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November 2009

November 26, 2009
November 26, 2009
O God, Whose mercy is without measure and Whose bountiful goodness knows no end; we...
November 26, 2009
Blessed Giacomo Alberione was an Italian priest and publisher, the founder of the Society of...
November 26, 2009
Born Luca Antonio in Cosenza, Italy, he joined the Franciscans at age 27. From the...
November 26, 2009
In his time Coventry Patmore was considered one of the major poets of the nineteenth...
November 26, 2009
On this day in 1842, the University of Notre Dame du Lac was founded near...
November 25, 2009
The action of the Holy Spirit embodied visibly in the authority of the Church, and...
November 25, 2009
November 24, 2009
Therefore you hear that as often as sacrifice is offered, the Lord’s death, the Lord’s...
November 24, 2009
A wounded member of the Papal Zouaves, as seen in the 1860's.
November 24, 2009
Pierre Dumoulin-Borie (February 20, 1808 – November 24, 1838) was a French Catholic missionary priest...
November 24, 2009
Simon Le Moyne, (22 October 1604 – 24 November 1665), was a Jesuit priest in...
November 23, 2009
Take, O Lord, and receive my entire liberty,my memory, my understanding and my whole will....
November 23, 2009
If you’d like to learn more about the Jesuits in the United States, I can’t...
November 23, 2009
Born in Newport, Rhode Island, he was the son of a famous artist. After graduating...
November 23, 2009
Born in Virginia, he was orphaned at an early age and went to work at...
November 23, 2009
Born in Boston, Thomas Augustine Judge worked to support his family at the post office...
November 23, 2009
Born in Guadalupe, Mexico, Miguel Agustin Pro Juarez joined the Jesuits at eg twenty and...
November 19, 2009
November 19, 2009
In a world where there is so much noise, so much bewilderment, there is a...
November 19, 2009
Christian Brothers College was founded November 19, 1871, by members of the Institute of the...
November 18, 2009
Abe didn't really say it, but there was a bogus Lincoln prophecy circulating throughout the...
November 18, 2009
From the saints I must take the substance, not the accidents, of their virtues. I...
November 18, 2009
Born Ferdinando Santamaria to Peter Paul and Cecilia Santamari, his parents ran a small rope-making...
November 18, 2009
Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne was born in Grenoble, France and died in St. Charles, Missouri....
November 18, 2009
On this day in 1893, Pope Leo XIII issued the encyclical Providentissimus Deus, which encouraged...
November 18, 2009
St. Benedict the Moor, Manhattan, New York, N.Y.—The Mission of St. Benedict the Moor was...
November 17, 2009
This poster was created during World War I.
November 17, 2009
Admonition is naturally bitter, but when mixed with the sugar of loving kindness, and warmed...
November 17, 2009
Today marks the death of James J. Norris, the only layperson to participate in the...
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