TO ST. JOSEPHBy Charles L. O’Donnell, C.S.C. St. Joseph, when the day was doneAnd all your work put by,You saw the stars come out one by oneOut in the violet sky. You did not know the stars by name,But there sat at your kneeOne who had made the light and flameAnd all things bright that be. You heard with Him birds in the treeTwitter “Good-night” o’erhead—The Maker of the world must seeHis little ones to bed. Then when the darkness... Read more

Today marks the death of actor Vincent Price, who converted to Catholicism before marrying his third (and last wife) in 1974. Read more

On this day in 1866, the first Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word arrived in the United States. They came fron the Monastery of the Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament in Lyons, France, and were brought to America by Galveston Bishop Claude Marie Dubuis. At the time his diocese comprised the entire state of Texas. They began by administering St Mary’s Hospital in Galveston. Three years after their arrival they started the first hospital in San Antonio. Sister St.... Read more

Born in Maryland, Edward Francis Mooney studied for the priesthood in Rome and was ordained in 1909. He served as faculty member of St. Mary Seminary in Cleveland until 1916, when he founded the Cathedral Latin School in the same city. In 1923, he was assigned to the North American College in Rome. Three years later he was consecrated a bishop and assigned as apostolic delegate to India. Five years later, in 1931, he was appointed apostolic delegate to Japan.... Read more

On this day in 1567, St Stanislaus Kostka arrived in Rome and was admitted into the Society of Jesus by St Francis Borgia. Read more

I would scorn to draw distinctions among Catholics because of race or language. I am, I must be, as Catholic as God’s Church. I differ from men, I war with men on account of ideas, not on account of race. Archbishop John Ireland, 1897 Read more

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I found this picture on the internet, but I haven’t been able to find much more. I assume it might be a depiction of St. Clare. If anyone has any information on it, let me know! Read more

Today marks the day the first Mass was celebrated in St. Joan of Arc Church, located in the Jackson Heights section of Queens. It is believed to have been the first church in the world named in her honor after she was canonized in 1920. The man behind the erection of the church was Father Ward Meehan (seen above), a Brooklyn priest who served as a chaplain with the U.S. Army in France during World War I. Father Meehan became... Read more

On this day in 1864, St. Joseph’s Seminary opened in Troy, New York, as a regional seminary for the ecclesiastical province of New York. It was in operation until 1896, when St. Joseph’s Seminary opened in Dunwoodie as the seminary for the Archdiocese of New York. During its 32 years of existence, it graduated over 700 priests. Read more