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June 2013

June 30, 2013
SERMON ON THE OCCASION OF LAYING THE CORNER-STONE OF THE MISSIONARY HOUSE AND CHURCH OF...
June 29, 2013
The Congregation of the Fathers of the Precious Blood was founded at Rome by the...
June 28, 2013
As far back as 1832 the Toole family settled in Cleveland, Ohio. They were natives...
June 27, 2013
Sisters of Our Lady of Charity of Refuge (Good Shepherd) (Introduced into America, 1855) This...
June 24, 2013
The Great Memorial Church to Bishop Loughlin. The Brooklyn Eagle, April 29, 1894  Bishop McDonnell’s...
June 23, 2013
XLVII.—Gratitude. Luke, XVII., 11-19 (XIII. Sunday After Pentecost.)  It is our strict duty to be...
June 22, 2013
The Brothers of the Christian Schools. The Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools...
June 21, 2013
Fordham University developed out of Saint John's College, founded by Bishop Hughes upon the old...
June 20, 2013
Early Days in Little Rock On the 6th of February, 1851, the Sisters, under the...
June 19, 2013
Very Rev. William Keegan. The New York Times, May 11, 1890 Vicar General William Keegan...
June 18, 2013
VIRGINIA’S FIRST BISHOP Right Rev. Patrick Kelly. First Bishop of Richmond, A.D. 1820   Bishop...
June 17, 2013
José Navarro, successfully engaged in wool growing at Boise, is a well-known member of the...
June 16, 2013
RECOLLECTIONS, GEORGETOWN COLLEGE IN 1820. Woodstock Letters (1885): 264-267.  About the middle of the afternoon of...
June 15, 2013
The Brothers of the Sacred Heart The Congregation of the Brothers of the Sacred Heart...
June 14, 2013
THE NUN IN THE WAR The Rev. A.J. Bader Tells of the Good Work Accomplished...
June 13, 2013
COLORED CATHOLICS MEET A NOTABLE CONVENTION BEGUN—CARDINAL GIBBONS PRESENT New York Times, January 2, 1889...
June 12, 2013
The name of Bodkin is today a familiar and respected one in the medical profession...
June 11, 2013
Pioneer missionary of the Flathead tribe and philologist of their language, b. in Rome, 21...
June 10, 2013
Apostle of Temperance, born at Thomastown Castle, near Cashel, Tipperary, Ireland, 10 October, 1790; died...
June 08, 2013
One of the lead figures of film during the 1910’s was Francis Ford. Born Francis...
June 07, 2013
Bobby Harron was one of the leading stars of the 1910’s, appearing in some of...
June 06, 2013
Born in Naragansett, Rhode Island, Ruth Clifford attended St. Mary’s Seminary, a Catholic girls school...
June 05, 2013
The son of San Francisco’s police chief, George O’Brien was the grandson of Irish immigrants...
June 04, 2013
The son of an Irish immigrant from Limerick, William King Baggot was born in St....
June 03, 2013
Nita Naldi was born Mary Nonna Dooley on East 114th Street in Harlem in what...
June 02, 2013
This week McNamara's Blog features the Catholic presence in American film during the silent and early...
June 01, 2013
Military officer, b. in Dungannon County Tyrone, Ireland, 12 Dec., 1810; d. at Ottumwa, Iowa,...
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