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April 2009

April 05, 2009
Today also marks the death of early Catholic novelist Mary Sadlier. Born Mary Madden in...
April 04, 2009
This photograph, dated around 1915, shows a player from the baseball team of SS. Cyril...
April 04, 2009
If you want God to hear your prayers, hear the voice of the poor. If...
April 04, 2009
The first issue of The Tablet, the official newspaper of the Diocese of Brooklyn, appeared...
April 03, 2009
Who except God can give you peace? Has the world ever been able to satisfy...
April 03, 2009
Today marks the death in 1991 of Graham Greene, one of the most prolific English...
April 03, 2009
Today in 1881 marks the death of Father James Sheeran, an Irish immigrant and widower...
April 02, 2009
Today in 1960 marks the death of Edward Dowling, a Jesuit who played a largely...
April 02, 2009
The saints have always been the source and origin of renewal in the most difficult...
April 02, 2009
On this day in 1896, the College of Notre Dame of Maryland was authorized to...
April 02, 2009
Today in 1895 marks the death of Mother Xavier Ross, foundress of the Sisters of...
April 01, 2009
To me nothing is so consoling, so piercing, so thrilling, so overcoming, as the Mass…...
April 01, 2009
Today marks the death of Father Gerald Ellard (1894-1963), a Jesuit liturgical scholar. Born in...

March 2009

March 31, 2009
Most people don’t know that Oscar Wilde converted to Catholicism on his deathbed after a...
March 31, 2009
Today in 1931 marks the death of famed Notre Dame football coach Knute Rockne. Born...
March 31, 2009
This is the thrilling romance of orthodoxy. People have fallen into a foolish habit of...
March 30, 2009
On today in 1800, Father William O’Brien and the trustees of St. Peter’s Church on...
March 30, 2009
Christianity is more than a doctrine. It is Christ Himself, living in those whom He...
March 30, 2009
This day in 1990 marks the death of Sister Thea Bowman (1937-1990), a leading figure...
March 29, 2009
Seen as a society living its life in the world, governed as societies of men...
March 29, 2009
On April 5, 1844, the Brooklyn Eagle carried a story of a riot that happened...
March 28, 2009
... McNamara's Blog will begin showing historical images of baseball teams with some sort of...
March 28, 2009
"The best sermon for Christianity is a Christian." Servant of God Isaac T. Hecker (1819-1888),...
March 28, 2009
Today marks the death of Father John Drumgoole (1816-1888). Born in County Longford, Ireland, his...
March 27, 2009
As the controversy rages over President Obama speaking at this year’s Notre Dame commencement, it...
March 27, 2009
Today also marks the death of Patrick F. Scanlan (1894-1968), longtime editor of the Brooklyn...
March 27, 2009
Today marks the birthday of Shusaku Endo (1923-1996), one of the leading Japanese novelists of...
March 27, 2009
Today marks the death of Archbishop Paul J. Hallinan (1911-1968). Born in Ohio, he graduated...
March 26, 2009
The Passion Play, a theatrical depiction of Christ's suffering and death, has a history that...
March 26, 2009
Going back to Maria Monk in the 1830's, the "ex-Nun" racket was a big part...
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