Thou art the delight of the angels, the joy of the afflicted, the refuge of Christians, O Virgin Mother of the Lord. Help us, and deliver us from eternal torment.Byzantine Horologion, Exapostilation at Matins (7th Century) Read more

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Born to Irish immigrants in Tennessee in 1866, John Baptist Morris studied St. Mary’s College in Kentucky before going tot Rome, where he was ordained in 1892. Within six years of his ordination, he would be Vicar General of the Diocese of Nashville. In 1901, he was named a Monsignor and rector of the cathedral. In 1906, he was consecrated an auxiliary bishop for Bishop Edward Fitzgerald of the Diocese of Little Rock, which encompassed the entire state of Arkansas.... Read more

No man can be a friend of Jesus Christ who is not a friend to his neighbor.Robert Hugh Benson, The Friendship of Christ Read more

This Thomas Nast cartoon, titled “Killing the Goose that Laid the Golden Egg,” shows the Irish and the Catholic Church with their hands deep in urban politics. Read more

Born in Georgia, Alexander Sherwood Healy (known as Sherwood) was the son of a planter. When he was a child, he and his siblings were sent north for an education. He and two of his brothers became priests. James became Bishop of Portland, Maine, and Patrick was the Jesuit president of Georgetown University. Their sister became a nun in Canada, and a brother was a Captain in the Coast Guard. Sherwood was a brilliant young man who studied in Rome... Read more

Born in Ohio, Sylvester Harden Rosecrans studied at Kenyon College, an Episcopalian-run college. While he was there he received a letter from his brother William, an army officer (and future Civil War general), telling him about his conversion to Catholicism. The letter so impressed Sylvester that he decided to convert, and he transferred to St. John’s College in New York (now Fordham University). He was then sent to Rome, where he was ordained in 1852 as a priest of the... Read more

Today marks the death of Mother Marie Antoinette, C.I.J., foundress of the Congregation of the Infant Jesus. Born Mary Host in France, she was orphaned at eleven and raised by relatives. At age 21 she entered the Sisters of the Infant Jesus. She cared for orphans in France and taught school in Belgium. From 1890 to 1901, she was supervisor of a hospital in LeMans. At that time, the French government was enacting a series of laws designed to curb... Read more

By a Carpenter mankind was created and made and by a Carpenter meet it was that man should be repaired.Erasmus, Paraphrase of St. Mark Read more

Does any one know what community this sister belongs to? Read more