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January 2009

January 21, 2009
Today marks the birth of Mother Mary Anselma Felber (1843-1883), foundress of the Benedictine Sisters...
January 20, 2009
In 1789, when the United States got its first President, it also got its first...
January 20, 2009
Today marks the death of Father Basil Moreau (1799-1873), a French priest who founded the...
January 20, 2009
Today marks the death of Alessandro Valignano (1539-1606), the Italian missionary who oversaw Jesuit activity...
January 19, 2009
Today marks the death of Bishop Frederic Baraga (1797-1868), first Bishop of Marquette and the...
January 19, 2009
Today marks the death of Mother Joseph of the Sacred Heart (1823-1902). Born Esther Pariseau...
January 19, 2009
At the time of his assassination, plans were underway for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,...
January 18, 2009
Since today begins the week of prayer for Christian Unity, it’s a good opportunity to...
January 18, 2009
Between 1870 and 1920 some 650,000 Slovak immigrants came to the United States. A largely...
January 18, 2009
A 1959 Gallup Poll listed him as the seventh most popular person in the world...
January 17, 2009
This day, as Pope Gregory XI entered Rome in 1377, officially marks an end to...
January 17, 2009
During National Vocations Awareness Week, I've referred quite a bit to families with multiple vocations....
January 16, 2009
Today marks the death of Father Joseph F. Hanselman (1856-1923), who played a leading role...
January 16, 2009
Back in 2001, Father Mark Massa, S.J., started a center for American Catholic Studies at...
January 16, 2009
The Dominican History Blog is a model for Church History blogs. Today they have a...
January 16, 2009
Until 1957, the Brooklyn diocese covered all of Long Island. For most of that time,...
January 16, 2009
According to Charles Chiniquy (1809-1899) they did. Today marks the death of the ex-priest who...
January 16, 2009
Today marks the death of Roberto de Nobili (1577-1656), an Italian Jesuit who spent more...
January 15, 2009
The occasion of Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday offers a good opportunity to share this...
January 15, 2009
Redeemed is the story of Heather King’s conversion to Catholicism and her life thereafter. It’s...
January 15, 2009
On January 15, 1888, Pope Leo XIII canonized Peter Claver (1581-1654), a Spanish Jesuit who...
January 15, 2009
Today is the Feast Day of St. Arnold Janssens (1837-1909), a German priest who founded...
January 14, 2009
Loyola University in New Orleans has a fantastic digital collection of 19th century Jesuit photos....
January 14, 2009
This History test was given to sixth graders at a Brooklyn parochial school in 1916....
January 14, 2009
Today marks the death of Cardinal Henry Edward Manning (1808-1892), one of the leading figures...
January 13, 2009
Today marks the birth of a woman who became modern day martyr, Maryknoll Sister Maura...
January 13, 2009
Following up an earlier post on 1800's priests' garb, I recently discovered this rare photo...
January 12, 2009
When college was sixty dollars a year! This ad for St. Francis College, Brooklyn, is...
January 12, 2009
Before he wrote I, Claudius, Robert Graves (1895-1985) served on the Western Front during World...
January 11, 2009
Today marks the death of Elizabeth Prout (1820-1864), known as the Mother Theresa of Victorian...
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