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Pat McNamara

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Pat received his Ph.D. from Catholic University of American in Washington, D.C. A native of Queens, New York, Dr. Pat McNamara is an Archival Manager for the Archdiocese of New York and  Professor of Church History at St. Joseph's Seminary, Dunwoodie. His books include A Catholic Cold War: Edmund A. Walsh, S.J., and The Politics of American Anticommunism (2005); The Tablet: The First Hundred Years (2008); and Diocese of Immigrants: The Brooklyn Catholic Experience, 1853-2003 (2004). Pat has appeared in numerous publications, writing on American Catholic history.  Pat was an archivist for the Brooklyn Diocese for ten years, and in 2008 was a consultant for the Museum of the City of New York's exhibit Catholics in New York.

In Ages Past

The Quality of Mercy: Mother Gonzaga O'Brien

How a Sister of Mercy overcame anti-Catholic prejudice and mistrust through a lifetime of service. Read More »

A Church History Reading List

Want to improve your knowledge of Church history? Here's a list of great books to get you started. Read More »

Mother Irene and the New York Foundlings

In Post-Civil War New York, some 30,000 homeless children wandered the streets. Catholic sisters provided alternatives to failing public alms-houses. Read More »

Cardinal John J. O'Connor: A Priest Forever

"Surely I have a right to make clear the teaching of the Church," said Cardinal O'Connor. Pat McNamara examines the ecclesiastical celebrity. Read More »

No Room in the Inn of Your Heart

The human heart can be compared to an inn filled with guests, from which resound the words: "There is no room here for you! Pass on!" Read More »

"Such Love Is Seldom Seen": Mother Mary Walsh, O.P. (1850-1922)

Born in poverty, Mary Walsh gives a lively example of how potent redistributism can be, when it begins with oneself. Read More »

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