 10:30 with a procession around and through the church. The acolytes were led by cross-bearer Joseph O’Connor of Boston College, followed by the visiting clergy and Archbishop Williams.... Read more

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2011-05-14T08:38:00-06:00

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Cardinal John J. Glennon, St. Louis (1862-1946)

Last updated on: May 14, 2011 at 8:38 am By Pat McNamara

John Joseph Glennon John Joseph Glennon, archbishop of the St. Louis diocese and one of the eminent divines of the Roman Catholic ministry, was born in Kinnegad county, Meath, Ireland, June 14, 1862, his parents being Mathew and Catherine (Kinsella) Glennon. Reared in the land of his nativity he pursued a preparatory course of study in St. Marv’s College at Mullingar and was graduated from All Hallows College in Dublin with the class of 1883. Having determined to take holy... Read more

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2011-05-12T06:05:00-06:00

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Major Michael O’Connor, Ninth Massachusetts Infantry (1861-1898)

Last updated on: May 12, 2011 at 6:05 am By Pat McNamara

CATHOLICS IN THE ARMY AND THE NAVY. MAJOR MICHAEL O’CONNOR. It seems difficult to realize that only a year ago this summer such accounts as the following formed the subject-matter of every issue of the daily press: “WITH THE NINTH MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS, SANTIAGO DE CUBA, August 14, 1898.” “The little line of graves where the dead of the Ninth lie buried is lengthening. At one time we had four deaths in four days a death a day a ratio which... Read more

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2011-05-11T05:23:00-06:00

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The Plagues of Memphis, 1873-1879

Last updated on: May 11, 2011 at 5:23 am By Pat McNamara

FATHER ALOYSIUS WIEWER. O. F. M. Priest Hero of the Yellow Fever. During the fever epidemics, especially of 1873, ’78 and ’79. when many husbands forsook their dying wives and children, brothers their sisters, to save themselves, the Catholic clergy and religious showed noteworthy bravery. Twenty-one priests and thirty- five sisters, after zealously nursing the plague-stricken. sacrificed for them also their lives. But there were heroes equally great among the survivors. Rev. D. A. Quinn attended, as he says, almost... Read more

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2011-05-10T06:20:00-06:00

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This Week’s Column at Patheos

Last updated on: May 10, 2011 at 6:20 am By Pat McNamara

Why is Manhattan College in the Bronx?By Pat McNamara A religious Brother’s vocation is unique. Free of the priest’s obligation to celebrate the Sacraments, his calling is exclusively apostolic. Within this context, the Brothers of the Christian Schools, started by St. John Baptist De La Salle in 1600’s France, have made a distinctive contribution. The first Brothers founded exclusively for teaching, they contributed greatly toward the development of education as profession. Much of what we take for granted today... Read more

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2011-05-09T05:19:00-06:00

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St. Joseph’s School for the Deaf, Bronx, New York, 1886

Last updated on: May 9, 2011 at 5:19 am By Pat McNamara

Madame Victorine Boucher (1812-1883) St. Joseph’s Institute for the Improved Instruction of Deaf Mutes, Fordham. Incorporated in 1875. It is provided by a statute of the State of New York, passed April 29, 1875, that whenever a deaf-mute child under the age of twelve years shall become, or be liable to become, “a charge for its maintenance on any of the towns or counties of the State,” such child, upon application of its parent, guardian, or friend, setting forth the... Read more

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2011-05-08T07:38:00-06:00

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Catholic Poetry

Last updated on: May 8, 2011 at 7:38 am By Pat McNamara

IN ROMEBy Father Abram J. Ryan At last, the dream of youth Stands fair and bright before me, The sunshine of the home of truth Falls tremulously o’er me. And tower, and spire, and lofty dome s In brightest skies are gleaming; Walk I, to-day, the ways of Rome, Or am I only dreaming? No, ’tis no dream; my very eyes Gaze on the hill-tops seven; Where crosses rise and kiss the skies, And grandly point to Heaven. Gray ruins... Read more

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2011-05-07T06:35:00-06:00

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Daughters of the Eucharist, Maryland, 1930

Last updated on: May 7, 2011 at 6:35 am By Pat McNamara

Mother Katherine A. Dietz Daughters of the Eucharist (1909) With the approval of His Eminence, James Cardinal Gibbons, the Society of the Daughters of the Eucharist was established in Baltimore, October 14, 1909. Founded by Katherine A. Dietz, for the self-sanctification of its members and the sanctfication of souls by the performance of spiritual and corporal works of mercy, those forming the Society, well experienced in the practical field of social service work, carry on, particularly as parish visitors, the... Read more

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2011-05-06T05:34:00-06:00

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St. Augustine Church, Bronx, New York, 1878

Last updated on: May 6, 2011 at 5:34 am By Pat McNamara

St. Augustine Church, Morrisania, as seen in the year 1878. CHURCH OF SAINT AUGUSTINE. ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTIETH STREET, NEAR FRANKLIN AVENUE, MORRISANIA. A FEW years since a portion of Westchester County was detached from it and united to the City of New York. This causes us to include among the city churches some which were formerly regarded as country parishes. Among these is the parish of St. Augustine, Morrisania. The Catholics in that part of Westchester County were attended... Read more

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