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November 2013

November 18, 2013
THOS. F. O’RORKE, of 692 Union Avenue, the Bronx, is one of the solid men...
November 17, 2013
THE POOR CLARES (1875) Religious orders being an integral part of the Church, naturally share...
November 16, 2013
In the early twentieth century, Francis Thompson's poem "The Hound of Heaven" was very popular...
November 15, 2013
Father John Larkin played a major role in the development of Catholic higher education in...
November 14, 2013
“Golden Jubilee of the Passionists in the United States, by a Passionist Father” The Catholic...
November 10, 2013
A Civil War Veteran: George Hasenour , Celestine, Indiana    George Hasenour, a gallant ex-soldier...
November 10, 2013
OBJECT LESSON FOR BIGOTS. CATHOLIC AND PROTESTANT IN THE MEMORIAL PARADE. Both Fought Bravely for...
November 09, 2013
NEWMAN BY GEORGE N. SHUSTER Men found you subtle, master, blending skeins Of taut silk...
November 08, 2013
MOST REV. WILLIAM HENRY ELDER Third Bishop of Natchez Second Archbishop of Cincinnati William Henry...
November 07, 2013
Rev. Ernest Van Dyke, St. Aloysius Church, Detroit Father Ernest Van Dyke, son of James...
November 06, 2013
A CATHOLIC DOG (The New York Times, May 7, 1877) The Middletown Press tells this...
November 05, 2013
THERE IS A PUBLIC SPHERE FOR CATHOLIC WOMEN. By Alice Timmons Toomey The Catholic World...
November 04, 2013
THE LECTURE SEASON. Catholic Library Association—Lecture by Dr. Silliman Ives—“Catholic Rome the Patroness of Knowledge”...
November 03, 2013
In 1899, the New York-based Catholic World, an operation of the Paulist Fathers founded in...
November 02, 2013
OLD NUNS Our Lady smiles on youthful nuns, She loves them well. Our Lady's smile...
November 01, 2013
There’s two ways to look at Vatican II, George Weigel suggests in his new book...

October 2013

October 30, 2013
Rev. Bonaventura Frey, O.M. Cap., Pastor of the Church of St. John the Baptist The...
October 24, 2013
Two Nuns Celebrate Their Silver Jubilee. Took the Veil Together Twenty-Five Years Ago at St....
October 23, 2013
New Chapel at West Point. Catholics Dedicate Their Building at the Military Academy With Elaborate...
October 22, 2013
There are two ways of looking at the Catholic Church during the Middle Ages:  as...

August 2013

August 30, 2013
RIGHT REV.  J.C. NERAZ, Second Bishop of San Antonio J.C. Neraz was born on the...
August 29, 2013
The commercial development of America excites the admiration and wonder of the world, but when...
August 27, 2013
REV. PATRICK FRANCIS McSWEENY, Pastor of St. Bridget’s Church. The Rev. Dr. Patrick Francis McSweeny,...
August 26, 2013
The Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word, in its proper sense,...
August 25, 2013
Brother Pastoris, F.S.C. (1819-1874) Brother Pastoris (Jules J. Deville, 1819-1874), the austere and apostolic member...
August 20, 2013
Priest of the Congregation of St. Paul the Apostle, born Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A. 30 March,...
August 16, 2013
Catholic Sisters. A Minister’s Tribute to Their Work in the Civil War. As chaplain of...
August 15, 2013
Catholics in American History. The earliest history of America is the history of Catholicity. The...
August 14, 2013
William Tyler was born on the 5th of June, 1806, at Derby, Vermont, his father...
August 13, 2013
Jesuit educator and publicist, b. at Nantes, France, 20 Nov., 1807; d. at St. John's...
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