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March 2009

March 13, 2009
There's no doubt that St. Patrick is one of the most frequently depicted saints in...
March 13, 2009
This 1907 drawing illustrates better than anything else the ambitions that Jesuits had for their...
March 13, 2009
As Women's History Month continues, we take time to recognize a woman who made some...
March 13, 2009
Today in 1887 marks the founding of the American Protective Association, an anti-Catholic organization that...
March 12, 2009
Sacred College, that is! This photograph from the 1922 Cathedral Preparatory Seminary yearbook shows a...
March 12, 2009
As Women’s History Month continues, The Oregon Catholic Sentinel highlights the story of a woman...
March 12, 2009
The potato blight that struck Ireland in 1845 was a fungus known as Phytophthera infestans....
March 12, 2009
Today marks the death of Robert I. Gannon (1892-1978), Jesuit educator and university president. From...
March 11, 2009
Today marks the death of General William Starke Rosecrans (1819-1898), Civil War general and Catholic...
March 11, 2009
Today in 1954 marks the death of Pius Parsch, Czech priest and liturgist. Born in...
March 11, 2009
Today in 1926 marks the founding of the Catholic Near East Welfare Association (CNEWA), a...
March 10, 2009
This day in 1862 marks the death of Jedediah V. Huntington: medical doctor, teacher, Episcopal...
March 10, 2009
Today marks the Feast of St. Marie-Eugénie de Jésus (1817-1898), foundress of the Sisters of...
March 10, 2009
On this day in 1844, in Old St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Manahattan, three priests working...
March 09, 2009
Pope Leo XIII (1878-1903) was a pontiff of many accomplishments, not the least of which...
March 09, 2009
Women’s History Month makes this a good time to mention the life and work of...
March 09, 2009
This 1916 poster advertises Long Island’s first Catholic women’s college. That Fall St. Joseph’s College...
March 09, 2009
Today in 1932 marks the death of Bishop Thomas J. Shahan (1857-1932), fourth Rector of...
March 08, 2009
So much of whatever Cardinal Newman chose to write about cut right to the heart...
March 08, 2009
This from the Catholic News Service wire:VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- A document found in a...
March 08, 2009
If today wasn’t a Sunday, we’d be celebrating the Feast of St. John of God...
March 07, 2009
Between 1850 and 1890, approximately 1.2 million German Catholics came to America. Many settled on...
March 07, 2009
Today in 1866 marks the death of St. Siméon-François Berneux (1814-1866), who was martyred in...
March 07, 2009
In the aftermath of the American Civil War, General James Longstreet (1821-1904) became a scapegoat...
March 06, 2009
The Sisters of Charity are currently celebrating the bicentennial of their founding by St. Elizabeth...
March 06, 2009
In her 1989 book, The Living Legend of St. Patrick, Alanah Hopkins writes: “There are...
March 06, 2009
There was “Strange But True: Little –Known Facts for Catholics.” From the thirties through the...
March 06, 2009
Today marks the death of John R. Slattery (1851-1926), a pioneer in African-American ministry. Born...
March 05, 2009
Today that wonderfully Ignatian blog Good Jesuit, Bad Jesuit notes that Harvey Keitel will be...
March 05, 2009
In his superb book American Catholic, Charles Morris argues that Catholicism in the pre-Vatican II...
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