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June 2011

June 17, 2011
Mrs. Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren was born in Gallipolis, Ohio. She is the only daughter of...
June 15, 2011
CRANE, John, merchant, was born in Perry county, Ohio., Feb. 10, 1840, son of Thomas...
June 14, 2011
June 14, 2011
This week's Patheos column features Bishop Francis X. Ford, M.M. (1892-1952), a Maryknoll missionary who...
June 13, 2011
Anthony Fenoughty and his wife, Catherine McAndrews, emigrated from County Mayo, Ireland, in 1817. They...
June 12, 2011
The First MassBy “J.B.S.” She kneels in the aisle, the mother, Head high, tho’ her...
June 11, 2011
NORTHROP, Henry Pinckney, fourth Roman Catholic bishop of Charleston, was born in Charleston, S. C.,...
June 10, 2011
June 10, 2011
A lawyer by profession, the first woman to be appointed Assistant District Attorney in Kings...
June 06, 2011
THE REV. FATHER NEVINS DEADBrought up for the Ministry of the Episcopal Church,In Early Life...
June 04, 2011
 IT IS NOT BECAUSE OF RELIGION.The United States in its Declaration of Independence and in...
June 03, 2011
John S. Foley, Right Reverend Bishop of Detroit Diocese, son of Matthew and Elizabeth (Murphy)...
June 02, 2011
 WAS KNOWN THE WORLD OVER. Among His Achievements Were a Number of Cathedrals and Several...
June 01, 2011
This week's Patheos column features the role that women religious played as hospital nurses and...

May 2011

May 30, 2011
“News From the Suburbs— Father Woods’ Decoration Day Oration to Flatbush Veterans” The Brooklyn Eagle,...
May 29, 2011
NOT A STAR FROM THE FLAG SHALL FADE. Air: "Oh! a rare old plant is...
May 27, 2011
SERGEANT RICHARD W. O’NEILL At the first convention of disabled American Veterans held in the...
May 26, 2011
Today marks the 104th birthday of my favorite movie star (and Catholic convert), John Wayne...
May 26, 2011
Born in Killleshandra, Ireland, John Drum came to America at fourteen. After a year in...
May 25, 2011
MR. JOHN E. DOOLEYDied at Georgetown, May 8, 1873A notice in the Baltimore Mirror tells...
May 25, 2011
Rev. Walter Elliott, author of the "Life of Father Hecker," which was the cause of...
May 24, 2011
On December 8, 1897, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, Sister Anthony O’Connell, died in...
May 24, 2011
This week's Patheos column features Chicago's first Cardinal, George William Mundelein, who is often credited...
May 23, 2011
Captain in the United States navy, born at Tacumshane, County Wexford, Ireland, in 1745; died...
May 22, 2011
Fifth Sunday After Easter EPISTLE. St. James i. 22-27. GOSPEL. St. John xvi. 23-30. SERMON...
May 21, 2011
The College Play.IF I WERE KING.[“If Francois Villon were but king, to save France la...
May 20, 2011
Francis Mora, third Roman Catholic Bishop of Monterey and Los Angeles, was born near Vich,...
May 19, 2011
The Champion of Greenpoint Few priests in the history of the Diocese of Brooklyn have...
May 18, 2011
Where are the Catholic Sisters? Anonymous The Brooklyn Tablet, April 17, 1909, 21. Blessed are...
May 17, 2011
This week's Patheos column focuses on the Barrymores, Hollywood's "Royal Family," and their relationship with...
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