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August 2009

August 06, 2009
He was born at Frosinone, Campagna di Roma, Italy. Saint Hormisdas was a widower and...
August 06, 2009
The following is taken from saints.spqn.com:Lost her father at age four. In her teens she...
August 05, 2009
Let nothing disturb thee; Let nothing dismay thee; All thing pass; God never changes. Patience...
August 05, 2009
By the 1920’s, the Ku Klux Klan had become the leading exponent of anti-Catholicism in...
August 05, 2009
Born in Italy, she grew up in an orphanage run by sisters, where she developed...
August 05, 2009
Today marks the death of Edmund Ignatius Rice, founder of the Institute of the Brothers...
August 05, 2009
First raised at the order of Pope Liberius in the mid-fourth century, the basilica was...
August 05, 2009
Today marks the passing of actor and convert Sir Alec Guinness. Throughout his career played...
August 05, 2009
Today marks the death of the sixteenth century Polish Cardinal Stanislaus Hosius, and the following...
August 05, 2009
Today in 1898, Pope Leo XIII issued Spesse Volte which dealt with the suppression of...
August 04, 2009
"Old Catholic Stuff" is a new feature of McNamara's Blog that allows the blogger to...
August 04, 2009
It is our duty to prefer the service of the poor to everything else and...
August 04, 2009
Today marks the Feast of St. John Vianney, Patron Saint of parish priests, and the...
August 04, 2009
Today marks the issuance of the papal encyclical Aeterni Patris (1879), wherein Pope Leo XIII...
August 04, 2009
Today marks the death of Argentinian Bishop Enrique Ángel Angelelli, and the following is adapted...
August 03, 2009
On this day in 1881, Pope Leo XIII issued the encyclical Licet Multa, dealing with...
August 03, 2009
Food for the body is not enough. There must be food for the soul. Dorothy...
August 03, 2009
The following is a McNamara’s Blog reprint from January 2009:After Ty Cobb was suspended in...
August 03, 2009
John C. Cort (1913–2006), was a longtime Catholic writer and activist. He was based in...
August 03, 2009
Mary Flannery O'Connor (March 25 1925 – August 3 1964) was an American novelist, short-story...
August 03, 2009
Today marks the death of Sister Isolina Ferre, M.S.B.T., and the following is from biographybase.com:...
August 03, 2009
Francis Aungier Pakenham, 7th Earl of Longford, was a British politician, author, social reformer and...
August 03, 2009
(The following is a McNamara's Blog reprint from December 18.) Most people don't realize that...
August 02, 2009
Pope John V, pope from 685 to August 2, 686, was a Syrian by birth,...
August 02, 2009
Sanctity is not a work done, it is a life lived. Ronald Knox
August 02, 2009
Bernardo Strozzi (c. 1581 – August 2, 1644) was a prominent and prolific Italian Baroque...
August 02, 2009
Today marks the Feast of St. Peter Julian Eymard, and the following is taken from...
August 02, 2009
Today marks the passing of Father Justin Russolilo (1891-1955), founder of the Vocationist Fathers and...
August 01, 2009
O God, let me know you and love you so that I may find joy...
August 01, 2009
The Blessed Martyrs of Nowogródek, also known as the Eleven Nuns of Nowogródek or Sister...
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