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October 2009

October 29, 2009
The first law of history is not to dare to utter falsehood; the second, not...
October 29, 2009
October 29, 2009
On this day in 1884, during the presidential campaign, Reverend Dr. Samuel D. Burchard, addressing...
October 29, 2009
Born in Naples, Gaetano Errico entered the local diocesan seminary at age sixteen. In 1815,...
October 28, 2009
The whole happiness of man and even his sanity depend on his moral condition. And...
October 28, 2009
This 1920’s ad is titled “Why I am a Klansman” Check out #’s 7 and...
October 28, 2009
Born in Pittsburgh to Irish immigrant parents, Maurice Costello became one of America’s very first...
October 28, 2009
Today marks the death of the Catholic poet and artist David Jones. Born in a...
October 28, 2009
Today marks the death of Father Wilfrid Parsons, S.J. (1887-1958), who served as editor-in-chief of...
October 27, 2009
Does anyone know what community this Sister belongs to?
October 27, 2009
We cannot build up the idea of the apostolate of the laity without the foundation...
October 27, 2009
This ad for clerical tailoring ran in a seminary yearbook during the 1930’s. (The Pfundstein...
October 27, 2009
There’s never been a priest as controversial as Father Charles Coughlin in American Catholic history....
October 27, 2009
Today in 1882, Mary Josephine Rogers was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, to Abraham T. Rogers...
October 26, 2009
Charity is the bond of brotherhood, the foundation of peace, the mainstay and security of...
October 26, 2009
St. Francis Preparatory School, Brooklyn, 1916.
October 26, 2009
It’s a pretty hefty book (over 900 pages), but if you really want to know...
October 26, 2009
Born in what is now Belarus, Celine Chludzinska considered religious life before she married Joseph...
October 26, 2009
During the nineteenth century, it was estimated that a new religious community was founded in...
October 25, 2009
Genuine devotion is consistent with every state in life. Like liquid, poured into a container,...
October 25, 2009
TO ST. JOSEPHBy Charles L. O’Donnell, C.S.C.St. Joseph, when the day was doneAnd all your...
October 25, 2009
Today marks the death of actor Vincent Price, who converted to Catholicism before marrying his...
October 25, 2009
On this day in 1866, the first Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word arrived...
October 25, 2009
Born in Maryland, Edward Francis Mooney studied for the priesthood in Rome and was ordained...
October 25, 2009
On this day in 1567, St Stanislaus Kostka arrived in Rome and was admitted into...
October 24, 2009
I would scorn to draw distinctions among Catholics because of race or language. I am,...
October 24, 2009
October 24, 2009
I found this picture on the internet, but I haven’t been able to find much...
October 24, 2009
Today marks the day the first Mass was celebrated in St. Joan of Arc Church,...
October 24, 2009
On this day in 1864, St. Joseph’s Seminary opened in Troy, New York, as a...
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