ST. JOHN’S UNIVERSITY, conducted by the Fathers of the Order of St Benedict, is the oldest and largest Catholic institution of learning north of St Louis and west of Chicago. It was founded in 1856, in which year the Territorial Legislature of Minnesota granted a charter constituting the Order of St Benedict a body corporate and politic, with authority to establish St John’s Seminary. The institution, however, became better known under the name of St John’s College. In 1869, the... Read more
JAMES A. M’MASTER DEAD. CAREER OF THE NOTED CATHOLIC EDITOR CLOSED. THE MAN WHO FOR MANY YEARS FOUGHT, IN THE “FREEMAN’S JOURNAL,” THE BATTLES OF HIS CHURCH. (The New York Times, December 30, 1886) James A. McMaster, the veteran editor of the Freeman’s Journal, died yesterday morning at 9 0’clock in St. Mary’s General Hospital, at Buffalo and St. Mark’s avenues, Brooklyn. Mr. McMaster had been an inmate of the hospital for the last two weeks. His death was to... Read more
ST. CYPRIAN’S PAROCHIAL SCHOOL AND ST. ANN’S ACADEMY, WASHINGTON, D. C. St. Ann’s Academy was founded by Sister Mary Charles Norsette, who was sent from Baltimore with two other Sisters, August, 1892. They were invited by Reverend Father Matthew to help with the colored work in St. Cyprian’s parish. The Sisters were welcomed in Washington by Miss Mary Atkins, who is of an old colored Catholic family and had a sister and niece in the Order. In 1884, Sister Charles built... Read more
The Brothers of the Christian School (Fratres Scholarum Christianarum) were founded by St. John Baptist De La Salle in 1600’s France. The community first came to the United States in 1848, beginning their work in New York City. Over the next few years the Brothers established parochial schools, high schools and colleges nationwide. Their institutions of higher learning included Manhattan College in New York City, La Salle University in Philadelphia, and Christian Brothers University in Memphis. The following is an account... Read more
Born in Kansas City on October 1, 1890, Alice Joyce was one of the premier stars of the silent movie era. As a teen she had worked as a model before breaking into the movies about 1910 with the film The Engineer’s Sweetheart. She played in several Westerns during the early years, particularly as a Native American. By 1913, she was voted the most popular motion picture actress. The following year she married co-star Tom Moore, with whom she... Read more
PENTECOST SUNDAY. Gospel. John xiv. 23-31. At that time, Jesus said to his disciples: “If any man love me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and will make our abode with him. He that loveth me not, keepeth not my words. And the word which you have heard is not mine: but the Father’s who sent me. These things have I spoken to you, abiding with you. But the... Read more
Interview with Boston College Founder Rev. John McElroy, S.J., New York Herald, May 8, 1876 I was born in the province of Ulster, the most northern province of Ireland, … in 1782, … At the time of my birth, Catholic emancipation had made no headway in Ireland, and hence I received simply a common education, … I left Ireland for America, in 1803, when twenty-one years old. … I landed first at Baltimore, and went from there to Georgetown. Jefferson... Read more
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